HISTORY LINKS: STITCHING TOGETHER CONNECTICUT HISTORY
The Mill Museum has compiled a list of links to help you learn about the history of Connecticut, Windham County, Willimantic (the Thread City), textiles, industrialization, and a lot more!
Featured Links
Teach It! Bringing Connecticut History to the Classroom. Sponsored by Connecticut Humanities. Includes curriculum materials developed by the Mill Museum.
Connecticut Humanities. A portal to all of the programs and activities sponsored by Connecticut Humanities, Connecticut’s primary advocate for history and the humanities.
Hidden in Plain Sight. Stories from Connecticut NBC’s Matt Austin, including a story about the Great Windham Frog Fight and the Willimantic Frog Bridge.
Amazing Tales About History. History podcast hosted by Mike Allen. Includes an episode interviewing Windham Town Historian Jamie Eves about the Windham Frog Fight.
Written in Stone: A Virtual Tour of the Gravestone Carvers of South Cemetery in Pomfret, CT.
Windham/Willimantic and Vicinity
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum
- Garden on the Bridge
- Joshua’s Trust
- Lebanon Historical Society
- Mansfield Historical Society
- Samuel Huntington Huntington Homestead
- The Last Green Valley
- Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
- ThreadCity.us
- Weir in Windham
- Windham Historical Society / Jillson House Museum
- Windham Preservation Incorporated
- WILI Radio Wayne Norman Show Interviews
Connecticut History
- Connecticut Explored
- Connecticut Historical Society
- Connecticut History
- Connecticut State Library
- Map and Geographical Information Center (MAGIC)
- Office of the Connecticut State Historian
Genealogy
- All About German History, Genealogy, and Immigration (Recommended by a Reader)
- Connecticut Ancestry Society
- Connecticut Genealogy
- Connecticut Society of Genealogists
- Cyndi’s List
- Family History Archives
- French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut
- Godfrey Memorial Library
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut
- Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, Inc.
- RootsWeb
- The Connecticut Irish American Historical Society
- US Gen Web Project
