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Tolland County, Connecticut

 

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Genealogical Query Systems for Tolland County

 

SUBMIT AND /OR VIEW A TOLLAND COUNTY RELATED GENEALOGICAL QUERY, CLICK HERE

This is a brand new automated Query System !!!
Queries will be posted immediately! There must be a reference to Tolland County Query or it will be deleted. Please capitalize surnames.
Please note - if you reply to a query using the reply form on the query message board, IT WILL BE POSTED WITH THE QUERIES ! If you DO NOT want your reply posted, use your email by clicking on the persons name and send your reply that way.

Click here to see queries from July 1, 1998 to December 30, 1998
Click here to see queries from 1997 to June 30, 1998

 

 

INDEX TO DIVORCE RECORDS FOR TOLLAND COUNTY, CT, click here

DONATED BY JAN HARRIS

 

OBITS OF TOLLAND COUNTY, click here

 

Name index to "Images of America - Vernon and Historic Rockville", by Dr. S. Ardis Abbott and Jean A. Luddy, 1998, Arcadia Publishing, transcribed by Kathie Schooley Kentfield, with permission of the author, click here

BIOS OF WINDHAM COUNTY,"ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONNECTICUT
BIOGRAPHY GENEALOGICAL-MEMORIAL- REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS, THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED, BOSTON, NEW YORK, CHICAGO 1917 In 4 Volumes ( These are bios of only Windham and Toland County people), donated by your host, I have added another book to the bios of Windham County, namely: GENEALOGICAL NOTES, OR Contributions to the family History OF SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS. BY THE LATE NATHANIEL GOODWIN. HARTFORD: F. A. BROWN. 1856. The index is combined, but credit is on the page as to which book it came from, click
here

BIOS OF TOLLAND COUNTY, from "Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut." donated by Linda Pingel click here

A COMPLETE INDEX OF : "Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut " donated by Linda Pingel, click here.

 

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS !!!!!

To learn how to create a page click here


  Towns of Tolland County
 looking for host volunteers:

Andover founded 1848 taken from Tolland

Columbia founded 1804 taken from Lebanon

Union founded 1734

Bolton (BOLTON IS UP, SEE BELOW, BUT IT IS UP FOR ADOPTION)

 

Towns of Tolland County that have been adopted and have their own page including query section

 

Bolton page

Coventry page

Ellington page

Hebron page

Mansfield page

Somers page

Stafford page

Tolland page

Vernon page

Willington page


Tolland County Research Volunteers

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: When requesting look-ups, have the subject as Tolland/look-up, OR YOUR REQUEST MAY NOT BE ANSWERED. Please be as specific as you can be, include all known dates, children , places, etc. Also, please indicate the book that you are requesting the look-up in. Finally, limit your requests to one or two names, and remember these are VOLUNTEERS, Please remember to THANK them.

Robert F. Stewart RFStewart1@cs.com I'd be glad to do lookups for cemetery records for individuals not included in the North Cemetery listing. I also have and will do lookups in Dorothy P. Hanna's "Kibbe Genealogical Notes" and Edmund R. Gager's "The Gager Family".

 

Cathy Lauer I have a copy of "Connecticut Divorces - New London - Tolland - Windham Cos. 1719-1910" compiled by Grace Louise Knox & Barbara Ferris I will gladly do lookups also for Tolland & Windham

Nov. 11, 2000, I have the History of Brimfield,Mass 1701-1876. There are genealogies of families that lived in Brimfield at that time.....most came from Mass Bay Colony of Roxbury area to Windham Co.,Conn and Tolland Co., Conn.......later generations migrated to other areas of Mass[Hampden Co]and around 1800-1820 to Windham co.Vt. Email me at: LOOKUPSNE@hotmail.com Put Brimfield query in the subject box [ I have the book for 2 weeks] For an index of names listed, please click here

Jessie Paulk paulkj@perry.gulfnet.com I have researched the Paulk family for over 35 years and published a book "The Paulks of America". We originated in Watertown, MA, down to Tolland Co, Ct, then south and west from there. Some are buried in Tolland

Linda Pagliuco, anthony.pagliuco@snet.net or lpagliuco@excite.com

I'm willing to do look-ups in Old Houses of Coventry, compiled by Rev. Marvin Root in 1844 and revised 1864. It's packed with names and locations beginning with Coventry's founding in 1715. I am also willing to do look ups of birth, death, marriage and baptismal records. Finally, I spend quite a bit of time in our old burial grounds, and for a nominal fee to cover costs, could take photos of gravestones, ( or at least try to get a decent shot as this isn't easy !!) I also will do look ups in Hale, House and related families.

