Welcome!

I created this blog to help me share some of the weird and fascinating stories of the people of the past. I tend to find random people (usually from the 19th century) and track down as much information about them as I possibly can. Most of them are currently from West Hartford, Connecticut, because I worked at the Historical Society there and discovered many of them while doing research for a cemetery tour called West Hartford Hauntings. If you have the chance, you should buy tickets and go. It's held each October, and is still pretty awesome even though I'm no longer involved ;).

So I discovered and wrote about the stories of something like 50 people from in and around West Hartford. I intend to expand my history stalking to other places and eras, but I'm working with what I have for the moment.

Bear with me as I get used this new format (i.e. not a script, academic paper, press release, etc.) and feel free to comment or ask questions about the people I've researched. And if you're a descendant of any of these people, or have more information or images (my Holy Grail is a photo of Mary Elizabeth Wentworth Bissell Estey), please tell me, as I would love to learn more!