Connecticut Libraries

A pound sign # next to the listing implies that the Connecticut library has local genealogical material available.

• Connecticut State Library #

Connecticut Libraries by Town

• Acton Public Library – Old Saybrook
• Aldrich Free Public Library – Plainfield
• Andover Public Library
• Ansonia Public Library
• Atwater Memorial Library – North Branford
• Avon Free Public Library
• Beacon Falls Public Library
• Beardsley Library #
  The Beardsley Library serves the Towns of Barkhamsted, Colebrook and Winchester Connecticut.
  • City Directories (1874-1900)
    The G&LHR has nearly every Winsted City Directory from 1872 through 1980. Due to the fragile condition of the library’s earlier directories, selected years are no longer available for handling, but the years 1874 through 1900 have been digitized.
  • Headstone Inscriptions
    The Charles R. Hale Collection of headstone inscriptions for Winsted and Winchester is included in the G&LHR’s Notebook Collection, and it has also been digitized. The headstone inscriptions were compiled as a W.P.A. project, from 1932 to 1934, so deaths that occurred during these years may not be included.
  • Winchester and Town of Winsted
  • Winchester Beginning Of A Town And A Nation
  • Winsted and Winchester Today and Tomorrow
  • Winsted Tercentenarian
  • Winsted – City of a Dozen Hills
  • A New England Village Green
  • Dedication Ceremonies Mad River Dam And Reservoir
  • Winchester BiCentennial
  • Winsted Development of an Ideal Town
  • Lets Look at Winchester
  • Winsted Green and Its Neighborhood
  • The Gateway to the Berkshires
  • Winchester Soldiers Monument
  • A Tour to Places of Historic Interest
  • Colonial Winchester
  • Dedication Ceremony For Sucker Brook Dam
  • CT Towns – Winchester – Winsted in 1813
  • Winchester Annals and Family Records
  • Colebrook Headstone Inscriptions
  • Winchester Headstone Inscriptions vol 1
  • Winchester Headstone Inscriptions vol 2
• Bentley Memorial Library – Bolton
• Berlin – Peck Memorial Library #
  • Berlin High School Yearbook Collection
    The Berlin High School Yearbook Collection presently contains yearbooks dated 1937 to 2010.
  • Berlin, East Berlin and Kensington Name Index
    This is an index of Kensington, Berlin, and East Berlin families. Due to the scarcity of information some names may be only a listing. There may be some entries taken from recent obituaries but most of the information is historical in nature.
• Bethel Public Library #
  • Treasures of Connecticut Libraries
    • Bethel Search
      Up to 100 items from the Library’s collection will be posted over time and will include excerpts from the Historic Architectural Survey of the Village of Bethel produced in 1986 by the Bethel Historical Society and CT Historical Commission; Maria Parloa’s book Camp Cookery, plus excerpts from her longer books; photographs and articles on Parloa and the Seelye family; and the library history book written by the director. Other items to be submitted include centennial documents, postcards, photographs and other materials from the local history collection.
      • Book – 401 Headstone Inscriptions Town of Bethel, Connecticut
        Excerpts from a book of inscriptions of all of the headstones in the seven cemeteries in Bethel, Connecticut as recorded in 1934. This document includes the title page, the 38 page index of inscriptions, a list of the seven cemeteries, and a map of Bethel indicating the location of the cemeteries.
• Bethlehem Public Library
• Booth & Dimock Memorial Library – Coventry
  • Coventry Cemetery Records
    • Book One: Nathan Hale Cemetery
    • Book 2: Strong Yard; South Yard; North or Flint Yard; Center Yard
• Brainerd Memorial Library – Haddam
• Bridgeport Library #
  • Bassick High School Year Books – Bridgeport (1950-2013)
  • Central High School Yearbooks – Bridgeport (1950-1980)
  • Warren Harding High School Yearbooks – Bridgeport (1963-1984)
  • City Directories Finding Aid
  • P. T. Barnum Research Collection
    The 1000+ archival items and artifacts selected for this collection pertain to the world-famous showman, Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), and many of his associates, such as Charles S. Stratton (“Gen. Tom Thumb”), Jenny Lind, and Jumbo the Elephant, as well as his American Museum in New York City, circuses, four homes in Bridgeport, and other career, civic-life, and family-life topics.
  • History Center Photographs
    These photographs feature street scenes of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  • Bridgeport News Articles by M.K. Witkowski
