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.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/midlsxco.htm
Assemblage of resources, links, & records for Middlesex County towns.
Middletown USGenWeb Home Page
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctmiddle/middl_home.htm
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).
Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy
www.rays-place.com/
Miscellaneous vital records, biographies, town histories, cemetery records, and more.
General Connecticut genealogy
The Connecticut State Library Genealogy Page
http://www.cslib.org/genealogy.htm
This page presents an exhaustive collection of links to Connecticut genealogy resources, both at the library and elsewhere. A newcomer to Connecticut genealogy could spend a week exploring the links on this site alone.
Connecticut GenWeb Home Page
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctgenweb/
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
http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/
On this site are the complete records of the General Court and General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776. Originally published in 11 volumes, this collection also includes the 1639-1665 records of the Particular Court.
Connecticut History Online
http://www.cthistoryonline.org/project/index.htm
Connecticut History Online is a collaboration among the Connecticut Historical Society, Connecticut State Library, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut,the Mystic Seaport Museum, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society. The web site features over 14,000 images that can be searched by keyword, subject, creator, title, or date. A simple search of the word "Middletown" yields 166 "hits" of photographs and drawings dating back to 1835.
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. At the library search page, go to the navigation bar at the left and click on "E-References/Indexes" to see a list of searchable databases.
University of Connecticut Libraries Historical Scanned Map Collection
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_HistList.pl
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.
Mailing list & message board
RootsWeb Mailing List for Middlesex County
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/CT/middlesex.html
This monitored mailing list, CT-MIDDLE-L, is a place to post genealogical queries that will be read by those with similar interests. From this web page you may subscribe to the list, or browse/search the list archives.
SMFSD Message Board at RootsWeb
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.connecticut.smfsd/mb.ashx
The SMFSD message board at RootsWeb is a place to post queries about Middletown's first settler families.
General genealogy web sites
RootsWeb Home Page
www.rootsweb.com
RootsWeb is a free genealogy web site with how-to information for the beginning genealogist, plus links to databases, mailing lists, message boards, and much more.
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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/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?vid=0F0c-oosArQYdwq4kYNHyP&id=qwN_i3tIDIYC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=%22memorials+of+elder+john+white%22#PPA41,M1
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?vid=0_wkjNwzIVd-IYtNVZrddDF&id=qzcEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=%22The+Treat+Family%22
This is a link through "GoogleBooks", which has made the entire text available online. The book has information on Middletown first settler Matthias Treat.
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