Portland Genealogy (in Middlesex County, CT)

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Portland 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

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-4, 1809-1917; index to vital statistics, 1809-1939 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. Portland 1841-1850, Prospect 1827-1853, Redding 1767-1852, Ridgefield 1709-1850 WorldCat

Vital Records of Portland, Connecticut, 1841-1850 A-H (Barbour Collection) Jane Devlin online

Vital Records of Portland, Connecticut, 1841-1850 I-Y (Barbour Collection) Jane Devlin online

Portland Cemetery Records

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

Bidwell Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Center Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

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

Jewish Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jewish Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Old Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Old Portland Burial Ground Interment online

Portland Burying Ground Billion Graves online

Portland Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Mary's Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Swedish Cemetery Find a Grave online

Swedish Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

The Portland Burying Ground Association and its cemetery LDS Genealogy online

The Portland Burying Ground Association and its cemetery Internet Archive online

Trinity Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Trinity Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Portland Census Records

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

Portland Church Records

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1630-1920 Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Ancestry online

Church records, 1710-1925, First Congregational Church (Portland, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1789-1945, Trinity Church (Portland, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1851-1888, Central Congregational Church (Portland, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

First Congregational Church Records, 1710-1925 (included in Connecticut Church Record Abstracts) Ancestry online

History of Trinity Church, Portland, 1788-1938 Ancestry online

History of Trinity Church, Portland, Connecticut, 1788-1938 FamilySearch Library

Zion Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Portland City Directories

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Connecticut City Directories (includes Middletown and Portland 1897) Ancestry online

Connecticut City Directories (includes Middletown, Portland 1924, 1931-39, 1943, 1946) Ancestry online

Connecticut City Directories (includes Middletown, Portland, Cromwell 1948-53, 1963) Ancestry online

Connecticut City Directories (includes Portland 1878-79, 1897-01, 1903, 1906, 1912, 1924, 1926, 1931-39, 1943, 1946, 1948-53, 1963, 1981) Ancestry online

Middletown and Portland directory, 1886-7 LDS Genealogy online

Middletown and Portland directory, 1886-7 Internet Archive online

Middletown, Portland directory FamilySearch Library

Portland City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Portland City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Portland Death Records

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

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

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-4, 1809-1917; index to vital statistics, 1809-1939 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. Portland 1841-1850, Prospect 1827-1853, Redding 1767-1852, Ridgefield 1709-1850 WorldCat

Vital Records of Portland, Connecticut, 1841-1850 A-H (Barbour Collection) Jane Devlin online

Vital Records of Portland, Connecticut, 1841-1850 I-Y (Barbour Collection) Jane Devlin online

Portland Histories and Genealogies

Centennial address (historical articles on Middletown, Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, and Middle Haddam) Ancestry online

Centennial address : with historical sketches of Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, Middle-Haddam, Middletown and its parishes FamilySearch Library

Centennial address : with historical sketches of Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, Middle-Haddam, and Middletown in the state of Connecticut FamilySearch Library

History of Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut Jane Devlin online

Seventy-fifth anniversary of Portland, Connecticut, 1841-1916 Connecticut State Library online

The history of Portland, Connecticut FamilySearch Library

Portland Immigration Records

Connecticut, Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1996 Ancestry online

Naturalization index, 1844-1955 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records (Middlesex County, Connecticut), 1841-1945 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1844-1871 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1844-1909 FamilySearch Library

Portland Land Records

Land records, 1841-1911 FamilySearch Library

Middlesex County Deeds Jane Devlin online

Portland Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, August 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, June 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, October 1889 Library of Congress online

The Price and Lee Co's. new map of Middletown and Portland, Conn. FamilySearch Library

Portland 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, Marriage Index, 1620-1926 (includes Middlesex County 1640-1808) Ancestry online

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

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

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, v. 1-4, 1809-1917; index to vital statistics, 1809-1939 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. Portland 1841-1850, Prospect 1827-1853, Redding 1767-1852, Ridgefield 1709-1850 WorldCat

Vital Records of Portland, Connecticut, 1841-1850 A-H (Barbour Collection) Jane Devlin online

Vital Records of Portland, Connecticut, 1841-1850 I-Y (Barbour Collection) Jane Devlin online

Portland Military Records

In the service from Portland, Conn. : May 6, 1918 [army registers] Connecticut State Library online

Portland Newspapers and Obituaries

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

Offline Newspapers for Portland

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.

Middlesex County Record. (Portland, Conn.) 1885-1890s

Portland Citizen. (Portland, Conn.) 1958-1960

Portland Probate Records

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

Early Wills & Probate Records of Middlesex County Jane Devlin online

Probate records, 1824-1922 FamilySearch Library

Portland School Records

Portland High School - Gypsy Yearbook (Portland, CT), 1943, 1956 E Yearbook online

Portland High School yearbook, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Portland High School yearbook, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988 Classmates online

Portland High School yearbook, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Town of Portland records, 1863-1869 Archive Grid

Portland Tax Records

Portland town papers and records, 1848-1871, Portland (Conn.). Archive Grid

Town of Portland records, 1863-1869 Archive Grid



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