One of the richest publications in all of Connecticut genealogy, this four-volume work boasts detailed genealogical and biographical essays on some 1,000 families who were well established at the time of the book's original publication in 1911. Each essay traces forward from the oldest known ancestor to the principal subject of the essay. This is followed by an enumeration of collateral lines related to him/her. The index at the back of the final volume identifies some 9,000 Connecticut ancestors.