    History Center Head Emeritus Mary K. Witkowski wrote over 450 articles for the Bridgeport News during her tenure at the BHC. From the Historical Collections articles explore many facets of Bridgeport history –people, places, and things– from the renowned to the quirky, and will take readers on a delightful journey through the City’s past.
  • Archives and Manuscripts
  • Oral History Projects
    • Afro-American Educators’ Association
      From 1982-1983, Bridgeport’s Afro-American Educators’ Association conducted interviews with black residents of Bridgeport.
    • Bridgeport Working: Voices from the Twentieth Century
      The ”Bridgeport Working:  Voices from the Twentieth Century” was the concept of former BHC Department Head, Mary K. Witkowski.  As Director of the History Center, Witkowski understood the important role that labor has played in Bridgeport’s history.   Witkowski wanted to create a website that would provide researchers with valuable information on the City’s varied economy and the diverse group of citizens who have driven it.  The site’s oral histories link individuals with historic events and trends and give voice to the people who actually witnessed and participated in them.
    • Bridgeport Working: selected interviews with full audio and chapter transcripts
      A selection of interviews taken from the “Bridgeport Working” labor history site with complete audio and transcripts divided by subject and chapter for easy access to specific topics.
• Bristol Public Library #
  • Bristol World War II Scrapbook
    This digital archive will celebrate the history of the residents of the city of Bristol and the surrounding communities who served in World War II.
• Brookfield Library
• Brooklyn Town Library #
  • Burlington Room
  • History of Flood Friday
    The Connecticut Flood Recovery Committee’s final report (in the archives of the Connecticut State Library) called the flood of August 19, 1955 “the worst flood in the history of the eastern United States.”
• Burlington Public Library
• Burnham Library
• Canterbury Public Library
• Canton Public Library #
  • Local History Collection
• Case Memorial Library # – Orange
  • Local History Collection
    The Library’s Local History Collection provides a collection of books, photographs, videos, and maps with an emphasis on the history of the Orange community, its people, and its institutions. Materials in the Local History Collection do not circulate and must be used in the Library.
  • Case Memorial Library Orange Local History Cabinet
  • The manuscript Constitution, membership roster, and minutes of the North Milford Temperance Society, 1830-1837
  • The manuscript Constitution, membership roster, and minutes of the Orange Washington Temperance Society, 1841-1845, and the Orange Total Abstinence Society, 1848-1858
  • History of Orange, compiled in 1949 by Mary R. Woodruff
  • The Amity Star, a newspaper published from 1950 to 1953
  • Historical Addresses and Manual of the Church of Christ Congregational in Orange, Connecticut, 1910
  • Orange 150, published in 1972 to honor the town’s 150th anniversary
  • Orange, Connecticut Historic District, an illustrated description (revised edition, 1986)
  • Orange oral history video files:
    • Mr. & Mrs. Ewen, Tape 1 of 2
    • Mr. & Mrs. Ewen, Tape 2 of 2
    • Roger Boyd & Ira Goldenberg, #1 of 2
    • Roger Boyd & Ira Goldenberg, #2 of 2
    • Roger Boyd & Ira Goldenberg, alternate version
    • Norma Callahan — Library
    • Hannah Clark Russell — TPZC
• Chaplin Public Library
• Cheshire Public Library #
  • Cheshire Newspaper Articles Collection Index (1756 – 1922)
    From its settlement in 1694, until 1953, Cheshire did not have a long standing local newspaper. There is no ‘paper of record’ that contains the town’s day-to-day news for over 250 years. The Cheshire Newspaper Articles Collection is drawn from state and national newspapers that printed articles about the town and its residents.
  • Cheshire Herald Obituary Index
    The Cheshire Public Library index to obituaries from the Cheshire Herald currently runs from 1953 through 2015, for individuals whose last names begin with the letters A through R.
• Chester Public Library
• Clark Memorial Library – Bethany
• Cora J. Belden Library – Rocky Hill
• Cornwall Library #
  • Special Collections at The Cornwall Library
• Cragin Memorial Library – Colchester
• Cromwell Belden Public Library
• Cyrenus H. Booth Library # – Newtown
  
