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The Connecticut River
Valley list is dedicated to the research and discussion of genealogy, as
well as the history of the Connecticut River Valley area, encompassing
the states of:
Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
&
Vermont.
The Connecticut River
covers 410 miles from its source at the Canadian border to Long Island
Sound.
Migrations from the
early settlements of eastern Massachusetts followed the Atlantic shoreline
south from Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony, to the Connecticut
River to Hartford, CT {1635}, New Haven, CT {1638}, Windsor, CT {1633},
Springfield, MA {1635}, Northampton, MA {1656}, Vernon (Fort Dummer)
VT {1672}, Westminster, VT by 1750, Keene, NH {1730}, and all the way to
northern Vermont and Coos County, New Hampshire.
There
were also migrations to and from Canada along the Connecticut River.
Many of the early settlers of these areas had children and grandchildren
who migrated from these areas to New York, Ohio, and beyond.
If you have any special
resources you can share with the group, please, when time allows, let us
know. In the meantime, please feel free to post your interests along with
some details to capture the attention of our members.
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cultural history, personal web sites or informational web sites, etc. are
also encouraged and most welcome.
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