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State your relationship to the individual you want information about and the reason you want the information. | State your relationship to the individual you want information about and the reason you want the information. | ||
= Birth Records = | = Birth Records = | ||
'''Early to | '''Early to 1870 '''Recording of birth records by the town clerk began in 1650. Following the Revoutionary War - 1870 records were not as recorded. | ||
'''1897 - Present''' | '''1870 - 1897 (1870 State Board of Health est. recorrds keeping in towns improved)''' | ||
'''1897 - Present''' | |||
Birth records are considered confidential and can only be searched by: | Birth records are considered confidential and can only be searched by: | ||
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You may wish to write to the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Incorporated, for help in searching birth records. There will be a fee for this service. | You may wish to write to the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Incorporated, for help in searching birth records. There will be a fee for this service. | ||
Delayed registrations of births were kept by the town clerk and have the same restrictions as other vital records. | Delayed registrations of births were kept by the town clerk and have the same restrictions as other vital records. | ||
= Adoption = | = Adoption = | ||