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== Statewide Record Collections  ==
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*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,&nbsp;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&nbsp;boundaries. A digital version of the three volume set is&nbsp;available online&nbsp;at&nbsp;Internet Archive:<br>[http://www.archive.org/details/digestofearlycon00manw Volume 1] (1635-1700), [http://www.archive.org/details/adigestearlycon01manwgoog Volume 2] (1700-1729), [http://www.archive.org/details/adigestearlycon01unkngoog 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. (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,&nbsp;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&nbsp;boundaries. A digital version of the three volume set is&nbsp;available online&nbsp;at&nbsp;Internet Archive:<br>[http://www.archive.org/details/digestofearlycon00manw Volume 1] (1635-1700), [http://www.archive.org/details/adigestearlycon01manwgoog Volume 2] (1700-1729), [http://www.archive.org/details/adigestearlycon01unkngoog Volume 3] (1729-1750).


*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&nbsp;and&nbsp;Parsons, 1850. Early colonial "Wills and Inventories" can be found on pages 442-508. A digital version of this book&nbsp;is available at&nbsp;[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&nbsp;and&nbsp;Parsons, 1850. (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&nbsp;is available at&nbsp;[http://www.archive.org/stream/publicrecordsofc001conn#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive].


*The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (see [[Connecticut Public Records|Connecticut Public Records]]).<br><br>The Connecticut State Library's index to these records for 1641 to 1948 is&nbsp;available on microfilm&nbsp;at the Family History Library (FHL films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=354857&disp=General+index+to+probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 166000-66]).
*The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (see [[Connecticut Public Records|Connecticut Public Records]]).<br><br>The Connecticut State Library's index to these records for 1641 to 1948 is&nbsp;available on microfilm&nbsp;at the Family History Library (FHL films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=354857&disp=General+index+to+probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 166000-66]).
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