Volume 4 Issue 1 March 1997

A stroll through the old cemetery across from St. Bernard’s Church in Tariffville is a step back in time to the days when ambitious emigrants from Ireland came to the Simsbury area in search of work and new home in America.

Volume 3 Issue 5 December 1996

Among the treasures in the Simsbury Free Library Collections are two birthday books belonging to the members of the Winslow family. Birthday books kept track of the events in the lives of family and friends especially their birthdays in a small book that could be kept at one’s desk. It appears to be the custom for the owners of these books to have the actual person sign their name on the date to be remembered.

Volume 3 Issue 3 August 1996

A free Members Only Seminar will be held on Sunday afternoon, September 29th from 1 – 4 PM. The topic, Making Sense of the Census, will cover the uses of Federal and State Censuses.

Volume 3 Issue 2 May 1996

Dust off your genealogy research and bring it along to our Spring Open House.