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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
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
Barkhamsted	1779	Litchfield
Beacon Falls	1871	New Haven	Bethany, Naugatuck, Oxford and Seymour		Seymour, CT: Vital Records to 1910
Berlin	1785	Hartford	Farmington, Middletown, and Wethersfield		Wethersfield, CT: Deaths and Burials, 1775–1808 Records of the Particular Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1687-1688.
Bethany	1832	New Haven	Woodbridge
Bethel	1855	Fairfield	Danbury		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Danbury, CT: Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1848–1851
Bethlehem	1787	Litchfield	Woodbury		Woodbury, CT: List of the First Settlers Woodbury, CT : Marriages, 1684-1784 Woodbury, CT: Deaths 1678-1898
Bloomfield	1835	Hartford	Farmington, Hartford, Simsbury, and Windsor		Records of the Particular Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1687-1688 Simsbury, CT: Vital Records, 1665-1886 Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield CT: Vital Records, 1631-1691
Bolton	1730	Tolland			Bolton, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1859
Bozrah	1786	New London	Norwich		Norwich, CT: Vital Records, 1659-1848
Branford	1639	New Haven	Guilford		Guilford, CT: Record of Deaths, 1883-1890
Bridgeport	1821	Fairfield	Fairfield and Stratford		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield CT: Vital Records, 1631-1691
Bridgewater	1856	Litchfield	New Milford
Bristol	1785	Hartford	Farmington	Middlebury	New Cambridge, CT: Records of Baptisms 1747-1800 Records of the Particular Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1687-1688
Brookfield	1788	Fairfield	Danbury, New Milford, and Newtown		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Danbury, CT: Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1848–1851 Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704–1850
Brooklyn	1786	Windham	Canterbury and Pomfret		Canterbury, CT: Catalogue of the First Congregational Church
Burlington	1806	Hartford	Bristol		New Cambridge, CT: Records of Baptisms 1747-1800 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
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)	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
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
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	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)	Related Databases
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
Madison	1826	New Haven	Guilford		Church Records of Madison, Connecticut Vital Records of Madison, Connecticut
Manchester	1823	Hartford	E. Hartford
Mansfield	1702	Tolland	Windham		Vital Records of Mansfield, CT Windham, Connecticut Congregational Church Records, 1700-1851 Vital Records of Windham, Connecticut, 1707-1831
Marlborough	1803	Hartford	Colchester, Glastonbury, and Hebron
Meriden	1806	New Haven	Wallingford
Middlebury	1807	New Haven	Southbury, Waterbury, and Woodbury		List of the First Settlers of Woodbury, Connecticut Marriages of Woodbury, Connecticut, 1684-1784 Woodbury, Connecticut Deaths 1678-1898
Middlefield	1807	New Haven	Southbury, Waterbury, and Woodbury		List of the First Settlers of Woodbury, Connecticut Marriages of Woodbury, Connecticut, 1684-1784 Woodbury, Connecticut Deaths 1678-1898
Middletown	1651	Middlesex
Milford	1639	New Haven			Records of the First Church of Milford, Connecticut, 1635–1760
Milltown				N. Stonington
Monroe	1823	Fairfield	Huntington		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757
Montville	1786	New London	New London
Morris	1859	Litchfield	Litchfield

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Name	Established	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Naubuc				Glastonbury
Naugatuck	1844	New Haven	Bethany, Oxford, and Waterbury
New Bantum				Goshen and Litchfield
New Britain	1850	Hartford	Berlin
Newbury				Bristol
New Canaan	1801	Fairfield	Norwalk and Stamford		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Vital Records of Stamford, Connecticut to 1825
New Fairfield	1740	Fairfield			Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757
Newfield				Bridgeport
New Hartford	1738	Litchfield
New Haven	1638	New Haven			East-Haven [CT] Register, Part 3: Deaths
New Haven Village				Wallingford
Newington	1871	Hartford	Wethersfield		Deaths and Burials in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1775–1808
New London	1646	New London
New Milford	1712	Litchfield
Newtown	1711	Fairfield			Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Vital Records of Newtown, Connecticut - 1704–1850
Norfolk	1758	Litchfield
N. Branford	1831	New Haven	Branford
N. Canaan	1858	Litchfield	Canaan
N. Farms				N. Branford
N. Haven	1786	New Haven	New Haven		East-Haven [CT] Register, Part 3: Deaths
N. Stonington	1807	New London	Stonington		Index to the Records of the First Church of Stonington, Connecticut
Norwalk	1651	Fairfield			Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757
Norwich	1659	New London			Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut, 1659-1848
Norwich Farms				Bozrah

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Name	Established	County	Parent Town(s)	Related Databases
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
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
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
Salem	1819	New London	Colchester, Lyme, and Montville		Birth Records of Lyme, Connecticut Death Records of Lyme, Connecticut Marriages of Lyme, Connecticut
Salisbury	1741	Litchfield
Saybrook				Deep River	Vital Records of Saybrook, Connecticut 1647-1834
Scatacook				Kent
Scotland	1857	Windham	Windham		Windham, Connecticut Congregational Church Records, 1700-1851 Vital Records of Windham, Connecticut, 1707-1831
Seymour	1850	New Haven	Derby		Seymour, Connecticut, Vital Records to 1910
Sharon	1739	Litchfield
Shelton	1789	Fairfield	Stratford		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757
Sherman	1802	Fairfield	New Fairfield		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757
Simsbury	1670	Hartford			Simsbury, Connecticut Vital Records, 1665-1886
Somers	1734	Tolland	Enfield	part of Mass. 'til 1749
Southbury	1787	New Haven	Woodbury		List of the First Settlers of Woodbury, Connecticut Marriages of Woodbury, Connecticut, 1684-1784 Woodbury, Connecticut Deaths 1678-1898
Southington	1779	Hartford	Farmington
S. Farm				Morris
S. Windsor	1845	Hartford	E. Windsor
Sprague	1861	New London	Franklin and Lisbon
Spruce Swamp				Torrington
Stafford	1719	Tolland
Stamford	1641	Fairfield			Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Vital Records of Stamford, Connecticut to 1825
Sterling	1794	Windham	Voluntown
Stonington	1649	New London			Index to the Records of the First Church of Stonington, Connecticut
Stratford	1639			Bridgeport
Suffield	1674	Hartford		part of Mass. 'til 1749	Suffield CT Church Records
Suffrage				Canton

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Name	Established	County	Parent Town(s)	Related Databases
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
Union	1734	Tolland

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Name	Established	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
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

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Name	Established	County	Parent Town(s)	Other Names	Related Databases
Wallingford	1670	New Haven
Warren	1786	Litchfield	Kent		Early Residents of Kent, Connecticut, 1769–1800
Washington	1779	Litchfield	Litchfield, Kent, New Milford, and Woodbury		List of the First Settlers of Woodbury, Connecticut Marriages of Woodbury, Connecticut, 1684-1784 Woodbury, Connecticut Deaths 1678-1898
Waterbury	1686	New Haven
Waterford	1801	New London	New London
Watertown	1780	Litchfield	Waterbury	Wethersfield
Wellington				Willington
Westbrook	1840	Middlesex	Saybrook		Vital Records of Saybrook, Connecticut 1647-1834
W. Farms				Bristol, Chatham, Middlebury, and W. Haven
W. Hartford	1854	Hartford	Hartford		Historical Catalogue of the First Church of Hartford, Connecticut, 1633-1885 Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield Connecticut, 1631-1691
W. Haven	1921	New Haven		Orange
Weston	1787	Fairfield	Fairfield		Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704–1757 Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield Connecticut, 1631-1691
Westport	1835	Fairfield, Norwalk, and Weston	Fairfield		Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield Connecticut, 1631-1691
W. Simsbury				Canton
Wethersfield	1634	Hartford			Deaths and Burials in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1775–1808
Willington	1727	Tolland
Wilton	1802	Fairfield	Norwalk
Winchester	1771	Litchfield
Windham	1692	Windham			Windham, Connecticut Congregational Church Records, 1700-1851
Windham Village				Hampton
Windsor	1633	Hartford			Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield Connecticut, 1631-1691
Windsor Locks	1854	Hartford	Windsor		Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield Connecticut, 1631-1691
Wolcott	1796	New Haven	Southington and Waterbury
Woodbridge	1784	New Haven	Milford and New Haven
Woodbury	1673	Litchfield			List of the First Settlers of Woodbury, Connecticut Woodbury, Connecticut Deaths 1678-1898
Woodstock	1686	Windham		part of Mass. 'til 1749; New Roxbury 'til 1690	Vital Records of Woodstock, Connecticut, 1686-1854
Worthington				Berlin

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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:
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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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The Vital Records of most Connecticut towns to 1870 are contained in:
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