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Connecticut Vital Records

Search free Connecticut vital records online, including, birth, marriage and death records and information on how and where to obtain copies. We have perhaps the largest collection of early connecticut vital records prior to 1850, for your genealogy and family history research.


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Connecticut Vital Records Information

The Connecticut Department of Public Health’s State Vital Records Office maintains the statewide registries for births, deaths, marriages and fetal deaths for all vital events occurring in Connecticut from July 1, 1897 to present.

Each Connecticut town operates a vital records office that issues certificates for birth, death, marriage, and fetal death events that occurred in that town. The towns also retain copies of birth, death, marriage, and fetal death certificates for events occurring in Connecticut to persons who were a resident of that town at the time of the event.

The Connecticut State Library maintains indexes and some collections of historical vital records which may help identify where an event took place.


Statewide Connecticut Vital Records Online

The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records is perhaps the greatest source of old Connecticut vital records prior to 1850. The Barbour Collection includes Connecticut birth, marriage and death records.


Connecticut Vital Records Online

Our collection of Connecticut vital records specializes in Connecticut vital records prior to 1850, including birth, marriage and death records. If you don't find what you are looking for here, you may want to check out our large collection of Connecticut Church Records. Here you will find "Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records prior to 1800," by Frederic Bailey, the most complete collection extant of printed Connecticut church marriage records to 1800. A seven-volume work solely of Connecticut church records.


U.S. Vital Records Collections That Include Connecticut