GOT WINDSOR CONNECTions?

OPEN HOUSE AT WINDSOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY APRIL 29
The Windsor Historical Society will hold a special Open House on Sunday April 29, 2007 from 1 until 4 pm. The Society is particularly inviting the attendees of the NERGC Conference to visit and become acquainted with the resources in the research library. The collections include books, manuscript collections, cemetery records, regional and state histories, town reports, local newspapers, school yearbooks, city directories, and maps which relate to the town of Windsor and its people. Visit Connecticut’s oldest English settlement, tour two historic homes, and explore the exhibition gallery. The Windsor Historical Society, located at 96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT, preserves and interprets over 370 years of Windsor’s history. For more information and directions please visit the WHS website at http://windsorhistoricalsociety.org/ or stop by their table at the Society Fair between 5:00 and 7:00 on Thursday, April 26.

A CELEBRATION AT THE OLIVER ELLSWORTH HOMESTEAD APRIL 29
The Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth Chapter, NSDAR invites you to visit the home of one of Windsor’s notable 18th century sons, Oliver Ellsworth and his wife Abigail Wolcott. Elmwood, built for Ellsworth by Samuel Denslow and later expanded by Thomas Hayden, has furnishings from the Ellsworth and Wolcott families as well as wonderful antiques period to Oliver’s life there. Located at 778 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut, it will be open on Sunday, April 29, 2007 to celebrate the 262nd anniversary of Oliver Ellsworth’s birth. Tours, special exhibits, and refreshments will be available from 10:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. All are welcome to celebrate the life of this remarkable American. For additional information and directions, stop by the CT DAR booth, Booth 6, in the Exhibit Hall.

THE DESCENDANTS OF THE FOUNDERS OF ANCIENT WINDSOR will be among the many other exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall. Open Thursday, April 26 from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. and on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 from 8:20 A.M. until 5:00 P.M., the Exhibit Hall will be filled with exhibitors from across the U.S. and Canada offering genealogical products and services. The Exhibit Hall, like the Society Fair, is open to the general public without charge.