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In New England the town clerk is the principal record keeper on the local level. The earliest records are called proprietors' records. | In [[New England]] the town clerk is the principal record keeper on the local level. The earliest records are called proprietors' records. | ||
Town records may contain births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemetery records, appointments, earmarks, estrays (stray animals), freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote), land records, mortgages, name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, tax lists, town meeting minutes, voter registrations, and "warning outs" (of town). | Town records may contain births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemetery records, appointments, earmarks, estrays (stray animals), freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote), land records, mortgages, name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, tax lists, town meeting minutes, voter registrations, and "warning outs" (of town). | ||
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The Family History Library has microfilms of many Connecticut town records from the creation of the town to the early 1920s. | The Family History Library has microfilms of many Connecticut town records from the creation of the town to the early 1920s. | ||
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