If you wish to view the slides from the 7/23/13 SGS meeting on findagrave.com, go to https://sites.google.com/site/laffertypresentations/home/sgsfindagrave to download them.
Questions or comments, email sheila at sheilauconn@gmail.com
If you wish to view the slides from the 7/23/13 SGS meeting on findagrave.com, go to https://sites.google.com/site/laffertypresentations/home/sgsfindagrave to download them.
Questions or comments, email sheila at sheilauconn@gmail.com
Free Webinar on Wednesday, 7/24 at 2 pm:
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The Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 are now found on Ancestry.com.
Southington Cemeteries start in v. 44, image 544-end and continue in v. 45, image 1-169. The list of cemeteries are v.45,image 168 and the map on image 168.
Some cemeteries have also been transcribed and are available: http://www.hale-collection.com/hartford.htm
What is the Hale Cemetery Collection? Vital information from headstone inscriptions in over 2,000 Connecticut cemeteries from the 1930s.
from ancestry.com
Historical Background
Charles R. Hale began charting veterans’ graves in 1916 as a project for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. In the early 1930s he directed a WPA project that transcribed inscriptions on headstones for cemeteries throughout Connecticut, transcriptions that make up the records included in this database. Mr. Hale and his co-workers discovered many old burial places that had been forgotten, and in the end, transcribed headstones in more than 2,000 Connecticut cemeteries.
What You May Find in the Records
Details included in the transcriptions vary depending on what was inscribed on the stone. But they may contain some of the following information:
Some transcriptions contain additional information that could lead to other records or indicate family relationships. These include military service, spouse’s names, children’s names, or parents’ names.
This database also includes some maps indicating cemetery locations.”
Information from the CT State Library: http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/node/3483
In advance of the Tuesday SGS meeting on findagrave.com, here is a list of Southington Cemeteries on the site. Any others?
Southington Cemeteries on Findagrave.com:
Olde Burying Ground / Merrimam Cemetery
Quinnipiac Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=103598&CScn=quinnipiac&CScntry=4&CSst=8&
Saint Thomas Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=103692&CScn=saint+thomas&CScntry=4&CSst=8&CScnty=305&
South End Cemetery / South End Burying Ground
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1959858&CScn=south+end&CScntry=4&CSst=8&
Holy Trinity Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=103409&CScn=holy+trinity&CScntry=4&CSst=8&
Mount Vernon Cemetery / Wightman Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=103493&CScn=mount+vernon&CScntry=4&CSst=8&
Oak Hill Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=103533&CScn=oak+hill&CScntry=4&CSst=8&
Immaculate Conception Cemetery (Plantsville)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=436184&CScn=immaculate&CScntry=4&CSst=8&
Wonx Spring Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=103837&CScn=wonx&CScntry=4&CSst=8&

This month’s meeting of the Southington Genealogical Society (SGS) on July 23, 2013 is “Findagrave.com: the Virtual Cemetery”, a presentation by SGS member Sheila Lafferty. Attendees will learn how findagrave.com can help with their search for ancestors and how they can volunteer and contribute to the site to help others.
The SGS meeting will be held at The Orchards at Southington in their second floor community room on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 7:30 pm. There is no admission charge and no obligation to become a member. No reservations are necessary. The facility is handicapped accessible with an elevator.
Sheila A. Lafferty is the director of the University of Connecticut Torrington Campus Library. She regularly offers an introductory class in genealogy for students at UConn and at area adult education programs. This program is offered as a service of the University of Connect Libraries and the Torrington Campus Speakers Bureau.
Great news. The Society now has a website for news and updates. Bookmark the site and stop back again soon.