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GROTON PUBLIC
LIBRARY
52 Newtown Road
Groton, CT 06340
Phone:
(860) 441-6750
Fax: N/A
E-mail: info@fairfieldhs.org
Web site: http://www.town.groton.ct.us/library/
Contact #1:
Local History & Genealogy Librarian, (860)441-6750
reference@grotonpl.org
Contact #2:
N/A
Access hours:
M-Th 9-9
F 9-5:30
Sat 9-5
Sun 12-5
Access restrictions:
N/A
Reproduction fees:
N/A
Other provisions:
N/A
Other information:
Available to Groton residents with a valid library card is The
Day's web site . The local newspaper, The (New
London) Day is a good place to research local history or genealogy.
It contains news stories, obituaries, etc. since 1999. The
library has The Day on microfilm from July 1881 to December
1896 and from January 1937 to the present. We also have printed
indexes to The Day for 1881 to 1896, July 1988 to December
1997, and a partial index card file for December 1975 to June
1988.
Collection Description:
The Local History Room has genealogy and local history books
and other materials on Groton and surrounding towns as well
as some material on Connecticut and New England. Also included
in the collection are city directories, newsletters, photographs,
slides, post cards, and subject-indexed files of news and
magazine articles. There is an on-line collection of local
history materials at: http://www.town.groton.ct.us/history/list.asp.
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