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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Connecticut|Connecticut ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Connecticut_Church_Records|Church Records]]''  
''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Connecticut|Connecticut ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Connecticut_Church_Records|Church Records]]''  


The [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational Church]] was predominant in early [[Connecticut|Connecticut]] and was [http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/Connecticut.pdf the state church until 1818]. Other prominent churches in the state are the [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]] and [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]] churches (colonial period), and the [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] and [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]] churches (19th century).  
The [[Congregational Church in the United States|Congregational Church]] was predominant in early Connecticut and was [http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/Connecticut.pdf the state church until 1818]. Other prominent churches in the state are the [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]] and [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]] churches (colonial period), and the [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] and [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]] churches (19th century).  


More than 600 churches have deposited their records with the [[Connecticut State Library|Connecticut State Library]]. Most of these records are on microfilm at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. Some of these records are indexed in a card index prepared by the [[Connecticut State Library|Connecticut State Library]]. This index was microfilmed in 1949: {{FHL|19954|item}} 0002806-74. A useful guide to this collection is ''List of Church Records in the Connecticut State Library'' (Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1976. {{FHL|178132|item}} 974.6 A1 no. 14; {{FHL|273473|item}} 1033856 item 9  
More than 600 churches have deposited their records with the [[Connecticut State Library|Connecticut State Library]]. Most of these records are on microfilm at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. Some of these records are indexed in a card index prepared by the [[Connecticut State Library|Connecticut State Library]]. This index was microfilmed in 1949: {{FHL|19954|item}} 0002806-74. A useful guide to this collection is ''List of Church Records in the Connecticut State Library'' (Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1976. {{FHL|178132|item}} 974.6 A1 no. 14; {{FHL|273473|item}} 1033856 item 9  
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