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Denominational Histories

We also hold many published sources for denominations. Many of these sources include information about the ministers and congregations. The sources below are just a few examples of materials we hold. Search our Library catalog under the denomination for more.

Multi Denominational Resources

Annals of the American pulpit, or, Commemorative notices of distinguished American clergymen of various denominations : from the early settlement of the country to the close of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five : with historical introductions by William B. Sprague
ISBN: 9789333395915
The colonial clergy and the colonial churches of New England by Frederick Lewis Weis
Call Number: History Reference BR520 .W4 1977

ISBN: 080630779X
Register and manual - State of Connecticut by Secretary of the State
Call Number: Conn Doc R26

Volumes from 1790-1975 list clergy in the state of Connecticut

African Methodist Episcopal Church

The African Methodist Episcopal Church : a history by Dennis C. Dickerson
Call Number: BX8443 .D524 2020

ISBN: 0521191521

Publication Date: 2020

Catholic Resources

One family in faith : the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut by Beth Longware Duff
Call Number: History Reference BX1417.B75 D84 2003

Publication Date: 2003
Hartford's Catholic legacy : parishes by Joseph W. Duffy
Call Number: History Reference BX1417.H3 D84 1994

Publication Date: 1994
Hartford's Catholic legacy : leadership by Liptak, Dolores Ann
Call Number: BX1417.H3 L56 1999

Publication Date: 1999
Responding to His call : a celebration of the history of the Diocese of Norwich, 1953-2003 by Gregoire J. Fluet
Call Number: BX1417.N757 F58 2003

ISBN: 9782746811898

Publication Date: 2003

Congregational Resources

Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of Connecticut
Call Number: History Reference BX7148.C8 A5

ISBN: 1407710184

A two volume set that includes brief histories of each Congregational Church and lists of their ministers.
The Congregational Year-Book
Call Number: BX 7113.C6

ISBN: 3385353440

Publication Date: 1879-1928

This was published under different titles from 1879-1960. This is national in scope. They year books are good sources for statistical information on churches and biographical information on deceased ministers
Meetinghouses of early New England by Peter Benes
Call Number: NA4210 .B46 2012

ISBN: 1558499105

Publication Date: 2012

Episcopal Resources

Journal of the annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut
Call Number: BX5918.C8 A3

ISBN: 0331671476

1901-1979 in stacks - earlier in Special Collections. Includes lists of clergy, necrology with biographical information, and parishes with their rectors & lay delegates

Jewish Resources

"1843-1943 - One Hundred Years of Jewish Congregations in Connecticut: An Architectural Survey"
Call Number: F105.J5 C66

Publication Date: 1991

Connecticut Jewish History, a publication of the Jewish Historical Society of Hartford. Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 1991. This issue gives a history & description of many synagogues throughout Connecticut, most with photos and sources

Quaker Resources

Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy by William Wade Hinshaw
Call Number: E184.F89 H5

ISBN: 0806301791

Shaker Resources

The Shakers of Enfield, Connecticut, 1780-1968 by Stephen J. Paterwic
Call Number: History Reference BX9768.E6 P377 2020

ISBN: 1937370291

Publication Date: 2020