A piece of Henry Peter Freeman's headstone lays embedded in the ground. He was the sexton at the Congregational Church so they paid for his stone when he died. I…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I have the coolest job in the world. I get to digitize old photos and manuscripts from Connecticut's history. I get to do some research about these images so I…