FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Connecticut Census online research should begin
with what is available online for free. If this proves fruitful then
congratulations! If not, then I would suggest signing up for the online
census images (links to the right) where you can access all the available
online Connecticut census information directly from your computer at home.
Federal censuses for the state of Connecticut began in
1790, and continue every ten years thereafter. They are currently
available through 1920, and all but 1870 and 1910 are indexed. There is a
special index from 1790 to 1850 at the Connecticut
State Library, taken from a duplicate set of schedules housed at the
Connecticut State Archives. It is not collated in the same way as the
"official" set at the National
Archives and consequently cannot be used for locating a particular
individual on that set of returns. However, the Connecticut version of the
index includes all names in the 1850 census and not just heads of
households.
No state population censuses were taken for Connecticut, although a number
of inventories and enumerations of population exist (with and without
names). A unique census, however, was taken by Connecticut in the
twentieth century. The Military Census of 1917 listed all males between at
least twenty to thirty years of age, although most towns reported those
sixteen through sixty. Given along with the name and age, were place of
birth and number of dependents, ability to perform certain tasks, and
occupation.
