New Canaan, Connecticut Research

The USGenWeb Project Fairfield County, Connecticut

Vital Records New Canaan Town Clerk Town Hall, 77 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 (203) 972-2323 Birth, marriage, death records: 1802-Present Comments: Earlier birth, marriage, and death records may be found in Stamford or Norwalk. Non-certified copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates aren't available. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Probate & Land Records New Canaan Probate Office Town Hall 77 Main Street, P.O Box 326, New Canaan, CT 06840-0326 (203) 972-7500 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm; Thursday-Friday, 9:00 am to to 5:00 pm. Probate Records: June 1937 to Present Note: New Canaan Probate records prior to June 1937 may be found at the Norwalk Probate office. The Connecticut State Library has received most probate records prior to 1850. Pre-1850 records are also available on microfilm . The Connecticut State Library has microfilm of copies of deeds, mortgages, releases and related records to about 1900. Grantor and grantee indexes are available, but there is no statewide index. An Internet map of New Canaan
Cemeteries Carter, Church Hill, Clinton, Crissey, Crissey-Young, Crissy, Hickok, Hoyt, Lakeview, New Richards, Old, Old Mather, Old Richards, Parade Ground, Park Street, Seely Stevens, Selleck's Corner, Silvermine, Smith, Stevens, Talmadge Hill, Valley Road, Waters, Weed, White Oak Shade, Young. The Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions (1600's to 1930's) is available through The Connecticut State Library The Association of Gravestone Studies 30 Elm Street, Worcester MA 01609 (508) 831-7753
Libraries New Canaan Library 151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 Fax: (203) 966-1985 Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Friday and Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm., Sunday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. (During the Summer, closed Sundays.) LDS Family History Center 682 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT 06840 (203) 966-1305 Hours: Thursday, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Connecticut State Library CT State Records at LDS Family History Centers
Historical Societies New Canaan Historical Society 13 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan CT 06840 (203) 966-1776 Fax: (203) 972-5917 Contact: Marilyn T. O'Rourke, Librarian Hours: Tuesday to Friday 9:30 am to 4:30 pm; Saturdays, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2 pm to 4:30 pm. Connecticut Society of Genealogists PO Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033-0435 (203) 569-0002
Newspapers The Connecticut Post 410 State Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604 (203) 330-6456 Other CT Newspapers
1) Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co. (1881) 2) Morrison, Betty Jean. Connecting to Connecticut. East Hartford: CT Society of Genealogists (1995) 3) Lindberg, Marcia Wiswall. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. 3rd Edition. Boston: NEHGS (1993) 4) Bentley, Elizabeth Petty. The Genealogist's Address Book, 3rd Edition. Baltimore, MD (1995)