  • Julia Brush Genealogy Collection
    A nationally-recognized collection of over 900 volumes on the families and local history of neighboring Connecticut towns.
• Danbury Library #
  • Local History & Genealogy
• Darien Library #
  • Genealogy
• Deep River Public Library #
  • Annual Report of the Town of Deep River; 1947 to Present
  • Map of the towns of Saybrook and Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, 1853
  • Cartographic Materials of the Town of Deep River
  • Saybrook and Valley High School Yearbooks – Deep River (1941 to 2018)
• Derby Public Library #
  • Genealogy
  • Special Collections
• Douglas Library – North Canaan
• Douglas Library of Hebron
  • Hebron Vital Records
    PDF of the Barbour Vital Records for Hebron, Connecticut
• Durham Public Library
  • Historic Homes
• Henry Carter Hull Library – Clinton
  • Clinton Recorder Obituaries 2003-2008
    The HCH Library has digitized obituaries published in the Clinton Recorder from 2003 – 2008 with some gaps. The pages are arranged in chronological order. Index arranged alphabetically by name of deceased.
• East Granby Public Library #
  • The Betty Guinan/Alice Newman Historical Room
• East Haddam Library System
  • Rathbun Free Memorial Library #
• East Hampton Public Library #
  • Local History Room
• East Hartford Library
• East Lyme Public Library
• Eastford Public Library
• Easton Public Library
• Edith Wheeler Memorial Library – Monroe
• Ellington Library
• Enfield Public Library
• Essex Library
• Fairfield Public Library #
  Historical Room in Library basement.
  
  • Index & Obituaries: Fairfield Citizen News 1982-2006
  • Beaver Bog Cemetery Records A through S
  • Beaver Bog Cemetery Records S through Z
  • Gerow Cemetery Records Part 1 of 2
  • Gerow Cemetery Records Part 2 of 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Section 1, Names A thru O
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Section 1, Names O thru W
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Section 2, Names A thru Y
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Sections 3,4,5,6
  • Town Center Cemetery Records A through O
  • Town Center Cemetery Records P through Z
  • Union Cemetery Records
• Farmington Libraries #
  • The Farmington Room
  • Farmington Libraries Oral History Project
    This anthology includes audio recordings of Farmington community members. Originally captured on cassette tape these oral history interviews invite the listener to delve into the various aspects of the interviewees lives, careers, family and their reflections of important local events. Some transcriptions of the oral histories are also included, as a visual aid for the audio recordings account, alongside some photographs of the interviewee and their cherished items.
  • The Farmington Libraries Veteran Project
    This anthology features the Farmington Library Veterans Project. The projects goal was to find and interview local World War II veterans from all branches of U.S. and allied armed forces, to gather their stories from their historical perspective.
  • Farmington Scrapbook
    The Farmington Libraries’ Digital Scrapbook Project encouraged local residents to contribute their own photographs to be digitized and shared with the world via this online platform. The spirit of collaboration has allowed us to incorporate a wide range of perspectives and create a valuable resource for everyone in our community.
  • Project Paideia Resources
    This Anthology includes a variety of digitized materials related to the history of the towns of Farmington and Unionville in Connecticut. The areas particularly addressed here are the Civil War, the history of education in Farmington, the Flood of 1955, transportation (including the Farmington Canal) and local businesses and industries. To a lesser extent, the Anthology contains information related to the Amistad and the Revolutionary War period.
    • Farmington Death Records 1796-1834
      Death records from the town of Farmington spanning the years of 1796 to 1834. Causes of death are included.
    • Farmington Death Records 1886
      Digital images of death records for the town of Farmington, Connecticut, dated 1886. Causes of death are included.
    • Civil War Bounty Payments
      A collection of receipts for Civil War era bounty payments. These payments were made to entice citizens to enlist in the army. The receipts included here range in date from 1862 to 1863.
    • Civil War Era Letter and Diary
      A diary and letter from the Civil War era documenting a woman’s activities at the time.
    • Tailor’s Ledger
      The ledger of a Farmington tailor, dating back to November 1767.
    • Medical Records
      A daily log of medical records of a Dr. Hotchkiss. Unfortunately, the only date that can be discerned is February 6th; no year is visible.
• Fletcher Memorial Library # – Hampton
  • History Room
• Goshen Public Library
• Granby Public Library
• Greenwich Library #
  The Local History and Genealogy collection consists of approximately 5,000 books, 800 Oral History transcripts, yearbooks, historic maps, vertical files, pamphlets, and periodicals. US Census microfilm is available as well as The Boston Transcript microfiche and City Directories from the late 1800s.
  
