Genealogy

Genealogy Classes

Intro-to-Genealogy

Introduction to Genealogy

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Places to Begin Your Research

  • Published and unpublished histories of older families in Bristol
  • The Book “Records of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of Revolution, War of 1812 and the Mexican War”
  • The book “Connecticut Men in the Civil War”
  • City directories (1884 – 1991)
  • Baptist Church Records (1801 – 1927)
  • Congregational Church records (1742 – 1897)
  • Trinity Episcopal Church records (1834 – 1949)
  • Hale Cemetery Indexes
  • Records of Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in North and South Cemeteries, Bristol, Conn.
  • A Record of Deaths in Bristol, Conn. 1793-1861 by Tracy Peck
  • Probate Records of Bristol 1785-1830
  • Birth, marriage, and death indexes compiled from the Bristol Press newspaper (although these indexes include many names, there are gaps for various years in which names were not recorded)
  • A subject index to the Bristol Press (1871 – 2006)
  • Assessor’s records (1815-1917)
  • Maps

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