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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Connecticut Genealogy|Connecticut]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Connecticut Genealogy|Connecticut]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Connecticut Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' | ||
{{TOC right}}These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Connecticut.<br><br> | |||
=== National === | |||
[[Image:NARA Boston.jpg|border|right|200px|NARA Boston.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Boston]]'''<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives at Boston]<br><br> | |||
:Collects '''Connecticut''', Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | |||
=== Statewide === | |||
[ | [[Image:Connecticut Historical Society.png|border|right|175px|Connecticut Historical Society.png]]'''[[Connecticut Historical Society]]'''<br> 1 Elizabeth Street<br>Hartford, Connecticut 06105<br>Telephone: 860-236-5621<br>Fax: 860-236-2664<br>E-mail: [mailto:ask_us@chs.org ask_us@chs.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.chs.org/ Connecticut Historical Society]<br>Internet: [http://chs.org/research/family-history/ Family History] reference works, Mss., online resources, periodicals, microfilm and fiche.<br><br> | ||
:Town records, biographies, manuscripts, families, early settlers, church records, photos, and maps.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><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>E-mail: [http://ctstatelibrary.org/contact-us/email-us/ E-mail Us] form<br>Internet: [http://www.cslib.org/ Connecticut State Library]<br>Internet: [http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home History and Genealogy Home]<br><br> | ||
: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 | :The State Library also houses the [http://www.museumofcthistory.org/ Museum of Connecticut History] (860-757-6521).<br><br> | ||
'''[[Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library]]'''<br>175 Maple Street<br>East Hartford, Connecticut 06118-2634<br>'' Mailing address:'' P.O. Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033-0435 USA<br>Telephone: 860-569-0002<br>Fax: 860-569-0339<br>E-mail: [http://www.csginc.org/contact_us_connecticut_genealogy.php E-mail] form<br>Internet: [http://www.csginc.org/csg_library_books.php Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library] | |||
The library | :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 === | |||
The | '''[[Godfrey Memorial Library]]'''<br>134 Newfield St.<br>Middletown, Connecticut 06457<br>Telephone: 860-346-4375<br>Fax: 860-347-9874<br>E-mail: [mailto:Sharon@godfrey.org Sharon@godfrey.org] Reference Librarian<br>Internet: [http://www.godfrey.org/ Godfrey Memorial Library] about us, memberships, search, events, and opportunities.<br>Internet: [http://opac.libraryworld.com/opac/home.php Catalog] by keywords, author, title, subject, location, and others.<br>Internet: [http://www.godfrey.org/agbi.html AGBI Search] form ($). | ||
: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> | |||
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[https:// | [[Image:Mystic Seaport Museum.jpg|right|175px|Mystic Seaport Museum.jpg]]'''[[Mystic Seaport Museum Collections Research Center]]'''<br>75 Greenmanville Ave.<br>Mystic, CT 06355<br>Telephone: 860-572-5367<br>E-mail: [mailto:collections@mysticseaport.org collections@mysticseaport.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.mysticseaport.org/research/collections/ Collections and Library] Art & objects, books, film & video, manuscripts, maps & charts, periodicals, photography, ships' plans, sound archives, and watercraft.<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> | |||
'''[[New Haven Museum Whitney Research Library]]'''<br>114 Whitney Avenue<br>New Haven CT 06510<br>Telephone: 203-562-4183 x15<br>Fax: 203-562-2002<br>E-mail: [mailto:library@newhavenmuseum.org library@newhavenmuseum.org]<br>Internet: [http://newhavenmuseum.org/the-whitney-library/ The Whitney Library] collection description, catalog of manuscripts, research guides, and services. | |||
: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> | |||
[[Image:Homer D Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.jpg|right|175px|Homer D Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.jpg]]'''[[UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library]]'''<br>369 Fairfield Way<br>Storrs, CT 06269<br>Telephone: 860-486-2518<br>E-mail: [http://lib.uconn.edu/services/research/ask/ Ask a library] form<br>Internet: [http://lib.uconn.edu/ UConn Libraries]<br><br> | |||
:They have an outstanding Connecticut genealogy collection.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br> | |||
