New Haven County, Connecticut Genealogy

Guide to New Haven County, Connecticut ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

County Courthouse
New Haven County Courthouse 235 Church Street New Haven, CT 06510 Phone: 203-503-6800 New Haven County Courthouse

There is no county government today. The government is at the town level. County Clerk has divorce and court records. Probate Court has probate records. Town Clerks have birth, death and land records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records
Bible Records USGenWeb CT Archives

Biographies

 * Linkpendium, Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence New Haven County,
 * Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historic personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley. [S.I. D.A. DeBisschop]. 1971..
 * J.H. Beers & Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven County, Connecticut containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families. Chicago, Ill. J.H. Beers. 1902. Includes index. Online at:, Internet Archive.
 * Munson, Myron A. 1637-1887, the Munson record, a genealogical and biographical account of Captain Thomas Munson, a pioneer of Hartford and New Haven, and his descendants. New Haven, Conn. : Printed for the Munson Association. 1895-1896. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.

Census Records
Territory and State Census Records
 * Census Online - New Haven County Records.
 * Census Finder, Connecticut Census Records - Online links by county.
 * Connecticut Genealogy, New Haven County Census Records
 * Linkpendium, Census Records and Indexes - New Haven County, Connecticut.
 * New Haven County CT Archives Military Records, 1840 Census Of Pensioners - City Of New Haven 1840, Other War. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 21, 2005, 6:57 pm.

Federal Census Records
 * US Federal Census Collection, ancestry.com($),
 * USGenWeb Census Project, New Haven County, Connecticut Federal Census Index, Transcriptions in progress.
 * Lowell M. Volkel, An index to the 1800 federal census of Litchfield, New Haven, Tolland and Windham counties, state of Connecticut, ([S.l.] L.M. Volkel, c1969). Available at the FamilySearch Center,

Church Records
, Internet Archive.
 * Connecticut Genealogy, New Haven County Church Records, Includes church and vital records.
 * Frederick John Kingsbury, A narrative and documentary history of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, formerly St. James, of Waterbury, Connecticut with some notice of St. Paul's Church, Plymouth, Christ Church, Waterbury, St. Michael's Church, Naugatuck, a church in Middlebury, All Saint's Church, Wolcott, St. Paul's Church, Waterville, Trinity Church, Waterbury, All Colonies of St. John's, (New Haven [Connecticut] Price Lee &amp; Adkins Co., 1907). Includes index. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
 * 1749-1795 Scofield, Ethel Lord. "The Baptismal Record of the Societies of Whitehaven and Fairhaven, Now the United Church (Congregational), New Haven, Conn.," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan. 1911):28-50. Online at:

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records
 * Court Records and Deeds - USGenWeb CT Archives
 * New Haven County Connecticut Court Records Directory

Directories

 * Linkpendium, Directories, New Haven County
 * Waterbury suburban city directory including Middlebury, Terryville, Thomaston, Watertown, and Wolcott, (New Haven [Connecticut] Price &amp; Lee Company, 1940?-). Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * Prospect city directory including Beacon Falls, Bethany, Oxford, (New Haven [Connecticut] Price &amp; Lee Co., 1976-). Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, Seymour directory combining five distinct directories: governmental directory, buyers directory, alphabetical directory, numerical directory, classified directory, (New Haven [Connecticut] Price &amp; Lee, 1931-).Available at the FamilySearch Library,

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1804-1959 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection index/images
 * 1966-2002 Connecticut, Marriages, 1966-2002 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Genealogies

 * New Haven County Genealogy 1,837 New Haven county genealogy record sources.
 * Doris B. Townsend, Townshend heritage a genealogical, biographical history of the Townshend family and of their old homestead on the east shore of New Haven harbor, (New Haven [Connecticut] New Haven Colony Historical Society, c1971). Includes index.Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * Charles E. Booth, New Haven genealogy, (Salt Lake City, Utah Genealogical Society of Utah, [19--]). Includes index. Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * Fifty Puritan ancestors in New Haven

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division, New Haven County, Connecticut land ownership map, 1852 and 1856, (Washington, District of Columbia Library of Congress, 1983). 1852 map available online at flickr from yahoo - Available at the FamilySearch Library, and FS Library US/CAN Fiche 6079301.

