Colchester Genealogy (in New London County, CT)

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Colchester Birth Records

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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

Diary of Elisha Niles, Colchester & East Hampton, 1764-1850 (births, marriages, deaths, and church records) Connecticut State Library online

Early Vital Records of Colchester, Connecticut US Gen Web online

Extracts from the records of Colchester and Branford (including church, town, and vital records) Ancestry online

First Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms and deaths 1732-1783 FamilySearch Library

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1712-1932 FamilySearch Library

Second (Third) Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms, and deaths 1741-1840 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. Colchester, 1699-1850, Colebrook, 1779-1810, Columbia, 1804-1852, Cornwall, 1740-1854 WorldCat

Vital Records of Colchester before 1780 Jane Devlin online

Colchester Cemetery Records

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

Ahavath Achim Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Antioch Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Babcock Farm Cemetery Records (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Bull Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bull Hill Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

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

Chestnut Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chestnut Hill Cemetery Interment online

Chestnut Hill Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

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

Colchester Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Colchester Burying Ground Billion Graves online

Colchester Jewish Aid Cemetery Find a Grave online

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

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

Day Cemetery Find a Grave online

Day Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Foot Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Jewish Aid Find a Grave online

Keeney Cemetery Find a Grave online

Keeney Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Linwood Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Linwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Linwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Linwood Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Memoranda of all the inscriptions in the old burying ground at Colchester Ancestry online

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

New London County Cemetery Records, Volume I and II Ancestry online

New Saint Andrew Cemetery Find a Grave online

Newton-Ransom Cemetery Find a Grave online

Newton/Ranson Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Old Burying Ground Jane Devlin online

Old Burying Ground US Gen Web online

Old Burying Ground US Gen Web online

Old Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Old Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Old Jewish Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Jewish Cemetery Billion Graves online

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

Palmer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Palmer Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Palmer Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Polish Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Ponemab Cemetery Records (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Ponemah Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Ponemah Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ponemah Cemetery Billion Graves online

Private Yard, Babcock Farm Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Saint Andrew Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Joseph Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mary Old Ukranian Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mary Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Scott Hill Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Scott Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Scott Hill Cemetery Interment online

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

Scovell Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Waterhole Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Wells Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wells Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Westchester Cemetery Interment online

Westchester Cemetery Records Names (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Westchester Center Cemetery Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS online

Worthington Cemetery Find a Grave online

Worthington Cemetery (included in Connecticut Hale Collection) Ancestry online

Colchester Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Colchester, Connecticut LDS Genealogy 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

Colchester Church Records

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1630-1920 Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Ancestry online

Church minutes, 1835-1953, Baptist Church (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1702-1937, First Congregational Church (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1728-1835, Westchester Ecclesiastical Society (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1729-1811, Second Congregational Church (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1729-1876, First Society of Colchester (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1729-1876, Second Church of Christ (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1780-1939, First Baptist Church (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1809-1875, Third Baptist Church of Christ (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1843-1908, Colchester Methodist Episcopal Church (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1864-1936, Calvary Church (Colchester, Connecticut : Protestant Episcopal) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1907-1909, Scott Hill Baptist Church (Colchester, Connecticut) FamilySearch Library

Colchester Methodist Episcopal Church (Includes Hebron) Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Diary of Elisha Niles, Colchester & East Hampton, 1764-1850 (births, marriages, deaths, and church records) Connecticut State Library online

First Congregational Church Records 1732-1937 (included in Connecticut Church Record Abstracts) Ancestry online

First Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms and deaths 1732-1783 FamilySearch Library

Record Book, 1826-1839, Methodist Episcopal Church (Colchester, Conn.). Archive Grid

Second (Third) Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms, and deaths 1741-1840 FamilySearch Library

Colchester City Directories

Colchester City Directory 1893 MyHeritage online

Connecticut City Directories (includes Colchester 1923) Ancestry online

East Hampton, East Haddam, Moodus, Colchester, city directory FamilySearch Library

Colchester 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

Diary of Elisha Niles, Colchester & East Hampton, 1764-1850 (births, marriages, deaths, and church records) Connecticut State Library online

Early Vital Records of Colchester, Connecticut US Gen Web online

Extracts from the records of Colchester and Branford (including church, town, and vital records) Ancestry online

First Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms and deaths 1732-1783 FamilySearch Library

