Hartford County, Connecticut Genealogy

United States Connecticut  Hartford County

County Courthouse

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

Quick Facts

 * Named after Hertfordshire, England.

Parent County

 * Created 10 May 1666, one of four original counties from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes

 * 14 Oct 1751: The west part was taken to create Litchfield County.
 * 12 May 1726: The east part of the county was taken to form Windham County.
 * 2 May 1785: The southeast portion was taken to create Middlesex County

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Archives and Libraries

 * USGenWeb Connecticut Archives, Hartford County, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).
 * Hartford County Public Libraries, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).
 * Linkpendium, Libraries, Museums, Archives, Hartford County, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).
 * Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration, Inventory of the town and city archives of Connecticut, no. 2, Hartford County, vol. I, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, (New Haven [Connecticut] : The Survey, 1939). Includes indexes.  or FHL US/CAN Film 908524 Item 1.

African American

 * Connecticut State Library, Connecticut's Black Govenors, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).
 * The Hartford Black History Project, (accessed 1 Mar 2011), digitalized this collection of images and placed them on line so that it might become more readily accessible to Hartford public school students.

Biography

 * Biographies USGenWeb CTArchives
 * Linkpendium, Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).
 * J.H. Sutherland, The city of Hartford and vicinity and their resources, (Hartford [Connecticut] : Evening Post Association, 1900). Includes index.  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Charles W. Burpee, History of Hartford County, Connecticut. De Luxe Supplement, (Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1928). Includes index.  A selection of biographical sketches from volume 3 of History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928, by Charles W. Burpee.  Available at the Family History Library,
 * J.H. Beers &amp; Co., Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, (Chicago, Illinois : J.H. Beers &amp; Company, 1901). Includes index.   Online book available at Internet Libraries, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).   Part 1 and 2 are available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Fiche 1000149.
 * Charles W. Burpee, History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928 being a study of the makers of the first constitution and the story of their lives, of their descendants and of all who have come, (Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1928). Includes indexes.  Volumes 1-3 are available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Fiche 6048113 6048113-6048115.

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries USGenWeb CTArchives has links to transcriptions.
 * Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemeteries and Inscriptions, Hartford County Cemetery Records, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). This website has a collection of cemetery links, organized by town.
 * Connecticut Genealogy, Hartford County Cemetery Records, (accessed 6 Mart 2011).
 * Connecticut Genealogy Trails, Hartford County Cemeteries, (accessed 6 Mar 2011), alphabetical list.
 * findagrave, Hartford County Cemeteries, (accessed 6 Mar 2011). (323 listed).
 * Interment, Hartford County Cemetery Records, (accessed 6 Mar 2011). This site has published burial records for several Hartford County Cemeteries.
 * Linkpendium, Cemeteries, (accessed 7 Mar 2011). Hartford County.
 * The Political Graveyard, (accessed 4 Mar 2011). Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hartford County.
 * The Tombstone Transcription Project, (accessed 4 Mar 2011), Hartford County, Connecticut.
 * USGenWeb Project, Hartford County Cemeteries, (accessed 6 Mar 2011). This site is organized by town with some links to transcriptions.
 * William Applebie Daniel Eardeley, Connecticut Cemeteries, 1673-1911, (Stamford, Connecticut : Stamford Genealogical Society (Connecticut), [19--]). Microfilm of typescripts.  Includes indexes.  Contains inscriptions from cemeteries in Fairfield, Windham, and Hartford counties, with emphasis on cemeteries of Stamford.  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Edward Sweetser Tillotson, Wethersfield inscriptions a complete record of the inscriptions in the five burial places in the ancient town of Wethersfield, including the towns of Rocky Hill, Newington and Beckley Quarter (in Berlin), also a portion of the inscriptions in the oldest cemetery in Glastonbury, (Hartford, Conn. : William F.J. Boardman, 1899). Includes index.  Online book available at Google Books, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,   or FHL US/CAN Film 908332 Item 1.   A database called Wethersfield Inscriptions can be found for this book  at ancestry.com$, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).

