Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy

''This article is about a county in Connecticut. For other uses, see Fairfield (disambiguation).''

United States Connecticut  Fairfield County

County Courthouse

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

Quick Facts

 * Named for the hundreds of acres of salt marsh that bordered the coast.

Parent County

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

Boundary Changes

 * North part was taken to form Litchfield County 14 October 1751.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Archives and Libraries


African American
African American Civil War Memorial in Danbury, CT

Cemeteries

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

Census
Census Records, USGenWeb CT Archives

Church History and Records
Church Records, USGenWeb CT Archives

Court Records
Court Records, USGenWeb CT Archives

History
History, USGenWeb CT Archives

Land and Property
Deeds and Land Records, USGenWeb CT Archives

Civil War
Service men from Fairfield County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were formed by a large number of men from Fairfield County.


 * 1) 1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery - Company M - (Bridgeport)
 * 2) 1st Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry - Company D
 * 3) 1st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Infantry Company E and H. Rifle Company B
 * 4) 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Infantry Company A, C, D and Rifle Company F.
 * 5) 9th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company D
 * 6) 10th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company I
 * 7) 14th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company A
 * 8) 17th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and K.
 * 9) 23rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company B, D, E, I and K.
 * 10) 28th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company A, B, C, G, and H.

Obituaries
Obituaries, USGenWeb CT Archives

Vital Records
Vital Records, USGenWeb CT Archives

Wills
Transcriptions of Wills, USGenWeb CT Archives

Web Sites

 * The Fairfield County CTGenWeb Project, an member of The CTGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Fairfield County