Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Fairfield County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- American Telegraphe (Newfield [Bridgeport, Conn.])1795-1804
- American Telegraphe (Newfield [Bridgeport, Conn.])1795-180?
- Amerikai Magyarság (Bridgeport, Conn.)1949-19??
- Baxter's Monthly (Ridgefield, Conn.)1875-1875
- Bethel Ledger (Bethel [Conn.])1880-1880
- Bethel Ledger (Bethel, Conn.)1879-1882
- Bethel Press (Bethel, Conn.)1874-187?
- Black Rock Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1947-1947
- Bridgeport Advertiser (Bridgeport, Conn.)1806-181?
- Bridgeport Chronicle (Bridgeport, Conn.)1848-18??
- Bridgeport Daily Standard (Bridgeport, Conn.)1860-1861
- Bridgeport Daily Standard (Bridgeport, Conn.)1869-1891
- Bridgeport Evening News (Bridgeport, Conn.)1892-1895
- Bridgeport Evening Post (Bridgeport, Conn.)1893-1906
- Bridgeport Evening Standard (Bridgeport, Conn.)1861-1869
- Bridgeport Examiner (Bridgeport, Conn.)1913-19??
- Bridgeport Gazette (Bridgeport, Conn.)1810-181?
- Bridgeport Herald (Bridgeport [Conn.])1805-180?
- Bridgeport Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1926-1934
- Bridgeport Independent (Bridgeport, Conn.)1878-1879
- Bridgeport Journal (Bridgeport, Conn.)1891-189?
- Bridgeport Leader (Bridgeport, Conn.)1854-1854
- Bridgeport Life (Bridgeport, Conn.)1915-19??
- Bridgeport Local (Bridgeport, Conn.)1867-18??
- Bridgeport Messenger (Bridgeport, Conn.)1831-1832
- Bridgeport Morning News (Bridgeport, Conn.)1882-1892
- Bridgeport Morning Telegram (Bridgeport, Conn.)1906-1908
- Bridgeport Star-Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1920-1920
- Bridgeport Union (Bridgeport, Conn.)1891-189?
- Brookfield Breeze (Brookfield Center, Conn.)1917-1917
- Broun's Nutmeg (Bridgeport, Conn.)1939-1939
- Chronicle and Democrat (Norwalk, Conn.)1837-18??
- Connecticut Patriot (Bridgeport, Con[N].)1826-1828
- Connecticut Repository ([Danbury, Conn.])1832-1833
- Connecticut Republican (South Norwalk [Norwalk], Conn.)1880-1889
- Connecticut Workman (Bridgeport, Conn.)1901-190?
- Daily Advertiser and Farmer (Bridgeport [Conn.])1856-1861
- Daily Evening Post (Bridgeport, Conn.)1883-188?
- Daily News-Graphic (Greenwich, Conn.)1932-1937
- Daily Norwalk Gazette and Saturday's Norwalk Record (Norwalk, Conn.)1890-1896
- Daily Post (East Bridgeport [Bridgeport], Conn.)1883-1883
- Danbury Chronicle and Fairfield County Democrat (Danbury, Conn.)1836-1837
- Danbury Democrat (Danbury, Conn.)1877-188?
- Danbury Gazette (Danbury, Conn.)1813-18??
- Danbury Gazette (Danbury, Conn.)1833-1836
- Danbury Record (Danbury, Conn.)1941-194?
- Danbury Recorder (Danbury, Conn.)1826-1832
- Danbury Republican (Danbury, Conn.)1879-1884
- Danbury Times (Danbury, Conn.)1837-1870
- Democratic Pilot (Stamford, Conn.)1842-184?
- Democratic Sentinel (Borough of Stamford, Ct.)1838-1839
- Evening Gazette (Norwalk, Conn.)1896-1???
- Evening Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1919-1920
- Fairfield County Advertiser (Bethel, Conn.)1896-189?
