Research and Catalogs

Ancestry Library Edition Logo Research and Catalogs Web Page

Genealogy in Ancestry

On HCH computers, access Ancestry.

Use the CT State Library Edition from home with your CT town’s library card.
These are digitized archival collections from the CT State Library available through Ancestry.

Explore the CT State Library guide to genealogy, have your town’s library card ready!

Product reviews & news in Consumer Reports

On HCH computers, or from home with your HCH Library Card, access Consumer Reports.

Newspapers, magazines, & research databases with ResearchIT CT One Search from the CT State Library

Research topics include:
Law
Business
Authors, Books & Reading
Health & Science
History, Biography & Genealogy

Read current newspapers, magazines, and journals.

HCH Library Cards, your CT town’s library card, and a CT State Library card will allow varying degrees of access. Have your barcode ready!

Databases in Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA) include:

U.S./Canadian Businesses
U.S. New Businesses
U.S./Canadian Standard White Pages
U.S. Historical Businesses
U.S. Jobs/Internships
U.S. Healthcare
U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles
U.S. New Movers/New Homeowners

For HCH Library Cardholders @ home, or for all on HCH Library PCs.