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From: M J Moser <>
Subject: [CTMID] Changing Names of Locations
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 15:34:37 -0400
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I saw an interesting solution to this problem on a list, in fact I think
it was this list.

The person gave the location as "Middletown(Berlin)" with a date. This
told me that the person lived in the section of Middletown that became
part of Berlin when the town of Berlin was Incorporated.

I have posted this before, but it's been a few months and new people
have joined the list. It is a must have, timesaving chart for anyone
doing research in CT that is available from the state library. I have
printed out a few copies . One I keep by my computer. Another I have in
my research notebook that I take when I go to the libraries. The chart
gives the name of the town, the date established, parent town(s), and
county.

CONNECTICUT TOWNS AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENT
http://www.cslib.org/cttowns.htm


Marilyn
CT


Michael Owens wrote:
>
> Thank you for the reminder. It would be very helpful if someone could specify
> how to make entries in the database when faced with these situations of
> changing names of locations. One wishes to be historically accurate, but also
> needs some way to indicate current (or more recent) names to help guide the
> researcher. Anybody have a way that seems to work?
>
> Averill Smith Pappalardo wrote:
> >
> > A reminder to everyone to be sensitive to the fact that although
> > someone may have been born in 1642, it was probably not in Haddam, CT. The
> > settlement began in 1662 as Thirty-Mile Island, and Haddam was recognized
> > as a town in 1668. This type of error is very common, and we need to watch
> > for the sense of the material sometimes. Averill
> >
>

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