Vital Records:


IMPORTANT: Be aware, no public access for genealogy purposes to birth records of the last 100 years is allowed in the State of Connecticut unless you are a certified member of a Connecticut incorporated society such as Connecticut Society of Genealogists .  Only the following may access birth records (100 yrs. or less):

• Person who is the subject of the birth certificate;
• Parent or Guardian or Grandparent, if a minor;
• Spouse or Children;
• Chief Elected Official of Municipality or Agent;
• Local Health Director;
• Attorneys;
• Title Examiners;
• Members of Incorporated Genealogical Societies or Societies Authorized to Conduct Business in Connecticut;
  Incorporated/Authorized Genealogical Societies
• Persons Authorized by Court Order;
• State or Federal Agency Authorized by State Commissioner of Public Health.
  
  Connecticut Vital Records Information
  Connecticut Public Acts 1996 Public Act 96-258 (sec 3: 7-51a)
  
  

1. New London Town and City Clerk's Office: c1750 - present records:
• NOTE:  The town of New London with most of its civil records was burned during the Revolution
• Vital Records: birth, marriage, death; Land Records; VA Records; Public Meetings' minutes; etc...
• Cost:   $5.00 with SASE for a certified copy of birth, marriage or death record
• City Clerk: Michael J. Tranchida
  New London City Clerk's Office
  New London City Hall
  181 State St., New London, CT 06320
  Open: 8:30-4:00 PM weekdays
  (860) 447-5205
  

2. Department of Public Health: 1897-present: Birth, Deaths and Marriage.

3. Connecticut State Library: VRs after 1865, Barbour Collection, Hale Collection, local newspapers before 1982, ...
• History and Genealogy Unit
• WWW Genealogy Resources - sgt: State of CT
  
  
4. Online Vital Records of the town of New London
   • Complete transcriptions with hyperlinked indexes of the following Vital Record sources:
     • New London Vital Statistics Copy, Vol. 1
       [Woldf, Grace Shaw]. New London Vital Statistics from the Collated Copy from the Original Records, vol. 1 (S.I.: s. n., c1900?). Rebound copy in custody of the Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN. Transcribed by Susan G. Taylor.
     • New London Town Records, Book 2
       Woldf, Grace Shaw, comp. New London, Connecticut Town Records, book second (S.I.: G.S. Woldf, c1900?). Rebound copy in custody of the Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN. Transcribed by Pamela J. Taylor.
       
       
   • Barbour Collection, Town of New London:
     1. Complete transcription by Coralynn Brown of:
        New London, New London Co., CT, BARBOUR RECORDS
        Barbour Collection: Connecticut Vital Records, New London, New   London, Births-Marriages-Deaths, 1646-1854," compiled in 1921 under the supervision of Lucius Barbour, Connecticut Examiner of Public Records from 1911-1934, original MS collection in custody of the Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT (FHL microfilm 0002975; Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949).
     2. Births in the Town of New London before 1730 from the Barbour Collection
        transcribed by Kathleen Baker 
     3. Look-up volunteer with access to this source.
     4. For more information about the Barbour Collection:
        Barbour Collection
        
        

Cemetery Records

• Look-up volunteer has:Ye Ancient Burial Place of New London, CT

• New London Ancient Burial Ground
  Description and links to pictures of headstones

• New London County, CT Cemeteries Transcriptions

• Cemeteries of New London County, Connecticut - Cemetery Records

• The Political Graveyard: New London County, Conn.

• An Introduction to The Charles R. Hale Collection 

• Connecticut Cemetery links
  
  

Church Records

• First Church of Christ
  • Baptisms
    • Baptisms: Transcribed by David Hoffman
      • Baptisms by Mr. Bradstreet - 1670-1683
      • Baptisms by Gurdon Saltonstall - 1691-1705
      • Baptisms by Eliphalet ADAMS, beginning 1708
      • Baptisms by Mathers Byles, beginning 1757
  • Marriages
    • New London Marriages - Bailey
      Sorted in 3 formats:
      • Groom surname
      • Chronological order with page numbers as appears in source
      • Bride surname
        
        

Divorces Decrees:

• Clerk of Superior Court where divorce granted.
• Introduction to Divorce Records in Connecticut: A Brief History and Summary of Sources
• Look-up Volunteer has:
  Knox, Grace Louise and Ferris, Barbara B. Connecticut Divorces: Superior Court Records for the Counties of New London, Tolland & Windham, 1719-1910 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987).
  
  

Marriage Records:

• New London Marriages - Bailey
  Sorted in 3 formats:
  • Groom surname
  • Chronological order with page numbers as appears in source
  • Bride surname
    
    

• New London Probate District (095)
  181 Captain's Walk, P.O.Box 148
  New London, CT 06320
  Judge Mathew H. Greene - Judge of Probate
  Clerk: Doris Sanders
  Telephone: 860-443-7121
  Fax: 860-437-8155
  Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:00-4:00
• CSL Probate Records Information