Connecticut

Hartford County, Connecticut Census

1790 Hartford County, Connecticut Census Free 1790 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial 1790 Hartford County, Census (images and index) $ Free 1790 Census Transcription Berlin Township Bristol Township East Hartford Township East Windsor Township Enfield Township Farmington Township Glastonbury Township Granby Township Newington Township Simsbury Township Southington Township Suffield Township Wethersfield Township Windsor Township Hosted at Census Guide 1790 U.S. Census Guide 1800 Hartford County, Connecticut Census Free 1800 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial 1800 Hartford County, Census (images and index) $ Hosted at Census Guide … Read more

Connecticut Census Records

Federal censuses for the state of Connecticut began in 1790, and continue every ten years thereafter. They are currently available through 1930. 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. No state population censuses were taken for Connecticut, although a number of inventories and enumerations of population exist (with and … Read more

New London County Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online New London County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following Cemeteries and photos are hosted at New London County Connecticut USGenWeb Archives Cedar Grove Cemetery Chipman – Fish Cemetery Ducks River Cemetery Photos Gallup Cemetery Old Church Cemetery Old Kinne Cemetery Palmer Cemetery Starr Burying Ground A Surnames Ba – Bl Surnames Bo … Read more

Tolland County Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online Tolland County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following Cemeteries and photos are hosted at Tolland County Connecticut USGenWeb Archives Ainsworth Cemetery Photos East Cemetery Grove Hill Cemetery Photos Old Stafford Cemetery St. Edwards Cemetery Photos West Stafford Cemetery The following Cemeteries are hosted at Tolland County Connecticut USGenWeb Carpenter Cemetery aka Silver Street Cemetery aka Old … Read more

Windham County Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online Windham County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following cemeteries are hosted by AccessGenealogy The following Cemeteries are hosted at Windham County Connecticut USGenWeb Archives The following Cemeteries are hosted at Windham County Connecticut USGenWeb Following pages hosted at Ancestry.com Hosted at Windham County Connecticut Genealogy Trails Hosted at Windham County Connecticut interment.net Hosted at The Seagraves … Read more

Litchfield County, Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online Litchfield County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following Cemeteries are hosted at Litchfield County Connecticut AHGP Bethlehem Carmel Hill Cemetery New Bethlehem Cemetery Old Cemetery Canaan Barrack Mountain Cemetery Hollabird – Kellogg Cemetery Lines Cemetery Lower City Cemetery Munson Cemetery Phelps Cemetery Root Cemetery Under Mountain Cemetery Wilcox Cemetery  Colebrook 4 Small … Read more

Middlesex County Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online Middlesex County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following Cemeteries are hosted at Middlesex County Connecticut USGenWeb Archives Emanuel Church Cemetery Landing Burial Yard (Joel Jackson) Stonehouse Yard Cemetery Cemeteries hosted at Middlesex County Connecticut Genealogy Trails Cove Cemetery Long Pond Cemetery Following pages hosted at Middlesex County Connecticut interment.net Beaver Meadow Cemetery Calvary … Read more

New Haven County Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online New Haven County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following Cemeteries are hosted at AccessGenealogy Center Street Cemetery (Wallingford) Following Cemeteries and photos hosted at New Haven County Connecticut USGenWeb Archives Bare Plains Cemetery Broad Street Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Gethsemane Cemetery Grove Street Cemetery Photos Wall Photos Hamden Plains Cemetery Section A A … Read more

Fairfield County Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online Fairfield County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following cemeteries are hosted by the Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records The following Cemeteries and photos are hosted at Fairfield County Connecticut USGenWeb Archives The following New Fairfield cemeteries are compiled by Joan L. Sudol: Following pages and photos are hosted by USGenWeb Fairfield County Connecticut … Read more

Hartford County Connecticut Cemeteries

Below is a complete listing of all available online Hartford County Connecticut cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc. Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Following is hosted by Allen County Public Library Following pages hosted at Hartford County Connecticut USGenWeb Archives The following are hosted at Avon Connecticut USGenWeb & AHGP The following are hosted at Southington Connecticut USGenWeb The following Cemeteries and photos are hosted at Hartford County Connecticut … Read more

Connecticut Cemetery Records

Connecticut Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Connecticut county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Fairfield County, Connecticut Cemetery Records Hartford County, Connecticut Cemetery Records Litchfield County, Connecticut Cemetery Records Middlesex County, Connecticut Cemetery Records New Haven County, Connecticut Cemetery Records New London County, Connecticut Cemetery Records Tolland County, Connecticut Cemetery Records Windham County, Connecticut Cemetery Records

