Litchfield County CT Genealogy

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Litchfield Records by Type

Birth Records (108)
Cemetery Records (592)
Census Records (69)
Church Records (207)
City Directories (308)
Court Records (5)
Death Records (139)
Histories and Genealogies (257)
Immigration Records (3)
Land Records (43)
Map Records (83)
Marriage Records (166)
Military Records (35)
Minority Records (5)
Miscellaneous Records (16)
Newspapers and Obituaries (143)
Probate Records (40)
School Records (99)
Tax Records (14)

Litchfield County Records by City/Town

Bantam Genealogy (35)
Barkhamsted Genealogy (94)
Bethlehem Genealogy (73)
Bridgewater Genealogy (49)
Canaan Genealogy (89)
Colebrook Genealogy (84)
Cornwall Genealogy (99)
Falls Village Genealogy (48)
Goshen Genealogy (124)
Harwinton Genealogy (79)
Kent Genealogy (122)
Lakeville Genealogy (38)
Lime Rock Genealogy (36)
Litchfield Genealogy (187)
Morris Genealogy (52)
New Hartford Genealogy (88)

New Milford Genealogy (171)
Norfolk Genealogy (106)
North Canaan Genealogy (65)
Plymouth Genealogy (68)
Roxbury Genealogy (75)
Salisbury Genealogy (121)
Sharon Genealogy (162)
Terryville Genealogy (72)
Thomaston Genealogy (64)
Torrington Genealogy (233)
Warren Genealogy (63)
Washington Genealogy (95)
Watertown Genealogy (149)
Winchester Genealogy (83)
Winsted Genealogy (140)
Woodbury Genealogy (123)

Overview of Litchfield County Records

Litchfield County was created in 1751 from Hartford and Fairfield counties.
Birth, marriage, and death records from 1897 to the present can be obtained from the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
The Litchfield County Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records starting in the 1800s.
The Litchfield County town clerks have birth records starting in 1702, marriage records starting in 1702, death records starting in 1702 and land records starting in 1706.
The Litchfield County Probate Judge has probate records starting 1719.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.