Marriage Index: Connecticut, 1635-1860

Between 1635 and 1860, around 134,000 marriages took place in various Connecticut towns.

In Connecticut, from 1650 on, town clerks were tasked with registering key life events like marriages, births, and deaths. The threat of fines for non-recording led some clerks to keep thorough records. However, the documentation of these events waned from the Revolutionary period until the mid-19th century. The situation improved in 1870 with the formation of the State Board of Health, which marked the beginning of more systematic record-keeping. This index focuses on marriages that happened before the State Board of Health's establishment, during a time when centralized record-keeping was not yet in place.


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