Two original volumes of The Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut as compiled by the Publication Committee of Lucius Barnes Barbour, Williston Walker and Winslow Tracy Williams. Published in 1913 by The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, CT. The years covered are 1659-1848.

Mr. Barbour is familiar to anyone who researched records Connecticut. 

These books contain a total of 1180 pages.

Packed full of names of the early settlers of Norwich, CT. At the end of Volume 2 is a separate index each of names and places found within.

Most valuable to anyone conducting genealogical research for themselves or others. 

Norwich was founded in 1659 by settlers from Saybrook led by Major John Mason and Rev. James Fitch. The land was purchased from the local Mohegan tribe, led by their Sachem, Uncas. The early settlement was around the Norwichtown Green. Supplies were brought from a landing near the base of Yantic Falls. By 1684, settlers authorized a new public landing at the head of the Thames River, site of the present downtown.

The two volumes formerly belonged to a local library so have been used as the condition will show, however they are fully intact. Both books have a slight front and back cover separation but remain held together and no pages are loose.