'''[[Western Connecticut State University Haas Library]]'''<br>181 White Street<br>Danbury, CT 06810<br>Telephone: 203-837-9100<br>E-mail: [http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119507&p=782857 E-Mail Reference] form<br>Internet: [http://libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=119507&p=782857 WSCU Libraries] about, hours, remote access, FAQs, contact.<br>Internet: [http://www.consuls.org/search~S8/ Online catalog] by keyword, author, title, family name, or subject. | |||
:Their collection includes histories, biographies, genealogies, and local histories.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br> | |||
<br> | [[Image:Sterling Memorial Library.jpg|right|175px|Sterling Memorial Library.jpg]]'''[[Yale University Sterling Memorial Library]]'''<br>120 High Street<br>New Haven, CT 06511-1918<br>Telephone: 203-432-1775<br>E-mail: [mailto:askyale@gmail.com askyale@gmail.com]<br>Internet: [http://web.library.yale.edu/building/sterling-library Sterling Memorial Library]<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> | |||
=== Out of State === | |||
[[Image:Albany Institute of History and Art.png|border|right|175px|Albany Institute of History and Art.png]]'''[[Albany Institute of History and Art]]'''<br>125 Washington Avenue<br>Albany, New York 12210<br>Telephone: 518-463-4478<br>E-mail: [mailto:information@albanyinstitute.org information@albanyinstitute.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.albanyinstitute.org/library.html Library]<br>Internet: [http://vwez.cdlc.scoolaid.net/bin/home Online Catalog]<br><br> | |||
: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> | |||
[[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|right|175px|WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg]]'''[[American Antiquarian Society]]'''<br>185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Internet: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ <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> | ||
[[Image:Bennington Museum.jpg|right|175px|Bennington Museum.jpg]]'''[[Bennington Museum Research Library]]'''<br>75 Main Street<br>Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885<br>Telephone: 802-447-1571<br>E-mail: [mailto:tresch@benningtonmuseum.org tresch@benningtonmuseum.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/library.html Bennington Museum Research Library]<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> | ||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|right|175px|NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org]<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> | ||
'''[[New York Public Library|New York Public Library]]'''[[Image:New York Public Library exterior.jpg|right|175px|New York Public Library exterior.jpg]]<br>U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy Division<br>Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 315S<br>New York, New York 10018-2788<br>Telephone: 212-930-0829<br>E-mail: [http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/126488 Ask a librarian]<br>Internet: [http://www.nypl.org/ http://www.nypl.org/]<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> | ||
[[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|border|right|175px|Vermont Historical Society.jpg]]'''[[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]]'''<br>Vermont History Center<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, Vermont 05641<br>Telephone: 802-479-8500<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@vermonthistory.org info@vermonthistory.org]<br>Internet: [http://vermonthistory.org/visit/leahy-library Vermont History Center]<br><br> | |||
* | :VHS is a good place to research former early '''Connecticut''' residents who later moved to Vermont.<ref name="DB25" /><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. | |||
[[Image:Connecticut Western Reserve in northeast Ohio.png|border|right|200px|Connecticut Western Reserve in northeast Ohio.png]]'''[[Western Reserve Historical Society]]<br>'''10825 East Boulevard <br>Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1788 <br>Telephone: 216-721-5722 x1509 <br>Fax: 216-721-0645 <br>E-mail: [mailto:reference@wrhs.org reference@wrhs.org] <br>Internet: [http://www.wrhs.org/research/library/genealogy/ Family History and Genealogical Research]<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 '' is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and the ''Connecticut Western Reserve '' 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}}. | |||
=== Online Records === | |||
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=== Research Guides === | |||
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*Kemp, Thomas Jay.''Connecticut Researcher's Handbook''. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1981. {{FHL|175093|item|disp=FHL book 974.6 D23k}} | |||
*Leclerc, Michael J., editor. ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research''. Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. {{FHL|1967587|disp=FHL book 974 D27g 2012}} {{WorldCat|779626228|disp=At various libraries(WorldCat)}}<br> | |||
[[Category:Connecticut | === References === | ||
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