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Genealogy at the Sharon Historical Society
While the volunteers and staff of the Historical Society
support and encourage the work of genealogists from across
the United States and beyond, our on-site genealogical collections
are very basic.If you are just beginning your research, we
will be delighted to help you pull together initial information,
including the general history of Sharon, early settlers, original
Home Lots, etc. However, we are not equipped to deal with
more in-depth inquiries.
Appointments for Genealogical Research are STRONGLY encouraged!
Volunteers with a variety of interests often staff the museum
and may be unable to help you with your research questions.
Please contact the museum IN ADVANCE of your visit to help
you get the most out of your research travel plans. View Planning
Your Research Visit for further information or call us
at: (860) 364-5688
Fees - The SHS staff will be happy to answer basic research
questions from materials in the SHS collection. Fees will
be charged for photocopies. Fees for extensive research inquires
should be discussed with museum staff prior to engaging in
the research.
Headstones in Sharon, CT:
Contemporary Books/Research:
SELDOM TOLD TALES OF SHARON, BOOK
2
BY ED KIRBY
Continuing where Seldom Told Tales of Sharon leaves
off, Book 2 invites the reader to delve deeper into
the interconnected web that links people from various walks
of life, generations and geographic locations to the town
of Sharon. Once again, Ed Kirby tells the stories of the diverse
people of Sharon whose lives still touch us today. "Tales
2" chronicles the lives of three strong women, Emily Winthrop
Miles, Maria Bissell Hotchkiss and Lizzie St. John Eckel.
The social and structural history of the town's iconic clock
tower, the true-life story of the Colgate Mansion and the
history of Catholicism in Sharon are also included in the
volume. Hard cover, illustrated, 304 pages. 2008.
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SELDOM TOLD TALES OF SHARON, BOOK
1
BY ED KIRBY
Seldom Told Tales of Sharon offers a glimpse into the
bricks and mortar of history, the stories of individual people
whose everyday decisions had lasting effects on the Sharon
of today. Tales included in Book 1 of the series are
Calkinstown's Inscrutable Hiram Weed, The Ill-Fated New
York to Sharon Canal, and Sharon's Northeast Corner. Hard
cover, illustrated, 137 pages. 2006.
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A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF
SHARON, CT
BY CHARLES F. SEDGWICK
Originally published in 1842, and reprinted with minor additions
and corrections in 1877 and 1898, this book remains the chief
source of information about the early days of Sharon, the
period from 1732 to 1838, at which date Sedgwick first presented
his material. The second and third editions endeavored to
update Sedgwick's work and corrected some obvious errors that
had crept in. Changes were made particularly in Chapter XIII.
This fourth edition, edited by Jeanne Majdalany, is based
primarily on the third edition. Typographical and grammatical
mistakes and the very few errors that Sedgwick himself made
have been amended. Illustrations have been more suitably placed
in relation to the text and new ones have been added. The
book contains a new appendix that lists the names of Sharon
residents listed in the 1790 census, and an index of family
names.
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Off-Site Genealogical Resources:
- AfriGeneas - African
Ancestored Genealogy - "AfriGeneas provides leadership,
promotion and advocacy for the mutual development and use
of a system of genealogy resources for researching African
related ancestry."
- American-French Genealogical
Society - The American-French Genealogical Society,
is a genealogical and historical organization dedicated
to the study and preservation of the French-Canadian culture.
- American Immigrant
Wall of Honor, The - The wall celebrates American immigration
from its earliest beginnings until today, and soon even
more names will be added.
- Ancestral Findings
- Birth, Census, Death, Land, Marriage, Military, Passenger,
Immigration Lists and State Records Indexes and a chat room.
- Ancestry.com -
search 240 million names in 1630 databases
- Ancestry Search
- An Interactive Directory of over 400 Genealogy Surname
Search Engines.
- Ancestry's Social
Security Death Index
- Behind the Name
- the etymology and history of first names
- CLIO - The National Archives
Information Service
- Cemetery Junction
- This site is about helping the genealogy community
find information about their ancestors. Thousands of cemeteries
listed.
