Academic Awards, Board for, description
Acadians, genealogical resources
Accountancy, Board of, description
acts. See under law and legislation
Adjutant General. See Military Department, description
administrative code (state agency regulations)
Administrative Services, Department of, description
Adult Probation, Office of, description
aerial photographs
Aeronautics, Department of, description
African-American Affairs Commission, description
genealogical resources, research guide
Litchfield County court records, minorities, 1753-1854, finding aid
New London County court records, finding aid
slavery in Connecticut, research guide
Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment
William Webb, Civil War soldier, on-line exhibit
Aging, Commission on, description
Aging, Department on, description
Agricultural Experiment Station, description
agriculture
Agriculture and Natural Resources. Department of.
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, Department of
Agriculture, Department of
records, 1866-1978, finding aid
air raid shelter survey, Waterbury, 1941-1942, records, finding aid
Albany Avenue Child Guidance Center, history
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, description
Alcoholism, Commission on
Allyn, Millicent J., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
alternate energy sources, pathfinder
Andover, town records, finding aid
Appellate Court. See under Courts
Appropriations Committee, records, finding aid
Architectural Examining Board. See Architectural Licensing Board, description
Architectural Licensing Board, description
Architectural Registration Board
Architectural Survey by WPA (Works Progress Administration)
architecture. see buildings and structures
archives. See State Archives
Army-Navy Club of Connecticut, records, finding aid
art and artists inventory project (WPA Federal Art Project)
Arts and Crafts Club of Hartford, records, finding aid
Arts, Connecticut Commission on the
records, 1962-1978, finding aid
Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, Commission on, description
Ashford, town records, finding aid
Athletic Commission, description
attorneys, biographical information
Atwood, Howland F., Genealogical Collection, finding aid
Auditors of Public Accounts, description
Avon, town records, finding aid
Baldwin, Raymond E., Governor
gubernatorial records, finding aids
Baldwin, Roger Sherman, Governor, biography
Baldwin, Simeon E., Governor, biography
Banking, Department of
records, 1865-1971, finding aid
Barber, Thomas, descendants, Windsor, finding aid
Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Connecticut Examining Board for, description
Barbour, Lucius A. (collector). Genealogical and Historical Notes, finding aid
Barbour, Lucius B., Genealogical Collection, finding aid
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records (1600s-ca.1850)
Barkhamsted, town records, finding aid
Bassett, Frank G., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Bassett and allied families, genealogical notes, finding aid
Beach, Alfred H., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Benham, Estelle, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Berlin, town records, finding aid
Berry family, photographs and genealogical records, finding aid
Bethany, town records, finding aid
Bible and Family Records Index
Bingham, Theodore A., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Biographical Sketches collection
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography/Obituary Newpaper Clipping File, 1939-date
General Assembly members, 1776-date
History and Genealogy Biography Vertical File
Birge (Willis H.) Financial Papers, finding aid
birth records. See vital records
Blacks. See African-Americans
Blind, Board of Education and Services for the, description
Blinn Family, genealogical papers, finding aid
Bliss Family genealogy, records finding aid
Bloomfield, town records, finding aid
Blue Book (State Register and Manual)
Board of Governors for Higher Education
Boardman, William F. J., Collection, genealogical records, finding aid
Boating Safety Commission, description
Bolton, town records, finding aid
Bond Commission, State, description
boroughs, cities and towns. See municipalities
boundaries
boundary commissions, records, 1821-1962, finding aid
Colonial boundaries, archival records
Bowles, Chester, gubernatorial records, 1949-1951, finding aid
Bozrah, town records, finding aid
Bradley International Airport, pathfinder
Bridgewater, town records, finding aid
Brookfield, town records, finding aid
Brooklyn, town records, finding aid
Buck, Howard M., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
budget. See state budget
See also housing; State Building Code
historic houses, research guide to old house resources
WPA Architectural Survey, Census of Old Buildings
Bulkeley, Morgan G., Governor, biography
Burlington, town records, finding aid
Business Advocate, Office of the, description
Business Regulation, Department of, description
Calkins Family, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Canaan, town records, finding aid
Canadians, genealogical resources
Canterbury, town records, finding aid
Canton, town records, finding aid
See also State Capitol, Hartford (building)
Capitol Commissioners, 1871-1880, records finding aid
Care and Treatment of the Chronically Ill, Aged and Infirm, Commission on the
Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. Necrology of New London, finding aid
Cedarcrest Sanatorium/Cedarcrest Regional Hospital, description
cemeteries
Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
records from headstones, WPA project
census sources
Chaplin, town records, finding aid
Liberties and Legends (museum exhibit)
Charter Oak State College, description
Charter of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662
See also Charter Oak; constitutions
Cheshire, town records, finding aid
Cheshire Reformatory. See Connecticut Reformatory, description
Chester, town records, finding aid
Chief Medical Examiner, Office of, description
Chief State's Attorney. See Criminal Justice, Division of, description
Child Advocate, Office of the, description
Child Protection, Commission on, description
child support and arrearage guidelines
children
temporary homes, county records finding aid
Children and Families, Department of, description
Children and Youth Services, Department of
Children, Commission on, description
Chiropody, Board of Examiners in
Chronically Ill, Aged and Infirm, Commission on the Care and Treatment of the, description
church records
Vosburgh Collection of New York State Church Records
circuit breaker tax relief program
Circus Fire, Hartford, July 6, 1944
cities, towns and boroughs. See municipalities
Civil Administration Code, Commission on, records, 1915-1921, finding aid