Peggy Isbell has generously offered to do look ups in "The Roots of Coventry, Connecticut" by Betty Brook Messier and Janet Sutherland Aronson. It was done by the 275th Anniversary Committee, Coventry, CT and published in 1978. Although this book is primarily about the ROOT family, there are many other names indexed in it.

Norma Storrs Keating has offered to look up in The Storrs Family and Other Memoranda, by Charles Stores (New York, 1886)

Susan Taylor has generously offered to look up in the following:
Dimock, Susan W., Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths from the records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut 1703-1850» (NEHGS Photocopy Reprint 1997; New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1898).

Jan Wilson Ramos has generously offered to look up in the following books:

Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, MA,(also has Wilsons of Tolland and Windham Co., CT) Vol # J, by Ken Stevens, 1991, ISBN 0-9621887-2-7

The Roots of Coventry, Connecticut, by Betty Brook Messier & Janet Sutherland Aronson, 275th Anniversary Committee, Coventry, CT, 1978

Jay Clifford has volunteered to do look ups in a book on the CUSHMAN family who arrived months after the Mayflower, to go there click here

Town of Mansfield, George Waller, click here

Town of Andover, Chris Carpenter, click here

New England Parish Families, by Roswell Parish, Elaine Merrell click, here

 

FAMILIES OF TOLLAND COUNTY

These are quite complete and are taken from written material, such as books and articles on specific families

 

Descendants of Jonathan Barnes Esq. Donated by Helen Barnes, click here

Revolutionary War Record of William Hibbard transcribed by Susan W. Pieroth, to go there, click here

The Grant Family (with many collateral lines) of Tolland County, CT by Rick Duffy, to go there, click here

The Hall/ Halls, Lincolns, Flints Family (with many collateral lines) of Tolland County, CT by Rick Duffy, to go there, click here

The Hulbert/Hurlbut Family by Barbara Clayton, to go there, click here

The Woodward Family of Tolland County, CT, to go there, click here

The Cross and Vinton Families of Tolland County, CT, to go there, click here

Several Ancestral Lines of Moses Hyde and his Wife Sarah Dana,click here

Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy, (this is an excellent site) click here

 

Researchers of Tolland County with Web Pages

Kevin Kibbe, has the Kibbe Family on his home page, to go there, click here

WHITEHOUSE - "The Whitehouse Ancestry of Bert Winfred Whitehouse" link "The Whitehouse Ancestry", click here

AMIDON - "The Amidon Ancestry of Andrew Huntington Amidon" "The Amidon Ancestry" click here

Beverly Schonewolf has some articles about the family of Benjamin Rockwell of Stafford, click here

Robert Bradley has a page with the family of Hanna Lathrop, click here

Robert Bradley has a page with the family of Dr. Roswell Bradley & Sarah Isham, click here

Robert Bradley has a page with the family of Capt. Jabez Bradley & Hanna Lathrop, click here

Robert Bradley has a page with the family of George Bradley & Hannah Braman, click here

Robert Ward has a page with the Whitney Family of Willington, CT, click here

To go to the Dunham family of Tolland County, WHOEVER SENT THIS ADDRESS, PLEASE UPDATE IT, THANK YOU

Newago County Michigan, USGENWEB Page has some Judd family members of Hebron, CT

Jan (Wilson) Ramos - Researching the Wilson, Rust & Hawkins families of Coventry, 1712-1819, click here

John Shuck, Root-Coleman lines, click here

Denise Tyler's Dimmock Family Page, click here


 

LAND & PROBATE RECORDS

 

Jan (Wilson) Ramos has transcribed many of these documents as part of her genealogy research. Because so many unrelated individuals are mentioned, they may be of use to others. References may describe the location of a person's property, familial relationships, or a civil post. Most focus upon the geographic areas of Coventry & Preston, Connecticut. They are presented in chronological order, click here.

