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

Description

 * Monroe, Connecticut at Wikipedia

Historical Data
Timeline Colonization Migration

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

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

Births

 * 1639-1941 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1640-1955 — index
 * 1847-1901 : at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 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

Marriages

 * 1640-1955 — index
 * 1847-1901 : at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 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

Deaths

 * 1640-1955 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1640-1955 — index
 * 1847-1901 : at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 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

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

Biographies
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Biography

Cemeteries
For more Connecticut resources see:


 * Connecticut Cemeteries

Census
For more Connecticut resources see:
 * Connecticut Census

Church Records
For more Connecticut resources see: FamilySearch Places 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:
 * Connecticut Church Records
 * Many Connecticut churches have deposited their records at the Connecticut State Library
 * Map of the Monroe Churches:
 * 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


 * Stepney Baptist Church - Baptist
 * United Methodist Church of Monroe - United Methodist
 * Islamic Community of Fairfield County - Islamic

Land Records
In Connecticut, most land records are kept at the town level. The following are online land records for the town of Monroe:

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Monroe:
 * Connecticut Town Guides, Monroe at CT State Library

Probate Records
In Connecticut, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Monroe:
 * 1782-1917 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1840-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

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

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