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Branford Annual Reports (1868 – present)
Branford Census
Microfilm (1790 – 1940, no 1890)
Abstracted, typed records (1790 – 1880, census substitute 1890)
Online through Ancestry Library from a Blackstone Library computer (1790 – 1940, no 1890)
Branford City Directories (
1897- present, various years
)
Branford Historical Society and Blackstone Library
Manuscript Collection
Branford Review
(1878 – 2008, various years, on microfilm; some years available online from the link below)
Branford Newspaper Articles
(selections about Branford from the
Branford Review,
New Haven Register
and the
Journal Courier
)
Local church histories
Local church records (abstracted, various years)
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Milestone –
Branford High School Yearbook (1925 – present, missing 1933 and 1934)
Photographs & Postcards of Branford (1912 – 1974)
Selected Branford Family Genealogies
Vital Records Indexes (abstracted, various years)
History of Branford Books*:
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records Index
Bells of Branford
(Birbarie)
Branford: A Commemorative Album, 1644 – 1994
Branford, Connecticut: A Survey of Architectural & Historic Resources
Branford in the Beginning
(Feld)
Damascus Cemetery
(Bouley)
Families of Ancient New Haven (
Jacobus
)
Headstone Inscriptions: Town of Branford, CT
(Hale Collection)
History of New Haven County
(Rockey)
–
Branford section
History of the Colony of New Haven
(Lambert)
–
Branford section
A History of Totoket or Branford
(Thompson)
It Happened in Branford
(Prann)
A Modern History of New Haven & Eastern New Haven County
(Hill)
–
Branford
and
Stony Creek
Old Branford 1635 – 1935
(Carr)
Records & Tales of Old Branford
(McKenzie)
Regional History Books*:
Back Then
(Indian Neck)
A Brief History of Pawson Park from Early Times to 1916
(Indian Neck)
A Brief History of Stony Creek
A Brief History of the Thimble Islands in Branford, CT
Ecology of the Stony Creek Quarry Preserve
History of the House Leased by the Branford Historical Society
Hunting Ground
(Indian Neck)
Nature & Character of Granite Bay
(Short Beach)
On the Ebb
(Short Beach)
The Pine Orchard Shore: a brief history and a glimpse at the summer of 1916
Ride Down Memory Lane: The Story of the Branford Trolley Museum
Stony Creek Mapanscrap Book
A Stony Creek Miscellany
Summer Island: A Century of History & Nostalgia
Regional Genealogy Reference Books*:
Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut
Early Connecticut Marriages
Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut
A Genealogist’s Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
Heads of Families in the First Census of the U.S. taken in the year 1790: Connecticut
New England Marriages Prior to 1700, supplement and 2nd supplement
*Print titles available at the Blackstone. Ask for help retrieving these books at Reference.
Related Pages
Land Records
Military Titles at Blackstone Library
Connecticut Genealogy and Local History
General Genealogy Resources
Local History Resources
Branford Family Genealogies
Researching Your Branford Ancestor