The

Edgerton

Database

Index

Sources

Sources – Citations and Abbreviations

VR Vital Records. Unless otherwise mentioned, refers to the vital records from the town or municipality in which the event occurred. The citation will include book/volume #, page #, and (if applicable) entry #. [eg. (VR 1:21:33)]

VRp Published Vital Records. Citation will include volume # and page #. [eg. (VRp I:33)] See below for specific bibliographical information.

Co. VR County-wide Vital Records. Unless otherwise mentioned, refers to the vital records from the county in which the event occurred. The citation will include book/volume #, page #, and (if applicable) entry #. [eg. (Co. VR 1:21:33)]

ChR Church Record. Citation will include volume and/or page #. [eg. (ChR 2:53)] When not apparent, the citation will list the specific church. [eg. (Franklin Cong. ChR 2:53)]

GI Gravestone Inscription. Citation may include section # and/or plot #, if known. [eg. (GI C:45)]

CemR Cemetery Records. Citation will include page #, and if applicable, entry #. [eg. (CemR 35:23)]

CR Census Record. Citation will include state, year and township. [eg. (CR VT1850 Wallingford)]

WWI DRC World War I Draft Registration Card

LR Land Record (deed, mortgage, etc.) Citation will include volume # and page #.

SSDI Social Security Death Index.

DI State Death Index. Citation will include the state abbreviation. [eg. (DI CA)]

BI State Birth Index. Citation will include the state abbreviation. [eg. (BI CA)]

MI State Marriage Index. Citation will include the state abbreviation. [eg. (MI CA)]

DoH Department of Health. Citation will include the Jurisdiction (eg. state, county, city, etc.), type of certificate and certificate number. [eg. (NY State DoH MC #8976)]

OB Obituary Notice. Citation will include the publication and date of issue. [eg. (OB Rutland Weekly Herald, 1/15/1877)]

MA Marriage Announcement. Citation will include the publication and date of issue. [eg. (MA Rutland Weekly Herald, 1/15/1877)]

DARLB DAR Lineage Book. Citation will include volume # and page #. [eg. (DARLB 33:112)]

DARPI DAR Patriot Index. Citation will include volume # and page #. [eg. (DARPI I:23)]

FG Family Genealogy, Record or Account.

FG1 Welch, Ida Ferry; Edmund and Martha Needham Edgerton; Albert and Mildred Johnson Anderson; Clement and Estella Johnson Giana (comp.), Edgerton Family Genealogy, Sept. 1964, on file at Wallingford, VT Town Hall.

FG2 Dumas, David W.; Joseph Edgerton of Norwich, Connecticut and his Descendants, East Greenwich, RI, 1982, on microfiche at Salt Lake City FHL.

FG3 Dunwiddie, Ina Edgerton, Edgerton Family History, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, 1952, on microfilm at Salt Lake City FHL.

FG4 Anon.; Edgerton, 22-page genealogy, on file at Wallingford, VT Town Hall.

FG5 Jacobus, Donald Lines; “Edgerton Family of Simsbury”, (The American Genealogist, January 1965, Vol. 41, no. 1, pgs. 227-230).

FG6 Porter, Francis A.; “Some Descendants of Jonathan Edgerton”, (The American Genealogist, January 1968, Vol. 44, no. 1, pgs. 119-125).

FG7 Rumsey, Jean; “Asenath Edgerton’s Letter”, (The American Genealogist, January 1966, Vol. 42, no. 1, pgs. 13-15).

FG8 Lister, Eugene Clark; Edgerton-Flint Ancestral Lines, Muscatine, Iowa, Oct. 1987, on microfiche at Salt Lake City FHL.

FG9 Edgerton Family Bible Records; Campus Martius Collection, Vol. I, no. 40; Marietta, Ohio, on microfiche at Salt Lake City FHL.

FG10 Garner, Jessie Edgerton; Edgerton Tales and Details 1836 – 1986, Hanover, Illinois, 1986, copy provided by Jill Edgerton (Salmon, ID).

FG11 Adam, Sally Jean; Edgerton Family History, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on microfilm at Salt Lake City FHL.

Other Abbreviations

BC	Birth Certificate
BP	Burial Permit
DC	Death Certificate
MC	Marriage Certificate
BDM	Births, Deaths and Marriages

Published Vital Records (VRp) – Bibliographical information

Arlington, VT	Vital Statistics of Arlington, Vermont; George A. Russell, M.D. (comp.); Arlington, Vermont; 1937.

Charlemont, MA	Vital Records of Charlemont, Mass. to the Year 1850; NEHGS; Boston, Mass., 1917.

Coventry, CT	Dimock, Susan Whitney (ed.); Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Death in Coventry, Connecticut; The Baker and Taylor Co.; New York, 1897.

Danvers, MA	Vital Records of Danvers, Mass. to the end of the year 1849; The Essex Institute; Salem, Mass., 1909.

East Granby, CT	Bates, Albert Carlos; Sundry Vital Records of and pertaining to the present town of East Granby, Connecticut 1737 – 1886; Hartford; 1947.

Heath, MA	Vital Records of Heath, Mass. to the Year 1850; NEHGS; Boston, Mass., 1915.

Mansfield, CT	Dimock, Susan Whitney (ed.); Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Death from the records of the Town and Churchs in Mansfield, Connecticut; The Baker and Taylor Co.; New York, 1898.

Norwich, CT	Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848; Vital Records of Connecticut, Series I, Towns II; Hartford Society of Colonial Wars; 1913.