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 Intro
Oral History
Collections
History of Farmington
For more information, contact us at flref@farmingtonlibraries.org
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Collections
Amistad Letters
Memorial Stones in Farmington (Treasures of Connecticut Libraries)
Amistad Letters
Book Collections
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Local History: Farmington and daughter towns; (Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, New Britain, Plainville, Southington)
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Geneaology: Colonial Farmington families: some Hartford geneaology
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Geneaological reference materials
Serial Collections
- Farmington High School Yearbooks
- CT. Nutmegger, V.5, no.4-
- NEHGS Register, 1979-Jan., 2003
- Lure of the Litchfield Hills, incomplete
Manuscript Collections
- Archives of Farmington Library & earlier libraries
- Selectman’s papers, 19th century: roads & bridges, welfare, Civil War bounty payments
- Julius Gay Collection: Rev. War, genealogical & other
- Geneaology: Lee-Patterson, Gleason, Sperry and some charts
- Bickford Collection: working papers for the book Farmington in Connecticut, 1982
- Grand Lists for Farmington and daughter towns, 1750-1829
Maps
- Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford Co., 1869
- 1930 Atlas of Hartford Co.
- Farmington early divisions & lot holders (copies)
- Current street maps
- Maps of early Farmington, Hartford, etc. taken from other sources
Photographs & Visual Materials
- Klauser collection: Farmington River & local scenes (see finding aid)
- Postcard Collection: Farmington & Unionville buildings, street scenes, Porter School
- Portraits: Julius Gay, John Pitkin IV
- Farmington veterans
- Photo Contest Winners & 350th Anniversary Photos for the Future
- Gravestone photos (old cemetery)
Microfilm & Computer Resources
- U.S. Census Records, Farmington reels, 1790-1920
- Farmington Valley Herald, 1901-86
The Farmington Room presently has a few CDs of genealogical interest; we welcome your input in this area
Finding Aids
- Online Pac via homepage
- Card Catalog in Farmington Room
- Written finding aids for Gay & Gleason Papers, Farmington First Church of Christ Papers & the Klauser Photograph collection – ask librarian
The library is the process of digitizing quite number of its historical collections. They will be linked here upon completion
Amistad Letters
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