Hello,

My name is Kristin Rivers and I am planning a trip from Saturday, March 29th to Monday, March 31st to visit Middletown and Lebanon to research my family history. I have quite a few ancestors who were either born, married and/or died in these two towns (listed below) and so I am planning to visit cemeteries, libraries and any historical societies and/or museums that may be open at that time.

Donna from the Middlesex County Historical Society has agreed to meet with me from 9am-1pm on Sunday. Is there anyone else who would like to get together to discuss this amazing place and its people Sat evening, Sunday (after my meeting with Donna) and/or Monday morning?!

I am so excited because as a public school teacher with three children living in San Jose, CA, I would not have anticipated being able to make this trip but my school district is sending me to a teaching conference in New York City beginning on Monday, March 31st and I was able to convince the district to allow me to fly in early and pay for my own room and board in order to make the side trip up to Connecticut!

So, I am flying in late Friday night and will arrive at the Newark Airport early Saturday morning. I'm planning to rent a car and drive up to your area that morning. So, I was hoping that you would please suggest where I should go while I'm there. I have listed out the names and their connections to the two towns hoping that you may have access to cemetery/birth and/or marriage records that might help point me in the right direction to learn as much about my ancestors as I can in the short time that I'll have there. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you feel could help. Thank you! And if you ever need anything from San Jose, CA. You know who to ask!! :-)

My Lebanon & Middletown Direct Ancestors:
David BLISS (my 5th great grandfather) b. 1769 in Lebanon
Elizabeth BLISS (my 4th great grandmother) b. 21 Oct 1798 in Lebanon
Israel BLISS (my 6th great grandfather) b. 17 Apr 1739 in Lebanon
John BLISS (my 7th great grandfather) m. 21 Feb 1719 in Lebanon
John BLISS (my 8th great grandfather) d. 20 Sep 1747 in Lebanon
Elizabeth JOHNSON (my 5th great grandmother) m. 24 Feb 1796 in Lebanon
Mary STILES (my 6th great grandmother) b. 28 Apr 1735 in Lebanon
Hannah TICKNOR (my 7th great grandmother) m. 21 Feb 1719 in Lebanon

Mary ANTHONY (my 10th great grandmother) d. 30 Mar 1691 in Middletown
Elizabeth BLAKE (my 8th great grandmother) b. 16 Mar 1679 and d. 25 Jan 1698 in Middletown
John BLAKE (my 9th great grandfather) d. 11 Nov 1690 in Middletown
Mary COLLINS (my 9th great grandmother) b. 11 May 1666 in Middletown
Nathaniel COLLINS (my 10th great grandfather) m. 3 Aug 1664 in Middletown
Hesther CROW (my 10th great grandmother) m. 23 Aug 1700 in Middletown
John HALL (my 11th great grandfather) m. 26 May 1673 in Middletown
Richard HALL (my 10th great grandfather) m. 27 Mar 1691 in Middletown
Sarah HALL (my 9th great grandmother) b. 16 May 1654 in Middletown
Giles HAMLIN (my 10th great grandfather) b. 1622 in Middletown
John HAMLIN (my 9th great grandfather) b. 14 Dec 1658 in Middletown
John HAMLIN (my 8th great grandfather) b. 16 Jul 1687 in Middletown
Mahitabell HAMLIN (my 7th great grandmother) b. 6 Feb 1710 in Middletown
Daniel HARRIS (my 10th great grandfather) d. 30 Nov 1701 in Middletown
Mary HARRIS (my 9th great grandmother) d. 1 Aug 1740 in Middletown
Isaac JOHNSON (my 9th great grandfather) d. 3 Feb 1719 in Middletown
Joseph JOHNSON (my 6th great grandfather) b. 21 May 1726 in Middletown
Joseph JOHNSON (my 7th great grandfather) b. 26 Aug 1702 in Middletown
Joseph JOHNSON (my 8th great grandfather) b. 9 Mar 1677 in Middletown
Mary ROGERS (my 6th great grandmother) m. 14 Aug 1746 in Middletown
Mary WELD (my 10th great grandmother) d. 5 Sep 1711 in Middletown
Mary WHITING (my 10th great grandmother) m. 3 Aug 1664 and d. 25 Oct 1709 in Middletown

Thank you, again,
Kristin