INTRODUCTION TO THE SNODGRASS SOURCE BOOKS The state source books were created by Charlou Dolan. She began this massive project ca. 1986, organizing and typing the accumulation of Snodgrass research when she got "boxes and boxes" of files from Scott F. Hosier (he was Editor of The MACE 1978-1986). Those files formed the nucleus of the "source books". During her tenure as Editor of The MACE, 1987-1993 and since, Charlou has been hard at it: gathering and entering into the source books Snodgrass data, making trips to courthouses and libraries across the country, collecting files & family data from past & present members of The Snodgrass Clan Society, as well as soliciting information from many other Snodgrass researchers. The source books are one of the best tools available to anyone researching Snodgrass. One for nearly every state, each is organized by county and within each county, info is arranged by date. These source books contain a wealth of Snodgrass research. Census readings - wills - deeds - misc. court records - marriages - deaths - obits - histories - Bible records - even queries found in genealogical publications ... all Snodgrass! Charlou's comments on the collected data are shown as < . > throughout. Any comments marked [ . ] or [vss -] were added by me, Violet "Suzie" Snodgrass Schoolcraft beginning in 1997, the result of my reading the source books and tracing families since I first joined The Snodgrass Clan Society in 1993. PLEASE keep in mind that the source books are meant to be a reference work - they give us an idea of what has already been found. Perhaps more importantly, they show us where to look next for what is yet to be done! REMEMBER, extractions & transcriptions, notes & comments may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original material. ALWAYS refer to the original source material whenever possible, using the source books as a starting point to guide you in your individual research. If it is SNODGRASS we at The Snodgrass Clan Society continue to collect it! Please send items (with sources cited!) you want to share with others to: Paul D. Snodgrass, at The Snodgrass Clan Society (Editor of The MACE since 1993) E-mail: paulsnodgrass@cox.net Charlou Dolan E-mail: charlou@compuserve.com (To be added to Charlou's mailing list for her updates, email her) and to me, Suzie Snodgrass Schoolcraft E-mail: snodgras@scci.net vss - October 1999 CONNECTICUT SOURCE BOOK -- SNODGRASS FAMILY STATEWIDE CENSUS RECORDS 1790 census index - NS 1800 census index - NS 1810 census index - NS 1820 census index - NS 1830 census index - NS 1840 census index - NS 1850 census index - NS 1860 census - yes (see Fairfield & New Haven Cos.) 1900 soundex - yes (see Hartford & New Haven Cos.) 1920 soundex - yes (see New Haven Co.) ################################################################ FAIRFIELD COUNTY CENSUS RECORDS 1860 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1860 Census Greenwich, page 159, #1059/1232: Elizabeth P. Hoyt 48-F-NY $5,000/6,000 *** Samuel S. Snodgrass 28-M-NY clerk ##################################################################### HARTFORD COUNTY CENSUS RECORDS 1900 Census ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Farmington, 135-6-31: Avin Snodgrass 29-M-WV/VA/VA Aug 1870 clergy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## NEW HAVEN COUNTY CENSUS RECORDS 1860 census - yes 1900 soundex - yes 1920 soundex - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1860 Census City of New Haven, Ward 3, page 435, #1510/2484: Samuel Snodgrass 28-M-IRE 0/$100 smith helper Anna Snodgrass 27-F-IRE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census New Haven, 354-10-40: Robert Snodgrass 38-M-CT/SCT/IRE Jan 1862 m.4y, fireman Johana Snodgrass 34-F-TX/GER/GER May 1866 wife, 0 ch New Haven, 400-7-82: Samuel Snodgrass 35-M-CT Mar 1865 m.8y, cigar maker Grace Snodgrass 30-F-CT Nov 1870 wife, 1 ch, 1 liv Helen W. Johnson 13-F-CT Sep 1887 step-dau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Soundex Mariden, 32-271-6-77: (hotel) *** William Snodgrass 28-M-RI servant [? s/o James & Etta 1900 Providence RI] New Haven, 35-363-9-65: Robert A. Snodgrass 57-M-CT Johanna Snodgrass 53-F-TX wife Lucinda Henderson 58-F-TX sister-in-law ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ######################################################################