Connecticut State Archives Archival Record Group (RG) #073, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Fitch’s Home for Soldiers
Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Orphans (1863-1940), also known as the Noroton Home, located in Darien, Connecticut, was first erected by Benjamin Fitch and was dedicated July 4, 1864. In 1887, the State assumed control and renamed the home Fitch's Home for Sold...
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CT State Library Receives $948,000 Federal Grant Funding to support the automatic transfer and preservation of historical digital records from state agencies
The Connecticut State Library (CSL) is pleased to announce that it has received a Congressionally Directed Spending grant of $948,000 through the efforts of Senator Richard Blumenthal and Senator Christopher Murphy. The grant is awarded through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a statutory body affiliated with the National Archives and Record...
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February Third Thursday Event: Finding Your Legacy African American Genealogy In Connecticut
Adrienne Billings-Smith will discuss the journey researchers who are interested in discovering Black Heritage can follow using the many resources found at the Connecticut State Library. Adrienne is a local attorney and Town Councilor in West Hartford, Connecticut. She also founded Concerned Parents of Color of West Hartford (CPCWH) in 2020 to advocate for change in education, l...
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Third Thursday Program, Digging Into History: Back In The Trenches, Thursday, July 15, 2021
Join Us For A Special International Third Thursday Lunchtime Lecture!
Join us on Zoom or Facebook Live to hear about how this team of high school students, chaperones, and historians from Connecticut and France worked side by side to restore trenches once occupied by the 26th "Yankee" Division. You'll hear firsthand from the students about the impact this groundbreaking experi...
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Litchfield County Minorities Collection
Please be advised that this index contains terminology that may be offensive or harmful to individuals investigating these records. When State Archives staff originally created this index, they took descriptions for ancestral, racial, ethnic, and gender identity directly from the court papers of the era in which they were created. The index therefore includes terms that are con...
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New London County (NLCC) Native American Court Cases
Please be advised that this index contains terminology that may be offensive or harmful to individuals investigating these records. When State Archives staff originally created this index, they took descriptions for ancestral, racial, ethnic, and gender identity directly from the court papers of the era in which they were created. The index therefore includes terms that are con...
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New London County (NLCC) African American Court Cases
Please be advised that this index contains terminology that may be offensive or harmful to individuals investigating these records. When State Archives staff originally created this index, they took descriptions for ancestral, racial, ethnic, and gender identity directly from the court papers of the era in which they were created. The index therefore includes terms that are con...
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Noble Pensions
Noble Pension Records
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WW1 Veterans
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CT State Historian Walter Woodward will give a talk on one of Connecticut’s most popular governors, Governor John Dempsey at the State Library
(Hartford, CT) In celebration of American Archives Month, Connecticut State Historian Walter Woodward will lead a discussion on one of Connecticut's most popular governors , Governor John Dempsey on October 20, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m., at the Connecticut State Library. Walter Woodward's talk is based on his research at the State Library, in preparation for the cent...
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