Genealogy

Scope and Contents Included in this collection are genealogical records, charts, and notes, books, birth certificates, house and property maps and plans, cemetery plot maps, family letters, wills, bills, receipts, photographs, advertising cards, society memberships, early nineteenth century letters from William Sackett at Yale to his father, jewelry, coins, locks of hair, information on the transfer of the Ferris property "Willowmere" to the Nature Conservancy, several copies of "Eighty Years" by Mary A....

Scope and Contents This collection primarily covers materials from the life of Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., both his time immediately after WWI and his life after. These papers reflect his engagement with local and state government, through his involvement with the town and his relationships with various Connecticut officials, including correspondence with Governors, Senators, and state commissioners. There are letters sent home to his father and mother from his trip around the world in 1921, and a small amount of...

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This collection contains records and information from 1892 to 1997, with the bulk of the material being late 1800s to early 1900s. The books are individually catalogued and the Hereditary Societies series is broken up into folders by society name. The newspaper clippings in the Genealogical Research and Notes series have all been copied, and those copies are foldered with the clippings themselves.

Scope and Contents These papers are primarily comprised of Bill’s collected research and documents. Bill was often asked to write histories and biographies of people and places in town, but also researched and collected documents on his own particular interests. He was especially interested in mail, postmasters, stamps, post offices, etc.; in Christ Church, as his mother was a devoted member and he was close friends with many of the congregation and clergy; and in his family’s and related families...