Biography of Howard W. Hosford

HOWARD W. HOSFORD, who has risen from humble beginnings to the position of general manager of the Norwood Manufacturing Company, of Florence, a village of Northampton, Massachusetts, has also given of his valued services, technical knowledge and administrative capacity to his home city, having served four consecutive terms twelve years, as a member of the City Water Commission, a body whose offices and powers are of immense importance to the domestic, industrial and civic life as well as to the healthfulness of the community in general. In performing this duty to the city, Mr. Hosford has exhibited the dependable and … Read more

Biography of Patterson S. McGlynn

Patterson S. McGlynn, one of the proprietors of the Daily Dispatch, was born in Connecticut in 1850, of Irish parentage. He was educated by his father to read and write and to be appalled by the multiplication table before being sent to country schools in Iowa, commencing at Washington in the State named, “graduating” to a printing office when he was thirteen years old, and then at the age of sixteen going back to school in the old stone school in Davenport, where his printing-office education raced him through to graduation to the high school. But his education may be … Read more

Biographical Sketch of De Witt Clinton Dimock

This pioneer Moline business man and sterling citizen was born October 1, 1820, at Wellington, Connecticut. He came west and located at Geneseo, Illinois. in 1840, taking up his residence in Moline in 1843. His activities as a manufacturer began in 1852 when he formed a partnership with Judge John M. Gould for the making of furniture and wooden ware. On the incorporation of the firm of Dimock, Gould & Company, in 1869, he was elected its president. This position he held till 1884, when he retired from the head of the concern, retaining his connection through the office of … Read more

Biography of Grover Chester Bowman

GROVER CHESTER BOWMAN – To be responsible for the proper and up-to-date management of modern schools, to endow them with an atmosphere which pervades both the teaching staff and the students, requires men of superior endowments who, as students have been in contact with high-class educational establishments of different types. In this respect Mr. Grover Chester Bowman, superintendent of schools of North Adams, has been singularly fortunate for having as a student, at a period of life when the mind is in a state for high receptivity and plasticity, come under the influence of the academic atmosphere of two of … Read more

Biography of Arthur Berkmere Richards

ARTHUR BERKMERE RICHARDS, inheritor of a vast meat trade, and in later years a dairy farmer at Amherst, Massachusetts, was born in Cummington, Connecticut, May 23, 1864. The name he bears is one of the names of Welsh origin widely known and prominent in the United States, which originated in making a surname from the possessive form of the father’s name. It signifies Richard’s son. At least seventeen different coats-of-arms belong to the different branches of the family. A manor at Caernwyck, Marioneth County, Wales, was inherited by Sir Richard Richards, president of the House of Lords, and Lord Chief … Read more

Biography of Isaac Mills

ISAAC MILLS – Descended from a sterling New England ancestry, Isaac Mills was born in Southwick, Massachusetts, January 29, 1826, the son of John Mills; who was a notable figure in that region and the State, and served as United States District Attorney and State Senator. Isaac Mills attended the private schools of Mr. Lawton and Mr. Lombard, where many leading citizens received their early training. For a time he also attended Monson Academy, but was not graduated from that institution. He entered business life as a railroad clerk in the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad office at … Read more

Biography of Dwight Morris Billings

DWIGHT MORRIS BILLINGS, of Amherst, Massachusetts, treasurer of The Hills Manufacturing Company, producers of hats, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, February 17, 1866. (I) His ancestry in America probably goes back to Richard Billings, who received a grant of six acres of land in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1640. In 1659 he signed a contract with Governor Webster and others to remove to and settle at Hadley. The removal was made in 1661, and he lived in that part of the town which became Hatfield. He died March 3, 1679. He married Margery, surname unknown, who died December 5, 1679. (II) … Read more

Biography of Frank Whitman Roberts

FRANK WHITMAN ROBERTS – The surname Roberts is frequently encountered in the early records of New England. There were Revolutionary soldiers, farmers, business men, and seafaring men of that name, and their progeny is today scattered over the land, while many descendants of the older settlers of the name still adhere to the original soil. The seafaring men of generations past in New England were venturesome and enterprising persons, some of them whalers, others traders with the West Indies, whose islands then had even more glamorous and romantic atmospheres than they have today, although they are still glamorous and romantic. … Read more

Biography of G. S. Holt

G. S. Holt. A Kansas territorial pioneer whose name and services will always be specially remembered in the City of Ottawa was G. S. Holt, a native of Connecticut who came to Kansas Territory in the early ’50s. For a time he lived at Lawrence, but from there went to Ottawa and became proprietor of the first dry goods store, opened in a building at the corner of Second and Main streets. This building had been constructed from the timbers of the old capitol building at Mineola. Besides his work as a business man Mr. Holt was identified and was … Read more