Connecticut Compiled Genealogies

Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person.

Online Databases

 * Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies - Community Trees at FamilySearch Genealogies
 * The CTGenWeb Project Information and resources on doing genealogy in Connecticut
 * The USGenWeb Project Archives, archival repository of text files of various types of records.
 * Connecticut Genealogy Organizes many online sources by record type and locality.
 * Linkpendium-Connecticut Connecticut family history &amp; genealogy
 * Access Genealogy Connecticut Access to Connecticut genealogy records
 * Connecticut: Ye Old Folks of Connecticut, 1884 at American Ancestors - index, ($)
 * Fifty Puritan ancestors in New Haven
 * North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 at Ancestry; index and images, ($).
 * Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776
 * Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars Pedigrees at Ancestry; ($). Index.
 * Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700. Online at: ; images; Ancestry ($); index & images

Manuscript Collections
The Family History Library has copies of significant sources such as the Frank T. Calef and other collections of Mayflower and Puritan descendants, the Charles D. Parkhurst manuscripts for New London, and compiled genealogies for early families in Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, and other areas.

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1970 and 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, DC, and is on 24 microfilms at the Family History Library (beginning with FHL film ). The collection is listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under CONNECTICUT - COLLECTED WORKS.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society has many important manuscript collections, not only for New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont). It also has major collections for New York and other states. Search the library catalog to see what may be of interest for you.

Published Sources

 * Connecticut Society of Genealogists. Ancestry Service. 10 volumes. Glastonbury, Connecticut: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, ca. 1979-84. As of 1997, volumes listing surnames A-S have been published. The ancestor charts, 1962-1990, and ancestry service, 1962-1988, have been microfilmed (on 59 Family History Library films beginning with ).


 * Ancestry Service: with Husband-Surname Index. [Glastonbury, Connecticut] : Connecticut Society of Genealogists, [198?]- . 10 volumes. A record of "names of lineal ancestors of members of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists as submitted by them between 1968 and August 31, 1978."


 * Cutter, William Richard, et al. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut... . 4 volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. Online at:, Ancestry ($). An index to this and other New England publications by Cutter is:
 * Norma Olin Ireland and Winifred Irving, Cutter Index: A Consolidated Index of Cutter's Nine Genealogy Series (Fallbrook, California: Ireland Indexing Service, 197?. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.


 * Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Hartford, Conn.: F.A. Brown, 1856. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.


 * Greenlaw, William Prescott. The Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 2 volumes. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1979. This is an index to many local histories and genealogies published between 1900 and about 1940. (Family History Library .)


 * Hinman, Royal Ralph. A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. . . . 1846. Second Edition. 1852-56. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. The second edition includes surnames A-Danielson only. The 1846 edition contained surnames for the full alphabet. Online at:, FamilySearch Digital Library - , Ancestry ($).


 * English Origins of New England Families: from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. First Series, 3 volumes, 1984. Second Series, Three Volumes, 1985. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing. Contains and indexes much of what is known about New England immigrant origins. Multi-generation genealogies. Online at: (*) and (*). Also at: Ancestry ($) - index & images - First Series: Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III; Second Series: Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III.


 * New England Historic Genealogical Society. Genealogies of Connecticut Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 3 volumes. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. . Online at: Internet Archive - Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3.


 * Rider, Fremont, ed. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. (AGBI). Volumes 1-186. Middletown, Connecticut: The Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-. (Family History Library An earlier version in 48 volumes is The American Genealogical Index, 1942-51. (Family History Library .)


 * The Godfrey Memorial Library ($) can send copies of the original source referred to in the AGBI if you send a request.


 * Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England . . . Four Volumes. 1860-62. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England - description and online availability.

Connecticut General Assembly
Senate and House Members Lists names of members of: Senate 1776-present, and House 1849-present. Information Given: Name Town Chamber Party Years Served Date of Death

Writing and Sharing Your Family History
Sharing your own family history is valuable for several reasons:


 * It helps you see gaps in your own research and raises opportunities to find new information.
 * It helps other researchers progress in researching ancestors you share in common.
 * It draws other researchers to you who already have information about your family that you do not yet possess.
 * It draws together researchers with common interests, sparking collaboration opportunities. For instance, researchers in various localities might choose to do lookups for each other in remote repositories. Your readers may also share photos of your ancestors that you have never seen before.


 * See also:
 * Create a Family History
 * Writing Your Family and Personal History
 * A Guide to Printing Your Family History