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WikiProject:Various Records for Towns in CT

Purpose

*To Add Various Records for Towns in CT

Contact

Danielle

Task Lists

This project is found in tab Part 53

Example Page

Project Instructions



  1. Click the Town link to open up the new Town page

  2. In the Table of Contents on the top left of the Town page scroll down and under Section 3, named Resources, then click on the section headers that correspond with each Part on this instruction page. Starting with: Part One: Biographies, Part Two: Census, Part Three: Court Records, Part Four: Newspapers, Part Five: Obituaries, and Part Six: Tax Records

  3. Copy & Paste each Part Section until all Six Parts are finished in the Task List

  4. By the Records link click on the Edit source link and open the Editing (section)

  5. Copy & Paste the Wiki Text on this Wiki Project instruction page in the sections below to the Records Editing (section) on the Town page

  6. Make sure to to put these record links underneath the sentence or paragraph introduction if there is one

  7. Do not remove other links or information except for duplicates...replace old links with new links

  8. Put all old and new Record links together into a chronological order list, if there are no dates then put those Record links below the date list and arrange them in alphabetical order

  9. All FamilySearch Research Wiki pages should be at the very bottom of the whole list

  10. Click on Preview

  11. Copy & Paste the Summary WikiText in the sections below into the Summary box on the Town page:
Project Various Records for Towns in CT
  • Click on Save changes

  • Make sure all of the Town Record links work by clicking on them and opening them up to the right Records page, then

  • Continue adding each Part from the Task List in the same Town until all Six Parts are finished before going on to the next Town

  • Put the date you finished by your name on the Task List, then start over again at the Top of Page with the Project Instructions, and click open the next Town link to work in
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Part One: Biographies


  • Note: Put the titles in alphabetical order


Copy & Paste Biographies for Connecticut 

*''A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut: With the Time of Their Arrival in the Country and Colony, Their Standing in Society, Place of Residence, Condition of Life, Where From, Business, etc., as Far as is Found on Record.'' By Royal Ralph Hinman. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Tiffany Co., 1852. Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2017. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/170297 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*''Connecticut Historical Collections: Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, With Geographical Descriptions, Illustrated by 190 Engravings.'' By John Warner Barber. 2nd ed. New Haven, Connecticut: Durrie & Peck and J.W. Barber, 1837. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/440170 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*''Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens.'' By Samuel Hart. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, 1917-1923. '''''Online at:''''' {{FSC|205500|item|disp=FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 1-8, 11, 13}}.
*''Ye Names & Ages of All Ye Old Folks in Every Hamlet, City and Town in Ye State of Connecticut, Now Living: With Ye Sketches of Twenty Living Centenarians'' Compiled by Frederick H. Nash. New Haven, Connecticut: Price, Lee & Co., 1884. San Francisco, California: Internet Archive, 2012. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/561327 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*''Who's Who in Connecticut'' By Ward E. Duffy. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox & Co., 1975. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/791141 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*[[Connecticut Biography|Connecticut Biography]] at FamilySearch Research Wiki



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  • A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut: With the Time of Their Arrival in the Country and Colony, Their Standing in Society, Place of Residence, Condition of Life, Where From, Business, etc., as Far as is Found on Record. By Royal Ralph Hinman. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Tiffany Co., 1852. Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2017. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Connecticut Historical Collections: Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, With Geographical Descriptions, Illustrated by 190 Engravings. By John Warner Barber. 2nd ed. New Haven, Connecticut: Durrie & Peck and J.W. Barber, 1837. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens. By Samuel Hart. Boston, Massachusetts: American Historical Society, 1917-1923. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 1-8, 11, 13.
  • Ye Names & Ages of All Ye Old Folks in Every Hamlet, City and Town in Ye State of Connecticut, Now Living: With Ye Sketches of Twenty Living Centenarians Compiled by Frederick H. Nash. New Haven, Connecticut: Price, Lee & Co., 1884. San Francisco, California: Internet Archive, 2012. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Who's Who in Connecticut By Ward E. Duffy. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox & Co., 1975. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Connecticut Biography at FamilySearch Research Wiki
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Part Two: Census


Copy & Paste Census Records for Connecticut 

       
*[[Connecticut Census|Connecticut Census]] at FamilySearch Research Wiki



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Part Three: Court Records


Copy & Paste Court Records for Connecticut 

*'''1636-1945''' {{FSC|3744705|item|disp=Records of the Judicial Department (Part A): Court Records in the Connecticut State Library, 1636-1945}}(*) Connecticut State Library at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
*[https://www.jud.ct.gov/ State of Connecticut Judicial Branch-Media-How to Obtain Court Records] at jud.ct.gov, ($)
*[[Connecticut Court Records|Connecticut Court Records]] at FamilySearch Research Wiki



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Part Four: Newspapers


Copy & Paste Newspaper Records for Connecticut 

*'''1700s''' {{FSC|234511|item|disp=Connecticut Newspapers in the Eighteenth Century}}(*) by Jarvis Means Morse, 1899 at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Connecticut List of Newspapers in Connecticut] at Wikipedia
*[https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Register-Manual/Section-X/The-Press-of-Connecticut---Newspapers The Press of Connecticut - Newspapers] at portal.ct.gov
*[[Connecticut Newspapers|Connecticut Newspapers]] at FamilySearch Research Wiki



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Part Five: Obituaries


Copy & Paste Obituary Records for Connecticut 

*'''1629-1934''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2900/ Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
*'''1977-2014''' {{FSC|2452633|item|disp=Connecticut Obituaries, 1977-2014}}(*) NewsBank (Naples, Florida) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
*[[Connecticut Obituaries|Connecticut Obituaries]] at FamilySearch Research Wiki
*[[United States Obituaries|United States Obituaries]] at FamilySearch Research Wiki



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Part Six: Tax Records


Copy & Paste Tax Records for Connecticut 

*'''1862-1866''' {{FSC|577864|item|disp=Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Connecticut, 1862-1866}}(*) United States. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, United States. National Archives and Records Administration (Repository),  at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
*'''1915-1926''' {{FSC|598656|item|disp=Estate Record Card Index, 1915-1926}}(*) Connecticut. Inheritance Tax Division at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
*[[Connecticut Taxation|Connecticut Taxation]] at FamilySearch Research Wiki



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