  • Greenwich Library Digital Collections
    This collection features digitized historical photographs and postcards of Greenwich, CT. The Greenwich Magazine Index is an index to articles as well as marriage and obituary notices published in Greenwich Magazine, Nutmegger, Greenwich Nutmegger, Greenwich Review and Greenwich Social Review. The Greenwich Newspaper Index is a guide to newspaper articles of local interest, marriages and obituaries found in the Greenwich Time, Greenwich News, Greenwich Graphic, Greenwich News and Graphic and the Greenwich Observer.
    
    • Greenwich Historical Photographs and Postcards
      A collection of digitized historical photographs and postcards of Greenwich, CT.
    • Greenwich Historical Directories
      A collection of late 19th and early 20th century directories for the Town of Greenwich and surrounding communities.
      
      • Turner, McClean & Losee’s Directory, 1885-1886
        For the villages of Port Chester, Greenwich, Cos Cob, Mianus, Rocky Neck Point, Glenville including a business directory of Rye, Mamaroneck & Harrison for the years 1885-86.
      • Turner’s Directory 1890-91
        Embracing the residents of Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye, Port Chester, New York and Greenwich and Rocky Neck, Conn., along the line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for the years 1890-91.
      • Turner’s Directory 1898-99
        Embracing the residents of Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye, Port Chester, New York and Greenwich and Rocky Neck, Conn., along the line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for the years 1889-99.
      • Turner’s Directory 1900-01
        Embracing the residents of Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye, Port Chester, New York and Greenwich and Rocky Neck, Conn., along the line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for the years 1889-99.
      • Turner’s Directory 1902-03
        Turner’s Directory of Greenwich, Port Chester, Rye, Harrison and Mamaroneck 1902-1903 containing a general directory (separately) of these places, to which is added a complete business directory.
      • Turner’s Directory 1908-09
        Turner’s Directory of Greenwichand Cos Cob, Conn., Port Chester, Rye, Harrison and Mamaroneck, N.Y. 1908-1909 containing a general directory (separately) of these places, to which is added a complete business directory.
      • Turner’s Directory 1910-11
        Turner’s Directory of Port Chester, Rye, Harrison and Mamaroneck N.Y. and Greenwich and Cos Cobb, Conn. 1910-1911 containing a general directory of these places, to which is added a complete business directory.
      • Turner’s Directory 1912-13
        Turner’s Directory of Port Chester and Rye, N.Y. and East Port Chester, Greenwich and Cos Cob, Conn. 1912 -1913 containing a general directory of these places, to which is added a complete business directory.
      • Richmond’s Directory 1920
        Richmond’s Directory of Port Chester and Rye, N.Y., Greenwich, East Port Chester and Cos Cob, Conn. 1920 containing a general directory of these places to which is added a complete business directory.
      • Richmond’s Directory 1922
        Richmond’s Directory of Port Chester and Rye, N.Y., Greenwich, East Port Chester and Cos Cob, Conn. 1922 containing a general directory of these places to which is added a complete business directory.
      • Richmond’s Directory 1924
        Richmond’s Directory of Port Chester and Rye, N.Y., Greenwich, East Port Chester and Cos Cob, Riverside and Mianus, Conn. 1924 containing a general directory of these places to which is added a complete business directory.
      • Polk’s Directory 1930-31
        Polk’s Greenwich (Connecticut) Directory 1930-31 including Cos Cob, Mianus, Glenville, Riverside, Sound Beach, East Port Chester and Byram.
      • Polk’s Directory, 1934-35
