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Local & regional genealogy
Internet research links
This list of links for members is distinct from the list on the Local History page. The links below are devoted specifically to genealogy research. A few of the links are repeated on other pages of this web site as a convenience to users. Also included are links to several complete books available online about early Middletown families.
Middletown & central Connecticut genealogy
The Connecticut Index of Jane Devlin's "Dunham-Wilcox" web site
http://www.dunhamwilcox.net/0_ct-index.htm
A treasure-trove of Middletown and Middlesex County records, including vital records (Barbour), cemetery records, wills, deeds, the 1853 Centennial Address of David D. Field, Middletown Upper Houses by Charles Collard Adams (1908), and much more.
Middlesex County USGenWeb Project
http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/comiddlesex/
Assemblage of resources, links, & records for Middlesex County towns.
Middletown USGenWeb Home Page
http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/comiddlesex/Middletown/index.html
Assemblage of resources, links, & records for Middletown, including A Record of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the First Proprietors of Lands in Middletown, Connecticut, from Vol. 1 of Middletown records (Pub. in NEHGS Register, Vol. 14, 1860).
General Connecticut genealogy
The Connecticut State Library Genealogy Page
https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/home
This page presents a comprehensive collection of the library's history and genealogy subject guides and finding aids.
Connecticut GenWeb Home Page
http://www.ctgenweb.org/
This site is a provides a single entry point to the GenWeb sites for all Connecticut cities and towns. Since the GenWeb sites depend on data contributed by volunteers, be advised that the information for any given county or town is variable.
Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776
Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut 1636-1776
Connecticut History Illustrated
https://ctdigitalarchive.org/
Connecticut History Illustrated (CHI) --- part of the Connecticut Digital Archive --- brings together the Connecticut history-related digital resources of libraries, archives, museums, galleries, historical societies and other cultural heritage institutions in Connecticut. It contains material as varied as the history of the state, from documents to images, from maps to audio and video covering the entire spectrum of work, play, and life in Connecticut. CHI was built on the success of Connecticut History Online (CHO), the pioneering collaborative digital collection of Connecticut history resources. All content from CHO is included in Connecticut History Illustrated.
Mystic Seaport Museum
www.mysticseaport.org/library/home.cfm
If you have Middletown ancestors who were involved in the maritime trades, it is worth checking the online databases at Mystic Seaport Museum.
University of Connecticut Libraries Historical Scanned Map Collection
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/historical_maps.html
The University of Connecticut Historical Map Collection is available for online viewing as well as downloading in several file formats. The collection includes both the 1877 and 1915 "bird’s eye view" maps of Middletown.
General genealogy web sites
Cyndi's List
www.cyndislist.com
Cyndi's List is the ultimate index of Internet links (over 250,000) to genealogy web sites.
FamilySearch LDS Church Web Site
www.familysearch.org
Worldwide searchable database of names & dates, plus member-submitted family trees.
Note: Unsourced data is primarily useful for research hints only. Always verify sources.
Middletown first settler families: Books available online
Middletown Upper Houses by Charles Collard Adams (1908)
http://www.dunhamwilcox.net/bios/0_up_index.htm
Jane Devlin's "Dunham-Wilcox-Trrott-Kirk" web site includes a partial transcription (by Coralyn Brown, Liz Matthews, and Dona Ritchie) of Middletown Upper Houses, a history of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut from 1650 to 1800, with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families, and a full genealogy of the Ranney family. The transcription includes the chapters on individual families, but not the first 97 pages of local history. At present the Ranney family genealogy is complete for the first four generations only.
Memorials of Elder John White by Allyn Stanley Kellogg (1860)
http://books.google.com/books?id=qwN_i3tIDIYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_
r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
This is a link through "GoogleBooks", which has made the entire text available online. The book has information on Middletown first settler Nathaniel White and his descendants.
The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin
of Middletown, Connecticut by Franklin Andrews (1900)
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0T72fa_-Amahbz-6hAYomX&id=NbVQ7e1hZ9IC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22giles+hamlin%22
This is a link through "GoogleBooks", which has made the entire text available online. The book has information on Middletown first settler Giles Hamlin and his descendants.
The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat
of Middletown, Connecticut by John Harvey Treat (1893)
http://books.google.com/books?id=qzcEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_
r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
This is a link through "GoogleBooks", which has made the entire text available online. The book has information on Middletown first settler Matthias Treat.
In case you got lost . . . back to the members' Genealogy Resources page
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