This program is temporarily suspended
This is not a class but rather a group of individuals who use each other as sounding boards to learn about new places to search for information and how to use existing databases. We often have a computer projected on a screen so that individuals can observe how a website works or where things are located.
Participants are encouraged to bring a basic notebook, tablet or laptop to use in their own searches or samplings of sites. The library now subscribes to Ancestry Library edition which may be accessed in either library. Click the following link to begin your search: Ancestry Library Edition.
The links below are free sites that our group found useful!
- Cyndi’s List
- DeadFred
- Library of Congress
- National Digital Newspaper Project
- National Archives and Records Administration
The following libraries are also recommended for their genealogy collections:
- The Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown CT
- The Connecticut State Library in Hartford CT
- The New England Historic and Genealogical Society in Boston, MA