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Dr. John Durand of Derby, Connecticut and His Family   Author Alvy Ray Smith   Publisher Newbury Street Press New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Boston, Massachusetts 2003 Reprinted 2007. Available from AmericanAncestors.org

Cover: Asher Brown Durand, Study from Nature, Stratton Notch, Vermont, 1857. Collection of The New-York Historical Society

Full Title: Dr. John Durand (1664-1727) of Derby, Connecticut: His Family Through Four Generations, Featuring the Branch of His Youngest Son, Ebenezer Durand, Through Ten Generations to 2003

22 November 2004: Author to give Durand book talk at Derby Historical Society meeting, at the Grassy Hill Lodge, 77 Sodum Lane, East Derby CT,  5-7pm.

20 May 2004: Author to receive NGS (National Genealogical Society) book award, Sacramento CA, annual conference and banquet. [See Durand homepage].

15 May 2004: Author receives CSG (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc.) grand prize book award, Berlin CT, annual meeting and luncheon. [See Durand homepage]. (Shares award)

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16 November 2003   Durand-Hedden House & Garden   featuring the home and artifacts of John, Cyrus, and Asher Brown Durand   Hear author Alvy Ray Smith  speak on his new Durand genealogy with book signing afterward   Maplewood, New Jersey 1-4 pm

16 November 2003: Author spoke on the Durands and signed copies of his book at the Durand-Hedden House museum devoted to the Durand family of Maplewood, New Jersey. Several Durand descendants were in attendance.

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27 October 2003: Author spoke on his Durand genealogy book at NEHGS Board of Trustees meeting, Boston, MA.

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Associated papers

Indiana Descendants of Dr. John Durand, 1664-1727: Excerpts from Dr. John Durand of Derby, Connecticut, and His Family, Part 1: Samuel and Son Orson, paper, part 1 published, The Hoosier Genealogist, 5 pages, Spring 2003, 43[2003]: 59-62 (plus cover); Part 2: Orson Durand's Children, paper, part 2 published, The Hoosier Genealogist, 4 pages, Summer 2003, 43[2003]: 127-30

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How I Was Inspired to Publish a Family History: the Durands of Colonial Connecticut, paper, to be published, New England Ancestor, holiday issue 2003