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[[Image:CT State Library & Archives II.jpg|border|right|175px|CT State Library & Archives II.jpg]]'''Connecticut State Library'''<br>231 Capitol Avenue<br>Hartford, Connecticut 06106<br>Telephone: 860-757-6500 or toll free: 866-886-4478<br> | [[Image:CT State Library & Archives II.jpg|border|right|175px|CT State Library & Archives II.jpg]]'''Connecticut State Library'''<br>231 Capitol Avenue<br>Hartford, Connecticut 06106<br>Telephone: 860-757-6500 or toll free: 866-886-4478<br>Email: [mailto:http://ctstatelibrary.org/contact-us/email-us/ http://ctstatelibrary.org/contact-us/email-us/] <br>[https://ctstatelibrary.org/ Website]<br>[http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/indexes History & Genealogy References]<br> | ||
Has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, Hale Collection newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions.<ref>[http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home History and Genealogy | Has the [[Barbour Collection]], Bibles, census, church, [[Charles R. Hale Collection|Hale Collection]] newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions.<ref>[http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home History and Genealogy] in ''CT State Library'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> | ||
:Large genealogy collection of newspapers, books manuscripts, town histories, maps and lots of genealogies.<ref name="DB25">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{ | :Large genealogy collection of newspapers, books manuscripts, town histories, maps and lots of genealogies.<ref name="DB25">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Holdings include the collection, ''[https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/c.php?g=426846&p=6696496 "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; FS Library book {{FSC|221829|title-id|disp=974.6 A1}} No. 30). | ||
The main branch in Hartford offers a wide variety of collections and the lower level of the building houses the Connecticut State Archives. The Connecticut State Archives hosts historical records, maps, indexes, newspapers, vital records, town histories and so much more. Their website offers a [https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home Guide to the Archives in the Connecticut State Library]. | |||
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:The State Library also houses the [http://www.museumofcthistory.org/ Museum of Connecticut History] (860-757-6521).<br> | :The State Library also houses the [http://www.museumofcthistory.org/ Museum of Connecticut History] (860-757-6521).<br> | ||
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*State Library Storage Facility, 75 Van Block Ave. Hartford, Connecticut | *State Library Storage Facility, 75 Van Block Ave. Hartford, Connecticut | ||
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===References=== | ===References=== | ||
Jeannie Sherman, Connecticut Town Guides: compiled from collections at the CT State Library. | |||
A guide to town vital records held at the CT State Library (with FS Library microfilm numbers). You can download the book as a pdf at [https://cdm15019.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p128501coll2/id/45894 Connecticut Town Guides]. | |||
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