Collections : [Windsor Historical Society]

The library and archives house extensive historical resources relating to the town of Windsor and its people. Highlights include: thousands of historic and modern photographs- oral histories- 17th-20th-century primary source documents (many indexed by date and family name)- more than 350 published genealogies of Windsor families- family and subject files; topics include houses by address, clubs and organizations, businesses, tobacco, witches, and more- vital records, local cemetery records, land records (copies)- 1890 recreated census for Windsor, CT- town annual reports and tax records- account books collection (1733-1954)- local newspapers; including Windsor Town Crier (1916-1917), Hartford Times (1920s-30s), Windsor Herald (1930s), Windsor News Weekly (1944-1962), Windsor Journal (1975-present)- Windsor High School yearbooks (1915-present)- city directories and telephone books (1905-present)- historic maps- regional and state histories- Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor genealogical database.