Connecticut Books

Connecticut - A Bibliography of it's History $24.95 (Published at $70.00)
Edited by Roger Parks
University Press of New England 1986
This is a great resource for Connecticut research. Books are listed by Connecticut, counties and towns. look up your town of interest to find church histories, town histories, cemetery transcriptions and more. .
591 pages 9x12 hardbound

Family Secrets $12.00
18th and 19th Century Birth Records Found in the Windham County, Connecticut, County Court Records and Files at the Connecticut State Library Archives, Hartford
Marcella Pasay
Baltimore: Heritage Books, 2000
(from the back cover) Did you ever wonder as to the reason for the paucity of births in early vital records? A hint of scandal or embarrassment associated with a birth may have made an ancestor reluctant to document it in a public record. This work is a compilation of Fornication and Maintenance of (Illegitimate) Child suits brought to the Windham County, CT, County Court from 1728 to 1847. All the towns of early Windham County are represented, plus towns in Tolland, Hartford, Middlesex, and New London Counties in CT; Dudley, Worcester Co., MA; Warwick, Providence Co., RI, and others. File records from the Archives were searched and any additional information was included. There are over three hundred cases in this book, each representing a birth which was most likely not recorded in the vital records. Previously unpublished marriage dates, names of alleged fathers, some maiden names, and even the names of midwives are revealed. Some file documents such as depositions were copied verbatim and both litigants (married and maiden names) and witnesses are indexed.
101 pages, 6x9 softbound, very good condition.

Genealogical Notes, or, Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. $119.95
Nathaniel Goodwin.
Hartford, Conn.; F.A. Brown; 1856.
     Memoir Of Nathaniel Goodwin. Genealogy Of The Goodwin Family. Adam Blakeman, Of Stratford, Conn. Leonard Chester, Of Wethersfield, Conn. Daniel Clark, Of Windsor, Conn. John Dwight, Of Dedham, Mass. William Edwards, Of Hartford, Conn. William Goodrich, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Goodrich, Of Wethersfield, Conn. William Gurley, Of Northampton, Mass. John Hollister, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Hopkins, Of Hartford, Conn. Joiin Ingersoll, Of Hartford, Conn., And Of Northampton, Mass. Lewis Jones, Of Watertown, Mass. William Judson, Of Concord, Mass. And Of Stratford And New Haven, Conn. John Kent, Of Suffield, Conn, Richard Mather, Of Dorchester, Mass. Michael Metcalf, Of Dedham, Mass. Joseph Mygatt, Of Hartford, Conn. John Nott, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Porter, Of Windsor, Conn. Robert Sedgwick, Of Charlestown, Mass. Rev. Henry Smith, Of Wethersfield, Conn. Jared Spencer, Of Cambridge And Lynn, Mass., And Of Haddam Conn. Thomas  Spencer, Of Hartford, Conn. Reverend Samuel Stone of Hartford, Conn., Samuel Storrs of Mansfield, Conn., Samuel Carey, of Springfield, Mass. and of Enfield, Conn., Mathias Treat, of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Treat of Wethersfield, Conn., Andrew Ward of Wethersfield, Stamford and Fairfield, Conn., Governor John Webster of Hartford, Conn. in Hadley, Mass., Governor Thomas Wells of Hartford, Conn..
     Appendix: John Case of Windsor and Simsbury, Conn., Edwards Family, Goodrich Family, William Spenser of Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., Family of Richard Treat, William Whiting of Hartford, Conn., John Lord of Hartford, Conn., Errata, Index.
362 pages. Hardbound. Ornately embossed brown cloth binding.  Pages foxed. Chip at top of spine. Shelf wear. Binding is tight. Fair Condition. <G MA CT>

Genealogical Resources Southwestern Fairfield County Connecticut $14.95
Stamford, Connecticut: the Stamford genealogical Society, Inc., 1959
In the towns and cities of Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stanford and Wilton.
40 pages, 9 x 12 softbound, ex library, covers worn, good condition.

The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Story $25.00
Hartford: Pratt & Whitney, 1950
Nicely illustrated history of Hartford, Connecticut's Aircraft company.
Table of contents: Portfolio of Modern Aircraft, A Journey to Hartford, The Way the Weather Was, A Clean piece of Paper, Success, The Sky Becomes a Highway, Racing Days, Men at Work, Trouble, The War Years, The Journey Ahead.
173 pages, 9x12 hardbound, fading on cover & spine, some scratches on back cover. 2 pages stuck together in one spot leaving a small round mark. Good condition.

Annals of Yale College, from Its Foundation to the Year 1831. 2d Ed., 1838. $45.00
Ebenezer Baldwin.
New Haven: B. & W. Noyes, 1838.
History of the early days of Yale.
343 pages, 6 x 9 hardcover, Rebound, cover has some light staining, overall condition  is good for a book this old, text block is heavily foxed, top of last 10 pages stained. <con>

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The Connecticut Granges: An Historical Account of the Rise and Growth of the Patrons of Husbandry; Sketches of the State, Pomona and Subordinate Granges of Connecticut, with Valuable Statistics, Notices of Prominent Members, Portraits and Illustrations. $125.00 (very rare)
New Haven, Conn.: Industrial Publishing Co., 1900
History of individual Granges with biographies and many photos.
694 pages, 7 x 10 hardcover, no DJ, pictorial binding, b & w photos; good condition; light spots on front and rear cover, light spot and wear to top and bottom of spine.

A Village of Outcasts (lighthouse site, CT) $24.00 
Kenneth L. Feder
Mountain View, Calf: Mayfield Publishing Company 1994
This case study in historical archaeology tells the story of the archaeological investigation of the Lighthouse site located in the northwestern hills of Connecticut. This remarkable story brings to life the Native American, African-American slaves and European outcasts who came together and formed a thriving settlement between A.D. 1740 and 1860.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1, ENCOUNTERING THE LIGHTHOUSE ,
Chapter 2, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HISTORY A Rationale for Historical Archaeology , The Unique Contributions of Historical Archaeology , The Colonization Process , Understanding the Physical World of the Historical Past 1,  Examining Health and Nutrition of the Historical Past , Documenting the Lives of the Disenfranchised and the Oppressed , Documenting Illicit or Illegal Behaviors 17 Evaluating and Revising Historical Accounts of Known Events , Conclusion.
Chapter 3, THE LEGEND OF THE LIGHTHOUSE , Lewis Sprague Mills: A Source for the Legend , The Legend of the Lighthouse: Molly Barber , The Legend of the Lighthouse: James Chaugham , The Theme of the Captive , The Exodus , A New Life in the Wilderness , The "Lighthouse" , The Legacy of the Lighthouse.
Chapter 4, SOURCES OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LEGEND , Mills's Sources , The Mountain County Herald, 1854 , William Wallace Lee's Centennial Address , Connecticut Courant Article , Winsted Evening Citizen Article , Lee's 1868 Article , Eyewitness Account of J. E. Mason , Edmund Smiley's Short History of Riverton , Conclusion.
Chapter 5, DIGGING IN THE DOCUMENTS: SOURCES , An Introduction to the Primary Record , Family Records , Family Bibles , Personal Correspondence , Diaries , Diplomas , Institutional Records , Church Records , Educational Records , Newspaper Articles and Obituaries , Public Records , The Census , Federal Mortality Schedules , Military Records , Vital Records , Court Records and Probate , Tax Records , Land Records , Cemetery Records , Conclusion .
Chapter 6, DIGGING IN THE DOCUMENTS: THE PEOPLE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, First Encounter, Anonymous Census Records, Connecticut's 1756 Census, Connecticut's 1762 Census, Connecticut's 1774 Census, The Primary Record of the Lighthouse People , James Chaugham 75 Molly Barber , The Late Eighteenth Century: 1770-1783 , Summary: 1770—1783 , The Late Eighteenth Century: 1783—1800 , The Death of James Chaugham , Probate, Dower Right, and the Estate of James Chaugham , The Family after James , Summary: 1783—1800 , Ragged Mountain: 1800—1820 , Summary: 1800—1820 , The Final Decades of the Lighthouse Community: 1820—1860 , The Sale of the Lighthouse , Summary: 1820—1860 , After the Lighthouse Was Abandoned , School Records , Life Goes On , Conclusion.
Chapter 7, DIGGING IN THE DIRT: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY AND ANALYSIS , Field Methods , The Questions of Archaeology 1 , Where?, What?, When?, How?, Who?, Why?,
Chapter 8, DIGGING IN THE DIRT: ARCHAEOLOGY, AT THE LIGHTHOUSE SITE , "Unearthing" the Story of the Lighthouse , Bringing the Dead to Life , Mapping the Site , The Pedestrian Survey , Categories of the Pedestrian Survey , Pedestrian Survey Indications.
230 pages, softbound, good condition.