Free Online Connecticut Digital Archives

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 October 2024)
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The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.

There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But much of this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.

As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research  These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of links to free online digital archives for the state. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit.

Types of Information Available in Digital Archives

• Scrapbooks
• Diaries
• Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
• Letters
• Oral Histories
• Maps
• Bulletins and Newsletters
• Corporate Collections
• Local Community and County Histories
• Photographs and Postcards
• Rare Books and Manuscripts
• Government Publications and Documents
• And yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes

The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below:

Connecticut Archives

• Access Genealogy – Connecticut
• Albertus Magnus College Digital Collections
• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• American History & Genealogy Project – Connecticut
• Ancestry Free Index Collections
• Avon Free Public Library
• Berlin-Peck Memorial Library
• Branford History and Genealogical Research
• Bridgeport History Center
• Bristol Public Library
• Central Connecticut State University Digital Collections
• Chronicling America – Connecticut
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Connecticut College Digital Collections
• Connecticut Digital Archive
• Connecticut Historical Society
• Connecticut History Illustrated
• Connecticut History Online
• Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library
• Connecticut State Library
• Connecticut State Library Digital Collections
• ConnecticutHistory.org
• Cyndi’s List – Connecticut
• David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
• Dead Fred
• Death Indexes – Connecticut
• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Public Library of America – Connecticut
• Eastern Connecticut State University Digital Collections
• Ellington, Hall Memorial Library
• Fairfield University Digital Collections
• FamilySearch
• FamilySearch – Connecticut Online Genealogy Records
• FamilySearch Catalog
• FamilySearch Wiki – Connecticut
• Farmington Libraries
• FindAGrave
• Genealogy Trails – Connecticut
• Godfrey Memorial Library
• Google
• Google Books – Connecticut
• Groton Public Library
• HathiTrust – Connecticut
• I Dream of Genealogy
• Interment.net – Connecticut
• Internet Archive – Connecticut
• Jewish Historical Society of New Haven
• LDS Genealogy – Connecticut
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Linkpendium – Connecticut
• Milford Public Library
• Mitchell College Digital Collections
• Mystic Seaport Museum Collections Research Center
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Archives at Boston
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• National Archives Resources for Genealogists
• Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• New England Historic Genealogical Society
• New Haven Museum Whitney Research Library
• New Horizons Genealogy – Connecticut
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Patriot and Grave Registry
• Pequot Library
• Quinnipiac College Digital Collections
• Sacred Heart University Digital Collections
• Sanborn Maps – Connecticut
• Smithsonian Digital Library
• Southern Connecticut State University Digital Collections
• The Official Land Records Site
• Trinity College Digital Collections
• United States Social Security Death Index
• University of Bridgeport Digital Collections
• University of Connecticut Digital Collections
• University of Hartford Digital Collections
• University of New Haven Digital Collections
• US GenWeb – Connecticut
• US GenWeb Archives – Connecticut
• Waterbury, Silas Bronson Library
• Wesleyan University Digital Collections
• Western Connecticut State University Digital Collections
• Yale University Digital Collections