Connecticut Probate Records: Difference between revisions

===Online Resources===

*'''1635-1750''' {{FHL|209438|item|disp=A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records}}(*); by Charles William Manwaring; at FamilySearch Catalog - images only

*'''1665''' [http://www.archive.org/stream/publicrecordsofc001conn#page/n5/mode/2up The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665] at Archive.org - images only; Early Colonial "Wills and Inventories" can be found on pages 442-508

*'''1787-1880''' {{FHL|141959|item|disp=Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only

*'''1881-1915''' {{FHL|606675|item|disp=Probate Estate Files, 1881-1915}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only

For further information about the probate process, types of probate records, analyzing probate records, and to access a glossary of probate terms, see [[United States Probate Records]].  

*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 original volumes, 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 concerning the district boundaries. A digital version of the three volume set is available online at Internet Archive:<br>[http://archive.org/stream/digestofearlycon00manw#page/n1/mode/2up Volume 1] (1635-1700), [http://archive.org/stream/adigestearlycon01manwgoog#page/n4/mode/2up Volume 2] (1700-1729), [http://archive.org/stream/adigestearlycon01unkngoog#page/n8/mode/2up Volume 3] (1729-1750). <br>(FHL book 974.6 P2m; CD-ROM no. 2872).

*''General Index to Probate Records: All Districts in Connecticut 1641-1948''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957-1958. (On 67 FHL films {{FHL|354857|title-id|disp=166000-66}}). There is a separate index for the Hartford Probate District 1800-1920.<ref>Kip Sperry, ''Connecticut Sources for Family Historians and Genealogists'' (Logan, UT : Everton, 1980), 86. {{WorldCat|18713830|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|676957|item|disp=FHL Book 974.6 D27s}}</ref>  Indexes the two collections of probate records below:

*''Probate Estate Files, 1881-1915.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990-1994. (On 577 FHL films beginning with {{FHL|606675|item|disp=1685090}}). Microfilm of original records in the Connecticut State Library. These microfilms only cover the Andover through New Haven Probate Districts. The New London through Woodstock Districts have not been filmed, however most of the records are either at the Connecticut State Library or at the probate district court. The files may include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records. <br>

*''Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977-1979. (On 1,622 FHL films beginning with {{FHL|141959|item|disp=1015126}}) These files may include wills, codicils, bonds, applications and petitions, inventories, court orders, court returns, distributions, accounts of administration, receipts, and miscellaneous probate records.<br>

*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 and Parsons, 1850. ({{FHL|77969|item|disp=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 is available at [http://www.archive.org/stream/publicrecordsofc001conn#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive].<br>

*The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library] located in Salt Lake City, Utah has the records listed above in the [[Connecticut Probate Records#Statewide_Record_Collections|Statewide Record Collections]]. For collection details, see the [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. Use the "Place Search" option to search for a specific Connecticut county or town. Then look for the topic labeled "Probate Records."

*The [http://www.cslib.org/ Connecticut State Library] has created a helpful online research guide for determining Connecticut probate districts and available records, called [http://www.cslib.org/probate/index.htm ''Research Guide to Connecticut Probate Districts''].

*Kemp, Thomas J. ''Connecticut Researcher's Handbook.'' Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981. The book describes each of Connecticut's probate districts and contains a detailed list of available sources. {{FHL|175093|item|disp=FHL book 974.6 D23k}}

*Melnyk, Marcia D. ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research'', 4th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. [[http://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogists-handbook-for-new-england-research/oclc/42829198&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this book]. {{FHL|957031|item|disp=FHL book974 D27g}}

*[http://www.jud.state.ct.us/probate/ Connecticut Probate Court System] has a [http://www.jud.state.ct.us/probate/Redistrict/Directory2012.pdf list of courts] by district, by town, and by number with contact information for each court and a map of the districts. and [http://jud.ct.gov/lawlib/Law/probatelaw.htm explanations] of various aspects of probate law.

*Judgepeidia has a [http://www.jud.state.ct.us/probate/budget/CourtNames.pdf list of courts] with the number of the court and the county served by each.

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