Welcome to the Fairfield County Connecticut [CTFAIRFI] Mailing List Please introduce yourself with information you are seeking in Fairfield County Connecticut geographic area. We welcome information and questions about this area of Connecticut. Family questions, any great sites that you have visited on the net, that will help people with their research of this area, are welcome. Names, dates and locations are very helpful. The CTFAIRFI Mailing List is an e-mail list for genealogical research in Fairfield County Connecticut. We are interested in any time period and all surnames pertaining to this geographic area. The purpose of the CTFAIRFI Mailing List is to band together those who research the Fairfield County Connecticut geographic area, so that we can share experiences, examine sources, give advice, make suggestions that others may find the information they are seeking. This is a discussion area for anyone who has an interest in Fairfield County Connecticut genealogy and family history including migration patterns, immigration, historical sketches, census data, wills, family Bibles, vital records, web sites, etc. Experienced genealogists as well as 'newbies' are encouraged to contribute to and participate in this list. THIS INFORMATION may be viewed at https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/ctfairfi@rootsweb.com for future reference as needed. It contains some useful information to help you use and enjoy the CTFAIRFI list more fully. Suggestion would be you copy this message, keep it in a file so you have it for offline use. GUIDELINES PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE of your fellow list members. Remember that some folks are beginners at using computers, some new to genealogy, others new at using the English language. PLEASE be patient with simple questions, or expressions which are difficult to understand. We are all here to help each other. 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You can contact me at any time at the email address below if you have any questions about this, or need to contact me at any time. WHEN POSTING A NEW MESSAGE to the list, please select an informative but concise subject line. When replying to a previous message, whether you intend your reply to go privately or to the list be sure to check that the intended recipient's address is showing in the Send To box of your email BEFORE clicking on SEND. Replies containing any genealogical information should be directed to the list, because others may benefit from your reply as well as the intended recipient. Thank you messages and other purely personal notes should be sent privately to the individual only. Do NOT send attachments to the list. If you and Joe want to exchange gedcoms, please send them in email. A lot of folks have a limit on the size of messages they can get in email. IMPORTANT: All messages posted to the list are permanently archived at RootsWeb and cannot be edited. Please consider this carefully before posting your message or reply on the list. This means among other things that posting personal information, or ANY information about living people is not allowed. As always, please feel free to contact me [ctfairfi-admin@rootsweb.com] at any time if you have any questions or comments about any of this or any other list problem, and you will ALWAYS receive a reply. HOW DO YOU POST? Send an email to: ctfairfi@rootsweb.com FORWARDING or CC: a message causes error messages and could result in your message being HELD, IGNORED and DELETED. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST? + Information about ancestors or related people who lived in Fairfield County Connecticut. + Questions about your ancestors that lived in Fairfield County Connecticut. Give as much detail as you can. + Interesting history of Fairfield County Connecticut. + Genealogy and family history conferences, even if there is charge for admission. + Genealogy societies should feel free to post about their society and their websites. + Book reviews of genealogy books are reasonable to post. A list of books is not, but sharing a good genealogy book you've found is a good idea. + Links to personal blogs that are about genealogy. They can be your blog or somebody else's. Even if the blog has ads, that is not a problem. + New collections on various genealogy sites that are relevant. We don't want advertisements, but if you find an interesting collection on Ancestry, FamilySearch, Library of Connecticut or some other site, let people know. WHAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR POST? + An informative but concise subject line. EXAMPLE: Walter Glenn GLAZIER b. 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