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Connecticut Counties

Judith Ellen Johnson, Genealogist & Loan Collection Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CT County Index

CT Town Index

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Fairfield
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Abraham Pierson's Some Helps for the Indians; Gershom Bulkeley's Will and Doom; Benjamin Trumbull's Extracts from Letters to Thomas Prince; Roger Wolcott's Memoir for the History of Connecticut. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 3. Hartford, 1895.

Allis, M. Connecticut Trilogy. New York, 1934.

_______. Historic Connecticut. New York, 1934. [Originally published under the title of Connecticut Trilogy]

Andrews, F.D. Connecticut Soldiers in the French and Indian War: Bills, Receipts and Documents. Vineland, 1925.

Bacon, E.M. The Connecticut River and the Valley of the Connecticut. New York, 1906.

Bailey, F.W Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. New Haven, 1968.

Bickford, C. The Connecticut Historical Society, 1825-1975: A Brief Illustrated History. Hartford, 1975.

Boyle, Joseph Lee. Fire Cake and Water: The Connecticut Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment. Baltimore, MD, 1999.

Brett, J.A. 1635-1935 Connecticut Yesterday and Today: Celebrating Three Hundred Years of Progress in the Constitution State. Hartford, 1935. Pertains especially to banking and industry.

Buell, Mrs. J.L. Connecticut Family Records, Collected in Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Connecticut. New Haven, 1935.

Burpee, C.W. The Story of Connecticut. 4 vols. New York, 1939. Index in v. 4.

Clark, G. History of Connecticut. New York, 1914.

Collier, Christopher. The Literature of Connecticut History. Connecticut Humanities Council, Middletown, 1983.

Comptroller’s Office. The Three Constitutions of Connecticut, 1638-9, 1662, 1818. Hartford, 1901.

Connecticut. Adjutant General. Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the: I War of the Revolution:II War of 1812: III Mexican War. Hartford, 1889. 4 copies.

________. Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. Hartford, 1889.

________. Service Records, Connecticut: Men and Women in the Armed Forces of the United States During World War, 1917-1920. 3 vols. New Haven, [1961?]. Index in v. 3.

Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution. Connecticut Revolutionary Pensioners. Baltimore, 1982. Index of names and file location in Pension Office, Washington, DC.

Connecticut Historical Society. List of Congregational Ecclesiastical Societies Established in Connecticut Before October, 1818. Hartford, 1913.

________. Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution (1775-1783). Hartford, 1901. Facsimile reprint 1985.

Connecticut Regiments During the Civil War. Middlesex Genealogical Society Publication No. 1. Darien, 1986.

Crofut, F.S.M. Guide to the History and Historic Sites of Connecticut. 2 vols. New Haven, 1937. Index in v. 2. 2 copies.

Crofut, W.A., and J.M. Morris. The Military and Civil History of the State of Connecticut During the War of 1861-65. New York, 1868.

The Deane Papers: Correspondence between Silas Deane, His Brothers, and Their Business and Political Associates, 1771-95. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 23. Hartford, 1930.

Duggan, T. The Catholic Church in Connecticut. New York, 1930.

Fitch, T. Thomas Fitch Papers: Correspondence and Documents during Thomas Fitch's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1754-58, Vol. 1, in The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 17. Hartford, 1918.

________. Thomas Fitch Papers, 1759-66, Vol. 2, in The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 18. Hartford, 1920.

Fox, G., and Co. Highways and Byways of Connecticut. Hartford, 1947.

Goodwin, N. Genealogical Notes, Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Hartford, 1856. 5 copies.

Grant. M.H. The Infernal Machines of Saybrook’s David Bushnell. Old Saybrook, 1976.

Hart, S. Representative Citizens of Connecticut: Biographical Memorial. 2 vols. New York, 1916.

Hinman, R.R. The Blue Laws of New Haven Colony, Usually Called Blue Laws of Connecticut. Hartford, 1838.

__________. A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, with the Time of Their Arrival in the Colony. Hartford, 1846; Baltimore, 1968.

__________. A Historical Collection from Official Records, Files, etc., of the Part Sustained by Connecticut During the War of the Revolution. Hartford, 1842.

Hoadley Memorial: Early Letters and Documents Relating, to Connecticut. 1643-1709, in The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 24. Hartford, 1932.

Hollister, G.H. The History of Connecticut, From the First Settlement of the Colony to the Adoption of the Present Constitution. 2 vols. New Haven, 1855.

Hughes, A. Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, 1976.

Huntington, J. and J. Huntington Papers: Correspondence of the Brothers Joshua and Jedediah Huntington During the Period of the American Revolution, in The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 20. Hartford, 1923. 2 copies.