Methodist almanac, 1827 (deaths in Colchester) Connecticut State Library online

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1712-1932 FamilySearch Library

Second (Third) Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms, and deaths 1741-1840 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. Colchester, 1699-1850, Colebrook, 1779-1810, Columbia, 1804-1852, Cornwall, 1740-1854 WorldCat

Vital Records of Colchester before 1780 Jane Devlin online

Colchester Histories and Genealogies

An index to Taintor's Colchester (Conn.) records : with genealogical matter alphabetically arranged for easy reference Genealogy Gophers online

Colchester Immigration Records

Connecticut, Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1996 Ancestry online

Declarations of intentions, 1875-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization books, 1856-1905 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization books, 1874-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization papers, 1875-1902 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records (New London County, Connecticut), 1872-1906, 1909-1945 FamilySearch Library

Colchester Land Records

Colchester town records, 1708-1884, Colchester (Conn.). Archive Grid

Deeds, 1703-1909; general index, 1703-1932 FamilySearch Library

Miscellaneous date sheets and proprietors records of Colchester, New London, Connecticut from 1713-1805 FamilySearch Library

Colchester Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, 1903 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, August 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, July 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, May 1892 Library of Congress online

Colchester Marriage Records

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1630-1920 Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Ancestry online

Colchester Marriage Records: 1732-1778 Genealogy Trails online

Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968 Ancestry online

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

Connecticut, Marriage Index, 1620-1926 (includes New London County 1686-1915) Ancestry online

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

Diary of Elisha Niles, Colchester & East Hampton, 1764-1850 (births, marriages, deaths, and church records) Connecticut State Library online

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

Early Vital Records of Colchester, Connecticut US Gen Web online

Extracts from the records of Colchester and Branford (including church, town, and vital records) Ancestry online

First Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms and deaths 1732-1783 FamilySearch Library

Index to births, marriages, and deaths, Colchester, Connecticut FamilySearch Library

Ralph Hurlbutt, J.P., New London Co., 1807-1837 (marriages) Connecticut State Library online

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1712-1932 FamilySearch Library

Second (Third) Congregational Society (Colchester, Connecticut) : births, marriages, baptisms, and deaths 1741-1840 FamilySearch Library

The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. Colchester, 1699-1850, Colebrook, 1779-1810, Columbia, 1804-1852, Cornwall, 1740-1854 WorldCat

Vital Records of Colchester before 1780 Jane Devlin online

Colchester Military Records

Index to births, marriages, and deaths, Colchester, Connecticut FamilySearch Library

Colchester Miscellaneous Records

Colchester town records, 1708-1884, Colchester (Conn.). Archive Grid

Colchester, Connecticut, minutes of town meetings, 1780-1829 FamilySearch Library

Colchester Newspapers and Obituaries

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

Offline Newspapers for Colchester

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.

Colchester Advocate. (Colchester, Conn.) 1887-1890s

Colchester Citizen. (Colchester, Conn.) 1950-1960

Colchester Standard. (Colchester, Conn.) 1982-1980s

Regional Standard. (Colchester, Ct) 1989-2008

Standard of Colchester. (Colchester, Ct) 1981-1982

Standard. (Colchester, Conn.) 1980s-1989

Towne Crier. ([Colchester, Ct]) 1988-1990

Colchester Probate Records

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

Early Connecticut Probate Records (before 1750) American Ancestors online

Probate Records of Colchester, Connecticut, from early 1700s (incomplete) US Gen Web online

Probate records, 1741-1922 FamilySearch Library

Town of Colchester records, 1742-1883 Archive Grid

Colchester School Records

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Bacon Academy - Baconian Yearbook (Colchester, CT), 1930, 1931, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 E Yearbook online

Bacon Academy yearbook, 1930, 1931, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Bacon Academy yearbook, 1930, 1931, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2002 Classmates online

Bacon Academy yearbook, 1930, 1931, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Colchester Central High School yearbook, 1939 Classmates online

Colchester Central High School yearbook, 1939 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Colchester Central High School yearbook, 1939 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St Thomas More High School yearbook, 1966, 1979, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Thomas More High School yearbook, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Thomas More High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Thomas More High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1979, 1981 Classmates online

Colchester Tax Records

Town of Colchester records, 1742-1883 Archive Grid



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