Connecticut, United States Genealogy

United States Connecticut

Guide to Connecticut ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records

Welcome to the Connecticut page, the Nutmeg StateMost unique genealogical features:
 * The Barbour Collection is a statewide birth, marriage, death index


 * CT wills are filed by probate districts
 * State
 * CT land records were kept by town clerks and are found at the town halls

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 Historical Society • } Connecticut State Library • Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library • Godfrey Memorial Library • Mystic Seaport Museum Collections Research Center • }} New Haven Museum Whitney Research Library •  UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library •  Western Connecticut State University Haas Library •  Yale University Sterling Memorial Library •  Albany Institute of History and Art •  American Antiquarian Society •  Bennington Museum Research Library •  New England Historic Genealogical Society •  New York Public Library •  Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library •  Western Reserve Historical Society •  National Archives at Boston

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

Featured Content
FamilySearch Catalog has information for Connecticut researchers. It includes information about early New England settlers (1600s-1800s), Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, (1639-1663), bible records and a multitude of other information valuable to the genealogist.

Research Tools

 * Connecticut County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
 * Connecticut Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * How to order Connecticut Vital Records
 * 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.
 * History &amp; Facts of Connecticut Counties
 * Researching Connecticut Census Records
 * State of Connecticut County &amp; City Government Court links
 * 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.
 * Family Tree Encyclopedia - Terminology &amp; Meanings of Genealogical Terms
 * Printable Genealogy Forms used in Research
 * Connecticut Genealogy offers databases, transcribed records, and a social network for Connecticut researchers.
 * Looking 4 Kin Genealogy &amp; Family History Network - Connecticut
 * Rotating Formation Connecticut County Boundary Maps and Atlases
 * Connecticut Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * List of Connecticut Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
 * The American Civil War

Wiki articles describing these collections are found at: 


 * Connecticut Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Connecitcut Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Connecticut Death Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Connecticut Divorce Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Connecticut Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Connecticut, Marriage Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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

Obtain additional help

 * Call or chat with an experienced researcher
 * Join a Facebook Group
 * Consult a Professional Genealogist

Things you can do
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by: