Connecticut, Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes an index to selected Connecticut birth and baptismal records for the years 1639 to 1941.

What Can This Collection Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * The name of the child
 * Birth date
 * Parents’ names
 * Parents’ residence

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your relative
 * The approximate year of the birth or baptism

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add the new information to your records
 * Use the information found in the birth or baptismal record to locate the individual and family in Connecticut town records
 * Use census records to locate the family
 * Locate marriage and death records for the individual

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for records in nearby towns in Connecticut
 * Try searching for variant names for the individual
 * Examine other records such as probate, land, and tax records

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Connecticut.
 * Connecticut Guided Research
 * Connecticut Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Connecticut Research, 1880-Present

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * edited by Rhonda R. McClure, Genealogist's handbook for New England research 6th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society®, 2022 FS Library 974 D27mr
 * Thomas Jay Kemp, Connecticut researcher's handbook Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research, c1981 FS Library 974.6 D23k
 * Bible records from Connecticut, index cards
 * Bolton. Records of births and deaths, 1852-1908
 * Bozrah. First book of records of marriages, births & deaths, 1755-1861
 * Colchester. Cavalry Church. Protestant Episcopal Church records, 1864-1936
 * East Hartford. Birth returns and certificates, 1852-1911
 * East Hartford. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1739-1907; index to vital statistics, 1739-1939
 * Griswold. First Congregational Church. Church records, 1720-1887
 * Griswold. Second Congregational Church at Jewett City. Church records, 1825-1928
 * Groton. Records of births, marriages, deaths, 1686-1915
 * Hartford. Records of births, 1852-1902
 * Hartford. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1797-1868
 * Hebron. First book of records, births, marriages and deaths
 * Hebron. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1684-1849
 * Mansfield. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1686-1901
 * Middletown. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1640-1921
 * New Haven. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1639-1902 ; indexes to births, marriages, and deaths, 1639-1914
 * New London. First Church of Christ. Church records, 1670-190
 * Norwalk Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1848-1909
 * Norwich. Greenville Congregational Church. Church records, 1843-1938
 * Norwich. Grace Chapel at Yantic. Church records, 1853-1955
 * Norwich. Trinity Church. Church records, 1850-1905
 * Norwich. Documentary history of religion, work and worship at Norwich Falls, Connecticut, between the years 1827-1841 : with some memoranda of earlier date
 * Norwich. First Evangelical Lutheran Church. Kirchenbuch, 1857-1901
 * Norwich. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1640-1921
 * Norfolk. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1740-1917; general index to vital statistics, 1740-1934
 * Tolland. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1848-1926
 * Tolland. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, Tolland, Connecticut, 1665-1868
 * Tolland. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1665-1853
 * West Hartford. West Hartford. Certificates and returns of births, marriages, and deaths,1854-1905; indexes to vital statistics, 1854-1939
 * Willington. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1720-1854

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
 * Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850

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