Researching the Early History of Black Lives in the Connecticut River Valley
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- Getting Started: A Bibliography of Scholarship on African American History in the Local Valley
- African American Genealogy
- Autobiography, Memoir, and Biography
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- Civic and Political Life
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- Financial and Business Records
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- Town Records
- Vital Records and Marriage Records
- Resources on the Interpretation of Enslavement in Museums and Historic Sites
- Further Reading: A Bibliography on Enslavement and Freedom in Massachusetts and New England
Introduction
Vital records contain essential genealogical information - birth, marriage, and death dates. Vital records information may also appear in such secondary sources as church, court, military, and probate records; census schedules; city directories; newspapers; pension applications; and tombstone inscriptions.
The W.E.B. Du Bois Library's collection is especially rich in Massachusetts resources and also includes some vital records from other states, Canada, and Europe.
Guides
- Red book : American state, county & town sources by Alice Eichholz (editor)Publication Date: 2004A handbook for genealogical research in every state. Examines the availability and locations of vital, census, local history, land, probate, court, tax, cemetery, church, and military records.
- The librarian's guide to public records taken directly from the database of The Public Record Research LibraryPublication Date: 1995Lists contact information for "major state and county level government agencies where public records are maintained." Includes vital records information for each state.
Selective List of Materials in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Connecticut
colonists: Windsor 1635-1703 - Holbrook, Jay Mack
Call Number: F 104 W7
H65 1986
History of ancient
Woodbury, Connecticut, from the first Indian deed in 1659 including the
present towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a part of
Oxford and Middlebury - Cothren, William
Call Number: F 104
W88 C6 1871 Volumes 1-3
History of
Durham, Connecticut, from the first grant of land in 1662 to 1866
- Fowler, William Chauncey
Call Number: F 104 D9
F7
History of Simsbury,
Granby, and Canton: from 1642 to 1845 - Phelps, Noah A.
Call Number: Special
Collections F 104 S61 P53
History
of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868, including Darien until 1820
- Huntington, E. B.
Call Number: F 104 S8
H9 1979
Vital records of Bolton
to 1854 and Vernon to 1852
Call Number: F 104
B55 B5
Vital records of New
Haven, 1649-1850
Call Number: F 104 N6
N66
Vital records of Norwich,
1659-1848
Call Number: F 104
N93 N68 Volumes 1-2
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