Hi--my father was from the Waterbury VT area.[He's dead now]. He knew of HHF and met her sometimes, at least he told me he had. He used to sing a lot old ballads when I was growing up, like Matty Groves and Barbara Allen. Our family still sings them--it's a tradition, and I guess we feel we owe it to Dad. Jane BEck, at VT Folklife CEnter, has some of our family's songs in her files.I have no idea if HHF collected from my kin, but's possible. I'm glad someone is looking at her work. It should be more widely known, and the old song traditions of New England more widely available.