Census

 * Census Online, (accessed 6 Mar 2011), Hartford County Records.
 * Census Finder, Connecticut Census Records, (accessed 6 Mar 2011). Online links by county.
 * Connecticut Genealogy, Hartford County Census Records, (accessed 6 Mar 2011).
 * Linkpendium, Census Records and Indexes, (accessed 6 Mar 2011). Hartford County, Connecticut.
 * US Census Collection, (accessed 8 Mar 2011), FamilySearch.
 * US Federal Census Collection, ancestry.com$, (accessed 6 Mar 2011).
 * USGenWeb Census Project, Hartford County, Connecticut Federal Census Index, (accessed 6 Mar 2011). Transcriptions in progress.
 * Lowell M. Volkel, An index to the 1800 federal census of Fairfield and Hartford counties, state of Connecticut, ([S.l.] : L.M. Volkel, c1968).  Available at the Family History Center,

Church History and Records

 * Connecticut Genealogy, Hartford County Church Records, (accessed 6 Mar 2011). Includes church and vital records.
 * Linkpendium, Church Records, (accessed 7 Mar 2011). Hartford County.
 * Hartford County Association of Universalists (Hartford County, Connecticut), Records, 1834-1867, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976).  Microfilm of original records.  Contains the constitution and minutes of meetings. From 1834-1836, the association was called the Connecticut Association of Universalists. Available at the Family History Library,
 * Early records of Hartford, Connecticut land records, 1639-1688; vital records, 1644-1730; probate records, 1635-1750; plus genealogical notes and a manual of the first church in Hartford, (Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, c1995).  Online database can be downloaded on any computer at the Family History Library,

Correctional institutions

 * Richard Harvey Phelps, Newgate of Connecticut; its original and early history. Being a full description of the famous and wonderful Simsbury mines and caverns, and the prison built over them. To which is added a relation of all the incidents, insurrections, and massacres, connected with their use as a prison for the Tories during the revolution .... An illustrated description of the state prison at Wethersfield, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 19). Available online at Google Books, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,

Court Records

 * Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District), Probate Records, 1649-1932, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949-1954, 1982). Microfilm of original records in Hartford, Connecticut.  Hartford Probate District includes the towns of Hartford, Bloomfield, Glastonbury, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor Locks. Indexes are found within each volume. Volumes 2-6 contain also records of the county courts in Hartford County, sometimes called Quarter courts, Court of Magistrates, particular courts, special courts, etc.  Available at the Family History Library starting with,  52 microfilm reels, 35 mm.
 * Connecticut. Superior Court (Hartford County), Court expenses, 1814-1847, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989). Microfilm of original records in the Connecticut State Archives, Hartford.  Avaiable at the Family History Library,
 * Ullmann, Helen Schatvet, Hartford County (Connecticut). County Court, Manwaring, Charles William 1829-1905, Hartford County, Connecticut, county court minutes volumes 3 and 4, 1663-1687, 1697, (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005). Includes fullname index. "This present volume is a transcription of the 'court side' of volumes 3 and 4 of the Hartford County, Connecticut, county court records. In the seventeenth century, Hartford County included the whole northern part of the state, most of the territory from which Litchfield, Middlesex, Windham and Tolland counties were formed. In the reverse of the books are probate records, wills and inventories abstracted many years ago by Charles William Manwaring"...Pref., p. [v].  Available at the Family History Library,   Database for the index can be found at American Ancestors$, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).
 * Barbara B. Ferris and Grace Louise Knox, Connecticut divorces Superior Court records for the counties of Litchfield, 1752-1922 and Hartford 1740-1849, (Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, c2000). Includes index.  Available on the desktop at the Family History Library,

