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Connecticut Archives

Historical Society

State Gen. Society

Connecticut GenWeb

General Resources

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A catalogue of the names of the first Puritan settlers of the colony of Connecticut

First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts: Genealogical Notes and Contributions

Founders and leaders of Connecticut

Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut from 1776 to 1881

The Governors of Connecticut

Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV

The public records of the colony of Connecticut

Connecticut Puritan Settlers, 1633-1845

Connecticut Historical Society Collections, Volumes VIII-IX, XI, XIII, XV-XVII, and XIX

The refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut

Census Records

FIRST NAME LAST NAME

Ye names & ages of all ye old folks in every hamlet, city and town in ye state of Connecticut now living

Connecticut Census, 1790

Connecticut Census, 1790-1890

Vital Records

Order Connecticut Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates online!

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection Vol 2)

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection Vol 7)

Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection Vol 2)

United States Obituary Collection

Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001

Early Connecticut Marriages

Connecticut Marriages to 1800

Connecticut Marriages to 1850

Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959-2001

Military

Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars Pedigrees

Connecticut Soldier's Home Database

Connecticut State Noble Pension Database

Connecticut, Adjutant-General Report, 1901

Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War

Connecticut Pensioners, 1835

Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83

Connecticut Servicemen, Spanish American War

Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62

Record of service of Connecticut men in the army and navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion

History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865 : personal records and reminiscences

First Connecticut Heavy Artillery

History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers

Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861

Connecticut State Register, 1924 Government & Military records

History of maritime Connecticut during the American revolution, 1775-1783

Connecticut City Directories

Ansonia, Connecticut Directories, 1887-91

Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, and Seymour, Connecticut City Directory, 1906

Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, and Seymour, Connecticut City Directory, 1907

Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, and Seymour, Connecticut City Directory, 1908

Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, and Seymour, Connecticut City Directory, 1916

Ansonia and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1925-1962

Bridgeport, Connecticut Directories, 1890-91

Bridgeport and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1904-1979

Bristol, Connecticut City Directories, 1882-93

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory 1886-87

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory, 1904

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory, 1906-07

Bristol & Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1908-1982

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory, 1951

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory, 1952

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory, 1961

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory, 1962

Bristol, Plainville, and Terryville, Connecticut City Directory, 1963

Danbury, Connecticut Directories, 1885-90

Danbury and Bethel, Connecticut City Directory, 1931

Danbury and Bethel, Connecticut City Directory, 1951

Danbury and Bethel, Connecticut City Directory, 1952

Danbury and Bethel, Connecticut City Directory, 1953

Danbury and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1954-1982

Danielson and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1921-1948

Darien and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1932-1957

Darien, Noroton, Noroton Heights, and New Canaan, Connecticut City Directory, 1958

Derby, Connecticut Directories, 1889-91

Hartford, Connecticut City Directory, 1864-65

Hartford, Connecticut City Directory, 1865-66

Hartford, Connecticut City Directory, 1889-92

Hartford & Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1913-1928

Hartford Suburban, Connecticut City Directory, 1977

Hartford, Connecticut City Directory, 1981

Hartford, Connecticut City Directory, 1983

Manchester and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1926-1953

Manchester, Connecticut City Directory, 1965

Manchester, Connecticut City Directory, 1977

Meriden, Connecticut City Directory, 1873-1874

Meriden, Connecticut City Directory, 1877

Meriden, Connecticut City Directory, 1878

Meriden, Connecticut City Directory, 1886

Meriden, Connecticut City Directory, 1902

Meriden and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1908-1961

Middletown, Connecticut Directories, 1882-1891

History of Milford, Connecticut, 1639-1939

Milford and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1909-1937

Mystic, Stonington, and Noank, Connecticut City Directory, 1929-1930

Mystic and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1923-1932

New Britain, Connecticut Directories 1888-93

New Britain and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1913-1981

New Britain, Connecticut City Directory, 1915

New Haven, Connecticut City Directory, 1860-61

New Haven and West Haven, Connecticut City Directory, 1924-1925

New Haven and West Haven, Connecticut City Directory, 1925

New Haven and West Haven, Connecticut City Directory, 1926

New Haven Area, Connecticut City Directory, 1927

New Haven Area, Connecticut City Directory, 1942-43

New Haven and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1905-1963

New London, Connecticut City Directory, 1859-60

New London, Connecticut Directories, 1888, 1890-92

New London and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1929-1965

Northern Connecticut Valley, Connecticut City Directory, 1951

Northern Hartford County, Connecticut City Directory, 1980

Norwalk and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1897-1961

Norwich and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1908-1959

Norwalk, Connecticut Directories, 1887-89, 1891

Norwich, Connecticut Directories, 1887-91

Rockville, Connecticut Directories, 1889-92

Rockville and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directory, 1929

