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== Statewide Record Collections  ==
== Statewide Record Collections  ==


*Manwaring, Charles Williams, compiler. ''A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.'' 3 volumes. Hartford [Connecticut]: R.S. Peck &amp; Company, 1904-1906. (FHL book 974.6 P2m; CD-ROM no. 2872). Contains probate record abstracts of early Connecticut Colony and Hartford Probate District. The series, which is made up of the first fifteen&nbsp;original volumes, covers the years 1635-1750 and includes wills, inventories, distributions of estates and court records. Volume 1 identifies the changes made in the different Probate Districts of Connecticut from the beginning, and includes information&nbsp;concerning the district boundaries. A digital version of the three volume set is available online at Internet Archive:<br>[http://archive.org/stream/digestofearlycon00manw#page/n1/mode/2up Volume 1] (1635-1700), [http://archive.org/stream/adigestearlycon01manwgoog#page/n4/mode/2up Volume 2] (1700-1729), [http://archive.org/stream/adigestearlycon01unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up Volume 3] (1729-1750).
*Manwaring, Charles Williams, compiler. ''A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.'' 3 volumes. Hartford [Connecticut]: R.S. Peck &amp; Company, 1904-1906. Contains probate record abstracts of early Connecticut Colony and Hartford Probate District. The series, which is made up of the first fifteen&nbsp;original volumes, covers the years 1635-1750 and includes wills, inventories, distributions of estates and court records. Volume 1 identifies the changes made in the different Probate Districts of Connecticut from the beginning, and includes information concerning the district boundaries. A digital version of the three volume set is available online at Internet Archive:<br>[http://archive.org/stream/digestofearlycon00manw#page/n1/mode/2up Volume 1] (1635-1700), [http://archive.org/stream/adigestearlycon01manwgoog#page/n4/mode/2up Volume 2] (1700-1729), [http://archive.org/stream/adigestearlycon01unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up Volume 3] (1729-1750). <br>(FHL book 974.6 P2m; CD-ROM no. 2872).


*''General Index to Probate Records: All Districts in Connecticut 1641-1948''. Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957-1958. (On 67 FHL films {{FHL|354857|title-id|disp=166000-66}}).
*''General Index to Probate Records: All Districts in Connecticut 1641-1948''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957-1958. (On 67 FHL films {{FHL|354857|title-id|disp=166000-66}}). Indexes the two collections of probate records below:


*''Probate Estate Files, 1881-1915.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990-1994. (On 577 FHL films beginning with {{FHL|606675|item|disp=1685090}}). Microfilm of original records in the Connecticut State Library. These microfilms only cover the Andover through New Haven Probate Districts. The New London through Woodstock Districts have not been filmed, however most of the records are either at the Connecticut State Library or at the probate district court. The files may include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records. <br>
*''Probate Estate Files, 1881-1915.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990-1994. (On 577 FHL films beginning with {{FHL|606675|item|disp=1685090}}). Microfilm of original records in the Connecticut State Library. These microfilms only cover the Andover through New Haven Probate Districts. The New London through Woodstock Districts have not been filmed, however most of the records are either at the Connecticut State Library or at the probate district court. The files may include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records. <br>


*''Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977-1979. (On 1,622 FHL films beginning with {{FHL|141959|item|disp=1015126}}) These files may include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records.
*''Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977-1979. (On 1,622 FHL films beginning with {{FHL|141959|item|disp=1015126}}) These files may include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records.<br>


*Trumbull, J. Hammond. ''The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665; Transcribed and Published (In Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly,) Under the Supervision of the Secretary of State, with Occasional Notes and an Appendix.'' Hartford [Connecticut]: Brown and Parsons, 1850. ({{FHL|77969|item|disp=FHL book 974.6 N2c v. 1}}). Early Colonial "Wills and Inventories" can be found on pages 442-508. A digital version of this book is available at [http://www.archive.org/stream/publicrecordsofc001conn#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive].
*Trumbull, J. Hammond. ''The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665; Transcribed and Published (In Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly,) Under the Supervision of the Secretary of State, with Occasional Notes and an Appendix.'' Hartford [Connecticut]: Brown and Parsons, 1850. ({{FHL|77969|item|disp=FHL book 974.6 N2c v. 1}}). Early Colonial "Wills and Inventories" can be found on pages 442-508. A digital version of this book is available at [http://www.archive.org/stream/publicrecordsofc001conn#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive].<br>


*The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (see [[Connecticut Public Records|Connecticut Public Records]]).<br>
*The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (see [[Connecticut Public Records|Connecticut Public Records]]).<br>
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