Local Histories

 * History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut. 3 Vols. By William Cothren. 1854-1879. Waterbury, Connecticut : Bronson Brothers. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. 3 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vols. 1-3 - HathiTrust, Pub. 1854; Vols. 1-2 - HathiTrust, Pub. 1872-79; Ancestry ($);.
 * History of New Haven County, Connecticut. 3 Vols. Edited by J.L. Rockey. 1892. New York, New York : W.W. Preston. Online at: Vol. I - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. II - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; HathiTrust;.
 * History of the Colony of New Haven. By Edward R. Lambert. 1976. Milford, Connecticut : Rotary Club. Reprint. Originally published: New Haven : Hitchcock & Stafford, 1838. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($);.
 * History of the Colony of New Haven to its Absorption into Connecticut. By Edward E. Atwater. 1989. Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books. 1902. Meriden, Conn. : Journal Publishing Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust; Internet Archive;.
 * History of New Haven County, Connecticut. 3 volumes. 1930. By Mary Hewitt Mitchell. Chicago, Illinois Pioneer Historical Publishing. Online at: Vol. I - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. II - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. III - FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * Leading Business Men of New Haven County; and a Historical Review of the Principal Cities. By William Hale Beckford. 1887. Boston, Massachusetts ; Mercantile Publishing Company. 2006. Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust, Internet Archive.
 * A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County. 2 volumes. 1918. By Everett Gleason Hill. New York, New York S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Online at: Vol. I - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vol. II - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
 * New Haven, Connecticut. By Winifred Wolcott. 2008. Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.


 * Decatur Genealogical Society, Index to History of New Haven County, Connecticut, (Decatur, Illinois Decatur Genealogical Society (Illinois), 1989). Every-name indexes to original volumes published: New York W. W. Preston &amp; Co., 1892. Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * Richard Hegel, Nineteenth century historians of New Haven, (Hamden, Connecticut Archon Books, c1972). Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * Beacon Falls Centennial : 1871-1971. 1971. [Beacon Falls, Connecticut : s.n.]. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Historical Discourse ... New Haven. By James L. Kingsley. (Washington [District of Columbia] - Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, 1988). Online at:  Ancestry ($).

Maps and Gazetteers

 * New Haven County, Gazetteer
 * Maps of Connecticut (1643-1960)
 * Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Maps Organized by State and County.Links to road maps, county outlines, colored outlines and lists of towns.
 * Linkpendium, Maps and Gazetteers New Haven County,
 * F.W. Beers &amp; Co. and A.B. Prindle, Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut, (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973). Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
American Revolution
 * Individual Records of the American Revolution, USGenWeb CT Archives
 * James Spencer Hedden and Sons of the American Revolution. General David Humphries Branch, Roster of graves of, or monuments to, patriots of 1775-1783, and of soldiers of colonial wars in and adjacent to New Haven County, Connecticut, Typescript (photocopy).Includes indexes.Available at the FamilySearch Library, or FS Library US/CAN Film 1421668 Item 9.

Civil War
 * Civl War Research Database ($)
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
 * Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Grave Database
 * History of the Soldiers' Monument in Waterbury, Connecticut - Ancestry.com ($), 
 * Soldiers of Waterbury, New Haven County, in the War For the Union,  History of the Soldier's Monument in Waterbury, Conn.: to which is added a list of the soldiers and sailors who went from Waterbury to fight in the war for the Union, by Joseph Anderson. Also available at the FamilySearch Library,  or

