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Connecticut
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Taxation
Town Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

PUBLIC RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Many early General Assembly acts, petitions, Council of Safety journals, and other documents relating to probates, land grants, and military service are in:

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (1636-1776). 15 vols. Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1850-90. (FHL book 974.6 N2c; films 908423-29; fiche 6051120.)

The Public Records of the State of Connecticut 1776-1792. 7 vols. Hartford: Lockwood & Brainard, 1894-1948. (FHL books 974.6 N2ct vols. 1-3; film 944114-15 vols. 1-7.)


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TAXATIONLook this term up in the glossary.

The Family History Library has some tax records for the state. These are included in the town records (see the “Town Records” section of this outline). Also see Holbrook's Connecticut 1670 Census (described in the “Census” section of this outline).


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TOWN RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

In New England the town clerkLook this term up in the glossary. is the principal record keeper on the local level. The earliest records are called proprietors' recordsLook this term up in the glossary..

Town records may contain births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemetery records, appointments, earmarksLook this term up in the glossary., estraysLook this term up in the glossary. (stray animals), freemens' oathsLook this term up in the glossary. (men eligible to vote), land recordsLook this term up in the glossary., mortgagesLook this term up in the glossary., name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, tax lists, town meeting minutesLook this term up in the glossary., voter registrationsLook this term up in the glossary., and “warning outsLook this term up in the glossary.” (of town).

Town records generally begin with the founding of the town and are kept to the present. Many of the original town records are in the town clerks' offices. Some are at the Connecticut State Library. An excellent inventory of Connecticut local records is Nelson P. Mead, “Public Archives of Connecticut: County, Probate, and Local Records,” in Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1906, vol. 2, pp. 53-127 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908; FHL book 973 C4ah; film 896557).

The Family History Library has microfilms of many Connecticut town records from the creation of the town to the early 1920s.

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