Litchfield County Connecticut Genealogy and History
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Early History Of Litchfield County, Connecticut
Litchfield County was created on October 9, 1751, by an act of the Connecticut General Court from land belonging to Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford counties.
Between 1780 and 1807, several new towns were created at the boundaries between Litchfield County and other counties in Connecticut. The town of Watertown was established in 1780 from Waterbury and was placed under Litchfield County jurisdiction. The establishment of the town of Brookfield from part of New Milford in 1788 resulted in Litchfield County losing territory to Fairfield County. In 1796, the town of Hartland was transferred to Hartford County. In 1798, the town of Oxford was established from part of Southbury causing Litchfield County to lose territory to New Haven County. In 1807, the town of Southbury was transferred to New Haven County. The final boundary change occurred on October 8, 1807, when the town of Middlebury was established from part of Woodbury.
Litchfield County Genealogy Records
- Biographies
- Cemetery Records
- Census Records
- Church Records
- Cities & Towns
- County Records
- Family Bibles
- History Topics
- Military Records
- Miscellaneous Data
- Newspapers
- Obituaries
- School Records
- Vital Records - Birth, Marriage & Death Records
- Wills/Probate Records
Genealogy Research in Litchfield County
Connecticut Counties do not have a county government, the government is at the town level.
Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and land records
Clerk of the Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1800
Probate Court has probate records.
Genealogical and Historical Societies
- Colebrook Historical Society
- Cornwall Historical Society
- Gaylordsville Historical Society
- Goshen Historical Society
- Kent Historical Society
- Litchfield Historical Society
- New Hartford Historical Society
- New Milford Historical Society & Museum
- Norfolk Historical Society
- Old Bethlem Historical Society
- Sharon Historical Society & Museum
Adjacent counties
- Berkshire County, Massachusetts (north)
- Hampden County, Massachusetts (northeast)
- Hartford County (east)
- New Haven County (southeast)
- Fairfield County (south)
- Dutchess County, New York (west)
- Columbia County, New York (northwest)