Western Connecticut State University Haas Library

United States Connecticut Fairfield Archives and Libraries Western Connecticut State University Haas Library

Western Connecticut State University Haas Library Insert building images here.jpg Contact Information E-mail:  E-Mail Reference form Address: 181 White Street Danbury, CT 06810 Telephone:  203-837-9100 Hours and holidays:  Ruth A. Haas Library Hours Map, directions, and public transportation: Map:  Google map: WCSU Haas Library Directions to Midtown Campus: 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. Internet sites and databases: Repository Internet site {create a link for each bullet, and then give a line or two listing content so the reader will know if it is worthwhile to click on that link}. Repository catalog online. Repository database. other(s). Collection Description Their collection includes histories, biographies, genealogies, and local histories. 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 Western Connecticut State University Haas 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 UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library, Storrs, an outstanding Connecticut genealogy collection. 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. 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, New Haven, and in New York: Bronx, Dutchess, Nassau, Putnam, Queens, Suffolk, and Westchester. Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, town records, biographies, manuscripts, families, early settlers, church records, photos, and maps. Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library, East Hartford, their holdings are not limited to Connecticut and include census records, tax lists, family histories, church records, local histories, and much more. Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, an excellent genealogical facility including many New England town records, guidebooks, indexes, biographies, and genealogies. Mystic Seaport Museum Collections Research Center, Mystic, 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; also passenger arrival lists, Federal censuses, and New Haven city directories since 1840. State Vital Records Office 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 MA, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. Bennington Museum Research Library, Bennington VT, early Connecticut, New York, 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, New York City, 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, this society is a good place to research former early Connecticut residents who later moved to Vermont. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland OH, premier repository for the Connecticut Western Reserve including original land records, many genealogies, biographies, histories, and Bibles. 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