Jacobus, D.L. Officials of Connecticut and New Haven Colonies. New Haven, 1935. 2 copies.

Jarvis, L.C. Sketches of Church Life in Colonial Connecticut. New Haven, 1902.

Johnston, A. Connecticut: A Study of a Commonwealth-Democracy. Boston, 1887, 1893.

Journal of the Consitutitonal Convention of Connecticut, 1818. Hartford, 1901.

Kelley, J.R. Catholics in Eastern Connecticut: The Diocese of Norwich. Norwich, 1985.

Kelly, J.F. Connecticut's Old Houses. Stonington, 1933.

Knox, Grace Louise and Ferris, Barbara. Connecticut Divorces for the Counties of New London, Tolland and Windham, 1719-1910. Maryland, 1987.

________. Some Connecticut Nutmeggers Who Migrated. Maryland, 1988.

Law, J. Jonathan Law Papers: Correspondences and Documents During Jonathan Law's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1741-1745, Vol. 1. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 11. Hartford, 1907.

________. Jonathan Law Papers, 1745-46, Vol. 2. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 13. Hartford, 1911.

________. Jonathan Law Papers, 1747-1750, Vol. 3. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 15. Hartford, 1914.

Lee, W.S. The Yankees of Connecticut. New York, 1957.

Long, J.H., ed. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. New York, 1994.

Loomis, D. and C. The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut. Boston, 1895. 2 copies.

Mason, H.F. Historic Houses of Connecticut. Southington, 1963. 2 copies.

Mather, F.G. Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut. Albany, 1913.

Middlebrook, L.F. Maritime Connecticut During the American Revolution, 1775-1783. 2 vols. Salem, 1925.

Morgan, F. Connecticut as a Colony and as a State, or, One of the Original Thirteen. 4 vols. Hartford, 1904. [Index in v. 4]

Nash, E.T. Fifty Puritan Ancestors, 1628-1660; Genealogical Notes, 1560-1900. New Haven, 1902. 2 copies.

Nash, F.H. Ye Names and Ages of All Ye Old Folks in Every Hamlet, City and Town in Ye State of Connecticut. New Haven, 1884.

Nutting, W. Connecticut Beautiful. Framingham, 1923. 2 copies.

O’Connor, D.E., and A. Soderlind. The Swedes: In Their Homeland, In America, In Connecticut. Storrs, 1983. 2 copies.

Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford among the Settlers, 1639. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 14. Hartford, 1912.

Osborn, N.G. History of Connecticut. 5 vols. New York, 1925.

________. Men of Mark in Connecticut. 4 vols. Hartford, 1906. [Lacks vol. 2]

Pitkin, W. The Pitkin Papers: Correspondence and Documents during William Pitkin's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1766-1769, with some of Earlier Date. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 19. Hartford, 1921.

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut. 15 vols (1636-1776). Hartford, 1850-1890. [Lacks vols. 7 and 9]

The Public Records of the State of Connecticut. 10 vols (1776-1801). Hartford, 1894-1967. [Lacks vol. 6]

Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-63. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 22. Hartford, 1928. 2 copies.

Ritter, Kathy A. Apprentices of Connecticut, 1637-1900. Utah, 1986.

Roberts, G.S. Historic Towns of the Connecticut River Valley. Schenectady, 1906.

Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762 Vols. 1 & 2. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, vols. 9-10. Hartford, 1903-1905.

Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 1775-1783, Vols. 1 & 2. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, vols 8 & 12. Hartford, 1901-1909.

Root, M.P. Chapter Sketches--Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution: Patron Saints. New Haven, 1901.

Rose, J., and B.W. Brown. Tapestry: A Living History of the Black Family in Southeastern Connecticut. New London, 1979.

Roth, D.M. Connecticut: A Bicentennial History. New York, 1979.

Sanford, E.B. A History of Connecticut. Hartford, 1887.

Selesky, Harold E. War and Society in Colonial Connecticut. New Haven, 1990.

Sellers, H. E . Connecticut Town Origins: Their Names, Boundaries, Early Histories and First Families. Stonington, 1942.

Shepard, 0. Connecticut Past and Present. New York, 1939. 2 copies.

Slominski, L., and S. Blejwas. The Poles--In Their Homeland, In America, In Connecticut. Storrs, 1978.

Smith, J.C. Smith Papers: Papers of John Cotton Smith, While Lt. Governor, Acting Governor, and Governor of Connecticut ,in The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, vols. 25-31. Hartford, 1948-1967.

Spalding, J.A. Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut. 2 vols. Hartford, 1891, 1901.

Stevenson, E.R. Connecticut History Makers. 3 vols. Waterbury, 1929.

