New Canaan Genealogy (in Fairfield County, CT)

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New Canaan Birth Records

1630-1920 Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Ancestry online

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry online

Connecticut, Birth Records, 1897-present Connecticut Department of Public Health

Index To Births, Engagements, Marriages & Obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, engagements, marriages & obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 WorldCat

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-2, 1766-1900; index to vital statistics, 1766-1935 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. [28], Milford 1640-1850, New Canaan 1801-1854, New Hartford 1740-1854 WorldCat

New Canaan Cemetery Records

1629-1934 Connecticut Hale Collection Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices Ancestry online

Adam Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Ashley Falls Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Burial records Lakeview cemetery New Canaan, Conn., 1943 Archive Grid

Cannan Valley Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Canoe Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Carter Cemetery Find a Grave online

Carter Cemetery Billion Graves online

Carter Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Carter Street Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Cemeteries in and near New Canaan, Connecticut FamilySearch Library

Cemetery on Ponus Street Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Church Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Church Hill Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Church Hill West Street Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Clayton Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Clinton Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 (selections) Ancestry online

Cressey 2nd Cemetery on Ponus Street (destroyed) Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Cressey Cemetery on Ponus Street Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Crissey Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Crissey Jelliff Mill Road Cemetery (Stones Destroyed) Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Crissey/Young Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Crissy Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Crissy-Seeley Cemetery Find a Grave online

East Cannan Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

First Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Garden Center Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hanford Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Hickock Cemetery on Valley Road Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Hickok Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hickok Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Hillside Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Hoyt Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hoyt Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Hoyt Jelliff Mill Road Cemetery (Stones Destroyed) Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Index to births, engagements, marriages & obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 WorldCat

Lakeview Cemetery Interment online

Lakeview Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Lakeview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lakeview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lakeview Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Lower Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Maple Street Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Maple Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Richards Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Old Mather Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Old Richards Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Parade Ground Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Parade Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Parage Grount Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Park Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Park Street Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Quaker Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Record of burials, Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Connecticut FamilySearch Library

Rock District Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Rural cemeteries, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1757-1907 FamilySearch Library

Saint John Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mark's Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Seeley Stamford Road or Ave. Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Seely-Stevens Cemetery Find a Grave online

Seely/Stevens Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Selleck Corners Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Selleck's Corner Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Selleck's Corners Cemetery US Gen Web online

Sellecks Corner Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sellecks Corner Cemetery Billion Graves online

Silvermine Cemetery Find a Grave online

Silvermine Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Silvermine Cemetery Opposite School Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Smith Cemetery Find a Grave online

Smith Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Smith Talmadge Hill Roard Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

St. Joseph's Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery US Gen Web online

Stevens Cemetery Find a Grave online

Stevens Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Stevens Cemetery on Weed Street Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Stevens Pease Cemetery (From Hale Collection) American History and Genealogy Project online

Upper Silvermine Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Upper Silvermine Cemetery Find a Grave online

Valley Road Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Waterbury Cemetery Find a Grave online

Waterbury Jeliff Mill Road Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Waters Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Weed Cemetery Find a Grave online

Weed Cemetery Find a Grave online

Weed Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Weed Cemetery on Town Road Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

White Oak Shade Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Young Cemetery Find a Grave online

Young Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Young Cemetery on Ponus Street Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

New Canaan Census Records

Census Index of New Canaan 1850 US Gen Web online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

New Canaan Church Records

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1630-1920 Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Ancestry online

Canaan Parish, 1733-1933 : being the story of the Congregational Church of New Canaan, Connecticut, as told by the observance of its two hundredth anniversary, June 20 to December 20, 1933, also the history and addresses of the Methodist Episco Genealogy Gophers online

Canaan Parish, 1733-1933 : being the story of the Congregational Church of New Canaan, Connecticut, as told by the observance of its two hundredth anniversary, June 20 to December 20, 1933, also the history and addresses of the Methodist Episcopal and St. Mark's churches given upon the occasion of their 100th and 150th anniversaries respectively FamilySearch Library

Canaan parish, 1733-1933, being the story of the Congregational church of New Cannan, Connecticut LDS Genealogy online

Canaan parish, 1733-1933, being the story of the Congregational church of New Cannan, Connecticut Internet Archive online

Church records, 1733-1899, Congregational Church (New Canaan, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1835-1913, St. Mark's Church (New Canaan, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Congregational Church Records, 1733-1899 (included in Connecticut Church Record Abstracts) Ancestry online

Historical account of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the organization of the Congregational Church of New Canaan : June 20, 1883 FamilySearch Library

Historical address, delivered in the Congregational church, of New Canaan, Conn., July 4th, 1876 LDS Genealogy online

Historical address, delivered in the Congregational church, of New Canaan, Conn., July 4th, 1876 Internet Archive online

Index to records of the Methodist Episcopal/Community Church, Pound Ridge, New York 1833-1983 FamilySearch Library

Records from an old register of the Congregational Church in New Canaan, Connecticut, from 1739-1850 inclusive WorldCat

Records of the Methodist Episcopal/Community Church, Pound Ridge New York FamilySearch Library

St. Mark's and its forebears, the first 200 years, 1764-1964 : the story of St. Mark's Parish, New Canaan, Connecticut FamilySearch Library

The Congregational Church of New Canaan, United Church of Christ, 250 years, 1733-1983 FamilySearch Library