Civil Defense, Office of, description
Civil Preparedness, Office of, description
Civil Service Commission, records, 1913-1921, finding aid
Civil War, 1861-1865
Army-Navy Club of Connecticut, records, finding aid
Civil War Centennial Commission, records, 1959-1965, finding aid
Deceased Veterans Discharge Files, 1882-1936
Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Connecticut, records, finding aid
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, CT. Div., records, finding aid
Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment
William Webb, Civil War soldier, on-line exhibit
Claims Commissioner, Office of the, description
Clean Air Commission, description
Cleveland, Edmund Janes, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Clinton, town records, finding aid
Coat of Arms Collection, finding aid
Coit Family Collection, finding aid
Colchester, town records, finding aid
College Club of Hartford, records, finding aid
colleges and universities, statistics
Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776
See also Great Seal (State Seal); Original Seal
Colonial wars, resources at CSL, research guide
Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
pictorial collection, circa 1864-1961, finding aid
records, 1810-1980, finding aid
Columbia, town records, finding aid
Commercial Recording Division (Secretary of the State)
Common Schools, Board of Commissioners of
Common Schools, Superintendent of
Community Affairs, Department of, description
community-technical colleges, description
Compensation Commissioners, Board of
CONCORD (commercial recording database)
condemnation of land (eminent domain)
Congress. See United States Congress
Connecticut
Connecticut Agricultural College
Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, description
Connecticut Child Study and Treatment Home, history
Connecticut Children's Place, description
Connecticut Colony for Epileptics
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, description
Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire
Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic
Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers
Connecticut Development Authority, description
Connecticut Development Commission
Connecticut Employees' Merit Award Board
Connecticut Energy Agency, description
Connecticut General Statutes. See under law and legislation
Connecticut government. See state government
Connecticut Heritage Foundation
Connecticut Historical Commission
records, 1776-1987, finding aid
Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, description
Connecticut Indian Affairs Council, description
See also Native Americans
Connecticut Industrial School for Girls. See Long Lane School
Connecticut Juvenile Training School, description
Connecticut Library Association, records, finding aid
Connecticut Licensing Information Center
Connecticut Lottery Corporation, description
Connecticut Magazine, The, records, 1896-1910, finding aid
Connecticut Mortgage Authority
See also newspapers
Connecticut Peace Society, records, 1910-1921, finding aid
Connecticut Reformatory, Cheshire, description
Connecticut River Bridge and Highway District Commission, records, 1879-1949, finding aid
Connecticut Safety Commission, description
Connecticut School for Boys, Meriden
records, 1855-1995, finding aid
Connecticut School for Imbeciles at Lakeville
Connecticut State Capitol Preservation and Restoration Commission. See State Capitol
Connecticut State Depository Library Program
Connecticut State Hospital for the Insane. See Connecticut Valley Hospital
See also libraries
Ex Libris Club, records, 1912-1951, finding aid
history
building commission, records, 1904-14, finding aid
Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court building
State Library and Supreme Court Club, records, 1971-1987, finding aid
Connecticut State University, description
Connecticut Tax Study Commission, records, 1966-1967, finding aid
Connecticut Tourism Council, description
Connecticut Training School for Feebleminded at Lakeville, description
Connecticut Transportation Authority, description
Connecticut Valley Hospital (Connecticut State Hospital for the Insane)
Connecticut Wholesale Milk Producers' Council, description
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, finding aid
Connecticut's Future, Commission on, description
See also Fundamental Orders, 1638-1639 (First Constitution of Connecticut)
Charter of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662
Constitution of 1818
constitutional convention, records
Constitution of the State of Connecticut, 1965
Amendments, with legislative histories
Journal of the Constitutional Convention of Connecticut, 1965
sex discrimination amendment, People for Question #1 (political committee)
Constitution of the United States and Amendments
Consumer Counsel, Office of, description
Consumer Protection, Department of, description
contracts, right of rescission
Control, Board of. See Policy and Management, Office of
Cooke, Lorrin A., Governor, biography
Cornwall, town records, finding aid
corporations
Commercial Recording Division (Secretary of the State)
CONCORD (commercial recording database)
Correction, Department of, description
See also Pardons and Parole, Board of; Pardons, Board of; Parole, Board of
Connecticut Reformatory, description
Jail Administration, State, description
jails, county records finding aid
State Prison, Somers, description
York Correctional Institution, description
cosmeticians, examining board for
counties
See also specific counties
records, 1792-1961, finding aid
See also Judicial Branch; law and legislation; probate courts
history (Judicial Branch web site)
judges, biographical information
Litchfield County Court records, finding aids
New London County Court records, finding aids
cases (civil/family, housing and small claims cases)
Coventry, town records, finding aid
Cowles Family, genealogical chart, finding aid
Crandall, Prudence, State Heroine
crime
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Criminal Justice Commission, description
criminal justice, digital library of state publications
Criminal Justice, Division of, description
criminal law, legislative history
Cromwell, town records, finding aid
Cross, Wilbur L., Governor
gubernatorial records, 1931-1939, finding aid
Culture and Tourism, Connecticut Commission on, description
Custody, Divorce and Children, Commission on, description
Dairy and Food Commissioner, description
Dams, Dikes and Reservoirs, State Board of Supervision of, description
Danbury, town records, finding aid
Daughters of 1812, Connecticut Society, records, finding aid
Daughters of the American Revolution, records, finding aids
Family Records of Connecticut Chapters
Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter (Enfield, Conn.)
Ruth Wyllys Chapter (Hartford, Conn.)
Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Commission on the, description
death records. See vital records
Defense, Council of, records, 1917-1919, finding aid
DeLuca, Louis. see Bipartisan Senate Committee of Review, records, finding aid
Demolition, State Commission on, description
Dempsey, John, gubernatorial records, 1955-1971, finding aid
Denslow, Benjamin, American Revolution soldier, life and family history, finding aid
Dental Commission, State
records, 1893-1950, finding aid
depository library programs
Derby, town records, finding aid
Developmental Disabilities, Connecticut Council on, description
Developmental Services, Department of
Dimmick family records, finding aid
Disabilities, Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with, description
Domestic Animals, Commissioner on, description
drugs
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
drunk driving
Durham, town records, finding aid
Early General Records (colonial and early statehood records)
East Granby, town records, finding aid
East Haddam, town records, finding aid
East Hampton, town records, finding aid
East Hartford, town records, finding aid
East Haven, town records, finding aid
East Lyme, town records, finding aid
East Windsor, town records, finding aid
See also Grant, Roswell, papers, 1735-1899, finding aid
Economic and Community Development, Department of
Economic Development, Department of
Economic Opportunity, Office of, description
elementary and secondary education, statistics
Education, Joint Standing Committee on, records, finding aid
Education, State Department of, description
Educational Technology, Connecticut Commission for, description
effective dates of public and special acts
Elderly Persons, Commission for Services for
elderly persons, property tax relief for
Election Laws Commission, records, 1939-1941, finding aid
See also State Elections Enforcement Commission, description
Electrologists, Board of Examiners of, description
electronic government information
Embalmers and Funeral Directors, Board of Examiners of
records, 1903-1929, finding aid
emblems. See state emblems
Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Department of, description
Emergency Management, Office of, description
Emergency Relief Commission
Employment, State Emergency Committee on
energy use in Connecticut, pathfinder
Environment Committee, task forces, records, finding aid
Environmental Protection, Department of
air, waste and water records, finding aid
Central Office, records, finding aid
natural resources and outdoor recreation records, finding aid
Environmental Quality, Council on, description
epileptics. see Connecticut Colony for Epileptics
Etherington Commission, 1971, records, finding aid
ethics in government
State Ethics, Office of, description
Ex Libris Club, records, 1912-1951, finding aid
Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, records, finding aid
No. Three (Equal Opportunity in State Contracts)
No. 7A (State Contracting Standards Board)
No. 7B (State Contracting Standards Board)
No. Sixteen (Violence in the Workplace)
No. Seventeen (Equal Opportunity in State Contracts)
Factory Inspector, Office of. See Labor, Department of
Fairfield County, records, finding aid
Fairfield County Home (tuberculosis sanatorium). See Laurel Heights
Family Support, Office of, records, 2001-2004, finding aid
Farmington, town records, finding aid
Farms and Markets, Department of
Faxon, Walter Collyer, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Federal Depository Library Program
Feeble-Minded, Connecticut Training School for
Filer Committee report on state government structure, records, finding aid
Film, Video and Media Commission and Film, Video and Media Office, description
Finance and Control, Board of. See Policy and Management, Office of
Finance and Control, Department of. See Policy and Management, Office of
Finance, Board of. See Policy and Management, Office of
Fire Fighting Personnel Standards and Education, description
Fire Prevention and Control, Commission on, description
Fire Safety Code and regulations
firearms. See Colt Firearms Collection
Firearms Permit Examiners, Board of, description
First Constitution of Connecticut, 1638-1639. See Fundamental Orders, 1638-1639
Fiscal Study Commission, State, 1956-1957, records, finding aid
Fisheries and Game, State Board of
records, 1911-1990, finding aid
Fitch, Thomas, Governor, biography
Fitch’s Home for Soldiers and Orphans, 1863-1940
See also Veterans' Home and Hospital
Deceased Veterans Discharge Files, 1882-1936
Flood Control and Water Policy Commission, description
Flood Recovery Committee, records, 1955-1956, finding aid
1936, photographs, finding aid
1938, photographs, finding aid
1955
Food and Drug Commissioner, description
Foote Family papers, 1728-1867, finding aid
Forestry Department, records, 1908-1940, finding aid
Forests and Wildlife, Commission on, description
Forfeited Rights, Commission on
records, 1949-1975, finding aid
Founders and Patriots of America, Order of the, Conn. Society, records finding aid
Founders of Hartford and Founders Monument
Founding documents. See historic documents
Franklin, town records, finding aid
Freedom of Information Commission, description
Freeman family, East Hartford, genealogical papers, finding aid
French-Canadians
mariages de la paroisse St. Anne of Waterbury, 1886-1982, finding aid
Frisbie-Frisbee Family Association of America, Inc., Collection, 1713-2006
Fuel, Advisory Committee on, records, 1947-1948, finding aid
Fundamental Orders, 1638-1639 (First Constitution of Connecticut)
Gaines, David N., genealogical papers, finding aid
See also biographical information; vital records; specific family names
ancestral registers, index to, by Algot G. Stenberg, finding aid
Coat of Arms Collection, finding aid
Connecticut families
Small Genealogical Collections, finding aid
Special Genealogy Files, finding aid
Daughters of the American Revolution, Conn. Chapters, Family Records, finding aid
genealogical and hereditary societies
genealogical collections in State Archives, finding aids
Genealogical Index Search Service
local, county and state histories with genealogical information
See also law and legislation
Appropriations Committee, records, finding aid
Bipartisan Senate Committee of Review, records, finding aid
Education Committee, records, finding aid
Environment Committee, task forces, records, finding aid
Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, records, finding aid
Judiciary Committee, records, finding aid
Select Committee of Inquiry, finding aid
General Hospital for the Insane
General Statutes of Connecticut. see under law and legislation
See also aerial photographs
Geological and Natural History Survey, description
George Washington Bicentennial Commission, records, 1931-1933, finding aid
Geospatial Information Systems Council, description
Germans, genealogical resources
gift certificates and gift cards
Glastonbury, town records, finding aid
Goold, Marshall Newton, ancestral chart of Mary Haskell Wyman Goold, finding aid
Goshen, genealogy. See Norton, Lewis Mills, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
government
See also municipalities; state government
Government Administration and Elections Committee, records, finding aid
Government Information and Reference Services Unit
Government Reorganization, Commission to Effect, 1991-1992, records, finding aid
governors
See also Executive Orders; individual governors, e.g., Rowland, John G.
