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Danbury Library
170 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 797-4505

Fairfield Public Library
1080 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
(203) 256-3155

New Canaan Library
151 Main Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
(203) 594-5000

Westport Public Library
20 Jesup Road
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 291-4840

Family History Centers
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New Canaan Family History Center
682 South Avenue
New Canaan, CT
Phone: (203) 966-8475

Newtown Family
History Center
16 Saw Mill Road
Newtown, CT 06470
Phone: (203) 426-1752

Stamford Family
History Center
800 Stillwater Rd
Stamford, CT

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Historical & Genealogical
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Historical & Genealogical Societies are a great resource for local genealogical records and history of the area.

Brookfield Museum & Historical Society

Danbury Historical Society

Fairfield Historical Society

The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Cos Cob, Connecticut

Jewish Historical Society of Greater Stamford
Including Greenwich, New Canaan & Darien

New Canaan Historical Society

Norwalk Historical Society

Stamford Historical Society

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Fairfield County Connecticut Genealogy & Family History Resources
Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Cos Cob, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Georgetown, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Old Greenwich, Redding, Redding Ridge, Ridgefield, Riverside, Rowayton, Shelton, Sherman, Southport, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton

Established: May 10, 1666
Original County
County Seat: Bridgeport

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Connecticut State Vital Records
Health Department Vital Records
410 Capitol Avenue, 1st Floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06134
Phone: 860-509-7897

Fairfield County Connecticut Vital Records
Fairfield County Clerk
1061 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604-4222
Phone: (203) 579-6527
Note: County governments were abolished in 1960 in Connecticut and the only local government consists of cities and towns, with exception of the judicial & state marshall system.
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Early Connecticut Marriages
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Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. This file now contains over 89 million death records.

Census Links - Fairfield County Connecticut
CensusLinks.com
Links to Online Census Records Fairfield Co., Connecticut
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Search 1880 US Federal Census Free Online
FamilySearch.org - A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Search the United States Indian Census 1885-1940
Ancestry.com ~ The Indian Census schedules are census rolls usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, as required by an act of 4 July 1884 (23 Stat. 98).
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Cemeteries of Fairfield County, CT
Interment.net is a publisher of cemetery transcriptions for use by genealogists and local historians. Search and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fairfield County
The website that tells where the dead politicians are buried
Park Cemetery Inscriptions
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Stamford's Graven Images America
Historic Grave Sites of Connecticut, 06901 U.S.A.

Fairfield County Connecticut Newspaper Abstracts
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Ridgefield Obituaries
An index from 1875 to 1999
Compiled by the Ridgefield Library
Obituary Collection
This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. ~ Ancestry.com
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Read history as it was happening in more than 16 million pages from over 1000 different newspapers across the US, U.K. and Canada dating back to the 1700's. ~ Ancestry.com

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

USGenWeb Pensions Project
USGenWeb Archives
U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783
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U.S. Military Discharge Documents
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U.S. Military Reserves, 1778-1816
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Military Records Collection
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Connecticut Towns and Counties
Connecticut State Library
1895 Fairfield County Connecticut Map
This atlas was originally printed in 1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation. ~ LivGenMi.com
Norwich, Connecticut, Town Clerk Implements Internet Access to Land Records
Original Land Owners Indexed in the Government Land Office Records Database
County by county, state by state maps for original settlers whose purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database

Congregation Agudath Sholom
Stamford, CT
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Stamford - Archives
StamfordHistory.org
First Presbyterian Church of Stamford

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
Genealogical Publishing Company
Research Guide to Probate Records at the Connecticut State Library

Stamford, Connecticut 1907
Scanned Digital Image Collection - OldDirectorySearch.com

Fairfield County Connecticut Genealogy
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Fairfield County Connecticut Genealogy Links
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Fairfield County Connecticut Resources at RootsWeb
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A Family Odyssey: The Connecticut Churchills and the Settling of America 1635-1900
Genealogical Publishing Company

Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy
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American Local History Network
Fairfield County
Redding Connecticut Past & Present
HistoryOfRedding.com
Shelton Town History
ElectronicValley.org
History and People of Connecticut
A historical look at Connecticut from its earliest inhabitants through World War II.
By: Rickie Lazzerini

Keeler Tavern Museum
Ridgefield, Connecticut
The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society
The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society, Connecticut’s only statewide museum-based historical organization, promotes interest in special places by preserving and interpreting properties and collections of importance to Connecticut’s heritage.
National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County Connecticut

Danbury Connecticut Official Website
Town of Greenwich Official Website
GreenwichCT.org
U.S. City Directory
Surname Directory
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Surname Community
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DNA Ancestry
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