Regiments. Service men from New Haven County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Most of the men in the following companies were from New Haven County.
 * -1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteers - Field, Staff, Band and Company A,B, D and F.
 * -2nd Regiment Connecticut Volunteers - Infantry Company C and D. Rifle Company F.
 * -3rd Regiment Connecticut Volunteers - Field and Staff, Infantry Company B and D. Rifle Company B and C.
 * -1st Regiment Connecticut Cavalry - Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M and Unassigned Recruits.
 * -1st Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers -
 * -1st Regiment Heavy Artillery Connecticut Volunteers - Field, Staff and Band, Company B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, and M.
 * -2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery Connecticut Volunteers - Company A, B, C, D, G, I, M and Unassigned Recruits.
 * -5th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company A, C, D and F.
 * -6th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Field, Staff and Band, Company C, E, F, G, H, I, and K.
 * -7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company A, C, D, F, and K.
 * -8th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company A, D, E, F, I and K.
 * -9th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Field and Staff, Company A, B, C, E, F, K and Unassigned Recruits.
 * -10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company A, E, F, H, I and Unassigned Recruits.
 * -11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company D, E, G, I and K.
 * -12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Field and Staff, Company A, C, F and Unassigned Recruits.
 * -13th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company B, D, and H.
 * -14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Field and Staff, Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and K.
 * -15th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I and K.
 * -18th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company D.
 * -20th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company A, B, E, F, G, I and K.
 * -23rd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Field and Staff, Company A, F, and H.
 * -24th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company H and I.
 * -27th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I and K.
 * -29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (Colored) - Company A, B, H and K.
 * -30th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - Company B and C.

World War I
 * 1917-1918 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection - index/images

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1942 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1942 of men age 45-64 (born 1877-1897), at FamilySearch — How to Use This Collection;  index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * For more databases, see Connecticut Naturalization and Citizenship and U.S. Naturalization Online Genealogy Records
 * 1791-1906 US Naturalization Records, New England, 1791-1906 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1803-1920 New Haven Court of Common Pleas, City Court, County, District, and Superior Court at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; List of Records Included in Collection; index and images
 * 1851-1926 New Haven Circuit Court and District Court at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1854-1926 Waterbury District Court, City Court, and Superior Court at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; List of Records Included in Collection; index and images
 * 1893-1906 Connecticut, Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1996 Connecticut Circuit Court at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1893-1911 U.S. Circuit Court at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1992 Connecticut, Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1996 New Haven District Court, Superior Court, District Court at Waterbury, and Meriden City Court at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * Connecticut. City Court (New Haven), Naturalization records (New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut), 1874-1877, 1906-1923 , (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-2008).Includes index.Contains records of declarations of intent for persons from the city of New Haven, or from towns in New Haven County.Available at the FamilySearch Library, (12 Films) 
 * Connecticut. City Court (Meriden), Petitions and records of naturalization (Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut), 1903-1939 , (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984-2008).Indexes are found within each volume.Available at the FamilySearch Library, (8 Films)
 * United States. Circuit Court and District Court (Connecticut District), Naturalization records (New Haven County, Connecticut), 1906-1945 , (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2007-2008). Includes index in some volumes.Available at the FamilySearch Library,  (92 Films)
 * Scott, Kenneth. "Some New Haven County, Connecticut Naturalizations, 1803-1844," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 71 (1983):217-219. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);
 * Connecticut. City Court (New Haven), Name index to declarations filed, 1844-1923 , (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984). Includes records for persons living in the city of New Haven, or in nearby towns.  (6 films)
 * Connecticut. City Court (New Haven), Name index to petitions filed, 1843-1923 , (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984).Includes records for persons living in the city of New Haven, or in nearby towns.Available at the FamilySearch Library, (3 films)
 * United States Circuit Court ; United States District Court, Index to naturalization records, New Haven, CT, (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2004).Index is in alphabetical order by surname.Includes name, age, country of birth, name of court, date issued, volume and page number.Available at the FamilySearch Library, (18 Films)

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)

Obituaries

 * New Haven County, Connecticut Obituaries, A directory of obituary databases and archives on the internet.
 * Obits of New Haven Co., USGenWeb CT Archives
 * Linkpendium, Obituaries and Funeral Homes, New Haven County,