Office of the Governor, 1630-2004, records, finding aid
roster and biographies, 1639-present
Governor's Commission on Services and Expenditures, 1971, records, finding aid
Governor's Commission on Tax Reform, records, 1972, finding aid
Governor's Foot Guard, First Company, description
Governor's Foot Guard, Second Company, description
Governor's Horse Guard, First Company, description
Governor's Horse Guard, Second Company, description
Governor's Metropolitan Traffic Committee, records, 1953-1955, finding aid
Gowdy, Mahlon Myron, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Gozzo family, genealogical records, finding aid
Granby, town records, finding aid
Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Connecticut, records, finding aid
Grant, Roswell, papers, 1735-1899, finding aid
Grasso, Ella, Governor
gubernatorial records, 1971-1982, finding aid
See also Colonial Seal; Original Seal
Greater Bridgeport Children's Services Center, history
Greenwich, town records, finding aid
Griffin, Duane N., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Griswold, town records, finding aid
Griswold, Matthew, Governor, biography
Groton, town records, finding aid
Guilford, town records, finding aid
guns. See Colt Firearms Collection; Firearms Permit Examiners, Board of, description
Haddam, town records, finding aid
hairdressers, examining board for
Hamden, town records, finding aid
Hampton, town records, finding aid
Harding Family, genealogical chart, finding aid
Hartford, city of
Circus Fire, July 6, 1944, research guide
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, records, finding aid
Hartford City Guard, records, 1861-1917, finding aid
Hartford City Guard Veteran Association, records, 1861-1925, finding aid
Hartford County, records, finding aid
Hartford County Home for the Care and Treatment of Persons Suffering from Tuberculosis
Historical Hartford Courant, 1764-1922
Historical Hartford Courant, 1923-1984
Hartford Housing Authority investigation, 1940-1951, finding aid
Hartford Woman's Club, records, 1896-1923, finding aid
Hartland, town records, finding aid
Haynes, John, Governor, biography
Healing Arts, State Board of, description
records, 1973-1998, finding aid
Health, Connecticut Board of. See Public Health, Department of
Health, Department of. See Public Health, Department of
Health Services, Department of. See Public Health, Department of
Healthcare Advocate, Office of the, description
Hebron, town records, finding aid
Henry D. Altobello Children and Youth Center, history
heraldry. See Coat of Arms Collection, finding aid
High Meadows (hospital), history
Higher Education, Department of, description
Highway Safety Commission
See also Merritt Parkway
highways and highway congestion, pathfinder
state agencies for, description
Hill, James Willoughby, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
historic buildings. See buildings and structures
Founding Documents, digital collection
historic document preservation grant program
historical societies
History Detectives (television program), at State Library
Connecticut Archives, 1629-1820
Early General Records (colonial and early statehood records)
Federal and early national period (1789-1818)
post-Civil War to World War II
Hobby family, genealogical papers, finding aid
Homeland Security, Division of, description
Hopkins, Edward, Governor, biography
Hospitals and Health Care, Commission on, description
Housatonic Adolescent Hospital, history
House of Representatives (state)
houses, historic. See buildings and structures
Housing, Department of, records, 1943-1994, finding aid
state departments, description
Temporary State Housing Rent Commission, records, 1942-1956, finding aid
how a bill becomes a law in Connecticut
Howard, Lawrence C., genealogical records, finding aid
Hubbard Family Association Records, finding aid
Hubby, Rollin Germain, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Hulbert family. See Flora E. Shira, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Hull-Harper Commission, records finding aid
Human Resources, Department of, description
Human Rights and Opportunities, Commission on, description
Human Services, Council on
records, 1973-1977, finding aid
Human Services Reorganization Commission, records, 1977-1979, finding aid
Humane and Welfare Institutions Building Program Commission
Huntington, Samuel, Governor, biography
Hurley, Robert A.
