Windham County, Connecticut Genealogy

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

United States Connecticut  Windham County

County Courthouse

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

Quick Facts

 * Named for Windham, Sussex, England.

Parent County
12 May 1726: Formed from east part of Hartford County

Boundary Changes
13 October 1786 Tolland County was created from western part of the county.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

History

 * History of Windham County, Connecticut (1874)

Military History and Records

 * Civil War service men from Windham 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 Windham County.


 * 1) 18th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company H and K
 * 2) 21st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - Company K


 * Chaplin Military Records - Men in the Army and Navy during the Civil War - Source: Connecticut. General Assembly. Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. Hartford: Case, Lockwood, &amp; Brainard,1889.
 * Scotland Military Records - Men in the Army and Navy during the Civil War - Source: Connecticut. General Assembly. Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. Hartford: Case, Lockwood, &amp; Brainard, 1889.
 * History of Windham County, Connecticut, Chapter VIII, The Civil War, Edited by Richard M. Bayles. American Libraries Online Book
 * Veteran Burial Records, Town of Chaplin, Windham County, Connecticut - hale-collection.com

Web Sites

 * The Windham County CTGenWeb Project, n member of The CTGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Windham County