City of Derby Special Projects

• Books Online
• History of the Colony of New Haven to it's Absorption into Connecticut, by Edward Elias Atwater. Published 1881
• The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642 -- 188O, by Samuel Orcutt and Ambrose Beardsley. Published 1880

• City of Derby and Area in the Wars
• French & Revolutionary Wars Soldiers
• Civil War Rosters & Records

• City of Derby Census Index Project
• Coming Soon!

• Search the USGenWeb
• USGenWeb-Search.Us

City of Derby Links

• Derby Home Page
• Derby Historical Society, 37 Elm St, Ansonia; Mon-Fri 9-4:30; 203-735-1908
• Derby Public Library, 313 Elizabeth St; 203-735-7005
• Derby City Map
• Places of Worship in Derby Listed by denomination
• Derby White Pages
Telephone directory
• Colonial Cemetery Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground
• Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post #10585 Veterans organization
• John H. Collins American Legion Post #24 Veterans organization
• Derby Green Photos of monuments in the park, and history of the park
• Derby Applications (open online and save, or print)
• Birth Certificates - Marriage Certificates - Death Certificates

Send them filled out to:
Derby City Hall
Registrar of Vital Statistics
35 Fifth St.
Derby, Ct. 06418-1897

Other Helpful Resources

• Connecticut Town Finder
• Connecticut Vital Records Where to write for copies: birth, death, marriage, divorce
• Connecticut Newspaper Project
  Locate, catalog and inventory all American newspapers held in libraries, historical societies and other repositories in the state, and second, to preserve and increase access to American newspapers by microfilming as many of their state newspapers as possible
• The Political Graveyard Politicians born, lived, died, or buried in New Haven County
• Lithuanian Obituary Notices Records Lithuanian ancestor's date & place of death
• Lineages Genealogy Site Searchable database and links, genealogy on Connecticut
• Connecticut High School Listings
• National Register of Historic Places State of Connecticut
• Connecticut State Parks and Forests Information
• Kellogg Environmental Center Natural science & environmental educational facility