For the first time I've found a ton of useful information on World Vital Records. Unfortunately, up until now, most of the information they've added either did not apply to the ancestors I was hunting, or duplicated what I've already collected. Because of this, I kind of stopped using the site.
Recently I've been working on a post about some of the "facts" associated with my 8th great grandfather Daniel Cone. The stories revolving around this guy were repeated so often on the Internet that many are now considered fact. The whole point of the article is to try to get to the bottom of these stories and see if they contain any threads of truth. I just about exhausted all of the online resources I use when I remembered I hadn't yet tried WVR. I plugged "Daniel Cone" into the search box and up popped quite a bit of information new to me.
It seems that in the late 19th and early 20th century people felt compelled to publish their genealogies in book form. I guess since there was no internet, publishing a book was the main way to get the word out. I found many published genealogies that mentioned Daniel Cone and some even provided information new to me. Apparently the books I found on WVR were courtesy of the Godfrey Memorial Library located very near where Daniel Cone lived in Connecticut. I've heard of this library, but never knew much about it so I visited the site and was quickly enticed into becoming a member. It only costs $35 a year, and when I saw the amount and type of info they have, I consider it a bargain. Right now I'm interested in the 4000 or so personal genealogies they have.
I've glad my World Vital Records subscription finally paid off, and I'm excited to continue exploring the Godfrey Memorial Library.
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