User:Adsellers/Sandbox Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy

Description

 * Monroe, Connecticut at Wikipedia

Parent Towns

 * 1671 Stratford
 * 1823 Incorporated from: Huntington (now Shelton)

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places
 * East Village, Connecticut
 * Midtown
 * Monroe Center Historic District
 * North Central
 * Stepney, Connecticut
 * Stevenson
 * Upper Stepney, Connecticut
 * Whitney Farms
 * Zoar

Adjacent Towns
Fairfield Co.: Easton | Newtown | Shelton | Trumbull | New Haven Co.: Oxford

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office Monroe Town Clerk Monroe Town Hall - Room 201 7 Fan Hill Road Monroe, CT 06468 (203) 452-2811 E-mail: [mailto:vstone@monroect.org vstone@monroect.org] Monroe Town Clerk

Town Hall
Monroe Town Hall Offices 7 Fan Hill Road Monroe, Connecticut 06468 (203) 452-2800 Monroe, Connecticut

Births

 * Pre 1850 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index and images; some towns maybe missing
 * Pre 1850 The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records This collection of bound typescripts are available at these libraries; some towns maybe missing
 * Pre 1870 Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) at Ancestry - index and images ($); some towns maybe missing
 * 1639-1941 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1640-1955 — index
 * 1847-1901 : at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Marriages

 * Pre 1850 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index and images; some towns maybe missing
 * Pre 1850 The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records This collection of bound typescripts are available at these libraries; some towns maybe missing
 * Pre 1870 Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) at Ancestry - index and images ($); some towns maybe missing
 * 1640-1955 — index
 * 1847-1901 : at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Pre 1850 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index and images; some towns maybe missing
 * Pre 1850 The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records This collection of bound typescripts are available at these libraries; some towns maybe missing
 * Pre 1870 Connecticut, U.S., Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) at Ancestry - index and images ($); some towns maybe missing
 * 1640-1955 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1640-1955 — index
 * 1847-1901 : at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Connecticut Vital Records

Town Records
For more Connecticut resources see: In Connecticut, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:
 * Connecticut Town Records

Town Reports
Annual town reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Biographies
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Biography

Cemeteries
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Monroe Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Fairfield County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Connecticut Cemeteries

Census
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Census

Church Records
At its founding, Congregationalism was the dominant religion in Connecticut and was even the state religion until 1818. Other common Christian denominations include the Methodist, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, and Baptist churches. The following are church records available online for the town of Monroe:
 * Beacon Hill Evangelical Free - Evangelical Free Church of America
 * Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Lutheran
 * Faith World Outreach - non-denominational Christian
 * Monroe Congregational Church - Congregationalist
 * 1762-1812 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images


 * Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel - Roman Catholic
 * Pilgrims Pathway Wesleyan Church - Wesleyans
 * Saint Jude Church - Roman Catholic
 * Saint Peter's Episcopal Church - Episcopal Church, United States
 * 1823-1908 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Stepney Baptist Church - Baptist
 * United Methodist Church of Monroe - United Methodist
 * Islamic Community of Fairfield County - Islamic
 * Connecticut Church Records
 * Connecticut State Library
 * Monroe, Connecticut Churches at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 1971-1972 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog; images

Compiled Genealogies
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Compiled Genealogies

Court Records
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Court Records

Land Records
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * 1823-1924 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index and images
 * Connecticut Land and Property

Local Histories
For more Fairfield County, Connecticut resources see:
 * 1881 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1881 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1639-1928 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - digital version
 * 1639-1928 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - digital version
 * History of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Compiled under supervision of D. Hamilton Hurd. 1881. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : J.W. Lewis. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library - Part 1,  FamilySearch Digital Library - Part 2; Hathitrust; Internet Archive;.
 * History of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1639-1928. By Lynn Winfield Wilson. 1929. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library - Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library - Vol. 2, Hathitrust, FamilySearch Digital Library;

Colonization
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Colonial Records
 * Various Dates (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - digital version and images

Historical Data
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut History

Migration
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Migration

Maps

 * Monroe, Connecticut FamilySearch Places
 * Connecticut Town Guides, Monroe CT State Library
 * Monroe, Connecticut Google Maps
 * Mapped Location of Monroe HomeTownLocater

Military
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Military Records

Newspapers
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Newspapers

Obituaries
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Obituaries

Probate Records

 * 1782-1917 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1840-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Tax Records
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Taxation

Archives
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Archives and Libraries

Libraries

 * Edith Wheeler Memorial Library 733 Monroe Turnpike Monroe, CT 06468 203 452-2850 E-mail: [mailto:lrhyins@ewml.org lrhyins@ewml.org] Website: Edith Wheeler Memorial Library


 * Connecticut State Library Website; Wiki page

Museums
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Archives and Libraries

Family History Centers
Nearest Family History Centers to the town of Monroe: Nearest Affiliate Libraries to the town of Monroe:
 * New Haven Connecticut Family History Center
 * Newtown Connecticut Family History Center
 * Bethel Public Library
 * Bridgeport Public Library
 * Southbury Public Library

Societies

 * Monroe Historical Society PO Box 212 Monroe, CT 06468 203-261-1383 E-mail: [mailto:society@monroecthistory.org society@monroecthistory.org] Website: Monroe Historical Society