- Fairfield County Democrat (Norwalk, Conn.)1845-18??
- Fairfield County Democrat (Norwlk, Conn.)1851-185?
- Fairfield County Republican (Norwalk, Conn.)1828-18??
- Fairfield County Republican (Saugatuck, Conn.)1830-183?
- Fairfield Record (Fairfield, Conn.)1897-19??
- Farmer's Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1840-1842
- Farmers Chronicle (Danbury, Conn.)1793-1796
- Farmers Journal (Danbury [Conn.])1800-1803
- Farmers' Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1840-1842
- Georgetown Star (Georgetown, Fairfield Co., Conn.)1878-1879
- Greenwich News and Graphic (Greenwich, Conn.)1915-1932
- Greenwich Time (Greenwich, Conn.)1937-1942
- Greenwich Time and the Greenwich Press (Greenwich, Conn.)1942-1953
- Hatters' Journal (Danbury, Conn.)1855-18??
- Hoe and Rake (Talmadge Hill [i.e. New Canaan, Conn.])1899-1901
- Independent Democrat (Bridgeport, Conn.)1879-18??
- Independent Whig and People's Advocate (Danbury, Conn.)1848-184?
- La Tribuna (Stamford, Conn.)1933-195?
- La Tribuna Del Connecticut (Bridgeport, Conn.)1906-1908
- La Vittoria (Bridgeport, Conn.)1929-19??
- Law and Order (Bridgeport, Conn.)1893-189?
- Life (Bridgeport, Conn.)1894-1???
- May's Town Crier (Bridgeport, Conn.)1871-187?
- Morning Telegram-Union (Bridgeport, Conn.)1901-1906
- New Canaan Advertiser (New Canaan, Conn.)1911-Current
- New Canaan Enterpriser (New Canaan, Conn.)1930-1930
- New Canaan Era (New Canaan, Conn.)1868-1871
- New Canaan Gazette (New Canaan, Conn.)1932-1934
- New Canaan Messenger (New Canaan, Conn.)1877-191?
- New Canaan Omnibus, and Fairfield County Agriculturist (New Canaan, Conn.)1851-185?
- New Canaan-Norwalk News (New Canaan, Conn.)1936-193?
- New-England Republican (Danbury, Conn.)1804-1809
- New-England Republican (Danbury, Conn.)1804-180?
- Newtown Advertiser (Newtown [Conn.])1870-187?
- Norwalk Gazette (Norwalk, Conn.)1818-1883
- Norwalk Record (Norwalk, Conn.)1887-1890
- Norwalk Weekly Gazette (Norwalk, Conn.)1883-1883
- Patriot of Seventy-Six (Bridgeport [Conn.])1804-18??
- Republican Farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.)1803-192?
- Republican Farmer (Danbury, Conn.)1803-192?
- Republican Farmer (Danbury, Conn.)1809-18??
- Republican Journal (Danbury, Conn.)1793-1793
- Republican Journal (Danbury, Conn.)1796-1800
- Republican Standard (Bridgeport, Conn.)1839-1913
- Ridgefield Press (Ridgefield, Conn.)1893-Current
- Rodemeyer's Yellow Spasm (Bethel, Conn.)1884-1885
- Saturday Norwalk Gazette (Norwalk, Ct.)1883-188?
- Saugatuck Journal (Saugatuck Conn.)1828-18??
- South Norwalk Daily Sentinel (South Norwalk, Conn.)1871-1871
- South Norwalk Independent (South Norwalk, Conn.)1871-1872
- South Norwalk Republican (South Norwalk [Norwalk], Conn.)1889-18??
- South Norwalk Sentinel (South Norwalk, Conn.)1870-1887
- South Norwalk Shield (South Norwalk, Conn.)1878-18??
- Spirit of the Times (Bridgeport, Conn.)1830-183?
- Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1895-1922
- Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1922-1974
- Stamford Press (Stamford, Conn.)1928-1929
- Stamford Register (Stamford, Conn.)1916-19??
- Stamford Review (Stamford, Conn.)1923-1923
- Stamford Saturday News (Stamford, Fairfield Co., Conn.)1886-1886
- Stamford Sentinel (Stamford, Conn.)1830-1837
- Stamford Sentinel (Stamford, Conn.)1923-192?
- Stamford Sentinel (Stamford, Ct.)1839-1840
- Stamford Sentinel and Fairfield County Democrat (Stamford, Ct.)1840-1840
- Stamford Weekly Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1869-1895
- Standard-American (Bridgeport, Conn.)1917-1919
- Sunday Dispatch (Danbury, Conn.)1892-189?
- Sunday Eagle (Bridgeport, Conn.)1880-1881
- Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1890-1???
- Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1934-1965
- Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1934-196?
- Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1934-19??
- Svi︠e︡tʺ = Svit = the Light (Old Forge, Pa.; New York, N.Y.; Wilkes Barre, Pa.)1897-198?
- The Advertiser (New Canaan, Conn.)1908-1911
- The Advertiser (Southport, Conn.)1886-189?
- The American Apollo (Norwalk, Conn.)1801-1802
- The Beacon (Bridgeport, Conn.)1931-1942
- The Bee (Newtown, Conn.)1877-1877
- The Bethel News (Bethel, Conn.)1895-1896
- The Bethel Press (Bethel, Conn.)1876-1879
- The Bridgeport Advocate (Bridgeport, Conn.)1896-19??
- The Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.)1866-1917
- The Bridgeport Evening Star and Evening Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1920-1921
- The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, Conn.)1906-1992
- The Bridgeport Standard (Bridgeport, Conn.)1891-1917
- The Bridgeport Standard-American (Bridgeport, Conn.)1917-1917
- The Bridgeport Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1876-18??
- The Bridgeport Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1898-1908
- The Bridgeport Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1921-1926
- The Bridgeport Sunday Item (Bridgeport, Conn.)1889-18??
- The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Conn.)1908-1977
- The Bridgeport Times (Bridgeport, Conn.)1924-1925
- The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.)1918-1924
- The Bridgeport Times, Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.)1925-1925
- The Bridgeport Times, Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.)1925-1926
- The Bridgeport Times, the Bridgeport Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1926-1927
- The Bridgeport Weekly Sun (Bridgeport, Conn.)1890-189?
- The Chronicle (Newtown, Conn.)1880-1880
- The Chronicle (Southport, Conn.)1891-190?
- The Citizen Leader (Norwalk and South Norwalk, Conn.)1880-188?
- The City Post (Stamford, Conn.)1895-189?
- The City Square Dealer ([Danbury, Conn.])1911-191?
- The Comet (Stamford [Conn.])1883-188?
- The Connecticut American (Bridgeport, Conn.)1935-193?
- The Connecticut Citizen (Ridgefield, Conn.)1892-189?
- The Connecticut Intelligencer (Danbury, Conn.)1809-1810
- The Connecticut Intelligencer and Farmer's Aid (Danbury, Conn.)1810-1810
- The Crusader (Bridgeport, Conn.)1885-1???
- The Daily Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1892-1922
- The Daily Leader (Bridgeport, Conn.)1883-1893
- The Daily News (Bridgeport, Conn.)1876-18??
- The Daily Republican (Stamford, Conn.)1899-190?
- The Daily Union (Bridgeport, Conn)1891-1895
- The Danbury Evening News (Danbury, Conn.)1890-1933
- The Danbury Globe (Danbury, Conn.)1874-188?
- The Danbury Item (Danbury, Conn.)1883-188?
- The Danbury News (Danbury, Conn.)1870-1933
- The Danbury News-Times (Danbury, Conn.)1933-1956
- The Danbury News-Times (Danbury, Conn.)1933-1963
- The Danbury Times (Danbury, Conn.)1927-1933
- The Darien Review (Darien, Conn.)1915-1982
- The Darien Times (Darien, Conn.)1873-18??