Directories

 * Linkpendium, Directories, Hartford County, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).
 * Price &amp; Lee Company, Avon '(Hartford County, Conn.) city directory including Simsbury, East Granby, Granby, (New Haven [Connecticut] : Price &amp; Lee Company, [196-?]-).  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Price &amp; Lee Company, Hartford suburban (Hartford County, Conn.) city directory, (New Haven [Connecticut] : Price &amp; Lee, [195-?]-).  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Elihu Geer Sons, Hartford city directory including West Hartford and East Hartford, Connecticut, (Hartford [Connecticut] : Hartford Printing, 1837-).  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Manchester Directory, (New Haven [Connecticut] : Price &amp; Lee, 1931-). Available at the Family History Library,
 * Enfield (Connecticut) city directories, (Woodbridge, Connecticut : Research Publications, [199-?]). Available at the Family History Library, first of 3 films.
 * Hartford (Hartford County, Conn.) suburban directories, (Woodbridge, Connecticut : Primary Source Microfilm, [199-?]). Available at the Family History Library, first of 3 films.
 * The Greater Hartford directory including Hartford, East Hartford, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Bloomfield, and Newington, (Hartford [Connecticut] : Hartford Printing Company, [19--]-). Available at the Family History Library,

Divorce Records

 * Connecticut. Superior Court (Hartford County), Divorce Papers, 1725-1849, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989). Microfilm of original records in the Connecticut State Archives, Hartford.  Records are arranged in rough alphabetical order.  Available at the Family History Library, 5 films starting with,

Gazetteers

 * Hartford County, Gazetteer, (accessed 2 Mar 2011).

Genealogy

 * Dorothy Huggins Harding, The founder's monument at Hartford, Conn., our lines of descent from early settlers whose names are inscribed on it. Part II, the north face, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968).  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Elmer I. Shepard, Elmer I. Shepard Collection Connecticut and Vermont family group records, ca. 1550-1900, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990). The Shepard Collection represents the working files of Elmer I. Shepard. He gathered his material from a number of sources, both primary and secondary, and then combined it on 3 x 5 index cards, arranged by geographic location (county and town) and then by surname, listed under the heads of families.  Available at the Family History Library, 4 films starting with,
 * The Hart family of Wallingford, Connecticut and the Hollister family of Wethersfield and Glanstonbury, Connecticut, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2000). ncludes pedigree information. Available at the Family History Library,
 * Connecticut 1600s-1800s, ([S.l.] : Brøderbund, c2000).  Available on CD at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Access Window CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 515 v. 2.
 * Wilder Smith and Gustavus F. Davis, Reminiscences of Gustavus Fellowes Davis, D.D., pastor First Baptist chu rch, Hartford, Connecticut, fifty years ago, (Hartford, Conn. : W. Smith, 1884 (167 p.)) Available at the Family History Library,

History

 * Linkpendium, History, Hartford County, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).
 * Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, (Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982).  Includes index.  A database for this book can be found at ancestry.com$, (accessed 4 Mar 2011), or WorldVitalRecords.com$, (accessed 4 Mar 2011).  It is also available online at Google Books, (accessed 4 Mar 2011).
 * J. Hammond Trumbull, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; (1886), (Bowie, Maryland:Heritage Books, c2000). Includes index for both vols. at the end of v. 1.  Contents: v. 1. Hartford: county, town, and city.--v. 2. Town histories.  Available online at Internet Archives, Volume 1 and Volume 2, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).  Also available on the desktop at the Family History Library,  or
 * Henry R. Stiles, The history of ancient Windsor, Connecticut including East Windsor, South Windsor, and Ellington prior to 1788, the date of their separation from the old town; and Windsor, Bloomfield, and Windsor Locks to the present time; also the genealogies and genealogical notes of those families which settled within the limits of ancient Windsor, Connecticut prior to 1800, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974, 1990). Microfilm of original published: Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell, 1863. 2 v. : ill., maps, ports.  Volume 2 includes a supplement to the history and genealogies of ancient Windsor. 134 p.   Available online at Google Books, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library, Volume 1: Volume 2: FHL US/CAN Film 924647 Item 2.
 * Charles M. Andrews, The river towns of Connecticut a study of Wethersfield, Hartford and Windsor, (Salem, Massachusetts:Higginson, [1994]). Includes index.  Available online at Google Books, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  or on the computer desktop
 * Henry R. Stiles, The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965, 1969). Microfilm of: Rev. ed. Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood &amp; Brainard, 1891-1892. 2 v., ill., facsims., maps, ports.  Includes indexes. Contents: v. 1. History -- v. 2. Genealogies and biographies.  Available online at Google Books, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library, Volume 1:  Volume 2: FHL US/CAN Film 417935.
 * Google Timeline, Hartford County, Connecticut History 1550-2011, (accessed 2 Mar 2011).

