A few weekends ago, I had the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of “old” Cheshire. My good friends Tom & Susan had their yearly picnic and as always “old” Cheshire was there. By “old” Cheshire I mean folks who were born and raised here, whose parents were born […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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In many ways, Prince Freeman was the first ancestor I heard call. I know, that sounds crazy right? Being called by an ancestor. But over the many years I have been researching the lives of African and African descended people in Cheshire, of telling their stories, I have realized how […]
I was born and raised in Cheshire, Connecticut as was my mother and grandmother. My family attended the First Congregational Church on the Green in Cheshire. I have always been a history geek – I was the kid at the family reunions inside with all my old aunts and uncles […]
Today was another one of those days that I found a little nugget in the course of my day job. I was working with an autograph book from 1861 from our General Assembly Portraits collection (PG540) and found a prominent Cheshire citizen, William T. Peters. Collecting autographs was a popular activity […]
Last weekend I got to work at the Colt 200 Bash at Colt Park in Hartford. It was pretty cool, we had a life size cutout of Samuel Colt and a birthday card that the staff of Connecticut State Library signed. Our table was full of freebies like postcards for […]
So being a history geek (more like a history addict really) I love to simply dig through old records. The things you find can be truly fascinating as well as downright hysterical! I was recently looking through some vital records for Cheshire, Connecticut, my hometown. Now mind you Cheshire today […]