Our currently available Connecticut history and genealogy titles include the following:

Salisbury, CT  Abstract of Early Land Records

This article abstracts some of the more historically significant early land records.  See our Salisbury page for more information.

Salisbury, Connecticut:  The Early Years 

by Judith M. Sherman.  An analytical overview of the years of Salisbury's settlement.  See our Salisbury page for more information.

Ridgefield, CT High School's Caudatowan for 1950

a high school yearbook of a mid-20th century Fairfield CT town.  See our Fairfield County page for more information.

--John Brown: From Torrington to Harpers Ferry

from Orcutt’s History of Torrington, Connecticut (1878).  John Brown, Torrington’s most famous – perhaps notorious – son, was the subject of a lengthy biography in the town history. Today, of course, someone who did what he did -- seize a Federal military installation by force of arms and encourage armed insurrection by a portion of the population  – would fall under the classification of “terrorist”.   (Download)    See our Torrington page for more information.

New London, Old Whaling Port

an article from the Connecticut Quarterly (1897).  See our New London County page for more information.

275^th Anniversary of the Town of Colchester, Connecticut

As well as the customary letters from elected officials, the summary town history, and the list of donors, there are many photographs of Colchester buildings, and many pages of ads by local businesses.  Also included is some ephemera – found items including a newspaper clipping, a tag inviting one to “tie one on” at the celebration, and a program of an historical fashion show conducted by the Colchester Women’s Club in honor of the 275^th Anniversary.  See our New London County page for more information.

Salisbury, Litchfield County, CT

an 1898 article from the Connecticut Quarterly. See our Salisbury page for more information.

Norfolk, Litchfield County, CT

Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, and list of members taken from the church records of the Church of Christ, Congregational , 1761-1813.  See our Litchfield page for more information

Norfolk, Litchfield County, CT

an 1895 article from the Connecticut Quarterly.  See our Litchfield page for more information

Newington

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897) by Edwin Stanley Welles.  This is our second publication about Newington, the other being our republication of Early Annals of Newington, by Roger Welles (available on CD-ROM).  See our Newington page for more information.

Copper Mining in Connecticut

an 1897 article from the Connecticut Quarterly. See our copper industry page for more information

Scenes in and around Granby

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  See our Hartford County page for more information.

Ancient Burying Ground at Hartford -- an article with lists of individuals buried from the Connecticut Quarterly  (1898).  See our Hartford County page for more information.

Gravestone Inscriptions at Salisbury, CT -- an 1898 collection of gravestone inscriptions by Malcolm Day Rudd. See our Salisbury page for more information.

Salisbury Cemetery Records (1913), from the Historical Collections of the Salisbury Association, Volume I.  688 inscriptions found in several cemeteries: Chapinville, Dutchers Bridge, Mt. Riga, Town Hill, and five small, isolated cemeteries. See our Salisbury page for more information.

Salisbury in War Time -- a Memorial Day 1910 address by Thomas Lot Norton, with a list of Salisbury men who fought for the Union. See our Salisbury page for more information.

The Salisbury Academy, documents and student lists, comprising Volume IV of the Historical Collections of the Salisbury Association.  See our Salisbury page for more information.

Salisbury, Litchfield County, CT -- vital records circa 1730 - 1767.  See our Salisbury page for more information.

A Brief Military History of Salisbury, Connecticut -- An address by Malcolm D. Rudd (1911) from the historical collections of the Salisbury Association.   See our Salisbury page for more information.

Lists of Names (Chapter XX) from Orcutt's History of Torrington. See our Torrington page  for more information.

Genealogies from Orcutt's History of Torrington (1878).  See our Torrington page  for more information.

Wolcottville from Orcutt’s History of Torrington, Connecticut (1878).  Three chapters from Orcutt’s History deal specifically with Wolcottville.  The chapters reproduced here concern the history of the village, the Wolcottville manufacturing companies, and the churches in Wolcottville.  See our Torrington page for more information.

