Free Online Connecticut City Directories

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(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins. For years, Miriam has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

  • Full names, including middle names
  • Spouse name
  • Occupation
  • Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
  • Maps
  • Businesses (and index to advertisers).
  • Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, and newspapers.
  • Whether a woman is a widow (including the name of her husband).
  • List of marriages and deaths of the previous year.
  • Death date.
  • etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:​

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

Connecticut City Directories

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Statewide

Alandar

Alford

Ansonia

Ashley Falls

Athol

    Avon

      Barkhamstead

      Barkhamsted

      Branford

      Bridgeport

      Bridgeport District

      Bristol

      Bristol County

        Canaan

        Cheshire

        Clayton

        Clinton

          Connecticut Valley

          Cos Cob

          Danbury

          Darien

            Derby

              East Canaan

              East Hampton

              East Haven

              East Killingly

                East Port Chester

                Easton

                Egremont

                Elmville

                Enfield

                Fairfield

                Fairfield County

                Farmington Valley

                Gardner

                Glendale

                  Great Barrington

                  Greenwich

                  Hamden

                  Hartford

                  Hartsville

                  Housatonic

                  Interlaken

                  Kitchener

                  Leominster

                  Litchfield County

                  Manchester

                  Meriden

                  Meriden District thru Meriden

                  Middletown

                  Midesex County

                  Milford

                  Mill River

                  Monterey

                  Mount Washington

                  Mystic

                  Naugatuck

                  New Britain

                  New Hartford

                  New Haven

                  New London

                  New Marlboro

                  Niantic

                  Noank

                  North Canaan

                  North Egremont

                  Norwalk

                  Norwich

                  Old Saybrook

                    Putnam

                    Ridgefield

                      Saybrook

                      Sheffield

                      Sound Beach

                      South Berkshire

                      South Egremont

                      Southfield

                      Southington

                      Southport

                      Stamford

                      State Line

                      Stockbridge

                      Stonington

                      Stratford

                      Thompsonville

                      Tolland County

                      Torrington

                      Trumbull

                      Wallingford

                      Waterbury

                      Waterford

                        West Haven

                        West Stockbridge

                        Westport

                        Willimantic

                        Windham County

                        Windsor Locks

                        Winsted

                        Woodbridge


                        For all Free Connecticut Collection Links in 24 Genealogy Categories, go to the By Location Page, click on Connecticut, and then click on the category of interest.

                        Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

                        2 replies on “Free Online Connecticut City Directories”

                        I have added these to my Directories database. They will appear on my website in my next update. Thank you.

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