- Cemetery Records on
the Internet - The site is a resource of burial records
and links to cemetery webpages. Browse over 2.8 million
cemetery records across over 54,00 cemeteries worldwide
online, all searchable. Special collections included veterans
cemeteries and cemeteries flooded by dams.
- Censuslinks - Resources
to help with your genealogy research with a database of
7102 links and 2955 categories.
- Commonwealth War Graves
Commission - includes personal and service information
for 1.7 million soldiers who died in the First and Second
World Wars.
- Cyndi's Lists of
Genealogy Sites on the Internet - "More than 264,550
links! 254,900 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in
over 180 categories. Another 9,600+ uncategorized new links
in the works."
- Ellis Island
Passenger Lists - Between 1892 and 1924 over 22 million
passengers and members of ships' crews came through Ellis
Island and the Port of New York. Now you can research passenger
records from ships that brought the immigrants - even see
the original manifests with passengers' names.
- Family Census
- Family Tree
Maker Online
- Find a Grave
- graves of noteworthy people
- Firstmom's
Genealogy Resources and Records - Has actual records
as well as thousands of categorized links to other resources
on the web and off.
- Frequently
Occurring Names in America
- Genealogy Today
- Genealogical Database
Index - Contains links to genealogical databases
- Genealogical Reasearch in
the Former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
- Genealogy.com
- Genealogy
Databases
- Genealogy
Help Network, The
- Genealogy Gateway
- Genealogy Home Page
- Genealogical research tools and an annotated directory
of links.
- Genealogist's
Index to the WWW
- Genealogy
- Courtesy of Yahoo
- Genealogy
Learning Center - Tracing your family's history is a
fascinating journey. This site will guide you along the
way by offering how-to articles, genealogy classes and other
resources that will help you dig deeper into your family's
past.
- Genealogy
Organizations - Courtesy of Yahoo
- GenealogyLibrary.com
- Genealogical
Resources on the Internet
- Genealogy Register,
The
- GeneaNet
- GenSite
- GenSource - Free
resources for genealogy research.
- GenWeb
Home Page - Creates genealogy database
- Genwriters -This
site is designed to help genealogists begin writing their
family histories.
- Helm's Genealogy
Toolbox
- Investigate
Your Last Name - Site provides links to some of the
largest sets of surname data available for searching. You'll
need to enter at least a surname to get results. Find out
how common your name is in different parts of the United
States and do historical research on your family name.
- Irish Family
History Foundation - Genealogy Ireland
- JewishGen - "The
primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish
genealogy worldwide."
- Kindred Konnections
- "Family History Research Center" - search 100
million names
- Lineages - "Genealogy
reference library and resource center built and maintained
by professional genealogists who understand the needs of
beginning researchers and experienced family historians."
- Linkages
Project, The - Directory of links for kinship studies
and genealogy material used in a university anthropology
course
- LookupUK.com -
"The Resource Centre for finding that Lost Friend or
Relative in the UK."
- London Ancestor
- Genealogy & Local History in Greater London. A Journal
of source data for Genealogy & Local History in Greater
London.
- Mayflower Passenger
List
- Mormon Church Genealogy
Site
- MyFamily.com -
"MyFamily.com is the easiest way to stay in touch with your
family and friends using the Internet."
- National Genealogical
Society Home Page
- National Obituary
Archive - This site offers a repository of obituaries
and death records with more than 56 million individual entries
on file.
- ObitPage
- "The focus of obitpage.com is the lure of the obituary
both as history and as literary art form. This site is the
result of a life-long habit of reading the obituary page,
collecting obituaries and sharing the most unusual with
a cadre of friends writers, lawyers, actors, educators,
historians, among others."
- Obituarieshelp.org
- Access newspaper obituaries and discover your genealogy
online. Discover obituary resources like old newspaper obituaries
archives and Download free genealogy forms and printable
family tree charts.
