The Barbour Collection

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The Barbour Collection

The Lucious Barnes Barbour Collection, well known to the Connecticut researcher, serves as an index to and an abstract of most pre-1850 Connecticut vital records. It is housed in the Connecticut State Library, but microfilm copies of it are widely available. Begun after establishment of the State Department of Health, Barbour’s project was to abstract and collect all town vital records up to about 1850. There are two formats to the material. The first is a statewide paper slip alphabetical index containing a complete abstract of each vital record taken from the books in each town. The card file holding this index takes up an entire wall at the Connecticut State Library. The second format is the group of separately bound volumes of abstracts of vital records for most towns, prepared from the slips. Taken from Eichholz, Alice. “Connecticut”; in Ancestry's Red Book, ed. Alice Eichholz. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry, 2004).

• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002
• Additional details on the origins of the Barbour Collection can be found in the "Barbour Collection" article posted at the Connecticut State Library website.
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Table of Contents

• Vol. 1

• Andover 1848-79
• Ashford 1710-1851
• Avon 1830-51

• Vol. 2

• Barkhamsted 1779-1854
• Berlin 1785-1850
• Bethany 1832-53
• Bethlehem 1787-1851
• Bloomfield 1835-53
• Bozrah 1786-1850

• Vol. 3

• Branford 1644-1850
• Bridgeport 1821-1854

• Vol. 4

• Bristol 1785-1854
• Brookfield 1788-1852
• Brooklyn 1786-1850
• Burlington 1806-1852

• Vol. 5

• Canaan 1739-1852
• Canterbury 1703-1850

• Vol. 6

• Canton 1806-1853
• Chaplin 1822-1851
• Chatham 1767-1854
• Cheshire 1780-1840
• Chester 1836-1852
• Clinton 1838-1854
• Diary of Aaron G Hurd
• Clinton 1809-1878

• Vol. 7

• Colchester 1699-1850
• Colebrook 1779-1810
• Columbia 1804-1852
• Cornwall 1740-1854

• Vol. 8

• Danbury 1685-1847
• Darien 1820-1851
• Derby 1655-1852

• Vol. 9

• East Hartford 1783-1853
• East Haven 1700-1852
• East Lyme 1839-1853

• Vol. 10

• Durham 1708-1852
• Eastford 1847-1851
• East Haddam 1743-1857

• Vol. 11

• East Windsor 1768-1860
• Ellington, pt 1 births & deaths 1786-1850
• Ellington, pt 2 marriage records 1820-1853

• Vol. 12

• Fairfield 1639-1850
• Farmington 1645-1850

• Vol. 13

• Franklin 1786-1850
• Glastonbury 1690-1854

• Vol. 14

• Goshen 1739-1854
• Granby 1786-1850
• Greenwich 1640-1848

• Vol. 15

• Griswold 1815-1848
• Groton 1704-1853

• Vol. 16

• Guilford 1639-1850

• Vol. 17

• Haddam 1668-1852
• Hamden 1786-1854
• Hampton 1786-1851

• Vol. 18

• Hartland 1761-1848
• Harwinton 1737-1854
• Hebron 1708-1854

• Vol. 19

• Hartford 1635-1855

• Vol. 20

• Huntington 1789-1850
• Kent 1739-1852
• Killingly 1708-1850

• Vol. 21

• Killingworth 1667-1850
• Ledyard 1836-1855
• Lisbon 1786-1850

• Vol. 22

• Lebanon vols 1 & 2 1700-1954
• Lebanon vol 3 1700-1854

• Vol. 23

• Litchfield 1719-1854

• Vol. 24

• Lyme 1667-1852

• Vol. 25

• Madison 1826-1850
• Manchester 1823-1853
• Marlborough 1803-1852
• Meriden 1806-1853
• Middlebury 1807-1850
• Monroe 1823-1854
• Montville 1786-1850
• Naugatuck 1844-1853

• Vol. 26

• Middletown, pt 1 A-J 1651-1854

• Vol. 27

• Middletown, pt 2 K-Z, and no surname 1651-1854
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• Vol. 28

• Milford 1640-1850
• New Canaan 1801-1854
• New Hartford 1740-1854

• Vol. 29

• New London 1646-1854

• Vol. 30

• New Milford 1712-1860
• Norfolk 1758-1850
• North Stonington 1807-1852

• Vol. 31

• Newtown 1711-1852
• North Branford 1831-1854
• North Haven 1786-1854

• Vol. 32

• Norwalk 1651-1850
• Norwich 1847-1851

• Vol. 33

• Orange 1822-1850
• Oxford 1798-1850
• Plainfield 1699-1852

• Vol. 34

• Plymouth 1795-1850
• Pomfret 1705-1850

• Vol. 35

• Preston 1687-1850, parts I & II

• Vol. 36

• Portland 1841-1850
• Prospect 1827-1853
• Redding 1767-1852
• Ridgefield 1709-1850

• Vol. 37

• Rocky Hill 1765-1854
• Roxbury 1796-1835
• Salem 1836-1852
• Salisbury 1741-1846

• Vol. 38

• Saybrook 1635-1850
• Sharon 1739-1865

• Vol. 39

• Sherman 1802-1850
• Simsbury 1670-1855

• Vol. 40

• Somers 1734-1850
• Southbury 1787-1830
• Southington 1779-1857
• South Windsor 1845-1851

• Vol. 41

• Sterling 1794-1850
• Stratford 1639-1840

• Vol. 42

• Stamford 1641-1852

• Vol. 43

• Stonington 1658-1854

• Vol. 44

• Stafford 1719-1850
• Tolland 1715-1850

• Vol. 45

• Suffield 1674-1850

• Vol. 46

• Thompson 1785-1850

• Vol. 47

• Torrington 1740-1850
• Union 1734-1850
• Voluntown 1708-1850

• Vol. 48

• Wallingford 1670-1850

• Vol. 49

• Warren 1786-1850
• Washington 1779-1854
• Waterford 1801-1851
• Watertown 1780-1850
• Westbrook 1840-1851

• Vol. 50

• Waterbury 1686-1853

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• Weston 1787-1850
• Westport 1835-1850
• Willington 1727-1851

• Vol. 52

• Wethersfield 1634-1868

• Vol. 53

• Wilton 1802-1850
• Winchester 1771-1858
• Wolcott 1796-1854
• Woodbridge 1784-1832
• Woodbury 1674-1850
• Woodstock 1848-1866

• Vol. 54

• Windham 1692-1850

• Vol. 55

• Windsor 1637-1850