gubernatorial records, 1941-1943, finding aid
hypertrichologists. See Electrologists, Board of Examiners of, description
Imbeciles, Connecticut School for
immigration
impeachment inquiry. See Rowland, John G., Governor, impeachment inquiry
Income Maintenance, Department of. See Social Services, Department of
Indian Affairs, Office of, records, 1836-1995, finding aid
Indians. See Native Americans
indoor air pollution. See sick building syndrome, pathfinder
Industrial Building Commission, description
industrial history
Connecticut Invents! education program
history of industry and commerce, research guide
Industrial School for Girls. See Long Lane School
Inebriates, Trustees of the State Fund for the Care of, description
Information Technology, Department of, description
Infrastructure, Governor's Task Force on, records, finding aid
insane, hospitals for. See mental health facilities
Insurance and Risk Management Board, State, description
Insurance Department, description
intellectual property, pathfinder
International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, records finding aid
inventions in Connecticut
jails. See corrections
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, Commission for, records, finding aid
judges, biographical information
See also courts
history, bibliography and chief justices
integration of judicial system, study commission records, 1943-1945, finding aid
Judicial Department, records, 1636-1991, finding aid
Judiciary Committee, records, finding aid
Juvenile Training School. See Connecticut Juvenile Training School, description
Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon, Genealogical Notes on Families of Litchfield, Connecticut, finding aid
Killingworth, town records, finding aid
Labor and Factory Inspection, Department of. See Labor, Department of
Labor Statistics, Bureau of. See Labor, Department of
LaMack, Hattie Reed, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
land condemnation (eminent domain)
Landscape Architects, Board of, description
Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, description
See also courts; General Assembly
current legislative information
effective dates of public and special acts
General Statutes of Connecticut
reference and conversion tables
Revision of 1902
how a bill becomes a law in Connecticut
legislative history
landmark legislation, histories
special acts
Index to Connecticut Special Acts, 1944-2008
private laws and special acts index, 1789-1943
Law and Legislative Reference Unit
Law, Jonathan, Governor, biography
lawyers. See attorneys, biographical information
League of Nations Association, Connecticut Branch, records, 1923-1944, finding aid
League of Women Voters of Connecticut, records, 1925-1955, finding aid
Lebanon, town records, finding aid
Ledyard, town records, finding aid
Leete, William, Governor, biography
legal advice. See legal reference policy
legislative history. See law and legislation
legislation. See law and legislation
legislators. See General Assembly
Lewis Family Collection (Lewisiana), finding aid
See also Connecticut State Library
Connecticut Library Association, records, finding aid
iCONN (Connecticut Digital Library)
Library Improvement, Committee on, records, 1963-1965, finding aid
statewide library catalog (reQuest)
library card for CSL, how to get
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Liquor Control Commission
records, 1932-1934, finding aid
Lisbon, town records, finding aid
genealogical notes on families, finding aid
Litchfield County, records, 1895-1960, finding aid
Litchfield County Court records, finding aids
local government. See municipalities
Lodge, John Davis, gubernatorial records, 1951-1955, finding aid
records, 1867-2000, finding aid
lottery. See Connecticut Lottery Corporation, description
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Commission for, records, finding aid
Madison, town records, finding aid
Manchester, town records, finding aid
Mansfield, town records, finding aid
Mansfield State Training School and Hospital
Manuscript Collections, finding aids
Manwaring, Charles William, genealogical papers, finding aid
maps
town planning maps, Department of Housing, c.1943-1980, finding aid
maritime cargo transport, pathfinder
Marlborough
See also Foote Family papers, 1728-1867, finding aid
marriage records. See vital records
McConaughy, James L., gubernatorial records, 1947-1948, finding aid
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, pathfinder
Medicolegal Investigations, Commission on
Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of
Mental Health, Department of
Greater Bridgeport Children's Services Center, history
Henry D. Altobello Children and Youth Center, history
High Meadows (hospital), history
Riverview Hospital for Children, history
Mental Retardation, Department of, description
See also Developmental Disabilities, Department of
mental retardation facilities
Connecticut School for Imbeciles at Lakeville
Mansfield State Training School and Hospital
Southbury Training School, description
Meriden, town records, finding aid
Meriden School for Boys. See Connecticut School for Boys
Meskill, Thomas J., Governor
gubernatorial records, 1967-1975, finding aid
Metropolitan District Commission, records, 1929, finding aid
Mexican War sources at CSL, research guide
Middlesex County, records, finding aid
Middletown, town records, finding aid
Milford, town records, finding aid
Military Affairs, Office of, description
records, 1917-1920, finding aid
Military Department, description
Military Order of Foreign Wars, Connecticut Commandery, records finding aid
milk and milk products
Connecticut Wholesale Milk Producers' Council, description
Milk Administrator, description
Milk Regulation Board, description
mill rate. See property taxes
Miller, David, and Clarissa Moore, of Torringford, ancestries of, finding aid
Miner, Sidney H., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Monday Afternoon Club, records finding aid
Monroe, town records, finding aid
Montgomery, Hugh, and Anna Roberts, correspondence, finding aid
Montville, town records, finding aid
Moore, Clarissa, and David Miller, of Torringford, ancestries of, finding aid
Morris, town records, finding aid
Motion Picture Film Commission
Motor Vehicles, Department of
Municipal Police Training Council
See also specific municipalities, e.g., Hartford
local government section of State Register and Manual
municipal government, pathfinder
planning maps, Department of Housing, c.1943-1980, finding aid
records of individual towns, finding aids
websites
Mystic Oral School for the Deaf, description
Mystic Oral School Task Force, records, 1983-1986, finding aid
names, personal. See genealogy
