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Genealogy Research in tolland County, Connecticut

Research in Connecticut can be an exciting and rewarding experience. With records available for more than 400 years of the state's history, your family is sure to be found in a variety of records available online and at the many archives and libraries located throughout the state.

African American Genealogy

African-American Materials For Genealogy Research - CT State Library

African American Resources at the CHS African American Resources at the CHS

African American Resources for Connecticut - FamilySearch

American Indian Records in the National Archives - National Archives

Connecticut History - Search Results for Slavery

The Hometown's of Connecticut's African American Revolutionary War Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Research Guide to African-American Genealogical Resources

Archives and Libraries

Bentley Memorial Library

Booth & Dimock Memorial Library

Connecticut Archives and Libraries - FamilySearch

Connecticut State Library

Douglas Library Of Hebron

HathiTrust Digital Library - Tolland County, Connecticut

Hall Memorial Library

Library of Congress - Tolland County, Connecticut

Mansfield Public Library

Rockville Public Library

Saxton B. Little Free Library

Somers Public Library

Stafford Library Association

Town Of Tolland Public Library

Union Free Public Library

Willington Public Library

Bible Records

Connecticut Bible Records - FamilySearch

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Family Bible Records

Biographies

CTGenWeb Project - Tolland County, Connecticut Biographies

Connecticut Biography - FamilySearch

Connecticut Roots - Tolland County, Connecticut Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Biographies

cemeteries

Census records

Access Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Census

Connecticut Census - FamilySearch

CTGenWeb Project - Tolland County, Connecticut Census Records

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Census Records

Rays-Place.com - Tolland, Tolland, CT 1790 Census

Tolland County, Connecticut Census Records

Tolland County, Connecticut Federal Census Index

church Records

Congregational Library & Archives - General Association of Connecticut

Connecticut Church Records - FamilySearch

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Church Records

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Church Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Church Records

USGenWeb Archives - Tolland County, Connecticut Church Records

court records

Connecticut Court Records - FamilySearch

Connecticut Roots - Tolland County, Connecticut Court Records

Tolland County, Connecticut Courthouse Records

USGenWeb Archives - Tolland County, Connecticut Court Records

directories

Connecticut Directories - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut City Directories

disasters

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Hurricane, September 21, 1938

GenDisasters - Andover, CT Crushed by Bulldozer, Nov 1956

GenDisasters - Somers, CT Lumber Mill Accident, Apr 1895

GenDisasters - Union, CT Auto Accident, Apr 1931

Estate Records

Connecticut Probate Records - FamilySearch

Connecitcut Roots - Tolland County, Connecticut Wills

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Wills

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County CT Probate Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Wills & Probate Records

history

immigration and Naturalization Records

Connecticut Emigration and Immigration - FamilySearch

Connecticut Naturalization and Citizenship - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Immigration Records

Land Records

BLM GLO Records - Tolland County, Connecticut

Connecticut Land and Property - FamilySearch

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Deeds

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Land Records

USGenWeb Archives - Tolland County, Connecticut Deeds & Land

maps

Connecticut Maps - FamilySearch

CTGenWeb Project - Tolland County, Connecticut Maps

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Maps

Historic Map Works - Tolland County, Connecticut Maps

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Map Records

Tolland County, Connecticut, United States Map - Histopolis

miscellaneous records

CTGenWeb Project - Tolland County, Connecticut Links

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Documents

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Letters/Correspondence

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Manuscripts

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Miscellaneous Records

Tolland County, Connecticut External Links

Tolland County, Connecticut Resources

Tolland County, Connecticut, United States Links - Histopolis

Tolland, CT Migrations Project

military Records

Connecticut Military Records - FamilySearch

Connecticut Roots - Tolland County, Connecticut Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Military Records

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Military Records

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tolland County, Connecticut

New Horizons Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Military Records

USGenWeb Archives - Tolland County, Connecticut Military Records

municipalities

Connecticut Town Records - FamilySearch

CTGenWeb Project - Tolland County, Connecticut Cities & Towns

Living Places - Tolland County, Connecticut

New Horizons Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Cities & Towns

Tolland County, Connecticut, United States Cities - Histopolis

Tolland County, Connecticut, United States Towns - Histopolis

native American Genealogy

Access Genealogy - Connecticut Indian Tribes

Connecticut Genealogy - The Indians Of Connecticut

Connecticut Indians in the War of Independence - JSTOR

Indigenous Peoples of Connecticut - FamilySearch

Internet Archive - The Composition of Algonkin Geographical Names by J. Hammond Trumbull

Internet Archive - Some Help for the Indians: A Catechism by the Rev. Abraham Pierson

Native American Research - CT State Library

Native American Tribes & the Indian History in Tolland, Connecticut

newspapers

Connecticut Newspapers - FamilySearch

Connecticut Periodicals - FamilySearch

Connecticut Roots - Tolland County, Connecticut Newspaper Articles

CT State Library - Tolland County Newspapers

Digital Commonweath - Tolland County, Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Newspaper Gleanings

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Newspaper Records

obituaries

Connecticut Roots - Tolland County, Connecticut Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Tolland County, Connecticut Obituaries & Death Notices

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Obituaries

Obituary Index - Tolland County, Connecticut

USGenWeb Archives - Tolland County, Connecticut Obituaries

photos

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Photographs

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Postcards

Digital Commonwealth - Tolland County, Connecticut Albums/Scrapbooks

FamilyOldPhotos.com - Tolland County, Connecticut

school Records

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut School Records

societies

Bolton Historical Society - Tolland County, Connecticut

Connecticut Historical Society

Connecticut Society of Genealogists

The Coventry Historical Society

Mansfield Historical Society - Dedicated to Preserving and Publishing Information on the History of Mansfield Connecticut

Tolland Historical Society

Vernon Historical Society

tax Records

Connecticut Taxation - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Tolland County, Connecticut Tax Records

vital records

connecticut Counties

Many Connecticut family records can be found online and at large state level archives and libraries in Hartford. Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, town clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in Connecticut. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in Connecticut. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in Connecticut have changed over the past few hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of Connecticut's 8 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

County

Formation Date

1666

1751

1785

1666

1785

1726

County Seat

Bridgeport

Hartford

Litchfield

Middletown

New Haven

New London

Rockville

Willimantic & Putnam

Parent County

Original county

Fairfield, Hartford & New Haven

Hartford & New London

Original county

Hartford & Windham

Hartford & New London

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