Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Vol. 6With considerable satisfaction we are able to present herewith our Sixth Book of Early Connecticut Marriages, and. Thanks to our interested patrons who have regularly purchased these issues, our Yankee grit has won, and still more of these perishing records are secured in type. It looks now as if the work begun but feebly, some eight years ago, was nearing its completion. Our only hope is that it may be our privilege to bring them all out from their obscurity into ultimate service whereby additional links may be supplied to those who would find a real Connecticut anchorage.As these records have been copied, it has produced in us, as it must produce in those who possess the books, no end of amazement at the vast number of such records found in different localities at such early periods, all in possession of church authorities. Surely we all owe a debt of gratitude not only to the faithful clergy of these early years for so regularly recording, but also to those clerks who felt a real sacred obligation attached to their position in guard ing these perishing books with a jealous care. We fear there is not the same sense of responsibility felt to-day in such matters. Though the examples here set ought to inspire all with a like devotion, especially as is realized the exceeding value of all such records. Nor is it too late for even town clerks to learn a lesson from what has proved to be a most valuable possession of the State. Because a record is old is no evidence that such is either useless or worthless, but rather, in that such is old and perishing, should be reason for greater care and more delicate handling.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.