- Obituary Daily
Times - Search for over 4 million obituary death dates
(full-text obits not included) from nearly 2,000 publications
around the United States. Entries typically include name,
age, city of residence, source of obit, and death date.
- Online Searchable
Death Indexes & Records - This website gathers together
links to online death indexes by state and county. Included
are death indexes, obituary indexes, probate indexes and
cemetery & burial listings.
- Political
Graveyard, The - "The Web Site That Tells Where
the Dead Politicians are Buried"
- Popular Baby
Names - The Social Security Admin. publishes popular
baby names as new data become available. In the top 1000
names per decade list, names are limited to births in the
U.S.A. Unless stated otherwise, all other lists are from
all Social Security applications, whether the birth occurred
in the U.S. or elsewhere. Children born to U.S. military
personnel, diplomats, tourists, and citizens working overseas
are included as long as a Social Security number application
is made.
- RAND Genealogy
Club - This site supports the Roots Location List, Roots
Surname List and a Soundex converter, as well as many links
organized either by type or by regional, ethnic or religious
groupings.
- ROOTS-L
Home Page - Information on genealogical resources found
at U.S. archives and libraries, including the Library of
Congress. Includes Revolutionary War and other military
records, as well as state by state genealogical resources.
- Relationship
Terms - Sometimes, especially when working on your family
history, it's handy to know how to describe your family
relationships more exactly. This site helps you understand
lesser known relationship terms such as 'second cousin'
and 'first cousin, once removed.'
- Researching
Your Roots - Researching your roots can be a lifelong
project. With so many records and resources, it's not easy
to find a starting point. While every family history follows
a different path, there are general guidelines that every
beginner should know. The site summaries these guidelines.
- Rootsweb - The
website of the genealogical data co-operative offers several
different services to the genealogical community, including
web-page hosting, search indexes and registries. This site
tries to offer links to actual information, not just links
to links.the British royal family, American presidents,
and other notables. Includes a database and information
on doing genealogical research on the Internet.
- Social Security
Online - official Web site of the Social Security Administration
- Soc. Security
Death Index
- State by
state Vital Records Links - This site has links to
every State and instructions on ordering vital record info
such as birth, marriage, divorce and death records.
- Surname Guide
- Your research guide to surnames and lists of family genealogy
homepages on the Internet.
- SurnameSearch.com
- Genealogy Surname Research in The United States And
Worldwide.
- SurnameWeb - The
Genealogy Web Portal - The largest surname site on
the web, search from over 1 BILLION persons! Now featuring
70,000 links to over 32,000 surnames; and over 2,200 one-name
studies.
- Twenty
Ways to Avoid Genealogical Grief
- UK
Genealogy News - monthly online newsletter covering
all aspects of UK genealogy.
- UK + Ireland Genealogy
- Comprehensive site covering genealogy and family history
in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Includes an introduction
to genealogy, information on getting started, hints for
working from outside the U.K., a calendar of events, and
continually growing databases organized by country, county,
parish, and district.
- USGenWeb Archives
- US Genealogy, census, marriage, wills
- U.S. Surname Distribution
- Take a look at this surnames database to find out whether
your last name (if it's among the 50,000 most common) is
more prevalent in Minnesota or Florida. Helpful for someone
trying to determine a starting point for a genealogy project.
- Vital Records -
This site contains information about where to obtain vital
records such as birth, death & marriage certificates and
divorce decrees from each state, territory and county of
the United States.
- What's
in Your Name?
- Where
to Write for Vital Records - The links on this National
Center for Health Statistics site provide you with direct
access to individual State and territory information. To
use this valuable tool, you must first determine the State
or area where the birth, death, marriage, or divorce occurred,
then click on that State or area.
- Who's Alive and Who's Dead
- the site that helps you keep track of which famous
people have died and which are still alive!
- WorldGenWeb Project,
The - "The goal of the WorldGenWeb Project is to
have every country in the world represented by an online
website and hosted by researchers who either live in their
own country or who are familiar with their country's resources."
- YourFamily.com
- genealogy and family member resources
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