Connecticut Church Records: Difference between revisions

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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3032 Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920]. Index.

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5144 Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints], ($). Index<br><br>

The [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational Church]] was predominant in early Connecticut and was [http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Connecticut.pdf the state church until 1818]. Other prominent churches in the state are the [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]] and [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]] churches (colonial period), and the [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] and [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]] churches (19th century).  

*''Guide to Vital Statistics in the Church Records of Connecticut.'' (New Haven, Conn.: Connecticut Historical Records Survey, 1942). {{FHL|244317|item}} 974.6 K23g; film 924002 item 2; fiche 6051300

The following index church records as well as other birth, death and marriage records. Microfilm copies of the original records are are available at the appropriate town, the Family History Library, and family history centers.<br>  

The Family History Library has an extensive microfilm collection of records of the Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist, and Methodist Episcopal churches. Published histories are available for denominations, such as Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Latter-day Saint (Mormon), and Universalist.  

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[http://dunhamwilcox.net/ Dunham-Wilcox-Trott-Kirk] indexes church, cemetery, probate and other early New England, New York and New Jersey records with links to abstracts of the records.

*Bailey, Frederic W. ''Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800'', 7 vols. New Haven, Conn.: Bureau of American Ancestry for Family Research, 1896-1906. {{FHL|225105|item|disp=FHL book 974.6 K2bf; FHL film 924061 item 3}}. This is missing volume 3. Another edition was published in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/225097?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1982] with additions and corrections and with all 7 volumes in one.

Many denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located.  

[http://abhsarchives.org/ American Baptist - Samuel Colgate Historical Library]<br>1106 South Goodman Street<br>Rochester, NY 14620-2532<br>Phone: (716) 473-1740<br>Fax: (716) 473-1740

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Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Connecticut wards and branches can be found on film and are located at the Family History Library. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog] . Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. ''Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers''. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.  

[http://www.chs.org/ Connecticut Historical Society]<br>1 Elizabeth Street<br>Hartford, CT 06105<br>Phone: (860) 236-5621<br>Fax: (860) 236-2664  

[http://congregational-library.typepad.com/ The Congregational Library]<br>14 Beacon Street<br>Boston, MA 02108-3704<br>Phone: (617) 523-0470<br>Fax: (617) 523-0491  

[http://www.ctepiscopal.org/default.asp Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut]<br>135 Asylum Avenue<br>Hartford, CT 06105-2295<br>Phone: (860) 233-4481<br>Fax: (860) 523-1410  

[https://www.drew.edu/library/2019/08/21/united-methodist-archives-and-history-center/ United Methodist Archives Center]<br>Drew University Library<br>P.O. Box 127<br>Madison, NJ 07940<br>Phone: (201) 408-3189<br>Fax: (201) 408-3909

[http://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/general.php The Moravian Archives]<br>41 West Locust Street<br>Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018<br>United States of America<br>Phone: (610) 866-3255<br>Fax: (610) 866-9210  

Mission records are also available in the {{FHL|301362|item}}. The records are indexed in the {{FHL|53079|item}}Book 970.1 F642i.  

The diocese includes the county of: [[Fairfield County, Connecticut Genealogy|Fairfield]]  

Wiki articles describing the following collections are found at:  

*[[Connecticut Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records]]

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