        Polk’s Greenwich (Fairfield County, Conn.) Directory 1934-35 including Cos Cob, Mianus, Riverside, Old Greenwich and East Port Chester.
    • Greenwich Newspaper Index
      The Greenwich Newspaper Index is a guide to newspaper articles of local interest, marriages and obituaries found in the Greenwich Time, Greenwich News, Greenwich Graphic, Greenwich News and Graphic and the Greenwich Observer. All referenced articles are available in the Library either in hardcopy or on microfilm.
    • Greenwich Magazine Index
      The Greenwich Magazine Index is an index to articles as well as marriage and obituary notices published in Greenwich Magazine, Nutmegger, Greenwich Nutmegger, Greenwich Review and Greenwich Social Review. All referenced articles from 1966 – present are available in bound form at the Library.
    • Greenwich Library Annual Reports
      From 1960 to present there are two annual reports per year for Greenwich Library, there is the brochure-type report as well as an official report which is part of the Town of Greenwich’s annual report. Recent Town Annual Reports are placed in their entirety in this collection.
  • Selected Books on Greenwich Local History
  • Selected Materials for Greenwich Genealogy
  • Local History & Genealogical Digital Resources
• Groton Public Library
• Guilford Free Library #
  • Historical Room
    Materials documenting Guilford’s history and genealogy, past and present are stored in the room. Included are books, diaries, letters, maps, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, high school yearbooks, and early tax lists. Also available are microfilm reels of the federal census for New Haven and Middlesex counties from 1800 to 1930. The Shore Line Times newspaper from 1877 to 31 December 2008 (when it ceased publication), and the Guilford Courier from its inception, 27 October 1998, are indexed.
  • Guilford Free Library Archives
    The newly created Guilford Free Library Digital Archive includes hundreds of photographs, documents and art works from the Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room Collection.
• Hagaman Memorial Library – East Haven
• Hamden Public Library
  • Miller Memorial Library #
    
    • Al Gorman History Room
      The collection consists of artifacts, primary source documents, organization records, photographs, and like materials. It is housed on the third floor of the Miller Library.
• Hartford Public Library #
  
  • Hartford History Center
    Explore the digital collections of Hartford Public Library! The Hartford Collection, housed in the library’s downtown Hartford History Center, is a growing multi-media compilation of hundreds of thousands of items that convey more than 300 years of community life in Hartford. Now, through the library’s digital repository, we are able to enjoy some of the wonderful image and video collections online.
    
    • Butch Lewis Video Collection Documenting Civil Rights Era, Hartford
    • Elbert Weinberg Collection
    • Elbert Weinberg Video Collection
    • Find Your Voice Collection
    • Find Your Voice Video Collection
    • Hartford: The Making of a City, 1900-1930
    • Reflection of The Times
    • Richard Welling Collection
    • Souvenirs of Hartford
  • The Names of Hartford’s Public Schools and other historical notes
• Hartland Public Library
• Harwinton Public Library
• Hodge Memorial Library # – Roxbury
  The Hodge Memorial Library and Museum collects, preserves, and displays objects pertaining to the history, culture, and people of Roxbury, Connecticut.
• Howard Whittemore Memorial Library – Naugatuck
• Janet Carlson Calvert Library – Franklin
• Jonathan Trumbull Library – Lebanon
• Kent Memorial Library
• Killingly Public Library #
  • Available Collection
• Killingworth Library
• Ledyard Public Libraries
• Levi E. Coe Library – Middlefield
• Licia & Mason Beekley Community Library – New Hartford
• Lucy Robbins Welles Library – Newington
  
