Godfrey Memorial Library

Sage Family Donation

GML — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:30:11 -0800

On Friday, January 6, 2011, Caleb Sage Hendrickson and Kate, his new wife, presented Godfrey Memorial Library with a beautiful book on the Sage family. Caleb and his grandfather, Donald A. Sage, are the co-authors of the just-published "The Sage...

Winter Hours

GML — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:13:20 -0800

This week the Library began Winter Hours. We will be open to the public on Wednesdays from 12 noon to 8:00 PM, Thursdays and Fridays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the...

Five Young Authors Earn Awards

GML — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:59:51 -0700

It was a capacity crowd of family, teachers, and friends meeting at Godfrey Memorial Library, Monday May 23, to see this years’ young authors receive their honors. Students from schools in Portland, Middletown, Durham and Hebron participated in the library’s...

Bible Project Reunites Family & Long-lost Bible

GML — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:26:15 -0700

The Godfrey Memorial Library collects family bibles in order to record the family names included with them. After cataloging and scanning, we try to locate the family to see if they would like the bible returned to them. Family bibles...

Granby Cemetery Records Donated to Genealogy Library

GML — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:30:23 -0700

The Salmon Brook Historical Society of Granby, Connecticut, has donated their extensive collection of cemetery records to the Godfrey Memorial Library, to be included as part of the library’s large-scale cemetery project. Carol Laun, Archivist for the Salmon Brook Historical...

Godfrey Library and the Civil War Sesquicentennial

GML — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:54:09 -0700

April 12, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War in which some 620,000 Americans lost their lives. When the war began Connecticut regiments were called to arms by decrees from both President Abraham Lincoln...

Local Genealogy Conference Announced

GML — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:54:13 -0700

Next year's NERG Conference comes to Springfield, MA and Godfrey Library will be exhibiting! Exploring New Paths to Your Roots, to be held April 6-10, 2011 in Springfield, Massachusetts, is the 11th New England Regional Genealogical Conference and will build...

GML — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:22:01 -0700

The sidewalk project is nearly complete, at long last! Landscaping has been done, and now we're waiting for the grass to grow. The front entrance is once again open - for a while at least, until we begin the much...

Significant Strides in Sidewalks

GML — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:55:08 -0700

Construction workers have been making great strides in completing our Sidewalk/Front Entrance Project since late last week. Forms were built, cement was poured, leveled, and stamped. Today, the crew worked on leveling the huge mounds of dirt and a little...

Laying Forms

GML — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:18:26 -0700

Some of the forms were built today. These will frame the cement for our new sidewalk and front entrance as it's poured. A small walkway that bordered the library was also removed. See new photos in our album.