Connecticut Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

=== Online Records of Connecticut  ===

=== National Repositories ===

=== Statewide Repositories ===

:Town records, biographies, manuscripts, families, early settlers, church records, photos, and maps.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><br>

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:Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, Hale Collection newspaper marriages and deaths, manuscripts, books, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, maps, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref> <ref>[http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home History and Genealogy Home] in ''CT State Library'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> Holdings include the collection, [http://www.cslib.org/ctarch.htm ''"Connecticut Archives," 1629–1820.''] A helpful inventory of this collection is:

:*Connecticut State Library, ''Guide to Archives in the Connecticut State Library'', Third Edition. (Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library, 1981; Family History Library book {{FHL|221829|title-id|disp=974.6 A1}} No. 30).

:The State Library also houses the [http://www.museumofcthistory.org/ Museum of Connecticut History] (860-757-6521).<br><br>

:The library's holdings are not limited to Connecticut and include census records, tax lists, family histories, church records, local histories, and much more.

=== Regional Repositories ===

:The collection is national in scope with many [http://www.godfrey.org/scholar/login.html online records] in addition to its physical collection. They compiled the {{WorldCat|865629740|item|disp=''American Genealogical and Biographical Index (AGBI)''}}. This library is an excellent genealogical facility including many New England town records, guidebooks, indexes, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br>

:Best first-stop for ships' logs and images, journals, ledgers, diaries, and documents from the whaling, fishing, and shipping industries. Preserves the maritime history of Connecticut and New England. 1,300 logbooks, 390 collections, and 800 related volumes from 1720-present.<ref>[http://www.mysticseaport.org/research/collections/manuscripts/ Manuscripts] in ''Mystic Seaport: the Museum of America and the Sea'' (accessed 20 September 2015).</ref><br><br>

:This is the best collection of the earliest southern Connecticut town records.<ref name="DB25" /> They also have passenger arrival lists, Federal censuses, and a complete set of New Haven city directories since 1840.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Museum_and_Historical_Society New Haven Museum and Historical Society] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 18 September 2015).</ref> Formerly known as the ''New Haven Colony Historical Society''.<br><br>

:They have an outstanding Connecticut genealogy collection.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br>

:Their collection includes histories, biographies, genealogies, and local histories.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br>

:Their genealogical strength is their religious collection and Puritain and Congregational Church records. They are also strong on Connecticut, New Haven, and New England history, manuscripts, diaries, and journals.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br>

=== Outside of Connecticut Repositories ===

:This is the best collection of indexes and original records for "old" Albany County, New York, part of which included what is now all of Vermont. During the 1600s many families which started in '''Connecticut''' later migrated into Vermont and upstate New York.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br>

:They have many '''Connecticut''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. The AAS is best known for their U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, and manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref><br><br>

:Their collection includes early '''Connecticut''', New York, and Vermont records. It is a great place to find records of families that moved up the Connecticut River and then west.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br>

:Best overall collection for New England (and '''Connecticut''') vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br><br>

:This is one of the largest research libraries in the world including excellent genealogical resources for '''Connecticut'''. The library has city and telephone directories, vital records indexes, local histories, genealogies, federal and state censuses, passenger lists, genealogical collections (including DAR transcripts), and church records.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref> For maps, write to the Map Division at the same address.<br><br>

:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969. {{WorldCat|679814}}; {{FHL|256180|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3b; film 908069, item 20; fiche 6046847}}. This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.  

:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970. {{WorldCat|679715}}; {{FHL|256212|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3br; film 908503 item 1}}. This is a continuation of the above guide.  

:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society''. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. {{WorldCat|865949996}}; {{FHL|256206|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3bri; film 908503 item 2}} This is a continuation of the above guide.<br><br>

:The Western Reserve was a large part of Ohio at first intended for settlement by '''Connecticut''' Revolutionary War refugees. The '''Research Library''' at the '''''Western Reserve Historical Society''''' ''History Center&nbsp;'' is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and the ''Connecticut Western Reserve&nbsp;'' history material. This important collection includes original land records, as well as many genealogies, biographies, histories, and Bibles from Pennsylvania and New England.<ref name="DB89">Dollarhide and Bremer, 89.</ref> Includes over 20 million manuscripts for genealogical research and northeast Ohio history. They have the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials. Other important collections include the American Civil War, and the automotive industry.<ref>[http://www.wrhs.org/research/library/significant-collections/ Significant Collections] in ''Western Reserve Historical Society'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref>

:*Kermit J. Pike, ''A Guide to the Manuscripts and Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society'' (Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1972). {{WorldCat|483574}}; {{FHL|94342|item|disp=FHL Book 977.1 A3p}}.<br>  

:*Western Reserve Historical Society. History Library. ''Card Catalog to the Manuscripts Collection in the Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974). {{WorldCat|865891564}}; {{FHL|210248|item|disp=FHL Films 934566-69; 934617-18}}.<br><br>

*Kemp, Thomas Jay.''Connecticut Researcher's Handbook''. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1981. {{FHL|175093|item|disp=FHL book&nbsp;974.6 D23k}}&nbsp;  

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