Ephemera

See where your family fits in at the New Milford Historical Society

So much of the process of recording history revolves around ephemera, the little snapshots of everyday life that paint a picture of what living in a time or place were really like. This is why historians and archeologists are so fascinated by attics and middens, they are frozen moments in life. The New Milford Historical Society & Museum collects, preserves and interprets objects and information of historical merit pertaining to the backgrounds of individuals and their way of life and customs in the greater New Milford area. It serves the residents and visitors to New Milford as a source of reliable information and seeks to stimulate interest in the culture and history of New Milford. If you are looking for information about what we hold relating to a relative or for any other genealogical purpose, start your search here. And we'd be happy to assist you further with searching our holdings.

The New Milford Historical Society & Museum has records on over 1800 historical figures from New Milford, to see what types of records we hold, and samples of our photographic holdings, scroll through the list, or start typing a name in the field, below. The shaded area indicates the type of materials we hold, just click on a holding to request more information from the Society.

Title	Given Name	Surname	Born	Died
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	Jean Wellington	Barlow	1927	2000
	Marion Beach	Barlow	1896	1980
	Amos	Barnes		1788
	Andrew	Barnes	1773	1858
	P T	Barnum
	Isaiah	Bartlett	1690
	Willis H	Barton	1888	1957
	Harrison	Bassett
	James	Battell
	Abijah	Beach	1766	1847
Dea	Albert	Beach	1793	1873
	Benajah P	Beach	1820
	Benjamin B	Beach	1785	1848
	Bruce B	Beach
	Caleb	Beach	1782	1823
	Charles Merritt	Beach	1853	1928
	David	Beach	1727	1807
	Ina Juliette Buckingham	Beach	1861	1944
	Isaac	Beach
	John	Beach	1820
	Luther	Beach	1801	1892
	Merritt	Beach	1817	1896
	Rebecca	Beach	1823
	Robert	Beach	1760
	S	Beach
	Susie	Beach
	Charles Austin	Beard	1874	1948
	David	Beard	1762	1844
	Homer	Beard	1791	1874
	Adalaide Peck Clark	Beardsley	1844	1920
	Amos	Beardsley	1793	1866
	David	Beardsley	1712	1782
Rev	Edwin	Beardsley	1823
	Everett Lewis	Beardsley	1921
	John	Beardsley	1732	1798
	Lemuel	Beardsley
	Silas	Beardsley	1764
	Stiles	Beardsley	1755
	Timothy	Beardsley	1746	1829
	Wells	Beardsley	1750	1824
	Samuel	Beebe	1672	1731
Dea	Eleazer	Beecher	1707	1797
Rev	Eleazer	Beecher	1773	1853
	Eleazer Jr	Beecher	1732	1812
	John	Beecher	1773	1862
	Nathaniel	Beecher	1739	1809
	Stephen	Beecher	1796	1853
	Stephen G	Beecher	1832	1894
	Abijah	Beers		1784
	George	Beers
	James	Beers	1728	1796
	James Jr	Beers	1759	1790
	Josiah	Beers
	Gideon	Benedict	1710	1748
	Herman	Benedict	1794
	Jesse	Benedict	1758	1826
	Jesse Jr	Benedict	1787	1863
	Jonathan	Benedict	1723	1800
	Joseph	Benedict	1685	1781
	Marshall	Benedict	1819	1871
	Samuel Pitman	Benedict	1722	1775
	Abijah	Bennett	1752
Dea	Benjamin	Bennett	1713	1792
	Caleb	Bennett	1716	1790
	Charlotte	Bennett	1846	1929
	Edith	Bennett
	Emily E	Bennett
	Franklin	Bennett	1827	1876
	Frederick G	Bennett	1822	1897
	Gershom	Bennett	1765	1815
	Isaac	Bennett	1747
	Jasper	Bennett	1769
	Mary	Bennett
Capt	Orrin	Bennett	1788	1858
	Willis F	Bennett	1848	1926
	Canfield P	Bennitt	1816	1861
	Edward	Bennitt	1742	1803
	Elijah	Bennitt	1776	1862
Rev	George S	Bennitt	1849	1915
	Joseph	Bennitt	1778	1853
	Martha Booth	Bennitt	1847	1901
	Noble	Bennitt	1842	1932
	Noble S	Bennitt	1813	1875
	Stanley G	Bennitt	1815	1847
	Truman	Bennitt	1773	1853
	Benjamin	Benson
	May Turrell	Bentley
	Victor H	Bernstein
	Nathan	Betts	1758	1806
	William	Betts	1736
	David	Bishop	1732
	Ebenezer	Bishop	1740	1806
	Sarah Sanford	Black	1841	1910
	William D	Black	1836	1889
	Ebenezer	Blackman	1779	1856
	Sheldon	Blackman	1810	1879
	Clark	Blackney	1764	1828
	William A	Blackney	1797
	Jonathan	Blakeslee	1733
Col	Charles D	Blinn	1840	1883
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The New Milford Historical Society & Museum has both permanent and temporary exhibits on view at the Society, located just north of the historic and scenic New Milford Green at N° 6, Aspetuck Avenue.

Our hours are Tuesday - Friday from 12:00 - 3:00, Saturday 11-2, closed Sunday, and by appointment. (Click here to request yours, or call (860) 354-3069.

Suggested admission is $5 for adults, $2 for students, and children under 12 are free, as are members.

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New Milford CT 06776