Research
Facilities
in the Portland area
Portland Town Hall
265 Main Street
PO Box 71
Portland, CT 06480
(860)342-6743
Mon-Fri 9a-4:30p
Portland
Town Library
20 Freestone Ave
Portland, CT 06480
(860)342-6770
Mon-Thu 10a-9p; Fri-Sat 10a-5p
This
library has a small (but growing) collection of local history in the Van Beynum
Room.
Godfrey Memorial Library
134 Newfield Street (Rte 3)
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-4375
Hours: Monday 9a-8p Tue-Fri 9a-4p
e-mail
Library@Godfrey.org
This
library has an unbelievable amount of research materials. They have extensive
collections of Connecticut and Massachusetts state and town materials. You will
also find information on the other New England states, and a growing catalog of
materials for other states. There are also many family published genealogies
available. The staff and volunteers are wonderful to work with.
Russell
Library
123 Broad Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 347-2528 or Reference - (860) 347-2520)
Mon-Thu 9a-9p; Fri 12p-9p
Sat 9a-5p (summer 9a-1p); Sun (Oct-May 1p-5p
At the Russell Library in Middletown, CT you will find a local history room,
IBM and Mac Computers, and public internet service.
Portland
Historical Society
PO Box 98
Portland, CT 06480
http://www.geocities.com/portlandhistsoc/
Middlesex
County Historical Society
151 Main St.
Middletown, CT 06457
(860)346-0746
Connecticut
Historical Society
1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 236-5621; fax - (860) 236-2664
Hours: Library 10a-5p Tue-Sat
Visit their website for more info: http://www.chs.org/
Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Ave
Hartford, CT 06106
(860)566-3692; fax (860)566-2133
Hours: 9a-5p Mon-Fri
Connecticut
Society of Genealogists
mail: PO Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033-0435
Location: 175 Maple St., East Hartford, CT
(860)569-0002
Visit them online at: http://www.csginc.org/