National Society United States Daughters of 1812. Conn. Society, records, finding aid
Connecticut Indian Affairs Council, description
Indian Affairs, Office of, records, 1836-1995, finding aid
Litchfield County Court records, Minorities, 1753-1854, finding aid
New London County Court records, Native-Americans, 1698-1855, finding aid
natural disasters
See also floods; hurricane, 1938
photo essays (Connecticut History Online)
naturalization records, research guide
Natureopathic Examiners, Board, of, description
Naugatuck, town records, finding aid
Negroes. See African-Americans
New Britain, town records, finding aid
New Fairfield, town records, finding aid
New Hartford, town records, finding aid
New Haven
New Haven County, records, finding aid
New Haven Harbor, State Harbor Commissioners for, records, finding aid
New London
New London County, records, finding aid
New London County Court records, finding aids
African-Americans and People of Color, 1701-1854
New Milford, town records, finding aid
Newgate Prison. See State Prison, description
Newington, town records, finding aid
See also Hartford Courant
Biography/Obituary Newspaper Clipping File, 1939-date
Gideon and Thaddeus Welles Collection of American newspapers
Hale Collection of Newspaper Notices of Marriages and Deaths, ca. 1750-1865
indexes to newspapers in Connecticut libraries
missing Connecticut newspapers
newspaper clipping files, 1939-1992
research guide to Connecticut newspapers
Newtown, town records, 1886-1902, finding aid
Niantic Correctional Institution
nicknames
18th and 19th century American nicknames
nicknames for state and its residents
Norfolk, town records, finding aid
Noroton Home. See Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Orphans, 1863-1940
North Branford, town records, finding aid
North Stonington, town records, finding aid
Northwest Child Welfare Club, records, finding aid
Norton, Lewis Mills, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Norwalk, town records, finding aid
Norwich, town records, finding aid
Norwich State Hospital (Norwich State Hospital for the Insane)
Oak, Charter. See Charter Oak
obesity. See childhood obesity
obituaries. See biographical information
occupational health and safety
Official Legal Publications, Commission on
Ogden Family, Lawrence Van Alstyne Notebooks on, finding aid
Olcott, James Bradford, papers, finding aid
Old Saybrook, town records, finding aid
O’Neill, William A., Governor
gubernatorial records, 1980-1991, finding aid
open space lands
Opticians, Board of Examiners for, description
Optometrists, Board of Examiners for, description
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. Connecticut Society, records finding aid
See also Colonial Seal; Great Seal (State Seal)
Osborn Correctional Institution
Owens Machine Gun Veterans Association, records, finding aid
Palmer, Horace Wilbur, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Palmer Family, genealogical chart, finding aid
Pardons and Paroles, Board of, description
records, 1883-1889, finding aid
Parker, Francis H., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
records, 1933-1991, finding aid
patents
People for Question #1, records, finding aid
Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, records, finding aid
Personnel Department, description
Pesticide Control, Board of, description
Pharmacy
Commission, description
Philadelphia
Sesquicentennial Committee, records, finding aid
photographs
Pictorial Collections, archival finding aids
Physical Therapists, Board of Examiners of, description
Pictorial Collections, archival finding aids
Pitkin, Albert Palmer, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Pitkin, William, Governor, biography
Plainfield Historical Society, records, finding aid
Plainville, town records, finding aid
Planning Board, State. See State Planning Board
planning maps, Department of Housing, c.1943-1980, finding aid
Plymouth, town records, finding aid
Podiatry, Board of Examiners in, description
Police Officer Standards and Training Council, description
Policy and Management, Office of
records, 1907-2004, finding aid
Pomfret, town records, finding aid
Portland, town records, finding aid
Post-War Planning Board, records, 1943-1945, finding aid
Power Facility Evaluation Council
preservation of
Presidency. See U. S. President
Preston, town records, finding aid
Price Administration, Connecticut Office of, records, 1942-1949, finding aid
prisons. See corrections
private laws, index. See under law and legislation
probate districts, research guide
probate records, research guide
probation, digital library of state publications
procurement/purchasing/contracts
Properties Review Board. See State Properties Review Board, description
Property Rights, Office of Ombudsman for, description
property tax relief for the elderly
Prospect, town records, finding aid
Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, Office of, description
psychiatric hospitals. See mental health facilities
Psychiatric Security Review Board, description
Psychologists, Board of Examiners of, description
public and specials acts. See under law and legislation
public health
laws, commission to investigate, 1915, records finding aid
Sickness, Commission on the Prevention and Care of, records, 1939-1941, finding aid
Public Health and Addiction Services, Department of. See Public Health, Department of
records, 1799-1991, finding aid
public policy, general resources
archives and public records programs, chronology
forms, guidelines and publications
retention schedules for state agencies
retention schedules for towns, municipalities, and boards of education
Public Records Administrator, Office of
Public Records of the State of Connecticut, Volumes 18 and 19
Public Safety, Department of, description
public transportation. See mass transit, pathfinder
Public Utility Control, Department of, description
public welfare agencies. See Social Services, Department of
railroads
Raymond Family, genealogical papers, finding aid
Real Estate Commission, description
recidivism, digital library of state publications
records retention. See public records
Reformatory. See Connecticut Reformatory, description
Rell, M. Jodi, Governor
Executive Order No. 7A (State Contracting Standards Board)
Executive Order No. 7B (State Contracting Standards Board)
rental security deposits, issues for landlords and tenants
reQuest (Statewide Library Catalog)
Research Commission, records, 1964-1971, finding aid
research databases and online articles
retention schedules for public records. See public records
Revenue Services, Department of, description
Revolutionary War sources, research guide
Ribicoff, Abraham, gubernatorial records, 1955-1961, finding aid
Ridgefield, town records, finding aid
