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=== Town Records === | === Town Records === | ||
Birth, marriage, and death records were kept by each town clerk. These are described further in [[Connecticut Town Records|Connecticut Town Records]]. <br> | |||
Many of the births, marriages, and deaths 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> | |||
Early to 1870 - Recording of vital records by the town clerk began about 1650. Following the Revolutionary War to about 1870, records were not always recorded. <br> | |||
1870 to 1897 - In 1870, the State Board of Health established. Record keeping in towns improved. | |||
=== State Records === | === State Records === | ||