INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION:

Material on Newgate Prison and Copper Mine

Church records

Genealogies of East Granby families

Cemetery records

Local railroad history

Account books and diaries

Material on tobacco growing

War records

Local oral histories on cassettes

Miscellaneous information relating to town government and local organizations

Extensive information on and photos of old East Granby houses

Histories of surrounding towns

Census records on microfilm

Simsbury vital records

Materials Available at Town Hall

Office of the Town Clerk

 Land records:

 1858 - to the present: permanent

Street card for each building

showing interior amenities, lot size, assessment, additions, and certificates of occupancy

Maps: permanent

Assessor maps:

showing layout of each parcel

Minutes for boards, commissions, and Town meetings: permanent

Photograph of each building

Dog license list :

current - old ones held by the ANHR

Site plans

Fish & Game license information:  retained for five years only

History of buildings:

additions, electrical work, certificates of occupancy

Vital records:

birth, marriage, death certificates - indexed by book (access to birth records is restricted) all records permanent

Payment history for real estate, personal property, and automobile taxes

Sexton reports: list by date of burials in Town of East Granby - permanent

Real estate tax history is a permanent record

Election results

Automobile tax records are retained 15 years

Wills: permanent

Water and sewer taxes:

collected for areas served by these utilities

Inventories: permanent