Photographs

 * Linkpendium, Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images, New Haven County,
 * Photos of New Haven Co.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1609-1999 Connecticut Wills and Probate Records 1609-1999 at Ancestry — index & images($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1865-1874 Connecticut, U.S., Excise Tax Lists, 1865-1874 at Ancestry — index & images($)

Birth

 * Pre 1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1639-1941 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images

Marriage

 * Pre 1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1640-1939 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index/images


 * 1966-2002 Connecticut, Marriages, 1966-2002 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Death

 * Pre 1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1640-1955 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index/images
 * 1883-1932 New Haven County (Connecticut). Coronor, Coroner's records, 1883-1932, (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988-1989).Indexes are found within most volumes.Available at the FamilySearch Library,  (20 films)
 * 1917-1931 New Haven County (Connecticut). Coronor, Coroner's records, Waterbury District, 1917-1931, (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988).Indexes are found within each volume.Available at the FamilySearch Library,  first of 4 films.
 * Death Records, USGenWeb CT Archives


 * 1949-2012 Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Divorce

 * Connecticut. Superior Court (New Haven County), Divorce Papers, 1712-1899 , Manuscript/On Film. Available at the FamilySearch Library starting with, (56 films)
 * Connecticut. Superior Court (New Haven County), Divorce papers, no appearance files, 1808-1900 , (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990).A record of divorce cases which were withdrawn or discontinued. Available at the FamilySearch Library starting with, (9 films)
 * 1746-1927 Daughters of the American Revolution. Oneida Chapter, Volume 6: Bible, cemetery and church records, 1746-1927 , (Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985).Available at the FamilySearch Library,
 * Linkpendium, Vital Records, New Haven County.

Archives

 * USGenWeb Connecticut Archives, New Haven County,
 * Historical Records Survey. Connecticut. Inventory of the town and city archives of Connecticut, no. 5, New Haven County vol. viii, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Seymour, Southbury, (New Haven, Connecticut The Survey, 1938).Includes index. Available at the FamilySearch Library, or FS Library US/CAN Film 897354 Item 2.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Madison Connecticut FamilySearch Center
 * Newtown Connecticut FamilySearch Center
 * Southington Connecticut FamilySearch Center
 * Woodbridge Connecticut FamilySearch Center
 * Bridgeport Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Fairfield Museum and History Center - an affiliate library
 * Gadsden Public Library - Main - an affiliate library
 * Hagaman Memorial Library - an affiliate library
 * James Blackstone Memorial Library - an affiliate library
 * North Branford Libraries - Edward Smith Library - an affiliate library
 * North Haven Memorial Library - an affiliate library
 * Southbury Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Wilton Library Association Inc. - an affiliate library

