Windham County, Connecticut Genealogy

''This article is about a county in Connecticut. For other uses, see Windham (disambiguation).''

United States Connecticut  Windham County

County Courthouse

 * There is no county government.
 * The government is at the town level.

Quick Facts

 * Named for Windham, Sussex, England.

Parent County
12 May 1726: Formed from east part of Hartford County

Boundary Changes
13 October 1786 Tolland County was created from western part of the county.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Cemeteries

 * Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemeteries and Inscriptions, Windham County Cemetery Records, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). This website has a collection of cemetery links, organized by town.

History

 * History of Windham County, Connecticut (1874)

Civil War
Service men from Windham County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Most of the men in the following companies were from Windham County.


 * 1) 18th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company H and K
 * 2) 21st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company K

Internet Sources

 * Chaplin Military Records, Men in the Army and Navy during the Civil War, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Source: Connecticut. General Assembly. Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion, (Hartford: Case, Lockwood, &amp; Brainard,1889).
 * Scotland Military Records, Men in the Army and Navy during the Civil War, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Source: Connecticut. General Assembly. Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood, &amp; Brainard, 1889).
 * Richard M. Bayles, History of Windham County, Connecticut, Chapter VIII, The Civil War, (New York: W.W. Preston and Company, 1889). Online Book at Internet Libraries.
 * The Hale Collection, Veteran Burial Records, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Town of Chaplin, Windham County, Connecticut.  Lists names, regiment, death date and age.

Web Sites

 * The Windham County CTGenWeb Project, n member of The CTGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Windham County