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Discover your ancestors in The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and learn important details about their births, marriages, and deaths. The volumes span from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s.

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Discover your ancestors in The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and learn important details about their births, marriages, and deaths. The volumes span from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s.

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What can these records tell me?

This collection comprises 55 volumes of The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Within these records, you can discover vital information about your ancestor, such as marriage and death details. You may learn who performed your ancestor’s wedding. Perhaps the Reverend John Davenport, the co-founder of New Haven, married your ancestors. The records offer insight into the early inhabitants of Connecticut. For example, you can find one of the governors of the Connecticut Colony, Thomas Fitch. He is listed with his wife, Hannah Hall.

Results will provide you with a transcript and an image of the source material. Each transcript will vary in the amount of detail provided but most will provide the following:

  • First name(s)

  • Last name

  • Sex

  • Age

  • Birth year

  • Residence year

  • Migration year

  • Principal’s first name(s)

  • Principal’s last name

  • Relationship

  • Spouse’s first name(s)

  • Spouse’s last name

  • Father’s first name(s)

  • Father’s last name

  • Mother’s first name(s)

  • Mother’s last name

  • Event type

  • Event year

  • Event date

  • Town

The images may be able to provide you with additional details.

Discover more about these records

As explained in the introduction of these volumes, "General Lucius Barnes Barbour was the Connecticut Examiner of Public Records from 1911 to 1934 and in that capacity directed a project in which the vital records kept by the towns up to about 1850 were copied and abstracted. […] For this new project he hired several individuals who were experienced in copying old records and familiar with the old script."

The Barbour Collection in its entirety covers 137 towns and includes 14,333 typed pages. The year range covered varies from town to town, and some towns provided greater details than others.

Abbreviations used in this collection include

  • ae. – age

  • b. – born, birth

  • bd. -- buried

  • bp. – baptized

  • B.G. – burying ground

  • d. – died, day, or daughter

  • decd. – deceased

  • f. – father

  • h. – hour

  • J.P. – Justice of Peace

  • m. -- married or month

  • res. – resident

  • s. – son

  • st. – stillborn

  • TM – town meeting

  • V.D.M. – Voluns Dias (minister, one who serves God)

  • w. – wife

  • wid. – widow

  • wk. – week

  • y. – year

Please note that an individual may appear multiple times in the records. This is due, in part, to instances where multiple names were recorded for a given entry, such as a husband’s name appearing in his wife’s entry and the wife’s name appearing in the husband’s entry.

Titles included in this collection

The volumes in this collection are as follows, including places and years covered in each:

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 1 – covering Andover (1848-1879), Ashford (1710-1851), and Avon (1830-1851)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 2 – covering Barkhamsted (1779-1854), Berlin (1785-1850), Bethany (1832-1853), Bethlehem (1787-1851), Bloomfield (1835-1853), and Bozrah (1786-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 3 – covering Branford (1644-1850) and Bridgeport (1821-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 4 – covering Bristol (1785-1854), Brookfield (1788-1852), Brooklyn (1786-1850), and Burlington (1806-1852)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 5 – covering Canaan (1739-1852) and Canterbury (1703-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 6 – covering Canton (1806-1853), Chaplin (1822-1851), Chatham (1767-1854), Cheshire (1780-1840), Chester (1836-1852), Clinton (1838-1854), and Diary of Aaron G. Hurd - Clinton (1809-1878)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 7 – covering Colchester (1699-1850), Colebrook (1779-1810), Columbia (1804-1852), and Cornwall (1740-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 8 – covering Danbury (1685-1847), Darien (1820-1851), and Derby (1655-1852)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 9 – covering Durham (1708-1852), Eastford (1847-1851), and East Haddam (1743-1857)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 10 – covering East Hartford (1783-1853), East Haven (1700-1852), and East Lyme (1839-1853)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 11 – covering East Windsor (1768-1860), Ellington Part I (vital records 1786-1850), and Ellington Part II (marriage records 1820-1853)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 12 – covering Fairfield (1639-1850) and Farmington (1645-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 13 – covering Franklin (1786-1850) and Glastonbury (1690-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 14 – covering Goshen (1739-1854), Granby (1786-1850), and Greenwich (1640-1848)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 15 – covering Griswold (1815-1848) and Groton (1704-1853)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 16 – covering Guilford (1639-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 17 – covering Haddam (1668-1852), Hamden (1786-1854), and Hampton (1786-1851)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 18 – covering Hartland (1761-1848), Harwinton (1737-1854), and Hebron (1708-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 19 – covering Hartford (1635-1855)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 20 – covering Huntington (1789-1850), Kent (1739-1852), and Killingly (1708-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 21 – covering Killingworth (1667-1850), Ledyard (1836-1855), and Lisbon (1786-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 22 – covering Lebanon Volumes 1 & 2 (1700-1854) and Lebanon Vol. 3 (1700-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 23 – covering Litchfield (1719-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 24 – covering Lyme (1667-1852)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 25 – covering Madison (1826-1850), Manchester (1823-1853), Marlborough (1803-1852), Meriden (1806-1853), Middlebury (1807-1850), Monroe (1823-1854), Montville (1786-1850), and Naugatuck (1844-1853)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 26 – covering Middletown Part I (A-J 1651-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 27 – covering Middletown Part II (K-Z and no surname 1651-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 28 – covering Milford (1640-1850), New Canaan (1801-1854), and New Hartford (1740-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 29 – covering New London (1646-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 30 – covering New Milford (1712-1860), Norfolk (1758-1850), and North Stonington (1807-1852)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 31 – covering Newtown (1711-1852), North Branford (1831-1854), and North Haven (1786-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 32 – covering Norwalk (1651-1850) and Norwich (1847-1851)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 33 – covering Orange (1822-1850), Oxford (1798-1850), and Plainfield (1699-1852)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 34 – covering Plymouth (1795-1850) and Pomfret (1705-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, 35 – covering Preston Parts I & 2 (1687-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 36 – covering Portland (1841-1850), Prospect (1827-1853), Redding (1767-1852), and Ridgefield (1709-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 37 – covering Rocky Hill (1765-1854), Roxbury (1796-1835), Salem (1836-1852), and Salisbury (1741-1846)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 38 – covering Saybrook (1635-1850) and Sharon (1739-1865)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 39 – covering Sherman (1802-1850) and Simsbury (1670-1855)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 40 – covering Somers (1734-1850), Southbury (1787-1830), Southington (1779-1857), and South Windsor (1845-1851)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 41- covering Sterling (1794-1850) and Stratford (1639-1840)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 42 – covering Stamford (1641-1852)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 43 – covering Stonington (1658-1854)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 44 – covering Stafford (1719-1850) and Tolland (1715-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 45 – covering Suffield (1674-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 46 – covering Thompson (1785-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 47 – covering Torrington (1740-1850), Union (1734-1850), and Voluntown (1708-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 48 – covering Wallingford (1670-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 49 – covering Warren (1786-1850), Washington (1779-1854), Waterford (1801-1851), Watertown (1780-1850), and Westbrook (1840-1851)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 50 – covering Waterbury (1686-1853)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 51 – covering Weston (1787-1850), Westport (1835-1850), and Willington (1727-1851)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 52 – covering Wethersfield (1634-1868)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 53 – covering Wilton (1802-1850), Winchester (1771-1858), Wolcott (1796-1854), Woodbridge (1784-1832), Woodbury (1674-1850), and Woodstock (1848-1866)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 54 – covering Windham (1692-1850)

  • The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, volume 55 – covering Windsor (1637-1850)

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