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==Online Records== | ==Online Records== | ||
''Many records from the colonial era in New England were kept at the town or county level. Search the catalog at the town or county level to locate those records.'' | ''Many records from the colonial era in New England were kept at the town or county level. Search the catalog at the town or county level to locate those records.'' | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/84462 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/84462 '''1640-1846'''- Colonial land records of Connecticut, 1640-1846 : including patents, deeds and surveys of land]. Images only. +++ | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
===Church Records=== | ===Church Records=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/577144 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/577144 ''The Church of England in pre-Revolutionary Connecticut : new documents and letters concerning the loyalist clergy and the plight of their surviving church''] edited by Kenneth Walter Cameron. (Hartford, Connecticut : Transcendental Books, 1976). | ||
=== Court Records === | === Court Records === | ||
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* '''County Courts of Quarter Courts (1666-1855)''': This court handled civil, criminal, chancery, and divorce proceedings. | * '''County Courts of Quarter Courts (1666-1855)''': This court handled civil, criminal, chancery, and divorce proceedings. | ||
* '''Town courts (1630s-)''': Justice of the Peace courts handled cases without a town court.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 201-202. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref><br> | * '''Town courts (1630s-)''': Justice of the Peace courts handled cases without a town court.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 201-202. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref><br> | ||
'''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/ | '''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/779695 The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, Transcribed and Published in Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly]'''. 15 Vols. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Co., 1850-90, fiche 6051120). This series contains the following: | ||
* Vol. 1 General and Particular courts, 1636-49; General Court, 1650-65; wills and inventories, 1640-49; code of laws, General Court, 1650 | * Vol. 1 General and Particular courts, 1636-49; General Court, 1650-65; wills and inventories, 1640-49; code of laws, General Court, 1650 | ||
* Vol. 2 Charter of Connecticut; General Court, 1665-77; journal and correspondence of the Council, 1675-77 | * Vol. 2 Charter of Connecticut; General Court, 1665-77; journal and correspondence of the Council, 1675-77 | ||
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Before the New Haven Colony joined the Connecticut Colony, the administration records were kept separately. | Before the New Haven Colony joined the Connecticut Colony, the administration records were kept separately. | ||
* ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2650968?availability=Idaho%20Falls%20Idaho%20FamilySearch%20Library Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, from 1638 to 1649]'' by Charles J. Hoadly. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany, and Co., 1857, film 0944116). | * ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2650968?availability=Idaho%20Falls%20Idaho%20FamilySearch%20Library Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, from 1638 to 1649]'' by Charles J. Hoadly. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany, and Co., 1857, film 0944116). | ||
* ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/221227 | * ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/221227 Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, from May 1653, to the Union: Together with the New Haven Code of 1656]'' by Charles J. Hoadly. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Co., 1858, film 0944116). | ||
=== Connecticut Archives === | === Connecticut Archives === | ||
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=== County Records and Resources === | === County Records and Resources === | ||
The following are the only county court records that have been filmed: | The following are the only county court records that have been filmed: | ||
* '''Fairfield County''' (1666) Fairfield County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/611841 | * '''Fairfield County''' (1666) Fairfield County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/611841 Divorce papers, 1720-1799]. | ||
* '''Hartford County''' (1666) Hartford County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/614982 | * '''Hartford County''' (1666) Hartford County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/614982 Divorce papers, 1725-1849]. | ||
* '''Litchfield County''' (1751) Litchfield County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/578335 | * '''Litchfield County''' (1751) Litchfield County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/578335 Divorce papers, 1752-1922]. | ||
* '''New Haven County''' (1666) New Haven County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/577900 | * '''New Haven County''' (1666) New Haven County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/577900 Divorce papers, 1712-1899]. | ||
* '''New London County''' (1666) New London County Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/38470 | * '''New London County''' (1666) New London County Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/38470 Records of trials, 1661-1700]]. New London County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/578513 Divorce papers, 1719-1875]. | ||
* '''Windham County''' (1726) Windham County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/599011 | * '''Windham County''' (1726) Windham County Superior Court. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/599011 Divorce papers, 1726-1907]. | ||
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/615996 | * [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/615996 ''Connecticut Divorces: Superior Court Records for the Counties of New London, Tolland, and Windham, 1719-1910''] by Grace Louise Knox and Barbara B. Ferris. (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987). | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/269096 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/269096 ''History of the Colony of New Haven: To Its Absorption into Connecticut; With Supplementary History and Personnel of the Towns of Branford, Guilford, Milford, Stratford, Norwalk, Southold, Etc.''] by Edward E. Atwater. (Meridian, CT: Journal Publishing Co., 1902, film 0833384). | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Connecticut,_United_States]] | [[Category:Connecticut,_United_States]] | ||