Southington, Connecticut Directory, 1890

Stamford, Connecticut Directories, 1887-92

Thompsonville, Enfield, Hazardville, Suffield, Connecticut City Directory, 1910

Enfield, Hazardville, Suffield, and Somers, Connecticut Directory, 1912

Torrington and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1893-1958

Torrington, Connecticut City Directory, 1900-1901

Torrington, Connecticut City Directory, 1916-1917

Torrington, Connecticut City Directory, 1921

Torrington Area, Connecticut City Directory, 1937

Torrington Area, Connecticut City Directory, 1953

Torrington Area, Connecticut City Directory, 1955

Torrington Area, Connecticut City Directory, 1957

Torrington Area, Connecticut City Directory, 1960

Waterbury, Connecticut Directories, 1889-1891

Waterbury and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1895-1982 29 directories from Waterbury

Waterbury and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1922-1982

Westport and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1921-1952

Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, Connecticut City Directory, 1922-23

Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, Connecticut City Directory, 1924-25

Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, Connecticut City Directory, 1930-31

Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, Connecticut City Directory, 1948

Waterbury, Naugatuck, and Watertown, Connecticut City Directory, 1948

Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, Connecticut City Directory, 1926-27

Willimantic and Vicinity, Connecticut City Directories, 1915-1932

Winsted, Connecticut Directories, 1889-94

Newspapers, City, Town and County Records

Bridgeport Post, The (Bridgeport, Connecticut newpaper)

The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

Bridgeport, Connecticut Directories, 1890-91

Inventory of the town and city archives of Connecticut.

A History of the First Church and Society of Branford, Connecticut, 1644-1919

History of the towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882

A History of Bristol, Connecticut

Bristol, Connecticut : "in the olden time New Cambridge", which includes Forestville

Annals of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Cheshire, Connecticut: Town History, 1694-1840

Colchester, Connecticut Settlement Records

A History of Cornwall, Connecticut

Danbury, Connecticut: Town History, 1684-1896

Danbury, Connecticut Directories, 1885-90

The history of the old town of Derby, Connecticut, 1641-1880 : with biographies and genealogies

Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710

The history of Fairfield : Fairfield County, Connecticut

The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Congregational Church and Society in Franklin, Connecticut

History of the town of Goshen, Connecticut

The History of Guilford, Connecticut

History of the town of Hamden, Connecticut

Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut Valley

List of Burials, Center Church Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut

The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884

Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1635-50

Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1700-29

Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1729-50

Sketches and chronicles of the town of Litchfield, Connecticut, historical, biographical, and statistical

The bi-centennial celebration of the settlement of Litchfield, Connecticut, August 1-4, 1920

An historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut, and men who have made it

Families of Early Milford, Connecticut

History of Montville, Connecticut

Naugatuck Daily News (Naugatuck, Connecticut)

One hundred and fiftieth anniversary, First Church of Christ, New Britain,Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut History

History of the towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1803-1882

A Modern history of New London County, Connecticut

New London County, Connecticut, Cemetery Records, Volume I and II

Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1744-1900

History of Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1744-1900

History of Norwich, Connecticut : from its possession by the Indians to the year 1866

Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut: Historical Records, 1847

History of Trinity Church, Portland, Connecticut, 1788-1938

First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898

History of Redding Connecticut

The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut

Sharon, Connecticut, Burying Grounds

Saybrook at the mouth of the Connecticut

Town and miscellaneous records of Saybrook, Connecticut

A history of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut

History of Stratford, Connecticut : 1639-1939

Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut

History of Torrington, Connecticut : from its first settlement in 1737, with biographies and genealogies

Ancient burying-grounds of the town of Waterbury, Connecticut

The History of Waterbury, Connecticut

The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut : from the aboriginal period to the year 1895

Proprietors' records of the town of Waterbury, Connecticut

Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut

Westport Connecticut

The story of the Western Reserve of Connecticut

Resident proprietors of the Connecticut Western Reserve, 1804

History of Windham County, Connecticut: Vol. 1-2

Historic Gleanings in Windham County, Connecticut

Windham County, Connecticut, Cemetery Records, Volume I

Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut

History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut