Today’s post is all about the state of Connecticut and its genealogical resources. Connecticut is quite a bit bigger than Rhode Island, which was covered a couple of weeks ago. However, it only has 8 counties, so this list of links will include county level websites.
FamilySearch Wiki – Connecticut
Connecticut State Library – Newspapers – This collection is mainly microfilm, but there is a lot of information about its holdings.
CTGenWeb – Volunteer site that groups Connecticut information by county. Free and some great finds have been made here.
Online Connecticut Death Indexes & Records
Connecticut Genealogy Records Online – New Horizons Genealogy
Chronicling America – digitized Connecticut historical newspapers, free at Library of Congress
UConn Library – Connecticut Digital Archive
University of Connecticut Archives & Special Collections
Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut Ancestry Society
Connecticut Society of Genealogists
French-Canadian Genealogical Society of CT
Yale University Library Digital Collections
Counties
Be sure to check CTGenWeb for county links, too.
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness – This site has a long list of town and county historical societies. Scroll down to see it.
Fairfield – Fairfield Museum & History Center, Linkpendium,
Hartford – Linkpendium
Litchfield – Linkpendium,
Middlesex – Middlesex Genealogical Society
New Haven – Linkpendium
New London – Linkpendium
Tolland – Linkpendium
Windham – Linkpendium
An excellent group of CT resources!! Merci buckets – I’ll be checking out a few more of these for my CT ancestors.