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Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc. - Founded 1954

Promote genealogical scholarship, preserve source material, and exchange family histories.

Publications of the Society

Connecticut Ancestry, 50th Anniversary Commemorative Issue. Hardbound copy of volume 47 featuring retrospectives on the history of the Society, finding aids to articles in past issues, and research on area families by thirteen invited contributors. 224 + xii pages, with an every-name index. For more details, see: Commemorative Edition.   $50.00.

Genealogical References in Stamford, CT, Land Records, vols. A thru S, 1666-1800. Abstracted by Edith M. Wicks, edited by Robert W. Spiers. An index to every relationship and every place of residence outside of Stamford mentioned in deeds of this period. (274 page soft cover book or searchable CD-ROM).   $25.00.

Stamford's Soldiers. Compiled by Edith M. Wicks and Virginal H. Olson. Biographies of Revolutionary War Patriots from Stamford, CT, with up to four generations of genealogy. 417+ pages, indexed, hardcover.    $25.00.

Short Directory of Names, Past and Current, of CT Boroughs, Cities, Towns and Unincorporated Areas. Compiled by Robert A. Ferry. A handy gazetteer of Connecticut place names. 67 pages, spiral bound.    $20.00.

Back issues of Connecticut Ancestry (if available).
$10.00 per issue or $30.00 per full volume year.
Volume 47 is available only as the above listed hardbound 50th Anniversary Commemorative Issue.

Every Name Indexes:
Vol. 1-13 (to 5/71) $15.00
Vol. 14-20 (to 5/78) $20.00
Vol. 21-25 (to 5/83) $15.00
Vol. 26-27 (to 5/85) $10.00
or All four indices, Vols. 1 thru 27 (9/1958-5/1985) $40.00.
Later indexes found in the fourth issue of that volume.

Additional Publication Charges

All prices now include postage and handling charges.

Note: Connecticut residents must add 6% sales tax to publications totals.

35 mm. Microfilms

The series of microfilms first offered in 1970 has been upgraded, combining the former six reels into three. They are still archival quality, positive films, and the source material is the same.  $35.00 per reel

Reel 16: Stamford Town Meetings, 1640-1806, books 1 & 2, transcribed and indexed; Stamford Vital Records, 1641-1852 (Barbour Collection); and Spencer P. Mead, Abstract of Probate Records of Stamford, two vols., 1729-1802 & 1803-1848, including Stamford, Greenwich and Darien to 1848, Ridgefield to 1746, and part of New Canaan to 1802.

Reel 24: William A. D. Eardley, Connecticut Cemeteries, 1671-1911, indexed, 9 vols. including 27 Stamford cemeteries plus others in Berlin, Brookfield, Killingly, New Canaan, and New Fairfield; Headstone Inscriptions, Town of Stamford, 1937, indexed (Hale Collection); and three vols. by S. P. Mead, Abstracts for Greenwich, CT, including Births, Marriages, and Deaths from Earliest Town Records to 1847, Abstracts of Every Known Tombstone in the Town of Greenwich and Middle Patent Cemetery, Westchester Co. N.Y., & Abstract of (Greenwich) Church Records (8 churches).

Reel 35: S. P. Mead, Abstracts of Stamford Church Records, 1924, including 21 churches to about 1850; & Abstract of Darien Church Records, 1920; William A. D. Eardley, Stamford Congregational Church Records, 1914; Joseph Ridley, Directory of the Town of Stamford, 1872 (Stamford's first directory); and S. P. Mead, Abstract of Probate Records for the District of Fairfield, 1648 - 1757, which includes all of Fairfield County through 1728.

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