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How to Find Connecticut Birth Records (view source)
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== '''Births before 1897''' == | == '''Births before 1897''' == | ||
Birth records were kept by each town clerk. Early town clerks put birth records in town records and in land records. After about 1850, birth information was only put in town records. Town clerks were usually good at recording birth information. The towns continue to keep birth records. These are described further in [[Connecticut Town Records|Connecticut Town Records]].<br> | |||
Following the Revolutionary War to about 1870, records were not always recorded. <br> | Following the Revolutionary War to about 1870, records were not always recorded. <br> | ||
In 1870, the State Board of Health established. Record keeping in towns improved. | In 1870, the State Board of Health established. Record keeping in towns improved. | ||
Connecticut towns are like western townships, so several populated places are in a town's borders. The name of the town is used in official records rather than the name of the populated place. <br> | Connecticut towns are like western townships, so several populated places are in a town's borders. The name of the town is used in official records rather than the name of the populated place. <br> | ||
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Most online resources for Connecticut Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index, consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index.<br> | Most online resources for Connecticut Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index, consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index.<br> | ||
Many of the births recorded in town records have been extracted and are part of the database that can be searched by name on the home page of [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]. The former International Genealogical Index (IGI) is part of this.<br> | |||
*[http://dunhamwilcox.net/0_ct-index.htm Barbour Collection] by Jane Devlin, hosted by Rootsweb - Free (see also the Wiki article [[Barbour Collection|Barbour Collection]])<br> | *[http://dunhamwilcox.net/0_ct-index.htm Barbour Collection] by Jane Devlin, hosted by Rootsweb - Free (see also the Wiki article [[Barbour Collection|Barbour Collection]])<br> | ||