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This article is about the U.S. state in New England. For other uses, see Connecticut (disambiguation).

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United States Connecticut

Welcome to the Connecticut page,
the Nutmeg State

Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies from 1636-1776. Click map to enlarge it.

Most unique genealogical features:

The Barbour Collection is a statewide birth, marriage, death index^[1]
CT wills are filed by probate districts
State probate index on microfilm
CT land records were kept by town clerks and are found at the town halls

	Connecticut Online Records

Counties

Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here.

Extinct or Lost Areas: Dominion of New England · Long Island · Massachusetts Bay Colony · New Netherland · Western Reserve · Westmoreland

Major Repositories

Connecticut State Library · Connecticut Historical Society · Godfrey Memorial Library · J. Eugene Smith Library · Homer D. Babbidge Library · Mystic Seaport Museum · Yale University Library · New England Historic Genealogical Society · New York Public Library · National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)

Migration Routes

Atlantic Coast Ports · Long Island Sound · Connecticut River Valley · Farmington River Valley · Housatonic Valley · Connecticut Turnpike · Greenwood Road · King's Highway (or Boston Post Road) · New Haven and Milford Turnpike · New London and Lyme Turnpike · Old Connecticut Path · Philipstown Turnpike

Featured Content

The Connecticut State Papers is a 40 volume set of resources with information for Connecticut researchers. It includes information about the founding of towns, early families, Revolutionary War service rolls, probate record abstracts (1635-1771), court records (1640-1692), and a multitude of other information valuable to the genealogist. To begin your search in this valuable resource click here.

Research Tools

Connecticut County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
The Connecticut GenWeb Project provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.
Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776 has full text searchable digital images.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society has many important Connecticut manuscript collections.
Connecticut Genealogy offers databases, transcribed records, and a social network for Connecticut researchers.
Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - Connecticut

Wiki articles describing these collections are found at:

A "must read" concerning the addition of vital records: Connecticut Vital Records General Statutes

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Sources

↑ Kip Sperry, Connecticut Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1980), 92. (FHL Book 974.6 D23s) WorldCat entry.

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+<div style="padding-left: 1px; float: right; width: 75%;"><center>''[[United States|United States]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Connecticut|Connecticut]]''</center>{{TitleStyle1}}Welcome to the Connecticut page,<br>the Nutmeg State{{/p}}[[Image:{{ConColMap}}]]'''''Most unique genealogical features:'''''
 *The [[Barbour Collection]] is a statewide birth, marriage, death index<ref>Kip Sperry, ''Connecticut Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists'' (Logan, Utah: Everton Pub., 1980), 92. ({{FHL|228560|item|disp=FHL Book 974.6 D23s}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6940140 WorldCat entry].</ref>
 *[[Connecticut Probate Records|CT wills]] are filed by probate districts
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 *[[Connecticut Land and Property|CT land records]] were kept by town clerks and are found at the town halls
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-'''Click''' on the map below to go to a county page. '''Hover''' over a county to see its name. To see a '''larger''' version of the map, [[Connecticut Counties Map|click here]]. {{CTimagemap2}} <br><br>'''Extinct or Lost Areas:&nbsp;''' [[Long Island, Connecticut|Long Island]]{{·}} [[New Netherland]]{{·}} [[Connecticut Western Reserve|Western Reserve]]{{·}} [[Westmoreland County, Connecticut|Westmoreland]]
+'''Click''' on the map below to go to a county page. '''Hover''' over a county to see its name. To see a '''larger''' version of the map, [[Connecticut Counties Map|click here]]. {{CTimagemap2}} <br><br>'''Extinct or Lost Areas:&nbsp;''' {{nowrap|[[Dominion of New England]]{{·}}}} {{nowrap|[[Long Island, Connecticut|Long Island]]{{·}}}} {{nowrap|[[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]{{·}}}} {{nowrap|[[New Netherland]]{{·}}}} {{nowrap|[[Connecticut Western Reserve|Western Reserve]]{{·}}}} {{nowrap|[[Westmoreland County, Connecticut|Westmoreland]]}}
 === Major Repositories  ===
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 === Migration Routes  ===
 Atlantic Coast Ports{{·}} Long Island Sound{{·}} Connecticut River Valley{{·}} Farmington River Valley{{·}} Housatonic Valley{{·}} [[Connecticut Turnpike]]{{·}} [[Greenwood Road]]{{·}} [[King's Highway]] (or Boston Post Road){{·}} [[New Haven and Milford Turnpike]]{{·}} [[New London and Lyme Turnpike]]{{·}} [[Old Connecticut Path]]{{·}} [[Philipstown Turnpike]]
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 === Featured Content  ===
-[[Image:Connecticut.png|right|200px]] [http://www.sos.CT.gov/archives/CTstatepapers.html The Connecticut State Papers] is a 40 volume set of resources with information for Connecticut researchers. It includes information about the founding of towns, early families, Revolutionary War service rolls, probate record abstracts (1635-1771), court records (1640-1692), and a multitude of other information valuable to the genealogist. To begin your search in this valuable resource [http://www.sos.CT.gov/archives/CTstatepapers.html click here].
+[[Image:Connecticut.png|right|200px|Connecticut.png]] [http://www.sos.CT.gov/archives/CTstatepapers.html The Connecticut State Papers] is a 40 volume set of resources with information for Connecticut researchers. It includes information about the founding of towns, early families, Revolutionary War service rolls, probate record abstracts (1635-1771), court records (1640-1692), and a multitude of other information valuable to the genealogist. To begin your search in this valuable resource [http://www.sos.CT.gov/archives/CTstatepapers.html click here].
-=== Research Tools  ===
+=== &nbsp;Research Tools  ===
 *[[Connecticut County Creation Dates and Parent Counties]]
 *The [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/CT/CTfiles.htm Connecticut GenWeb Project] provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.
-*[http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/ Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776] has full text searchable digital images. [[Image:Connecticut flag.png|right|150px]]
+*[http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/ Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776] has full text searchable digital images. [[Image:Connecticut flag.png|right|150px|Connecticut flag.png]]
 *The [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] has many important Connecticut manuscript collections.
 *[http://www.Connecticutgenealogy.net/ Connecticut Genealogy] offers databases, transcribed records, and a social network for Connecticut researchers.
+*[http://www.looking4kin.com/group/connecticutgenealogy Looking 4 Kin Genealogy &amp; Family History Network - Connecticut]
-=== Things you can do  ===
+'''Wiki articles describing these collections are found at: &nbsp;'''
-Below list some of the many tasks you can help with: <br>
+*[[Connecticut Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Connecticut Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
+*[[Connecticut Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Connecitcut Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records]]
+*[[Connecticut Death Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Connecticut Death Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
+*[[Connecticut Divorce Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Connecticut Divorce Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
+*[[Connecticut Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Connecticut Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records]]
+*[[Connecticut, Marriage Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Connecticut, Marriage Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>
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+:*Expand county articles
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+:*...and more
+[[FamilySearch Wiki:Help wanted on the Connecticut pages|Find more opportunities to help with the Connecticut pages]].
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