The East Hampton Public Library has a number of resources to help you learn about East Hampton and your family history, as well as a broader collection of historic Middlesex County and Connecticut materials. If you would like help with your research, please call ahead and make an appointment with one of our librarians.
Local History Room
Our Local History Room contains:
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- Historic East Hampton Newspapers and Yearbooks
- Historic photographs and postcards of the East Hampton area
- Historic Resources Inventory documents
- Books related to the history and geography of Connecticut and its most important citizens
- Books detailing the history of Middlesex county
- Yankee Township and Postscripts to Yankee Township
- Documents related to the development and advancement of East Hampton locations and organizations throughout time
Before you visit, please read our Local History Room Policy
Digital Resources
= Library Card Required
Ancestry.com
Explore the amazing history of you with Ancestry Library Edition that includes: immigration records, vital records, census data, family histories, court records, directories, photos and military records. Your ancestors left clues along the way. Now, you can trace them online.
This resource is available in-person here at the Library. At home use requires a valid CT State Library card. To get one, click here. Any Connecticut resident is eligible to receive one for free!
Family Search
Family search has digitized all of East Hampton’s, and many other towns’, vital records. This is a free service but you may need to create an account.
East Hampton Newspaper and Yearbook Archive
A digitized collection of East Hampton news and yearbooks from 1881 forward.
Heritage Quest Online
Genealogy and family history resources that includes census records, city directories and more.
This resource is available through the CT State Library and requires a valid CT State Library card. To get one, click here. Any Connecticut resident is eligible to receive one for free!
ConnCris - Interactive CT Map
The Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is pleased to provide ConnCRIS, an online viewer for Connecticut’s cultural resources inventory.
This map has toggles to change what you can see, flood zones, preservation areas, as well as historical sites with StreetView. The link above will take you to the layer settings for historical sites in East Hampton, you just have to zoom in.