 

MARRIAGE RECORDS TOLLAND COUNTY, CT

Union Marriage Records, donated by Ray Brown, to go there, click here

Coventry Marriage Records, to go there click here

Somers Marriage Records, Donated by Ray Brown, to go there, click here

 

CEMETERY RECORDS OF TOLLAND COUNTY

Cemetery Records of South Street Cemetery, Coventry, Donated by Linda Pagliuco, click here

Carpenter Cemetery (aka Silver Street Cemetery), Silver St., North Coventry, CT, just south of Rt. 44. THIS IS FACINATING, A MUST READ, click here

Cemetery Records of Coventry, CT, click here

Crystal Lake Center Cemetery Inscriptions on Route 140, Ellington Twp, Tolland County, CT
Contributed by: Debra Morton, click here

Cemetery Records of Hebron, CT click here

Cemetery Records of North Cemetery, Somers, CT, transcribed & donated by Robert Fuller Stewart, click here

Cemetery Records of ST. Edwards Cemetery, Stafford Springs, CT at the Connecticut Cemeteries Site, click here

Cemetery Records of Tolland, CT click here

Donated by Robert Bradley

Cemetery Listing - Skungamaug Cemetery, Tolland, CT, click here

Cemetery Records of East Cemetery, Vernon, click here


WILLS OF TOLLAND COUNTY

1826 will of Edward Kibbe, click here

MILITARY RECORDS OF TOLLAND COUNTY

Early Coventry Veterans & Pensioners, Various early veterans' census and pension records. Some are for ALL of Tolland County. These are donated by Jan Wilson Ramos, click here

Researchers of Tolland County without web pages

Mansfield, all families before 1750, George Waller, click here

Stanley, Edwards, Fuller, Millington families, Werner Stanley, click here

Andrews, Washburn, Cushman, Avery, Fairman, White, Bocker, Ledoyt, Patten, Beckwith & Elliothorpe families, Sue Andrews Sinclair, click here

Root-Coleman families, Coventry, John Shuck, click here

Ticknor family,Nola Johannes, click here

Howard/Hayward family-Work, S.M. Howard, click here

Delano family: Tolland, Paulette Deleno Dias, click here

Jones family (Samuel & Lydia): Hebron, Diana Carmack, click here

LOCAL GENEALOGICAL/HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

NATHAN HALE CEMETERY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE , P.O. Box 177, Coventry, CT 06238
The Nathan Hale Cemetery, with its imposing granite monument to Nathan Hale, is located in the historic village area overlooking Coventry Lake. The cemetery is home to more than 175 gravestones from the colonial period, providing the opportunity to study the history, folk art, and burial customs of Eastern Connecticut. This burial ground is well maintained by the town, but as in many ancient graveyards, its oldest stones are showing the effects of more than 200 years of weathering and pollution.

The Preservation Committee was founded in 1999 . Charter members are Brian Heath, chairman; Lesley Evans, Linda Pagliuco, and Tony Pagliuco . Our goals are to help restore and conserve gravestones, to update existing records, and to serve as an educational resource to the community and to other related organizations. To date, we have held several workshops, open to the public, on appropriate gravestone cleaning methods Heavy lichen incrustations have been carefully removed from approximately 25 eighteenth century stones . An inventory of existing stones is also underway. We are now offering a walking tour of the cemetery, with emphasis upon gravestone carvers and the family of Nathan Hale.

The Preservation Committee meets regularly on the first Wednesday of every month, at 7:30 PM, at the historic Nathan Hale Homestead, South Street, Coventry, Connecticut. Please consider joining us. We cordially invite you to come and make an important contribution to the past and to the future.

For additional information, or to book a walking tour, please contact Linda Pagliuco

 

Digital Archives for Tolland County Research

The USGenWeb Archives stores original source materials in online digital format for free downloading. Check out the CT Table of Contents.