- The Day (Danbury, Conn.)1812-181?
- The Democrat (Norwalk, Conn.)1877-188?
- The Democratic Star (Norwalk, Conn.)1834-183?
- The Eagle (Bridgeport, Ct.)1884-1???
- The Echo (Fairfield, Conn.)1884-188?
- The Enterpriser (New Canaan, Conn.)1930-1930
- The Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.)1864-1866
- The Evening Hour (Norwalk, CT)1895-190?
- The Evening News (Bridgeport, Conn.)1895-189?
- The Evening News (Danbury, Conn.)1871-1890
- The Evening Record (Stamford, Conn.)1893-189?
- The Evening Sentinel (South Norwalk, Conn.)1887-1931
- The Evening Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1847-1849
- The Evening Star (Stamford, Conn.)1915-191?
- The Evening Star and Evening Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1920-1920
- The Evening Times (Bridgeport, Conn.)1892-189?
- The Fairfield Advertiser (Southport, Conn.)1884-1886
- The Fairfield Co. Democrat (Stamford, Conn.)1871-18??
- The Fairfield County Republican (New Canaan, Conn.)1901-190?
- The Fairfield Gazette ([Fairfield, Conn.])1786-178?
- The Fairfield News (Fairfield, Conn.)1922-1957
- The Fairfield Review (Fairfield, Conn.)1913-191?
- The Fairfield Tribune (Fairfield, Conn.)1934-193?
- The Farmer and Mechanic's Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1842-1842
- The Farmer's Journal (Danbury [Conn.])1790-1793
- The Fireside Journal (Bridgeport, Conn.)1872-18??
- The Free Press (Stamford, Conn.)1919-19??
- The Georgetown Reporter (Georgetown, Fairfield County, Conn.)1877-18??
- The Globe (Danbury, Conn.)1874-1874
- The Greenwich Graphic (Greenwich, Conn.)1881-191?
- The Greenwich News (Greenwich, Conn.)1888-1915
- The Greenwich Opinion (Greenwich, Conn.)1889-1890
- The Greenwich Press (Greenwich, Conn.)1910-1942
- The Herald of Freedom (Bethel, Conn.)1831-183?
- The Hour (Westport, Conn.)1871-187?
- The Independent (Bridgeport, Conn.)1890-1893
- The Independent Republican (Norwalk, Conn.)1802-1803
- The Independent=leader (Bridgeport, Conn.)1893-190?
- The Jeffersonian (Danbury, Conn.)1860-1870
- The Jewish Argus (Bridgeport, Conn.)1935-196?
- The Journal (Bridgeport, Conn.)1875-187?
- The Lance (Bridgeport, Conn.)1874-187?
- The Leader (Bridgeport, Conn.)1872-1883
- The Little Giant (Bridgeport, Conn.)1884-1???
- The Morning News (Bridgeport, Conn.)1870-187?
- The Morning News (Bridgeport, Conn.)1879-1882
- The Morning News (Stamford, Conn.)1914-191?
- The Morning Telegram (Bridgeport, Conn.)1906-1906
- The Morning Union (Bridgeport, Conn.)1895-1901
- The New Canaan Herald (New Canaan, Conn.)1876-187?
- The New Canaanite (New Canaan, Conn.)1934-19??
- The Newtown Bee (Newtown, Conn.)1877-Current
- The Newtown Chronicle (Newtown, Conn.)1880-188?
- The North End News (Bridgeport, Conn.)1932-193?
- The Norwalk Eagle (Norwalk, Conn.)1876-187?
- The Norwalk Hour (Norwalk, Conn.)1887-192?
- The People (Danbury, Conn.)1878-18??
- The People's Champion (Bridgeport, Conn.)1881-188?
