The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records is one of the last great genealogical manuscript collections to be published. Housed at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford, The Barbour Collection covers 137 towns and comprises 14,333 typed pages. Volume 42 collects the vital records of the town/city of Stamford--for more than 200 years. References to 30,500 persons may be found herein. Volume 42 collects the vital records of the town/city of Stamford--for more than 200 years. References to 30,500 persons may be found herein.