Tolland County, Connecticut Genealogy

This article is about a county in northeastern part of Connecticut. For other uses, see Tolland (disambiguation).

United States Connecticut  Tolland County

County Courthouse

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

Quick Facts

 * Named for the hamlet of Tolland, Somerset, England.

Parent County

 * West part of Windham county was used to create Tolland County 13 Oct 1786.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Archives and Libraries

 * USGenWeb Connecticut Archives, (accessed 1 Mar 2011). Tolland County.
 * Tolland County Public Libraries, (accessed 1 Mar 2001). This site lists the addresses and websites of the public libraries in Tolland county.

Cemeteries

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

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


 * 1) 14th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company D
 * 2) 25th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company D

Newspapers

 * Tolland County Newspaper List, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).
 * Tolland County, Connecticut Obituaries, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).  A directory of obituary databases and archives on the internet.

Websites

 * Connecticut Genealogy, Tolland Countywide Sources, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).
 * Cyndi's List, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Tolland County, Connecticut General Resource Sites
 * epodunk, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).  Tolland County, Connecticut Quick Links
 * FamilyHistory101, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Tolland County, Connecticut History, Records, Facts, Genealogy and Ancestry
 * Linkpendium, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).  Tolland County, Connecticut Genealogy and Family History
 * MyGenealogist, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Tolland County, Connecticut Genealogy Resources
 * The Tolland County CTGenWeb Project, a member of The CTGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Tolland County