The 1820 census of children attending school in the Town of Salisbury, by school district.   See our Salisbury page for more information.

Members and officers of the Salisbury Association (1913) from the historical collections of the Salisbury Association.  See our Salisbury page for more information.

Early Iron Industry of Connecticut.  Two articles by one of the earlier researchers of this subject in one download.  See our Iron page for more information.

Riverside Cemetery in Middletown, CT from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  This is a free download!

Among the Litchfield Hills from the Connecticut Quarterly.  This is a free download!

Canaan, CT from the Connecticut Quarterly.  This is a free download.

The Settlement of the Connecticut Towns, by Dorothy Deming and "C. M. A.", pamphlet #6 from the Tercentenary Commission of the State of CT (1933).  (Note that Litchfield County towns are not included in this study.) 75+ pages.  Download now in PDF format, $3.50.

The History of Anaesthesia, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume 1 (1895).  The claim that Connecticut was the birthplace of modern medical anesthesia is an interesting one, carefully argued in this article.  11+ pages, PDF format, download now for $2.50.

Farmington:  Smallpox Hospital Rock, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  This short article about a local curiosity reflects changing attitudes about what once had been a dread disease. See our Hartford County page for more information.

Canton, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  A historical profile of the town, with particularly nice photographs.  See our Hartford County page for more information.

The Bungalow at Short Beach, Branford, CT -- an odd bit of social history from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  See our New Haven County page for more information.

Picturesque Pomfret -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  See our Windham County page for more information.

Typography and Printing in Connecticut -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  Originally titled "A Typographical Galaxy," this article documents another area in which Connecticut was a leader.  18+ pages, PDF format, download now for $4.00. 

Early Lebanon, CT -- an article from Volume II of the Connecticut Quarterly (1896).  Please see our New London County page for more information.

Reminiscences of Bean Hill, Norwich, CT  --  two articles in consecutive numbers of the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897).  Please see our New London County page for more information.

Bacon Academy

an article from Volume II of the Connecticut Quarterly (1896) about the origins and near-first century of this Colchester school.  Please see our New London County page for more information.

Enfield

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  A portrait of the community, with emphasis on its history, by C. Terry Knight.  There are abundant photographs in the 16+ pages.  Please see our Hartford County page for more information.

Berlin High School "The Lamp"

Yearbook from 1955.  70+ pages.  Please see our Hartford County page for more information.

For Marbledale and New Preston:  Lake Waramaug.  

From the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897).  This short article, with photographs, also covers both New Preston and Marbledale, the two nearest communities.  See our Litchfield County page for more information.

Center Church in New Haven

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897).  Ellen Strong Bartlett wrote this extensively illustrated article about the original church of the New Haven Colony. Notable in the article are the illustrations of many of the memorial tablets in the church, and a number of photographs of the crypt.  See our New Haven County page for more information.

The White Oak for 1954

Yearbook of Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village.  Includes Canaan, North Canaan, Sharon, Salisbury, Cornwall, and Kent.  See our Litchfield County page for more information.

--Salisbury: Old Section of the New Cemetery (1916)

from the Historical Collections of the Salisbury Association, Volume II.  This 46+ page compilation of the oldest section of the so-called "New Cemetery" (the one located on Route 41 just north of Salisbury village provides records that will be of use to many who came to Salisbury a bit too late for the smaller and older cemeteries around the township (published separately). A section at the end identifies Civil War veterans buried in this ground as well as some buried elsewhere.  See our Salisbury page for more information.

--A Tour to Historic Places in the Town of Winchester.   

The full title of this booklet is “A tour to places of historic interest in the Town of Winchester made as part of the observance of the Connecticut tercentenary August 31, 1935”.  There’s a remarkable amount of history here.  It appears to have been collected from the remarks of many local citizens with special knowledge of local events and institutions, made during an automobile tour of the Town of Winchester. See our Winsted/Winchester page for more information.