The New Canaan, Conn. Methodist Episcopal Church : records Archive Grid

New Canaan City Directories

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Connecticut City Directories (includes Darien and New Canaan 1932) Ancestry online

Connecticut City Directories (includes Darien, New Canaan, Noroton, Noroton Heights 1934) Ancestry online

Connecticut City Directories (includes Darien, Noroton, Noroton Heights, New Canaan 1934-35, 1951, 1957) Ancestry online

Connecticut City Directories (includes New Canaan 1932, 1934-35, 1940, 1951, 1957-67, 1979-80) Ancestry online

Darien (Connecticut) city directories FamilySearch Library

Darien/New Canaan, CT; 1936 - 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

New Canaan City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

New Canaan City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

New Canaan City Directory 1943 MyHeritage online

New Canaan City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

New Canaan City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

New Canaan City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

New Canaan City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

New Canaan, CT 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Bridegeport District, June 1930 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Bridgeport District June 1931 thru July 1932 Library of Congress online

New Canaan Death Records

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1630-1920 Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Ancestry online

1897-1968 Connecticut Death Records Ancestry online

1949-2012 Connecticut Death Index Ancestry online

1949-2012 Connecticut Deaths Index MyHeritage online

Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry online

Connecticut, Death Records, 1897-present Connecticut Department of Public Health

Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 (selections) Ancestry online

Index To Births, Engagements, Marriages & Obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, engagements, marriages & obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 WorldCat

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-2, 1766-1900; index to vital statistics, 1766-1935 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. [28], Milford 1640-1850, New Canaan 1801-1854, New Hartford 1740-1854 WorldCat

New Canaan Histories and Genealogies

Landmarks of New Canaan FamilySearch Library

Landmarks of New Canaan LDS Genealogy online

Landmarks of New Canaan Internet Archive online

Portrait of New Canaan : the history of a Connecticut town FamilySearch Library

Readings in New Canaan history FamilySearch Library

Readings in New Canaan history LDS Genealogy online

Readings in New Canaan history Internet Archive online

New Canaan Immigration Records

Connecticut, Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1996 Ancestry online

Naturalization records (Fairfield County, Connecticut) : [National Archives and Records Administration Record Group (RG) 200, RG 21], 1839-1955 FamilySearch Library

New Canaan Land Records

Land records, 1801-1907; general index, 1801-1937 FamilySearch Library

Proprietors records, 1761-1809 FamilySearch Library

New Canaan Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, July 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, July 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, October 1884 Library of Congress online

New Canaan Marriage Records

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1630-1920 Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Ancestry online

Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968 Ancestry online

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry online

Connecticut marriages, Fairfield County record book, 1692-1832 FamilySearch Library

Connecticut, Marriage Records, 1897-present Connecticut Department of Public Health

Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records prior to 1800 FamilySearch Library

Index To Births, Engagements, Marriages & Obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, engagements, marriages & obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 WorldCat

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-2, 1766-1900; index to vital statistics, 1766-1935 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. [28], Milford 1640-1850, New Canaan 1801-1854, New Hartford 1740-1854 WorldCat

New Canaan Military Records

New Canaan's records of World War II, New Canaan, Conn. FamilySearch Library

New Canaan Newspapers and Obituaries

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1629-1934 Connecticut Hale Collection Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices Ancestry online

Index To Births, Engagements, Marriages & Obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, engagements, marriages & obituaries, New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1989 WorldCat

New Canaan Advertiser 08/08/2004 to Current Genealogy Bank online

New Canaan Advertiser, The: Web Edition Articles 03/22/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

New Canaan Daily Voice 05/28/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank online

New Canaan Gazette 08/02/1932 to 07/31/1934 Genealogy Bank online

New Canaan Lifestylesᅠ(1994-2001) Newspaper Archive online

New Canaan Messenger 01/02/1904 to 09/17/1915 Genealogy Bank online

New Canaan News-Review 11/05/2009 to 11/30/2018 Genealogy Bank online

New Canaan News-Review: Web Edition Articles 01/06/2016 to 07/25/2018 Genealogy Bank online

New Canaanite 02/06/2014 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for New Canaan

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Advertiser. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1908-1911

Fairfield County Republican. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1901-1900s

Hoe and Rake. (Talmadge Hill [I.E. New Canaan, Conn.]) 1899-1901

New Canaan Advertiser. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1911-Current

New Canaan Era. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1868-1871

New Canaan Gazette. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1932-1934

New Canaan Messenger. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1877-1910s

New Canaan Omnibus, and Fairfield County Agriculturist. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1851-1840s

New Canaan-Norwalk News. (New Canaan, Conn.) 1936-1930s

New Canaan Probate Records

Abstract of probate records at Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and state of Connecticut, 1648-1757 FamilySearch Library

Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 Ancestry online

Early Connecticut Probate Records (before 1750) American Ancestors online

Probate Records of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1704-1757 American Ancestors online

Probate records, 1802-1916 FamilySearch Library

New Canaan School Records

New Canaan High School - Per Annos Yearbook (New Canaan, CT), 1940, 1941, 1949, 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

New Canaan High School yearbook, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

New Canaan High School yearbook, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

New Canaan High School yearbooks, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Luke's School yearbooks, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1986, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Luke's School yearbook, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Luke's School yearbook, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1986, 1988 Classmates online



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