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| {{ToDo|Finish filling-in all the blanks on this template starting in the '''Tips''' section.}}<br>
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| === Contact Information === | | === Contact Information === |
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| '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Ask">[http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119507&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;p=782857%20WSCU%20Libraries Ask a Librarian] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> [http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119507&p=782857 E-Mail Reference] form<br> | | '''Email:'''<ref name="Ask">[http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119507&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;p=782857%20WSCU%20Libraries Ask a Librarian] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> [http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119507&p=782857 E-Mail Reference] form<br> |
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| '''Address:'''<ref name="Home">[http://library.wcsu.edu/ WCSU Libraries] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> | | '''Address:'''<ref name="Home">[http://library.wcsu.edu/ WCSU Libraries] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> |
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| :Danbury, CT 06810<br><br> | | :Danbury, CT 06810<br><br> |
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| '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Home" /> 203-837-9100<br> | | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Home" /> 203-837-9100<br> |
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| '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hours">[http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119478&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;p=779984 About the Libraries: Hours] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> [http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119478&p=779984 Ruth A. Haas Library Hours] <br> | | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hours">[http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119478&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;p=779984 About the Libraries: Hours] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> [http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119478&p=779984 Ruth A. Haas Library Hours] <br> |
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| '''Map, directions, and public transportation:''' | | '''Map, directions, and public transportation:''' |
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| *'''''Map:''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ruth+A+Haas+Library/@41.4020728,-73.4499121,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e7ff6b5dc08e0f:0x1f56b6be473c665e Google map: WCSU Haas Library] | | *'''''Map:''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ruth+A+Haas+Library/@41.4020728,-73.4499121,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e7ff6b5dc08e0f:0x1f56b6be473c665e Google map: WCSU Haas Library] |
| *'''''Directions to Midtown Campus (WCSU Haas Library):'''''<ref>[http://libguides.wcsu.edu/about/maps Maps and Directions] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> | | *'''''Directions to Midtown Campus (WCSU Haas Library):'''''<ref>[http://libguides.wcsu.edu/about/maps Maps and Directions] in ''WCSU Libraries'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> |
| **'''''From the West''''' Take Exit 5 off I-84 to first traffic light (Main Street). Turn right and continue on Main Street to White Street (fourth traffic light). Turn left on White Street and continue 1/2 mile. The campus is on the left. Parking is available in the parking garage on the right. | | **'''''From the West''''' Take Exit 5 off I-84 to first traffic light (Main Street). Turn right and continue on Main Street to White Street (fourth traffic light). Turn left on White Street and continue 1/2 mile. The campus is on the left. Parking is available in the parking garage on the right. |
| **'''''From the East''''' Take Exit 5 off I-84 to first traffic light (Clapboard Ridge Road). Turn right and continue on (Clapboard Ridge will turn into Main Street) to White Street (fifth traffic light). Turn left on White Street and continue 1/2 mile. The campus is on the left. Parking is available in the parking garage on the right.<br> | | **'''''From the East''''' Take Exit 5 off I-84 to first traffic light (Clapboard Ridge Road). Turn right and continue on (Clapboard Ridge will turn into Main Street) to White Street (fifth traffic light). Turn left on White Street and continue 1/2 mile. The campus is on the left. Parking is available in the parking garage on the right.<br> |
| *'''''Public transportation:''''' | | *'''''Public transportation:''''' |
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| :Their collection includes histories, biographies, genealogies, and local histories.<ref>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> | | :Their collection includes histories, biographies, genealogies, and local histories.<ref>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> |
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| === Tips ===
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| {''Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. ''}
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| === Alternate Repositories ===
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| If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.
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| '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
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| *[[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.<ref name="DB124">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.</ref><br>
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| *[[Connecticut State Library]], Hartford, has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, [[Charles R. 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>[http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home History and Genealogy Home] in ''CT State Library'' (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br>
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| '''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
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| *[[UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library]], Storrs, an outstanding Connecticut genealogy collection.</ref><br>
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| *[[Yale University Sterling Memorial Library]], New Haven, Puritain and Congregational Church records, as well as Connecticut, New Haven, and New England history, manuscripts, diaries, and journals.</ref><br>
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| '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
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| *County Vital Records Office
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| *City Vital Records Office
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| *County Archives
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| *County Recorder
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| *U.S. District Court
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| *County and local historical societies
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| *County and local genealogical societies
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| *Public Libraries
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| *Museums and heritage societies
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| Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Connecticut:''''' [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]], [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]], and '''''in New York:''''' [[Bronx County, New York|Bronx]], [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Queens County, New York|Queens]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]], and [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]]. | | Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Connecticut:''''' [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]], [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]], and '''''in New York:''''' [[Bronx County, New York|Bronx]], [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Queens County, New York|Queens]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]], and [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]]. |
| *[[Connecticut Historical Society]], Hartford, town records, biographies, manuscripts, families, early settlers, church records, photos, and maps. | | *[[Connecticut Historical Society]], Hartford, town records, biographies, manuscripts, families, early settlers, church records, photos, and maps. |
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| [[Category:United_States_Repositories|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Fairfield_County,_Connecticut|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Connecticut Archives and Libraries|{{PAGENAME}}]] | | [[Category:United_States_Repositories]] [[Category:Fairfield_County,_Connecticut]] [[Category:Connecticut Archives and Libraries]][[Category:Archives and Libraries]][[Category:Connecticut, United States]] |