Story of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War. Middletown, 1900.

Strickland, D.W. Connecticut Fights: The Story of the 102nd Regiment. New Haven, 1930.

Strother, H.T. The Underground Railroad in Conn. Middletown, 1962.

Talcott, J. Joseph Talcott's Papers: Correspondence and Documents during Joseph Talcott's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1724-41, Vol. 1, in The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 4. Hartford, 1895.

Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut. Pamphlet Nos. 1-20, 51-61, in three volumes.

Trumbull, B. Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical. 2 vols. New London,1898.

Trumbull, J.H. Historical Notes on the Constititutions of Connecticut: 1638-9, 1662, 1818. Hartford, 1901.

Turner, G.M. and M. W. Jacobus. Connecticut Railroads. Hartford, 1986.

Tyler, J.W. Connecticut Loyalists: An Analysis of Loyalist Land Confiscations in Greenwich, Stamford and Norwalk. New Orleans, 1977.

Van Dusen, A.E. Connecticut. New York, 1961.

__________, et. al. Series in Connecticut History. Vol. 1-5. Chester, 1975.

Wetherell, W. D. This American River. Lebanon, NH, 2002.

Winthrop, W. A Letter Written by Capt. Wait Winthrop from Mr. Smith’s in Narragansett to Govr. John Winthrop of the Colony of Conn. Providence, [1919].

Wolcott, R. The Wolcott Papers: Correspondence and Documents During Roger Wolcott's Governorship of the Colony of Connecticut, 1750-54, with some of an Earlier Date. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 16. Hartford, 1916.

Works Progress Administration. Connecticut: A Guide to its Lore and People. Cambridge, 1938.

Wyllys, G. The Wyllys Papers: Correspondence and Documents, Chiefly of Descendants of Gov. George Wyllys of Connecticut, 1590-1796. In The Connecticut Historical Society Collections, v. 21. Hartford, 1924.

Fairfield County


Beers, J.H., & Co. Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Conn. 2 vols. Chicago, 1899. Index in v. 2.

Fairfield County Historical Society. Annual Report of the Fairfield County Historical Society, Bridgeport, Conn., for 1891-2. Bridgeport, 1892. Includes cemetery inscriptions.

Hurd, D.H. History of Fairfield County, Conn. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1881.

Hartford County


Beers, J.H., & Co. Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Conn. 2 vols. Chicago, 1901. Index in v. 2.

Trumbull, J.H. The Memorial History of Hartford County, Conn., 1633-1884. 2 vols. Boston, 1886. 2 sets.

Litchfield County


Biographical Review Publishing Co. The Leading Citizens of Litchfield County, Conn. Boston, 1896.

Cropsey, J.M. Register of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Litchfield County. Canaan, 1976. [Includes wives]. 2 copies.

Hunt, E. Litchfield County Centennial Celebration, Held at Litchfield, Conn., August 13-14, 1851. Hartford, 1851. 2 copies.

Kilbourn, D.C Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Conn. Waterbury, 1909. 2 copies.

Richards, J.E. Honor Roll of Litchfield County Revolutionary Soldiers. Litchfield, 1912. 2 copies.

Vaill, D.L. The County Regiment. Litchfield, 1908. [Originally the 19th infantry in the Civil War; became Connecticut 2nd Regiment]

Middlesex County


Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Conn. Chicago, 1903.

History of Middlesex County, Conn., with Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men. New York, 1884.

FieId, D.D. A Statistical Account of the County of Middlesex, Conn. Haddam, 1892.

New Haven County


Hill, E.G. A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County. 2 vols. New York, 1918.

Rockey, J.L. History of New Haven County, Conn. 2 vols. New York, 1892. 2 sets.

New London County

 
Beers, J.H., & Co. GenealogicaI and Biographical Record of New London County, Conn. 2 vols. Chicago, 1905

Biographical Review, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of New London County, Conn. Boston, 1898.

Hurd, D.H. History of New London County, Conn., with Biographical Sketches. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1892.

Marshall, B.T. A Modern History of New London County, Conn. 3 vols. New York, 1922.

Records and Papers of the New London County Historical Society. New London, 1890-1912. [Vol. 1, pts.1-5 (1890-1894) ; Vol.2. pts. 2-4 (1896-1901); and Vol. 3. pt 2 (1912)]

Tolland County


Beers, J.H., & Co. Commemorative and Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Conn. Chicago, 1903. 2 copies.

Cole, J.R. History of Tolland County. New York, 1888.

Windham


Bayles, R.M. History of Windham County, Conn. New York, 1889.

Learned, E.D. History of Windham County, Conn. 2 vols. Worcester, 1880.Literature. 2 vols. Baltimore, 1980.

 

 

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