--Winsted Green and its Neighborhood 

(1800 – 1840) By Emily Perkins Roberts.  This 1935 booklet traces the history of the Winsted Green – now the area of downtown Winsted opposite Northwestern Connecticut Community College – and the area surrounding it. See our Winsted/Winchester page for more information.

Scrap Book of North Canaan 

See our North Canaan page for more information

 

Annals of Winchester 

See our Winchester page for more information

 

New Milford: 230 Years 

See our New Milford page for more information

 

Lime Rock: an illustrated walking tour 

See our Lime Rock page for more information

 

The Clergy of Litchfield County

See our Clergy of Litchfield County page  for more information

 

Suffield: Quarter Millennial PLUS

 See our Suffield page for more information. 

 

History of Litchfield, Conn.,  1720 - 1920

See our Litchfield page for more information.

 

Early Annals of Newington

See our Newington page for more information.

 

Middletown Collection, including the 1931 real property list

See our Middletown page for more information.

 

 

 

MORE DOWNLOADS:

Historic Homes of Hartford

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  Three successive numbers of the Quarterly – combined into a single download here, celebrating  what was at the time one of the wealthiest and most beautiful cities in the United States. See our Hartford County page for more information.

Center Church, Hartford, burials (1749-1784)

a three-part article from the Connecticut Quarterly (1898) including lists.  See our Hartford County page for more information.

New Connecticut -- The Western Reserve

from Volume II (1896) and Volume III (1897) of the Connecticut Quarterly .  See our Ohio page for more information.

Hillhouse Avenue, in New Haven -- with photographs.  An 1897 article from the Connecticut Quarterly.  Please see our New Haven County page for more information.

The New Haven Green -- with photographs.  An article from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  Please see our New Haven County page for more information.

Ellington, Tolland County, CT -- an 1898 article from the Connecticut Quarterly.  Please see our Tolland County page for more information.

Washington, Litchfield County, CT -- an 1898 article from the Connecticut Quarterly.  Please see our Litchfield page for more information.

The Oneida (NY) and Wallingford (CT) Perfectionists, from Charles Nordhoff's The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875).  See our Madison County, NY page for more information.

The family Bible of William Bonnel, originally of Goshen, CT. This is a free download!

Simsbury, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895). A portrait of the town, with a poem about the burning of Simsbury in King Philip's War.  See our Hartford County page for more information.

Clinton, once Killingworth, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  A short history of this community, with photographs.  See our Middlesex County page for more information.

Norwalk: Ancient and Modern (1895) -- an article about the community as it was before the dawn of the 20th Century from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I.  See our Fairfield County page for more information.

Manchester: Highland Park, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895).  A short article, with photographs, of this community's park.  See our Hartford County page for more information.

Winsted: The Gilbert School, 1929 - 30.  A school catalog with lists of students, faculty, and alumni.  See our Winsted/Winchester page for more information.

Litchfield -- an article from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  Please see our Town of Litchfield page for more information.

Glastonbury Sketches, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  Recollections of Glastonbury in a two part article (two consecutive issues of the magazine) by Henry Storrs Goslee with numerous photographs. Please see our Hartford County page for more information.

Connecticut at the Atlanta Exposition, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  Connecticut participated in this "Cotton States Exposition" in 1895, a very few years after the far better known Columbian Exposition.  This article provides insights into the exposition and Connecticut as it saw itself at the time.  Includes numerous photographs.  17+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.75.

Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  Good history of this resting place of many famous people and excellent photos.  Please see our New Haven County page for more information.

Convention Troops in Connecticut -- some Revolutionary War history from the Connecticut Quarterly (1897).  Of particular interest to those studying the Norfolk CT area.  6+ pages, PDF format, $1.75.   

The Farmington River and its Origins, from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897).  Today one thinks of the Farmington River, starting with its origins in Massachusetts and through its course in Connecticut, primarily in terms of scenic and recreational uses, but a century ago this was emphatically not the case.  Please see our Hartford County page for more information.

Some Colonial Houses of New Haven -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896).  Includes photographs of the following houses:  Trowbridge (2), Beecher, Wooster, Arnold, Bontecou, Foote, Pinto, and Hillhouse, and one of the parsonage of the “Blue Meeting House.”  See our New Haven County page for more information.

Connecticut and Virginia a Century Ago

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897).  Connecticut people of the time may have been called “nutmeggers” due to shady business practices, but James N. Granger writes here of the fleecing that Virginia land entrepreneurs inflicted on Connecticut investors back in the years just following the Revolution.  Clearly a decent quantity of Connecticut money was left behind in Virginia and West Virginia!  15+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.50.

The Wolcott Plateau

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897).  Located at the north end of New Haven County, the Town of Wolcott has always been considered a bit on the primitive side, and this short article, by Milo Leon Norton, does little to dispel that impression.  See our New Haven County page for more information.

--Connecticut’s Soldiery

from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897)The article, written sufficient years after the end of the Civil War that first-hand memories of Army life have faded for the most part, discusses the Connecticut National Guard as 1900 and a century of new warfare looms.  Charles W. Burpee describes garrison life during “summer camp” in peacetime and provides a bit of history of the Connecticut Militia, nee Trainband, as well as making a case for the more serious nature of the Connecticut Guard at that point in time.  12+ pages, PDF format, download now for $2.75.

--Torrington in Wartimes

from Orcutt’s History of Torrington, Connecticut (1878).  This section from that book – Chapter 18, Wartimes – covers the American Revolution and the Civil War, and has added material about the efforts on the home front, as well as on special topics such as women in the wars.  Not confined to lists of muster rolls (although these are included) it is useful for anyone with an interest in either of these wars and their impact in rural New England.  See our Torrington page for more information.

--History of the Winsted Savings Bank. 

This 1935 booklet traces the history of the Winsted Savings Bank from its foundation in 1860 until the year of publication, and along the way includes a fair amount of the history of Winsted and Winchester as well.  See our Winsted/Winchester page for more information.

--Churches of Torrington

From Orcutt’s History of Torrington, Connecticut (1878). Here are four chapters:  Chapter 4, Religions Privileges; Chapter 6, Torrington Church; Chapter 7, Torringford Church; and Chapter 11, the Churches in Wolcottville. See our Torrington page for more information.

Connecticut titles currently in progress:

(We're adding downloads continuously -- let us know what you would like to see!)

Connecticut titles we own but haven't scheduled:

The History of Ridgefield, Conn. (by Daniel W. Teller) and other material

(1878). 251 pages.  We will also include some old post cards, the relevant material from "The Connecticut Guide", etc. when we produce this CD-ROM.  We're tentatively targeting 2011 for this CD-ROM  depending on interest.  We may also produce parts of this as downloads.  Tell us which you prefer.  Join our mailing list!

The Copper Industry in Connecticut. 

More information about copper mining in CT.

Souvenir History of the New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Volume II, Norwich District. (1897) 

300+ pages.  By Rennetts C. Miller.  While Congregational histories of portions of Connecticut are fairly common, and Episcopal histories are not unusual, Methodist ones are rare.  This one covers the eastern half of the State (everything east of the Connecticut River, plus a small portion of Rhode Island) and does so in considerable detail.  It includes a historical sketch of each church, the camp meeting associations, the Epworth League, the social unions, 400 pictures of churches, parsonages, pastors, pastors' wives, Sunday School superintendents, prominent laymen, etc., as well as capsule biographies of pastors.  We think this will be useful to many people who have been frustrated by lack of information about ancestors who didn't happen to belong to the established church in CT.

History of Torrington, Connecticut

By the Rev. Samuel Orcutt (1878). 817 pages, including original index of names. This book is a classic Connecticut town history and replete with lots of biographies and genealogy.  We're currently adding chapters of this volume for download.  See our Torrington page for more information.

Litchfield Book of Days

by George C. Boswell (1899).  221 pages (including an index), plus pictures, plus 18 pages of advertisements.   This little book is organized by the calendar -- an incident of Litchfield history (sometimes more than one) is selected for each day of the year and is memorialized in a short essay.   A necessary part of the library of anyone doing research on Litchfield, or any of the notables that town produced in the early days.  Also, it's pleasant to read.  If we make this a CD-ROM, we'll include some of the material we collected for publication of Alain White's History of Litchfield but didn't have room for on that CD-ROM, and we'll prioritize this project based on response to our re-publication of  White's History, for which this book was one of the sources. Or, perhaps, we'll issue this one as a download!

John Hodgkin of Guilford, CT and his descendants, second edition. 

CLICK HERE for more information.

Twin Lakes -- present and past

Now that Twin Lakes has been "discovered" and we see the old houses vanishing before our eyes, we've considered preparing a CD-ROM about the history (and present) of our home base, Twin Lakes, CT.  More information about Twin Lakes.

Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum

by Joel Benton (1891).  621 pages.  This is a not-particularly-rare book about a Connecticut original.  Did you know that P.T. Barnum once ran for Congress -- and that he was defeated by his own third cousin, William H. Barnum of Lime Rock? Again, this is currently not on our list of high priorities.  Tell us if you want to see it soon.

A New Look at old Salisbury, Connecticut.   

Some may feel that this Litchfield County community has been "studied to death" -- and indeed much has been written about some aspects of it. However, like most local history, what already exists dwells at length on the subjects of interest to the writers and gives short shrift (extremely short shrift in some very important cases) to other aspects that may have actually been far more important. We've collected considerable material already, and are currently preparing much of it to be downloads.

• Program for the 27th annual Lakeville Horse Show (1964).  72 pages -- a future download.
• Historical Collections of the Salisbury Association, Inc. Volume I (1913) through and Volume IV (1941).  We've already begun publishing these as a series of downloads.  See our Salisbury page for more information about this publication.

A New History of Trinity Lime Rock

Since our principal partner is also Parish Historian of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lime Rock, it goes without saying that there is a new parish history in the works.  This will be the second parish history (the first was written in 1949, and is re-published on our Lime Rock: a Walking Tour CD-ROM -- for which a portion of the sale price of each copy is donated to Trinity).  We'll continue the practice of donating a portion of the purchase price to Trinity for this one as well, once it's available.

We plan to include in it considerable scholarship, including material about the 1883 "Crucifix Wars" of which the New York Times made so much, information about the Barnum and Richardson families and the historic iron industry, and the role of Trinity in the community, that was not included in the earlier history.  By going back to primary sources, we've discovered that there is a certain amount of what we politely refer to as "folklore" in the earlier history, so this will also correct some longstanding misconceptions.   It's difficult to say when this will be published, but there is a good possibility that a limited edition will appear in hard cover before it goes to CD-ROM.  We're actively collecting information for this venture, so if you happen to have any to offer, please let us know.

We have sections with additional information about the following:

Beckley Furnace -- Connecticut's only Industrial Monument -- and the Friends of Beckley Furnace. 

Here's a free article about the history of Canaan, CT from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I.

The Historic Upper Housatonic Iron District.  We've got some new links for you here, including new photos from the Beckley Furnace.

The Canaan/Falls Village Historical Society.  Good people, good programs, and lots of history to share.

Place names in Litchfield County that have changed  -- our own compilation. FREE!

At the present time we're assisting Trinity Church (known as "The Church that Iron Built"), located in Lime Rock (a hamlet of Salisbury) with overflow historic material from their website.   See this collection of Lime Rock historical material, and to see a CD we created from material gathered in the course of running a history walk in that historic hamlet!