Or, see what is available state by state: at the Archives

If you would like to donate Tolland County data in electronic format to the Archives, please contact the Tolland County coordinator.

If you have electronic data for other areas of the United States, please contact the USGenWeb Archives coordinator.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGISTS WHO WILL RESEARCH FOR A FEE

Deb Inman reinman@snet.net
EASTERN CT LOOK-UP AND RESEARCH SERVICE: All town halls in New London, Windham, and Tolland Counties. Vitals, land records, probate records, cemetery photos.
FRENCH-CANADIAN GENEALOGY: There is a large population of French-Canadians in eastern CT. Most had ancestors who immigrated in the late 1800's to work in local textile mills. To trace French-Canadian lines in Quebec I can use the vast resources (Drouin, Jette, Tanguay, PRDH, etc) at the French-Canadian Genealogical Society in Tolland, CT. Her home page can be found
here.

Linda Pagliuco, anthony.pagliuco@snet.net Doing research of land, probate, cemetery, and vital records in Tolland, Hartford, Windham, and New London Counties. Well versed in local history and have access to several private libraries and databases. Will also consider towns farther afield upon request. Reasonable rates; please contact me for quotes or questions.

Nancy Simpson cazzy62@earthlink.net
I do genealogy for a reasonable fee for the towns of Windham County as well as anywhere else in CT. Most searches can be done for around $50

David Wilson purda@snet.net: I am doing paid research for towns in Tolland County and neighboring towns. Folks should E-MAIL me for prices. I have a large database in my own computer and know town hall locations, libraries, etc., where I can get much more information.

COMMERCIAL SITES

Kay Gleason I am the owner of a one-person business which reproduces old maps of towns in New England and New York. My maps of Tolland County towns are from the Atlas of Hartford & Tolland Counties by Baker & Tilden, published in 18769 . You can see the complete list of maps at http://www.oldmapsne.com


Other Internet Resources for Tolland County

Am always looking to add to this section... please help me  :-)

 

Birthdate Form
Calculates birthdate from death date and age of death in year-month-day format


Connecticut Genealogy Forum

The French-Canadian Genealogical Society of CT in Tolland

Census Online - Connecticut

Genealogy Scams:

Click on year, and find map of US for that year including states,territories, etc.

Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources

Connecticut Mailing Lists:

Connecticut Town Finder


Online Bookstores that have Connecticut history and genealogy books for sale:

Ancestor Publishers:


Barnette Books:

Broad View Books

Genealogical Publishing Co.

Global Genealogy Books

Hearthstone Bookshop:

Heritage Books

Higginson Book Company

Picton Press

The Sleeper Co.

Storbeck's

Willow Bend Bookstore

A DRAMATIC REVIVAL: THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING IN CONNECTICUT
Mentions: Elisha and Solomon Paine

Colonial Hall - A Look at America's Founders. Samuel Huntington 1732-1796

The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Governor Samuel Huntington

The Politacal Grave Yard

Archives and Manuscript Repositories in Connecticut

Connecticut Family History Centers

Current information courtesy of Internet Business Consulting, Inc., Tolland CT.
USA Today CT Travel Guide
CTWired
Yahoo search
Algonquian Indian Placenames
Cyndi Howell's CT Genealogy
Chris Gaunt's CT page
MetaCrawler Search


 Return To Connecticut USGENWEB Page, Click Here

Tolland County Border Counties:

Tolland County is bounded on the west by Hartford County, the south by New London County, the east by Windham and New London Counties, and the north by Hampden and Worcester Counties MA.

 

Nominated for July, 1998

Thank you!

Palmer Award

 

This page was created by Elaine Merrell 20 December 1997

PLEASE NOTE: I AM MERELY THE HOST OF TOLLAND COUNTY, CT

I DO NOT LIVE EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THE AREA. I CAN NOT DO LOOK UPS AND I HAVE PLACED EVERYTHING THAT I PRESENTLY HAVE ON THESE PAGES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

 

This page was last updated January 7, 2002

This page was originally founded by George Waller on September 22, 1996

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