See other sources under the Biography section.

Land and Property

 * Deeds USGenWeb CTArchives
 * Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division, Land ownership maps - Hartford County, Connecticut land ownership maps, 1855 and 1884, (Washington, District of Columbia : Library of Congress, 1983).  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Tinmouth (Vermont). Proprietors' Clerk, Proprietors records, 1761-1809, (Montpelier, Vermont : Vermont Public Records Division, 1973). Microfilm of original records filmed at Tinmouth, Vermont.  Contains deeds and land surveys. Also includes land records from various counties in Connecticut. Includes charter book which contains a copy of the 1761 Tinmouth charter and minutes of proprietors meetings.  Available at the Family History Library,

Maps

 * Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Maps, (accessed 2 Mar 2011). Organized by State and County.  Links to road maps, county outlines, colored outlines and lists of towns.
 * Linkpendium, Maps and Gazetteers, Hartford County, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).

American Revolutionary War
Hartford Co - USGenWeb CTArchives

Stephens, Timothy August 1, 1820 Tozer, Jared -- Enlistment, from pension Tozer, Jared - Pension, Aug 1835

Tozer, Jared - Pension, Sep 1835 Tozer, Jared - Pension, Mar 1849

Census


 * 1840 Census USGenWeb CTArchives

Pensions

 * Military Pensions USGenWeb Archives

Census

 * 1840 Census USGenWeb CTArchives

Pensions

 * Jairus Winchell, USGenWeb CTArchives

Civil War
Pensions, USGenWeb CTArchives

John and Jane Burton George A. Hamilton Hancy Hamilton ==

Service men from Hartford 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 Hartford County.


 * 1) 1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery - Company A, C, K and L.
 * 2) 1st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Infantry Company A, B, C, G and Rifle Company A and B.
 * 3) 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Rifle Company A and E.
 * 4) 8th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company B
 * 5) 14th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company F
 * 6) 16th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company D, F and K.
 * 7) 20th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company E
 * 8) 21st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company B
 * 9) 22nd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I.
 * 10) 24th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company E
 * 11) 25th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company C, E and I.

Pensions

 * Military Pensions USGenWeb Archives

Burials

 * Ray's Place, Men from Bristol who died in the Civil War, (accessed 25 Feb 2011). Inscriptions on the Civil War Monument in West Cemetery Bristol, CT. From the Hale Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Connecticut. Superior Court (Harford County), Naturalization testimony, v. 1-3, 1868-1898 (Hartford County, Connecticut), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983).  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Connecticut. Court of Common Pleas (Hartford County), Declarations of intention, v. 1-3, 1876-1906; index to declarations, 1876-1904, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983). Available at the Family History Library,
 * Connecticut. Court of Common Pleas (Hartford County), Naturalization testimony, 1876-1903 (Hartford County, Connecticut, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983). Available at the Family History Library, and FHL US/CAN Film 1320431 Items 1-5.
 * Connecticut. County Court and Superior Court, (Hartford County), Naturalization records, 1834-1906 (Hartford County, Connecticut), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983). Available at the Family History Library,   (11 films)
 * Connecticut. City Court (Hartford), Naturalization record book, 1876-1876, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984). Contains petitions for naturalization for persons from the city of Hartford, or nearby towns of Hartford and Tolland counties.  Available at the Family History Library,
 * Connecticut. Court of Common Pleas (Hartford County), Naturalization records, 1876-1906; index to naturalization, 1876-1903 (Hartford County, Connecticut), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983). Available at the Family History Library,
 * United States. Circuit Court and District Court, (Connecticut District), Naturalization records (Hartford County, Connecticut), 1906-1945 NARA, RG21, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2007-2008). The petitions are listed as 'Petition for Naturalization' or 'Petition for Citizenship'.  Includes index.  Includes declaration of intention, petition for naturalization, and petition for citizenship.  Available at the Family History Library,  (110 films)
 * Connecticut. City Court (New Britain) and Connecticut. Superior Court (Hartford County), Naturalization records (New Britain, Connecticut), 1917-1939 NARA, RG21, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2008). Includes index at the front of each volume. Available at the Family History Library,  (17 films)

