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United States Connecticut Biography

The best collection of biographical works is at the Connecticut Historical Society. The Family History Library also has a fine collection. Representative biographical encyclopedias for Connecticut include:

Hart, Samuel, et al. Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography. 11 Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, ca. 1917-23. (FHL Collection Book 974.6 D3e vols. 1-2, 4, 7-11; Films 1425622—.) WorldCat entry.

Genealogical and Biographical Records of American Citizens: Connecticut. 26 Volumes. Hartford, Connecticut: N.p., 1929-49 (not available at Family History Library). WorldCat entry.

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Connecticut Major Repositories

Albany Institute of History and Art (NY) • American Antiquarian Society (Worcester MA) • Bennington Museum Research Library (VT) • Connecticut Museum of Culture and History • Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library • Connecticut State Library • DPH State Vital Records Office • Godfrey Memorial Library • Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven • Mystic Seaport Museum Collections Research Center • National Archives at Boston (Waltham MA) • New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston MA) • New Haven Museum Whitney Research Library • New York Public Library (NY) • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford • UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library • Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library (Barre VT) • Western Connecticut State University Haas Library • Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland OH) • Yale University Sterling Memorial Library

v • d• e Connecticut Migration Routes

Atlantic Coast Ports · Long Island Sound · Connecticut River Valley · Farmington River Valley · Housatonic Valley · Catskill Road · Connecticut Turnpike · Greenwood Road · King's Highway (or Boston Post Road) · New Haven and Milford Turnpike · New London and Lyme Turnpike · Old Connecticut Path · Pequot Path · Philipstown Turnpike