Did you see this earlier G2G:
Early Connecticut marriages
Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800: Book 2
Frederic William Bailey
- January 1, 1896
Bureau of American ancestry
- Publisher
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=hM0UAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-hM0UAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1
asked Aug 23, 2017 in The Tree House by Eddie King G2G6 Pilot (603k points)
All the books in the series are available for free online, at multiple locations. Here is a list:
Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800
The above list also includes the link to An Annotated Table of Contents.
The books were republished in 1982 (7 books in one volume) with additions/corrections.
commented Aug 24, 2017 by Rick Pierpont G2G6 Pilot
Thanks, Eddie, for bringing up this series. Now I can ask my questions!
There are 7 volumes available on Archive.org:
Frederic W. Bailey, ed., ‘’Early Connecticut Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records, prior to 1800’’, [https://archive.org/details/earlyconnecticut1896bail v. 1], New Haven, CT: Published by the Bureau of American Ancestry, Price, Lee & Adkins Co., Print., 1896.
Then v2-7
Questions: Are there any problems with this series we should be aware of? Does Bailey tend to be accurate in his transcriptions? Are there any major known gaps in his coverage of the available materials?
Many of these marriages are also covered in the Connecticut Church records indexes (at the Connecticut State Library but available on Ancestry.com.) I haven't noted any major discrepancies when I've found a marriage in both places.
The Connecticut Church Record Indexes were built from the original church book records. The CT Library archives built the indexes, so users wouldn't wear out the originals. Bailey predates the indexes and also would have used the original church books.
commented Aug 24, 2017 by Anne B G2G Astronaut
