Free Online Connecticut City Directories

The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is April 2025)

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 to the right of the name (in the Format column), then the collection’s 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 Port Chester

        Easton

        Egremont

          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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