Online Connecticut Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Connecticut Death Indexes and Obituaries

Connecticut Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (these require a subscription payment)
- Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 has over 1.7 million entries
- Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- Connecticut Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
- Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959-2001
- Connecticut: Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 Contains over 1.2 million transcribed headstone inscriptions from more than 2,000 Connecticut cemeteries -- from a WPA project directed by Charles R. Hale.

Connecticut Death Records Index, 1897-2001 (index is free; copies of the death records can be ordered for a fee) from the Connecticut State Library
Connecticut Death Records Index, 1897-1968 (free) at Ancestry

Connecticut Death Indexes at FamilySearch (free with registration)
- Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955 "Index to selected death records."
- Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955
- Connecticut Vital Records Prior to 1850 (Barbour Index)

Connecticut Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) has about 60 Connecticut newspapers including...
- Bridgeport News (3/15/2007-Current)
- Bristol Press (12/28/2007-Current)
- Danbury News-Times (3/14/1996-Current)
- Hartford Courant (7/9/1991-Current)
- Meriden Record-Journal (12/7/1997-Current)
- New Britain Herald (12/1/2000-Current)
- New Haven Register (1/3/1988-Current, 10/3/03-12/27/04 unavailable)
- Norwalk Citizen News (12/13/2002-Current)
- Norwich Bulletin (1/28/1999-Current)
- Ridgefield Press (1/27/2010-Current)
- Stamford-Norwalk Advocate (1/17/2005-Current)
- Waterbury Republican-American (6/25/2004-Current)

Connecticut Archives Indexes, 1629-1820 includes Estates of Deceased Persons, 1640-1820; and other genealogy indexes

Connecticut Jewish Ledger Obituary Database 1975-2002 (some years and months missing)

Connecticut Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Fairfield County...
- Fairfield Citizen News Obituaries Index, 1982-2006 from the Fairfield Public Library; some years missing
- Town of New Fairfield Cemetery Records
- Oak Lawn Cemetery Burials Fairfield, Connecticut
- Fairfield County: Greenwich Publications Index database includes obituaries from February 1983 to present
- Norwalk Hour Newspaper Index includes obituaries 1983-recent
- Fairfield County: Pine Island Cemetery and Mill Hill Burying Ground Burials (Norwalk, Connecticut)
- Ridgefield Press Obituaries Index 1875-1999 also has obituaries from mid 2000 to August 2005
- Shelton Cemetery Transcriptions
- Fairfield County: Stamford Obituary Index includes the Stamford Advocate 1843-present and other area newspapers for earlier years; from the Ferguson Library
- Fairfield County: Westport Library Obituaries Index (may be temporarily offline)
- Wilton Bulletin Obituaries Search covers January 1937-September 2005
- Fairfield County: Wilton Cemeteries
- Fairfield County Cemeteries
Hartford County...
- Hartford County Cemeteries
- Hartford County: Headstone Inscriptions for the Town of Suffield, Connecticut
- Ancient Burying Ground of Hartford - Burial List
- Cedar Hill Cemetery Burials in Hartford, Connecticut
- Hartford County: Vital Records of Simsbury, Connecticut includes indexes for cemetery burials (for Curtiss Cemetery, Simsbury Center Cemetery and Tariffville Cemetery), death notices, probate notices and other items
- Hartford County: Wethersfield Ancient Burying Ground and Village Cemetery map and index of burials
- Hartford County: Windsor Veterans Cemetery Burials
Litchfield County...
Middlesex County...
- Middlesex County: Pine Grove Cemetery Burials (Middletown, Connecticut)
New Haven County...
- New Haven County: Pine Grove Cemetery Burials in Ansonia, Connecticut
- New Haven County: Beacon Falls Death Records Index and Cemetery Index from the Beacon Falls Historical Society
- New Haven County: Uptown Burial Ground (Derby, CT)
- New Haven County: Grove Street Cemetery Burials in New Haven, Connecticut (requires free registration)
- Evergreen Cemetery Burial Records Search New Haven, Connecticut
- New Haven Jewish Cemetery Association Burials Database
- New Haven County: Oxford Cemetery Project
- New Haven County: Center Street Cemetery Burials in Wallingford, Connecticut
New London County...
- New London Vital Records and Cemetery Indexes
- New London County: Norwich City Cemetery Burials PDF file
- New London County: East Lyme Cemeteries from the East Lyme Historical Society
- New London County: Gales Ferry Cemetery Burials PDF file; Ledyard, Connecticut
Stamford - See the Fairfield County section above
Tolland County...
- Tolland County: Bolton Center and Belknap (Quarryville) Cemetery Indexes Bolton, Connecticut
- Tolland County: Town of Mansfield Index of Vital Records 100 Years Old
  - Also: Town of Mansfield Burial Records PDF file
- Tolland County: Old North Burial Ground (scanned book) Vernon, Connecticut; also has Vital Records of Bolton to 1854 and Vernon to 1852 (scanned book)
Windham County...
- Windham County, Connecticut, Cemetery Index, 1698-1968 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Windham County Cemetery Inscriptions and Vital Records

Connecticut State Library Personal and Family Vital Records Collection includes...
- Canton, Connecticut, sexton's returns
- Durham deaths, 1746-1908
- Durham deaths, 1791-1805
- Guilford deaths, 1735-1783
- Hebron baptisms marriages deaths, 1752-1876
- Milford deaths, 1849-1869
- New Haven Co., deaths & marriages, 1824-1883
- Record of deaths, New Haven, 1793-1859
- Record of deaths, North Coventry, 1826-1869
- Sextons records, 1733-1927, of Goshen Cemetery in Lebanon, Connecticut
- Torrington, record of deaths in Torringford, 1777-1884
- Vital records from Brown diary, Woodstock, 1777-1900
- Vital records from Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis manuscript, Christ Church, Middletown, 1836-1839

Also... Connecticut Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes: Connecticut marriage index 1959-2001, plus census, military and vital records, newspapers and city directories

Ordering Connecticut Vital Records

Information About Ordering Connecticut Vital Records by Mail (requires payment; restrictions apply)

Online Connecticut Death Indexes & Records

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