  • Historic Newington Buildings
    View photos of historic Newington buildings on the Connecticut Libraries website.
• Lyme Public Library#
  • Lyme Public Hall & Local History Archives
    The Archives is located within the Lyme Public Library. The Archives holds historical and cultural heritage materials about Lyme, Connecticut from the 17th century to the present, especially for the area within the present Town of Lyme
    • Archives Collections
• Manchester Public Library
• Mansfield Public Library
• Mark Twain Library – Redding
• Meriden Public Library
• Middlebury Public Library
• Milford Public Library
• Minor Memorial Library – Roxbury
• Morris Public Library
• New Britain Public Library #
  • Local History Room
    The Local History Room collection includes histories of New Britain, histories of other Connecticut cities/towns, manufacturers’ catalogs, general genealogical sources, genealogies, city directories (1870-1992), church histories, federal census on microfilm for Hartford County (1790-1930), collective biographies, maps, municipal records, newsletters from local organizations and over 9,000 photographs and slides. The vertical files contain over 75,000 clippings from area newspapers and are arranged by subject. The clippings date from the mid-1800’s to the present. Articles may be photocopied.
• New Canaan Library
• New Fairfield Library
• New Haven Free Public Library
  
  • Digital Collections
• New Milford Public Library
• Norfolk Library
• North Haven Memorial Library
  
  • North Haven High School Yearbooks
    North Haven High School yearbooks from 1955-1974 have been digitized and made available for viewing/downloading. Because the files are large, each year has been split into multiple files. The file name shows the year and pages contained. Click on the year/page number to view file.
• Norwalk Public Library
• Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library #
  
  • Collections
    Local history and genealogy material totaling almost 1,500 items.
  • Old Lyme Room
    The mission of the Old Lyme Room is to identify, collect, organize, preserve, and provide public access to the materials that document the economic, natural, political, and social history of Old Lyme.
• Oliver Wolcott Library – Litchfield
• Otis Library – Norwich
• Oxford Public Library
• Plainville Public Library
• Pomfret Public Library
• Portland Library
• Preston Public Library #
  Serve as the repository for Preston Historical Society files. They do NOT have obituaries or vital records.
• Prospect Public Library
• Prosser Public Library # – Bloomfield
  • Local History Collection
• Public Library of New London #
  
  • Local History and Genealogy Section
• Putnam Public Library
• Raymond Library – Montville
• Ridgefield Library #
  The local history collection contains books and resources on the history of Ridgefield, the Ridgefield Press newspaper from 1875 to present, indexes to selected Ridgefield Press articles, local biographical information, prominent family histories, an architectural survey of historic homes in Ridgefield, and much more.
• Richmond Memorial Library – Marlborough
  
  • Historic Houses of Marlborough
  • The History of Marlborough, CT
• Russell Library – Middletown
• Saxton B. Little Free Library – Columbia
• Scranton Memorial Library # – Madison
  The Library has its own Local History collection, which includes Daniel Hand High School yearbooks, city directories, and books on the history of Madison.
• Slater Library – Griswold, Jewett
• Terryville Public Library # – Plymouth
  Come and see our newly revamped Terryville/Plymouth History Room. If you researching your roots and you have traced them back to Plymouth, you might find the Terryville/Plymouth Room helpful. Just ask at the circulation desk, and they will direct you to the History Room.
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• Warehouse Point Library – East Windsor
• Welles Turner Memorial Library – Glastonbury
• Wheeler Library – North Stonington
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Connecticut Libraries by University

• University of Connecticut Library
  • Thomas J. Dodd Research Center