1: Research and Records
2: Archives and Libraries
3: Vital and Census Records
4: Church and Cemetery Records
5: Emigration and Immigration
6: Military Records
7: Probate, Land and Court
8: Maps and Gazetteers
9: Newspapers
10: Get Help
Translation Tips
Music
[ Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Washington D.C. Puerto Rico ]
Goal 4: Learn about Connecticut church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Connecticut church records.
Summary
- Find Connecticut church information by denomination.
- Search Connecticut church records at the county level.
- Get an overview of Connecticut church records in these articles.
FS—Connecticut Church Records
AC—Connecticut Church Records - Explore additional links for Connecticut church records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore church record resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
Record Search Practice |
Dolly Litchfield is mentioned in a Connecticut church record. Use the "AC: Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was Dolly admitted as a church member?
- What was her marital status at that time?
- What was here church standing in 1880?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Dolly" as the first name and "Litchfield" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Record for Dolly Litchfield.
- Read the information for the Litchfield entries.
- Dolly was admitted on July 2, 1854.
- She was a widow ("wid.").
- In 1880 Dolly had been dismissed from the church ("dism.").
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore Connecticut cemetery records.
Summary
- Find cemetery records for Connecticut ancestors from a number of sources.
- Explore Connecticut cemetery records in this article.
FS—Connecticut Cemetery Records - Browse the
Interment.net site for Connecticut cemetery records. - Search for Connecticut cemetery records online.
- Explore Connecticut cemetery records on the AccessGenealogy site.
- Explore additional links for Connecticut cemetery records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore the Tombstone Transcription Project on the U.S. GenWeb site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- See additional cemetery resources on the Connecticut Linkpendium site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Connecticut Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T=GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
Click here for a printable map of counties.