|HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES||HISTORICAL
SKETCH||HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY||HISTORIC LANDMARKS||FAMOUS SONS
OF SUFFIELD| |HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES| Family
histories of local families (200± volumes) include published
histories, unpublished manuscripts, and genealogical
correspondence. Histories of old houses include information from
land records and photo albums. Vital records include the Barbour
Collection, the Loomis Collection , and various church records.
These are primarily early records (1670-1820). Later records are
at Town Hall. Cemetery records include headstone inscriptions
and encompass the Old Center Burying Ground, West Suffield,
Woodlawn, Hastings Hill and Phelps Road cemeteries plus some
small family plots. Indexes were compiled in the 1940's. Account
book collection includes more than 100 volumes kept by local
farmers, merchants, etc. This collection has been microfilmed. A
large collection of manuscripts, letters, diaries, deeds, estate
papers, military records, and miscell