Catalog of Manuscript Collections
MSS 52: Connecticut Vital Records, 1635-1934
Creator: Connecticut Vital Records
Extent: 2 ft. (ca. 4,630 items)
Description: Chiefly typescripts of Connecticut town, church, and cemetery records, recording births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, together with family Bible records, diaries, and other vital records. Includes names of those stricken in the yellow fever epidemic in New Haven, 1794, with the progress of the disease; diary (1780-1825) of Dr. Hosea Dutton, of Oxford, CT; obstetrical records (1824-48) of Dr. Josiah Colburn, for Ansonia, Derby, and Orange, CT; diary (1775-76) of William Judd, Revolutionary officer; list of Connecticut natives in Warren County, PA., during the 1850s; 1855 census of Yates County, NY; and church records for Palmyra and Wingdale, NY. The collection is partially indexed.
Research Topics: Births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths in Connecticut; medical practices in late 18th and 19th centuries