Everyone loves to dig around in an old attic, trying to find some hidden treasure. That is what visiting the Historical Collections on the third floor of the Library is like digging around in the city of Bridgeport's attic!
First time visitors to the Historical Collections are often surprised at the wealth of information that is found here. Spend ten minutes here, and you'll be hooked! Our staff will help you with that historical question you've always wanted answered. We'll help you find that long lost relative by assisting you with researching your Family Tree. It doesn't matter if you are not a Bridgeport native, we have information from all over the world.
The Bridgeport History Center
Bridgeport Working
Highlight | History Center
Bridgeport Working: Voices from the 20th Century
Visit the Bridgeport History Center’s award winning labor history exhibit:
Oral Histories
Picture Gallery
Bridgeport Labor Timeline and much more
The Curious Historian
History Center
Take a look at City Historian Mary Witkowski’s local history blog, the
Curious Historian.
Mary is also head of the Bridgeport Public Library’s Bridgeport History Center.
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Ancestry Library Edition
History Center
ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION: The Largest Online Genealogy Resource Available, provides unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from North America, the U.K., Europe, Australia, and more. Ancestry Library Edition, distributed exclusively by ProQuest and powered by Ancestry.com, brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library. Answers await all your users—professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian—inside the more than 7,000 databases of family information. User-friendly searchtools and comprehensive indexing make it easy to start discovering the story of you. (This database is only available to the public at the Library and cannot be accessed from home.)
Genealogy Roundtable
History Center
3rd Thursday of each month @ 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Library patrons interested in researching their own family histories get together to discuss problems in their research and share tips on sources and methodology. Both beginners and longtime researchers welcome.
Discussion Leader: Bill Stansfield, Genealogist