Rivers, Harbors and Bridges Commission, description
Riverview Hospital for Children, history
roads. See highways
Roberts, Anna, and Hugh Montgomery, correspondence, finding aid
Roberts, George McKenzie, genealogical papers, finding aid
Rocky Hill, town records, finding aid
Root, Irene Mix, genealogical papers, finding aid
Ross, Michael. See capital punishment
Rowland, John G., Governor
Roxbury, town records, finding aid
Royal Charter. See Charter of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662
Royce family. See Flora E. Shira, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Salisbury, town records, finding aid
Saltonstall, Gurdon, Governor, biography
Salvage Committee, State, records, 1941-1945, finding aid
Schneller, Richard F., Collection, 1824-1996, finding aid
Scots and Scots-Irish, genealogical resources
seals. See state seals
Seaside Sanatorium/Seaside Geriatric Hospital/Seaside Regional Center, description
seat belts and child restraint systems
Second Church of Christ, Scientist (Hartford), records finding aid
Secretary of the State, description
security deposit interest rate
Seichter, Marilyn P. A., collection, inventory of records
Select Committee of Inquiry, finding aid
Selective Service System. Connecticut, records finding aid
sex discrimination, constitutional amendment, People for Question #1 for, records finding aid
Seymour, town records, finding aid
Shannon, James C., gubernatorial records, 1948-1949, finding aid
Sharon, town records, finding aid
Sharps, Helen, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Shell-Fish Commission, description
Shepard Family, genealogical chart, finding aid
Sherman, town records, finding aid
Shira, Flora E., Genealogical Papers, finding aid
sick building syndrome, pathfinder
Sickness, Commission on the Prevention and Care of, records, 1939-1941, finding aid
Simon, Violet Freeman, and Family of East Hartford, genealogical papers, finding aid
Simsbury, town records, finding aid
Siting Council. See Connecticut Siting Council
Skilton, George Steele, genealogical papers, finding aid
Skinner family, genealogical records, finding aid
slavery in Connecticut
Social Services, Department of
records, 1809-1960, finding aid
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, records, finding aid
Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Fund
Somers, town records, finding aid
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, CT. Div., Griffin A. Stedman Camp #6, records, finding aid
South Windsor, town records, finding aid
Southbury, town records, finding aid
Southbury Training School, description
Southington, town records, finding aid
Southington Genealogical Society, history, finding aid
Spanish War Veterans. See United Spanish War Veterans
special acts. See under law and legislation
Special Libraries Association, Connecticut Valley Chapter, records, 1934-1987, finding aid
Special Revenue, Division of
records, 1972-1974, finding aid
Special Tax Commission, records, 1932-1935, finding aid
Sprague, town records, finding aid
Stacy, Harriet Vincent, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Stafford, town records, finding aid
Stamford, town records, finding aid
Stark Family Genealogy and History, finding aid
State Academic Awards, Board for, description
state agencies and institutions
See also state government
regulations (administrative code)
state departments, commission on reorganization, records, 1935-1937, finding aid
archives and public records programs, chronology
Connecticut Archives, 1629-1820
rules and procedures for use of archives
state boards and commissions, consolidation, investigating commission records, 1915, finding aid
State Bond Commission, description
State Building Program Commission, description
state capitals (cities)
State Capitol, Hartford (building)
Capitol Commissioners, 1871-1880, records finding aid
commission to make repairs to Capitol, records, 1904-1914, finding aid
preservation and restoration commission, records finding aid
state contracts
Dept. of Administrative Services Procurement site
Executive Order No. 7A (State Contracting Standards Board)
Executive Order No. 7B (State Contracting Standards Board)
Governor’s Task Force on Contracting Reform
State Contracting Standards Board, description
State Documents Depository Library Program
State Elections Enforcement Commission, description
State Employees' Suggestion Awards Board, description
State Ethics, Office of, description
See also taxation
Appropriations Committee, records, finding aid
Governor's Study Group on Limitation of Government Expenditures, 1978, records finding aid
State Fiscal Study Commission, 1956-1957, records, finding aid
See also state agencies and institutions
Commission to Effect Government Reorganization, records, 1991-1992, finding aid
Commission on a Civil Administration Code, records, 1915-1921, finding aid
Commission on State Government Organization, records, 1949-1950, finding aid
Commission on the Reorganization of State Departments, records, 1935-1937, finding aid
Commission to Study the Management of State Government, records, 1989-1991, finding aid
Committee on the Structure of State Government, records, 1975-1977, finding aid
consolidation of boards and commissions, commission to investigate (1915), records finding aid
Governor's Commission on Services and Expenditures, 1971, records finding aid
Human Services Reorganization Commission, records, 1977-1979, finding aid
state government publications
State Documents Depository Library Program
State Heroine, Prudence Crandall
State Institutions, Commission on, description
State Jail Administration, description
See also corrections
State Library. See Connecticut State Library
State Library and Supreme Court Club, records, 1971-1987, finding aid
State Park and Forest Commission
records, 1908-1967, finding aid
State Personnel Department, description
records, 1933-1937, finding aid
State Prison, Somers, description
State Properties Review Board, description
State Reform School, description
State Register and Manual (Blue Book)
state regulations (administrative code)
State Revenue Task Force, records, 1969-1971, finding aid
state seals
state senators and representatives. See General_Assembly
State Song (Yankee Doodle)
State Supreme Court. See courts
State Tax Revenue and Related Fiscal Policy, Bipartisan Commission on, 1982-1983, finding aid
State Traffic Commission, description
State Treasurer, Office of, description
state universities. See Connecticut State University, description; University of Connecticut, history
State Water Commission
Statewide Library Catalog (reQuest)
statutes. See under law and legislation
Steamship Terminals, Commissioners of, description
Stenberg, Algot G., Index of Ancestral Registers, finding aid
