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This Family Archive CD contains images of the pages of a collection of articles that were originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and reprinted by GPC under the title Genealogies of Connecticut Families, as well as images of the pages of Families of Ancient New Haven, a work that was compiled by America's foremost genealogist, Donald Lines Jacobus, and comprised the first eight volumes of what became one of America"s premier periodicals, The American Genealogist. This combination CD includes genealogies of almost every founding family of Connecticut as well as the complete ancestry and relationships of 35,000 residents of 18th-century New Haven. Referencing over 127,000 individuals, this collection is indispensable to anyone researching Connecticut ancestry. The records cover the entire state and even include information on some families whose ancestry is associated with other areas, notably Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, and the Mid-West. The articles vary in content but generally include documented genealogies as well as birth, marriage, death, probate, land, and court records.

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.