Town Guides
Research Towns Throughout New England
Connecticut Town Guide
For more information on Connecticut towns and their records, see: Melnyk, Marcia D. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 4th ed., Boston: NEHGS, 1999 Morrison, Betty Jean. Connecting To Connecticut, East Hartford: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1995.
Kemp, Thomas Jay. Connecticut Researcher's Handbook, Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1981.
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The Vital Records of most Connecticut towns to 1870 are contained in:
Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection).
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Anderson | Middlebury | ||||
| Andover | 1848 | Tolland | Coventry and Hebron | ||
| Ansonia | 1889 | New Haven | Derby | ||
| Ashford | 1714 | Windham | |||
| Avon | 1830 | Hartford | Farmington | Records of the Particular Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1687-1688. |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Canaan | 1739 | Litchfield | |||
| Canada Parish | Hampton | ||||
| Canterbury | 1703 | Windham | Plainfield | Canterbury, CT: Catalogue of the First Congregational Church | |
| Canton | 1806 | Hartford | Simsbury | West Simsbury [Canton], CT: Early Settlers, 1780-1856 Records of the Particular Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1687-1688 | |
| Chaplin | 1822 | Windham | Hampton, Mansfield, and Windham | Mansfield, CT: Vital Records Windham, CT Congregational Church Records, 1700-1851 | |
| Chatham | E. Hampton | ||||
| Cheshire | 1780 | New Haven | Wallingford | ||
| Chester | 1836 | New Haven | Saybrook | Vital Records of Saybrook, Connecticut 1647-1834 | |
| Clinton | 1838 | Middlesex | Killingworth | ||
| Colchester | 1698 | New London | |||
| Colebrook | 1779 | Litchfield | |||
| Columbia | 1804 | Tolland | Lebanon | ||
| Cornwall | 1740 | Litchfield | |||
| Coventry | 1712 | Tolland | |||
| Cromwell | 1851 | Middlesex | Middletown |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danbury | 1685 | Fairfield | Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 | ||
| Darien | 1820 | Fairfield | Stamford | Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Stamford, CT: Vital Records to 1825 | |
| Deep River | 1635 | Middlesex | |||
| Derby | 1675 | New Haven | |||
| Durham | 1704 | Middlesex |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| East Farms | N. Canaan | ||||
| Eastford | 1847 | Windham | Ashford | ||
| East Granby | 1858 | Hartford | Granby and Windsor Locks | ||
| East Greenwich | Warren | ||||
| East Haddam | 1734 | Middlesex | Haddam | ||
| East Hampton | 1767 | Middlesex | Middletown | ||
| East Hartford | 1783 | Hartford | Hartford | East Hartford, CT: Records of the Third Church of Christ Hartford, CT: Historical Catalogue of the First Church, 1633-1885 Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield CT: Vital Records, 1631-1691 | |
| East Haven | 1785 | New Haven | New Haven | East-Haven,CT:Register, Part 3: Deaths | |
| E. Lyme | 1839 | New London | Lyme and Waterford | Lyme, CT: Birth Records Lyme, CT: Death Records Lyme, CT: Marriage Records | |
| Easton | 1875 | Fairfield | Weston | annexed to Bridgeport, 1878 | Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 |
| E. Windsor | 1768 | Hartford | Windsor | Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield CT: Vital Records, 1631-1691 | |
| Ellington | 1786 | Tolland | E. Windsor | ||
| Enfield | 1683 | Hartford | part of Mass. 'til 1749 | ||
| Essex | 1852 | Middlesex | Saybrook | originally Old Saybrook; renamed Essex in 1854, when new town of Old Saybrook set off | Saybrook, CT: Vital Records, 1647-1834 |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 1639 | Fairfield | Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield CT: Vital Records, 1631-1691 Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 | ||
| Farmington | 1645 | Hartford | |||
| Franklin | 1786 | New London | Norwich | Norwich, CT: Vital Records, 1659-1848 | |
| Freshwater | Enfield |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | 1693 | Hartford | Wethersfield | Wethersfield, CT: Deaths and Burials, 1775–1808 | |
| Goshen | 1739 | Litchfield | |||
| Granby | 1786 | Hartford | Simsbury | Simsbury, CT: Vital Records, 1665-1886 | |
| Great Swamp | Berlin | ||||
| Great Plain | Plainville | ||||
| Greenwich | 1665 | Fairfield | Stamford | under jurisdiction of New Amsterdam Dutch, 1642-56 | Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Stamford, CT: Vital Records to 1825 |
| Griswold | 1815 | New London | Preston | Preston, CT, First Congregational Church Records, 1698-1898 | |
| Groton | 1705 | New London | New London | ||
| Guilford | 1639 | New Haven | Guilford, CT: Record of Deaths, 1883-1890 |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Haddam | 1668 | Middlesex | |||
| Hamden | 1786 | New Haven | New Haven | ||
| Hampton | 1786 | Windham | Brooklyn, Canterbury, Pomfret, Windham, and Mansfield | Canterbury, CT: Catalogue of the First Congregational Church Mansfield, CT: Vital Records Windham, CT Congregational Church Records, 1700-1851 | |
| Hartford | 1635 | Hartford | Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield CT: Vital Records, 1631-1691 Hartford, CT: General Index of Land Records, 1639–1839 Hartford, CT: Historical Catalogue of the First Church, 1633-1885 | ||
| Hartland | 1761 | Hartford | |||
| Harwinton | 1737 | Litchfield | |||
| Hebron | 1708 | Tolland | |||
| Huntington | Shelton |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenellworth | Killingworth | ||||
| Kennedy | Hampton | ||||
| Kensington | Berlin | ||||
| Kent | 1739 | Litchfield | Early Residents of Kent, Connecticut, 1769–1800 | ||
| Killingly | 1708 | Windham | Church Records of Killingly, Connecticut | ||
| Killingworth | 1667 | Middlesex |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Lebanon | 1700 | New London | |||
| Ledyard | 1836 | New London | Groton | ||
| Lisbon | 1786 | New London | Norwich | Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut, 1659-1848 | |
| Litchfield | 1719 | Litchfield | |||
| Lyme | 1665 | New London | Saybrook | Birth Records of Lyme, Connecticut Death Records of Lyme, Connecticut Marriages of Lyme, Connecticut Vital Records of Saybrook, Connecticut 1647-1834 |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Old Lyme | 1665 | New London | Lyme and Saybrook | Birth Records of Lyme, Connecticut Death Records of Lyme, Connecticut Marriages of Lyme, Connecticut Vital Records of Saybrook, Connecticut 1647-1834 | |
| Old Saybrook | 1854 | Middlesex | Essex | ||
| Orange | 1822 | New Haven | Milford and New Haven | ||
| Orford | 1798 | New Haven | Derby and Southbury | ||
| Oxford | 1798 | New Haven | Derby and Southbury |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Pequonnock | Bridgeport | ||||
| Plainfield | 1699 | Windham | |||
| Plainville | 1869 | Hartford | Farmington | ||
| Plymouth | 1795 | Litchfield | Watertown | ||
| Podunck | E. Hartford | ||||
| Pochaug | Westbrook | ||||
| Pomfret | 1713 | Windham | |||
| Portland | 1841 | Middlesex | Chatham | ||
| Preston | 1687 | New London | Preston, Connecticut, First Congregational Church Records, 1698-1898 | ||
| Prospect | 1827 | New Haven | Cheshire and Waterbury | ||
| Putnam | 1855 | Windham | Killingly, Pomfret, and Thompson | Church Records of Killingly, Connecticut |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Redding | 1767 | Fairfield | Fairfield | Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield Connecticut, 1631-1691 | |
| Ridgefield | 1708 | Fairfield | Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 | ||
| Rippowam | Stamford | ||||
| Rocky Hill | 1843 | Hartford | Wethersfield | Deaths and Burials in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1775–1808 | |
| Roxbury | 1796 | Hartford | Wethersfield | Deaths and Burials in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1775–1808 |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Thomaston | 1875 | Litchfield | Plymouth | ||
| Thompson | 1785 | Windham | Killingly | Church Records of Killingly, Connecticut | |
| Tolland | 1715 | Tolland | |||
| Torrington | 1740 | Litchfield | |||
| Trumbull | 1797 | Fairfield | Stratford | Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Union | 1734 | Tolland |
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| Name | Established | County | Parent Town(s) | Other Names | Related Databases |
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| Vernon | 1808 | Tolland | Bolton | Vital Records of Vernon, Connecticut, to 1853 Vital Records of Bolton, Connecticut, 1704-1859 | |
| Volunteers' Town | Voluntown | ||||
| Voluntown | 1721 | New London |