Stonington, town records, finding aid
Storrs Agricultural School/College
Storrs Family Genealogical Collection, finding aid
Suffield, town records, finding aid
Superior Court. See under Courts
Supreme Court. See under Courts
symbols. See state symbols
takings (law) (eminent domain)
Talcott, Joseph, Governor, biography
See also state finance
Connecticut Tax Study Commission, records, 1966-1967, finding aid
Governor's Commission on Tax Reform, records, 1972, finding aid
Special Tax Commission, records, 1932-1935, finding aid
State Revenue Task Force, records, 1969-1971, finding aid
State Tax Revenue and Related Fiscal Policy, Bipartisan Commission, 1982-1983, finding aid
Taylor, Jon W., genealogical papers, finding aid
Teachers' Retirement Board
records, 1917-1968, finding aid
Technical Colleges, Board of Trustees of
Teenage Alcohol Use Study Commission, records, 1961-1967, finding aid
Templeton, Charles Augustus, Governor, biography
Temporary State Housing Rent Commission, records, 1942-1956, finding aid
Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut, records, 1928-1959, finding aid
Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1936
Thomas Commission study, records, 1989-1991, finding aid
Thomaston, town records, finding aid
Thompson, town records, finding aid
Thompson, Harry I., West Haven genealogical papers, finding aid
Tolland, town records, finding aid
Tolland County, records, finding aid
Tolland County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, records, finding aid
Torrington, town records, finding aid
Toucey, Isaac, Governor, biography
tourism (vacation guide to state)
Tourism, Office of, description
tours
Towner family, photographs and genealogical records, finding aid
towns, cities and boroughs. See municipalities
traffic
Governor's Metropolitan Traffic Committee, records, 1953-1955, finding aid
Traffic Commission, description
traffic congestion, pathfinder
Transportation, Department of, description
Treadwell, John, Governor, biography
Treasurer. See State Treasurer, Office of, description
Treat, Robert, Governor, biography
Tree Protection Examining Board, description
Trumbull, town records, finding aid
Trumbull, John Harper, gubernatorial records, 1925-1931, finding aid
Trumbull, Jonathan, Governor, biography
Tuberculosis Commission, description
Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment
Tyler Kindred of America Genealogical Records, finding aid
Uncas-on-Thames Sanatorium, description
Undercliff Sanatorium, description
Unemployment Commission, Connecticut, records, 1931-1933, finding aid
Unemployment Commission, Connecticut, 1936-1974, description
Union, town records, finding aid
United Nations Day, records, 1967-1969, finding aid
records, 1898-1973, finding aid
United States Government, general resources
United States. Selective Service System. Connecticut, records finding aid
Vernon, town records, finding aids
vertical files at CSL (clippings, pamphlets and ephemera)
veterans
Army-Navy Club of Connecticut, records, finding aid
Deceased Veterans Discharge Files, 1882-1936
Hartford City Guard Veteran Association, records, finding aid
Revolutionary War sources, research guide
Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Fund, description
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, CT. Div., records, finding aid
Veterans Advisory Commission, records, 1943-1949, finding aid
Veterans' Deaths and Burials Index
World War II service records, research guide
Veterans' Affairs, Department of
records, 1866-1990, finding aid
See also Fitch’s Home for Soldiers and Orphans, 1863-1940
Veterinary Medicine, Connecticut Board of, description
Victim Advocate, Office of the, description
Victim Services, Office of, description
vital records (births, marriages, deaths)
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records (1600s-ca.1850)
mariages de la paroisse St. Anne of Waterbury, 1886-1982, finding aid
Voluntown, town records, finding aid
See also Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, finding aid;
League of Women Voters of Connecticut, records, 1925-1955, finding aid
Wadsworth Family Collection, 1718-1921, finding aid
wagering. See gambling, statistics
Walters, Elizabeth Dimmick, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
Daughters of 1812, Connecticut Society, records finding aid
Warren, town records, finding aid
Washington, town records, finding aid
Washington (George) Bicentennial Commission, records, finding aid
Water Resources Commission
Waterbury
air raid shelter survey records, 1941-1942, finding aid
mariages de la paroisse St. Anne of Waterbury, 1886-1982, finding aid
Watertown, town records, finding aid
Watrous, Charles F., papers, 1917-1942, finding aid
Webb, William, African American Civil War soldier
Webster, John, Governor, biography
Weicker, Lowell P., Jr., gubernatorial records, finding aid
welfare agencies. See Social Services, Department of
Welles, Thomas, Governor, biography
West Hartford, town records, finding aid
West Haven, genealogical papers, finding aid
Westbrook, town records, finding aid
Western Reserve (Western Lands)
Westport, town records, finding aid
Wethersfield, town records, finding aid
Wheeler family, genealogical records, finding aid
wilderness preservation, pathfinder
wildlife management, pathfinder
Willington, town records, finding aid
Windham, town records, finding aid
Windham County, records, finding aid
Windham County Historical Society, records, finding aid
Windsor
Barber, Thomas, descendants, Windsor, finding aid
Windsor Locks
Birge (Willis H.) Financial Papers, finding aid
wine, direct shipment to consumers
Winthrop, John (Fitz-John), Governor, biography
Winthrop, John, Jr., Governor, biography
Wolcott, town records, finding aid
Wolcott, Roger, Governor, biography
Women, Permanent Commission on the Status of, records, finding aid
women’s history, archival resources
Woodbridge, town records, finding aid
Woodbury, town records, finding aid
Woodstock, town records, finding aid
Worden family of Rhode Island, genealogical records, finding aid
Workers' Compensation Commission, description
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Architectural Survey, Census of Old Buildings
Connecticut, records, 1935-1944, finding aid
World War I
Charles F. Watrous papers, 1917-1942, finding aid
World War II service records, research guide
WPA. See Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Wyllys, George, Governor, biography
Wyse family. See Flora E. Shira, Genealogical Papers, finding aid
No records found.
Yankee Doodle. See State Song
York Correctional Institution, description
Youth Services, Commission on, description
No records found.
Cheryl B. Fox, Indexer
Last Revised: May 20, 2009