Libraries
County Public Libraries. Ansonia Public Library 53 South Cliff Street Ansonia, CT 06401 (203) 734-6275 Email: [mailto:ansonialibrary@biblio.org ansonialibrary@biblio.org] Facebook Website Beacon Falls Public Library 10 Maple Avenue Beacon Falls, CT 06403 203-729-1441 Email: https://www.mybflib.org/contact-staff/ Facebook Website Bernice Morehouse Research Center 1090 Hanover Avenue South Meriden, CT 06451 (203)639-1913 Email: [mailto:meridenhistoricalsociety@gmail.com meridenhistoricalsociety@gmail.com] Website Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives 8 Meetinghouse Ln Madison, CT 06443 203 245-5667 Email: [mailto:evartsarchives@aol.com evartsarchives@aol.com] Website Cheshire Public Library 104 Main Street Cheshire, CT 06410 203-272-2245 Website Clark Memorial Library – Bethany Library 538 Amity Road (CT 63) Bethany, CT 06524 203-393-2103 Email: [mailto:director@bethanylibrary.org director@bethanylibrary.org] Facebook Website Derby Historical Society Research Library 37 Elm Street Ansonia, CT 06401 203 735-1908 Email:[mailto:info@derbyhistorical.org info@derbyhistorical.org] Facebook Website Derby Public Library 313 Elizabeth Street Derby, CT 06418 (203) 736-1482 Email: [mailto:ncignoli@biblio.org ncignoli@biblio.org] Facebook Website Derby Neck Library 307 Hawthorne Ave Derby, CT 06418 203-734-1492 Email: [mailto:headlibrarian@biblio.org headlibrarian@biblio.org] Facebook Website Guilford Free Library 67 Park Street Guilford, CT 06437 203-453-8282. Email: [mailto:rmccoole@guilfordfreelibrary.org rmccoole@guilfordfreelibrary.org] Facebook Website Hagaman Memorial Library 227 Main Street East Haven, CT 06512 203-468-3890 Email: [mailto:bgeorge@hagamanlibrary.org bgeorge@hagamanlibrary.org] Facebook Website James Blackstone Memorial Library 758 Main Street Branford, CT 06405 203 488-1441 Karen Jensen, Library Director, ext. 312 Email: [mailto:kjensen@blackstonelibrary.org kjensen@blackstonelibrary.org] Website Hamden Public Library There are three branch locations in the town of Hamden Facebook Website Howard Whittemore Library 243 Church Street, Naugatuck, CT 06770 203-729-4591 Website James Blackstone Memorial Library 758 Main Street Branford, CT 06405 203 488-1441 Email: [mailto:kjensen@blackstonelibrary.org kjensen@blackstonelibrary.org] Facebook Website Meriden Public Library 105 Miller Street Meriden, CT 06450 203.238.2344 Email: [mailto:Croseboro@meridenct.gov Croseboro@meridenct.gov] Website Memorable Milford History Milford, CT 06460 Website Middlebury Public Library 30 Crest Rd Middlebury, CT 06762 203-758-2634 Website Milford Public Library 57 New Haven Ave Milford, CT 06460 203-783-3290 Website New Haven Free Public Library- Ives Main Campus 133 Elm Street New Haven, CT 06510 (203) 946-8130 Website North Branford Libraries Atwater Memorial Library 1720 Foxon Road North Branford, CT 06471 203-315-6020 Edward Smith Library 3 Old Post Road Northford, CT 06472 203-484-0469 Email: [mailto:director@nbranfordlibraries.org director@nbranfordlibraries.org] Website North Haven Memorial Library 17 Elm Street North Haven, CT 06473 203-239-5803 Website Scranton Library 801 Boston Post Road Madison, CT 06443 203‑245‑7365 Website Silas Bronson Library  267 Grand St. Waterbury, CT 06702 203-574-8225 Email: [mailto:sbl-refdesk@waterburyct.org sbl-refdesk@waterburyct.org] Website Southern Connecticut Ancestry Network (SCAN) Hamden Miller Memorial Central Library 2901 Dixwell Ave Hamden, CT. 06518 Email: [mailto:hhs@hamdenlibrary.org hhs@hamdenlibrary.org] Website

Museums
New Haven Museum and Historical Society 114 Whitney Ave. New Haven, CT 06510 203-562-4183 FAX 203-562-2002 Email: [mailto:info@newhavenmuseum.org info@newhavenmuseum.org] Website North Haven Historical Society and Museums 27 Broadway North Haven CT 06473 203-239-7722 Website

