The Irish in New Haven Blog
The State of Connecticut’s “Today in Connecticut History” Page posted a story about the fire at Edward Malley’s in New Haven in 1882. “February 1882 was not a very good month for New Haven...
While doing some general research this week, I found this interesting article about a lecture given by local historian and retired New Haven Register newspaperman Neil Hogan , now with the Connecticut Irish American...
While doing my typical “googling” for new info about the places that my ancestors lived, I stumbled on a blog post about a new documentary that is about New Haven’s “Hill” neighborhood in the...
In the course of my genealogy research I pour over articles from old New Haven newspapers. Most of the stories are mundane. I usually find police reports that mention many of my relatives being...
Photo credit: Murderbygaslight.com The dark, gritty story surrounding the death of Jennie Cramer came to my attention because my Great Great Grandmother, Ann Carroll Stanford’s, sisters Nellie Carroll and Mrs. Mary Carroll Clarke were...
Just wanted to share a link to a story about Savin Rock Park from ConnecticutHistory.org. Savin Rock Park: “Connecticut’s Coney Island “Savin Rock Park was a seaside resort constructed in the late 19th century...
FamilySearch.org has been adding new records to their online viewing library and I discovered today that the New Haven Vital Records are now online! I used these records to do a lot of my...