Shelton Connecticut CTGenWeb Resources

Vital Records
Shelton Town Clerk
54 Hill Street, PO Box 364, Shelton, CT 06484
(203) 924-1562

Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. (call for summer hours)

Birth records: 1789-Present
Marriage Records: 1789-Present
Death Records: 1789-Present
Comments: Birth, marriage and death records prior to 1789 may be found in Stratford.

Probate & Land
Shelton Probate Office
40 White Street, PO 127, Shelton, CT 06484-0127
Tel: (203) 924-8462

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 12 noon; 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

Probate Records: May 1889 to Present.
(Records prior to 1889 may be found in the Bridgeport or Derby Probate Offices at the CT State Library.)

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.

Cemeteries

Congregational Sons of Israel
Lawn
Long Hill
Lower White Hills
Old Coram
Old Huntington Center
Riverside,
Riverview
St. Paul's
Huntington Burying-Places, pp. 966-971
Huntington Burying-Places, pp. 972-977
Huntington Burying-Places, pp. 978-983
Huntington Burying-Places, pp. 984-990
Huntington White Hills Burying-place

The Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions (1600's to 1930's) available through
The Connecticut State Library
The Association of Gravestone Studies-30 Elm Street Worcester MA 01609 (508) 831-7753

Libraries
Plumb Memorial Library
65 Wooster Street, Shelton, CT 06484
(203) 924-1581
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am to 8:30 pm., Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm., Saturday, 9:00 am to 4:30 am. (Closed Saturdays during the Summer.)

Huntington Branch Library 41 Church Street, Shelton, Connecticut 06484 (203) 926-0111

Branch Hours Monday & Tuesday 12 noon - 8:00 pm. Wednesday & Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Saturday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. (Closed Sundays and Holidays.Closed Saturdays Mid-June to After Labor Day)

Historical Societies
Shelton Historical Society PO Box 2155, Shelton, CT 06484
Contact: Mary Solomon, Director
(203) 925-1803

Hours: Monday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Call for seasonal hours and to schedule appointments.

Connecticut Society of Genealogists PO Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033-0435
(203) 569-00002

Newspapers
The Connecticut Post 410 State Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 330-6456

Bridgeport News
(weekly) Hometown Publications, 6515 Main St., P.O. Box 293, Trumbull, CT 06111

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. 4th Edition. Baltimore, MD: GPS 1998.

If you have questions, comments or contributions to this ongoing collective effort,
please e-mail Town Coordinator, Jim Smith Shelton CTFAIRFI CTGenWeb Town Coordinator.
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