Societies
Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society 1907 Litchfield Turnpike Woodbridge, CT 06525 203-768-1029 Email: [mailto:info@woodbridgehistory.org info@woodbridgehistory.org] Website Beacon Falls Historical Society 10 Maple Ave P.O. Box 171 Beacon Falls, CT 06403 203-558-8565 Email: http://www.bfhistorical.org/contact-us/ Facebook Website Bethany Historical Society Inc 512 Amity Road, Bethany, CT 06524 203-393-1832 Email: [mailto:bethanyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com bethanyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com] Facebook Website Branford Historical Society The Harrison House Museum P.O. Box 504 124 Main Street Branford, CT 06405 203-488-4828 Email: [mailto:info@branfordhistoricalsociety.org info@branfordhistoricalsociety.org] Website Cheshire Historical Society 43 Church Drive Cheshire, CT 06410-3104 203-272-2574 Email: [mailto:cheshirehistory@che.necoxmail.com cheshirehistory@che.necoxmail.com] Facebook Website Derby Historical Society 37 Elm Street Ansonia, CT 06401 203 735-1908 Email:[mailto:info@derbyhistorical.org info@derbyhistorical.org] Facebook Website East Haven Historical Society  200 Tyler Street, PO Box: 120052 East Haven CT, 06512 (203)-467-1766 Email: [mailto:eh.historical@gmail.com eh.historical@gmail.com] Facebook Website Greater New Haven African-American Historical Society Email: [mailto:gnhaahs@gmail.com gnhaahs@gmail.com] Facebook Website Guilford Keeping Society 171 Boston St Guilford, CT 06437 203-453-2263 Email: [mailto:info@guilfordkeepingsociety.com info@guilfordkeepingsociety.com] Facebook Website Madison Historical Society 14 Meetinghouse Lane Madison, CT 06443-3155 203.245.4567 Email: [mailto:contact@madisonhistory.org contact@madisonhistory.org] Website Meriden Historical Society P. O. Box 3005 Meriden, CT 06450 Email: [mailto:meridenhistoricalsociety@gmail.com meridenhistoricalsociety@gmail.com] Website Middlebury Historical Society PO Box 104 Middlebury, Connecticut 06762 203-758-9798 Email: [mailto:robraff@frontier.com robraff@frontier.com] Website Milford Historical Society P.O. Box 337 34 High Street Milford, CT 06460 203-874-2664 Website The Naugatuck Historical Society P.O Box 317 195 Water Street Naugatuck, Connecticut 06770 203-729-9039 Email: [mailto:naugatuckhistory@att.net naugatuckhistory@att.net] Website Naugatuck Valley Genealogy Club c/o Prospect Public Library 17 Center Street Prospect, CT 06712 Website Orange Historical Society 605 & 615 Orange Center Rd. Orange, CT 06477 ​203-795-3106 Email: [mailto:​orangehistorical@yahoo.com ​orangehistorical@yahoo.com] Facebook Website Oxford Historical Society 60 Towner Ln Oxford, CT 06478 (203) 910-4574 Email: [mailto:office@oxford-historical-society.org office@oxford-historical-society.org] Facebook Website Prospect Historical Society PO Box 7335 61 Waterbury Road Prospect, CT 06712 203-758-5503 Email: [mailto:prospect.historical.society@gmail.com prospect.historical.society@gmail.com] Website Seymour Historical Society P.O. Box 433 59 West St Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-7471 Email: [mailto:President@SeymourHistoricalSociety.org President@SeymourHistoricalSociety.org] Website Southbury Historical Society PO Box 124 Southbury, CT 06488 203-405-3124 Email: [mailto:info@southburyhistory.org info@southburyhistory.org] Website The Totoket Historical Society P.O. Box 491 Northford, CT 06472 203-488-0423 Email: [mailto:totokethistoricalsociety@gmail.com totokethistoricalsociety@gmail.com] Website Wallingford Historical Society P. O. Box 73 180 South Main Street Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 294-1996 Email:[mailto:wallingfordhistory@att.net wallingfordhistory@att.net] Website West Haven Historical Society 686 Savin Ave West Haven, CT 06516 (203) 932-0088 Email: [mailto:info@whhistoricalsociety.org info@whhistoricalsociety.org] Website Wolcott Historical Society P.O. Box 6410 Wolcott, CT 06716 203-879-9818 Email: [mailto:stanzepa@sbcglobal.net stanzepa@sbcglobal.net] Website Hamden Historical Society 2901 Dixwell Avenue Hamden, CT 06518 203-287-2680 Email: [mailto:hhs@hamdenlibrary.org hhs@hamdenlibrary.org] Website

Websites

 * ancestry.com($), Available databases for New Haven County.
 * New Haven County Genealogy, LDS Genealogy
 * Cyndi's List, General Resource Sites for New Haven County.
 * Linkpendium; New Haven County Genealogy and Family History
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Websites at GenWeb for New Haven County


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