Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library

United States Connecticut Hartford Archives and Libraries Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library

Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library Insert building images here.jpg Contact Information E-mail:  E-mail form Address: 175 Maple Street East Hartford, Connecticut 06118-2634 Telephone:  860-569-0002 Fax: 860-569-0339 Hours and holidays:  Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Map, directions, and public transportation:   Map:  Google map: Connecticut Society of Genealogists Directions from Hartford and points north • I-84 or I-91 to Route 2 East • Exit 5C, down ramp then turn left at light • Approximately 0.5 miles, brick building on right (set back from road) Directions from Manchester and vicinity • Silver Lane left on Forbes • 2 miles to Maple Street on right • 0.5 miles to brick building on left (set back from road) Directions from Middletown and points south • I-91 North to Exit 25 (Putnam Bridge / Route 3) • Exit to Main Street, Glastonbury • Turn LEFT at light, stay in left lane • Turn LEFT again at next light onto Main Street • Pass the Putnam Bridge Plaza about 0.5 miles • Turn RIGHT at light onto Maple Street • Approximately 0.5 miles, brick building on right (set back from road) Public Transportation: Internet sites and databases: Connecticut Society of Genealogists join us, events, publications, genealogy basics, books, about us, literary awards, and links. CSG Library Holdings Collection Description The library's holdings are not limited to Connecticut and include census records, tax lists, family histories, church records, local histories, and much more. Tips {Optional} Guides {Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Alternate Repositories If you cannot visit or find a source at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections National Archives at Boston (that is Waltham), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, naturalizations, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings, Chinese immigration, Navy and maritime records. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, has the 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. Similar Collections Connecticut Historical Society town records, biographies, manuscripts, families, early settlers, church records, photos, and maps. Neighboring Collections County Vital Records Office City Vital Records Office County Archives County Orphan's Court County Probate Court County Recorder County Coroner U.S. District Court County and local historical societies County and local genealogical societies Public Libraries Museums and heritage societies Repositories in surrounding counties in Connecticut: Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and in Massachusetts: Hampden Godfrey Memorial Library an excellent genealogical facility including many New England town records, guidebooks, indexes, biographies, and genealogies. Mystic Seaport Museum Collections Research Center best first-stop for ships' logs and images, journals, ledgers, diaries, and documents from the whaling, fishing, and shipping industries. New Haven Museum Whitney Research Library best collection of the earliest southern Connecticut town records. They also have passenger arrival lists, Federal censuses, and a complete set of New Haven city directories since 1840. State Vital Records Office University Libraries Church archives Repositories in surrounding states: Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island Albany Institute of History and Art best collection of indexes and records for "old" Albany County, New York, including many Connecticut families that migrated into Vermont and upstate New York. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. Bennington Museum Research Library 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. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England since the 1600s. New York Public Library Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records. Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library, Barre, VT, VHS is a good place to research former early Connecticut residents who later moved to Vermont. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, premier repository for the Connecticut Western Reserve including original land records, many genealogies, biographies, histories, and Bibles. Sources