Indexes

 * Connecticut. Court of Common Pleas (Hartford County), Index to naturalization petitions 1876-1906 (Hartford County, Connecticut - Court of Common Pleas), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003). Available at the Family History Library, A to Johanson, Frederick  and Johanson, Frederick to Z - FHL US/CAN Film 2369653.
 * United States. Circuit Court and District Court, Index to naturalization records, 1926-1992, Hartford [Connecticut], (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2004). Lists name, volume and page number. Some cards lists name, address, date of admission, petition number, name of court, and signature.  Listed in alphabetical order by surname.  Available at the Family History Library, 1st of 21 Films:

Newspapers

 * Hartford County Newspaper List, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).
 * Hartford County, Connecticut Obituaries, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). A directory of obituary databases and archives on the internet.
 * Linkpendium, Obituaries and Funeral Homes Hartford County, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).

Probate District Courts
The records are kept at district courts. The County government does not exist. Not every town has a court. Some are included in a district making up from 1 to 5 towns. The Districts are: Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Enfield, Farmington, Granby, Hartford, Hartland, Manchester, Marlborough, Plainville, Simsbury, Southington, Suffield, and Windsor.

Connecticut State Library, Research Guide to Connecticut Probate Districts, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).

Vital Records

 * Many vital birth, marriage, and death records for Suffield, Connecticut can be found on Migrationtrails.com. Original scanned images of the documents are available as well.
 * Census Finder, Connecticut Vital Records, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).  Online transcriptions are listed by county.
 * Linkpendium, Vital Records, Hartford County, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).
 * Hartford County (Connecticut). Coroner, Coroner's records, 1883-1932, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988). Microfilm of original records in the Connecticut State Archives, Hartford.  Indexes are found within each volume.  Available at the Family History Library,  (17 films)
 * Hartford County, Connecticut Marriage Records, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Online transcriptions listed by town.
 * Early records of Hartford, Connecticut land records, 1639-1688; vital records, 1644-1730; probate records, 1635-1750; plus genealogical notes and a manual of the first church in Hartford, (Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, c1995).  Available on the desktop at the Family History LIbrary,

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Connecticut Society of Genealogists, (accessed 28 Feb 2011).
 * Hartford County, Connecticut. Historical Societies, (accessed 2 Mar 2011).
 * Linkpendium, Societies, Hartford County, (accessed 7 Mar 2011).

Web Sites

 * Connecticut Genealogy, Hartford Countywide Sources, (accessed 1 Mar 2011).
 * Cyndi's List, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Hartford County General Resource Sites
 * epodunk, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Hartford County, Connecticut Ancestry and Family History
 * FamilyHistory101, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Hartford County Connecticut History, Records, Facts, Genealogy and Ancestry
 * The Hartford County CTGenWeb Project, an member of The CTGenWeb Project.
 * Linkpendium, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Hartford County Genealogy and Family History
 * MyGenealogist, (accessed 28 Feb 2011). Hartford County Connecticut Genealogy Resources
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Web Sites at RootsWeb for Hartford County, (accessed 4 Mar 2011).
 * Family History Library catalog for Hartford County