- The Pequonnock Amateur (Bridgeport, Conn.)1884-1???
- The Press (Ridgefield, Conn.)1891-1893
- The Review of Darien-Noroton (Darien, Conn.)1913-1913
- The Review of Noroton-Darien-Rowayton (Darien, Conn.)1913-1915
- The Ridgefield Press (Ridgefield, Conn.)1875-1891
- The Rosedale (Bridgeport, Conn.)1880-188?
- The Sentinel (South Norwalk, Conn.)1931-1946
- The Shelton Times (Shelton, Conn.)1910-191?
- The Sherman Sentinel (Sherman, Conn.)1947-Current
- The Southport Chronicle (Southport, Conn.)1867-187?
- The Southport Times (Southport, Fairfield County, Conn.)1879-188?
- The Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)1843-1868
- The Stamford American (Stamford, Conn.)1906-190?
- The Stamford Citizen (Stamford, Conn.)1912-191?
- The Stamford Daily News (Stamford, Conn.)1888-1888
- The Stamford Herald (Stamford, Conn.)1875-189?
- The Stamford Intelligencer (Stamford, Conn.)1829-18??
- The Stamford Journal (Stamford, Conn.)1872-187?
- The Stamford News (Stamford, Conn.)1886-1888
- The Stamford News (Stamford, Conn.)1891-189?
- The Stamford News (Stamford, Conn.)1899-1???
- The Stamford Postal Card (Stamford, Conn.)1876-187?
- The Stamford Telegram (Stamford, Conn.)1897-190?
- The Stamford Tribune (Stamford, Conn.)1896-189?
- The Stamford Weekly News (Stamford, Conn.)1888-1891
- The Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1908-19??
- The Star (South Norwalk, Conn.)1884-188?
- The Stratford News (Stratford, Conn.)1928-197?
- The Sunbeam (Bethel, Conn.)1881-188?
- The Sunday Journal (Bridgeport, Conn.)1897-189?
- The Times-Star (Bridgeport, Conn.)1927-193?
- The Tri-Weekly Standard (Bridgeport, Conn.)1850-185?
- The Village Gazette (Old Greenwich, Conn.)1949-1983
- The Weekly Globe (Bridgeport, Conn.)1891-18??
- The Weekly Times (Fairfield, Conn.)1905-190?
- The Westport Advertiser (Westport, Conn.)1867-187?
- The Westport Standard (Westport, Conn.)1923-192?
- The Westport Town Crier (Westport, Conn.)1939-1955
- The Westporter (Westport, Conn.)1876-1894
- The Westporter and the Saugatuck Herald (Westport, Conn.)1895-1898
- The Yellow Spasm (Bethel, Conn.)1884-1884
- Town Crier (Stamford, Conn.)1891-189?
- Valley Ledger (Bethel, Conn.)1882-188?
- Waterbury Herald (Waterbury, Conn.)1896-1926
- Weekly Eagle (Bridgeport, Conn.)1881-188?
- Weekly Enterprise (Bridgeport, Conn.)1878-187?
- Westporter-Herald (Westport, Conn.)1898-1955
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Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Fairfield County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the town clerk, the probate court and the Connecticut State Library.
- The town clerk
In Connecticut, land records and births, marriages and deaths are kept by each town, not the county. Ask the town where your ancestor lived.
- The probate court
Wills and estates are handled by probate districts, which follow town lines; a district can cover one town or several.
- The Connecticut State Library
In Hartford: the State Archives, with copies of many town and probate records, the Barbour Collection index of town vital records, and court records.
- Connecticut State Libraryfree
The State Library and State Archives in Hartford: probate and court records, town records, and the Barbour Collection of town vital records to about 1850.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Connecticut, Fairfield" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Fairfield County: Litchfield County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1666, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Connecticut's counties have had no government since 1960, and most records were always kept by towns, so search by town. The Barbour Collection indexes town vital records up to about 1850.