Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Hartford 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 Dispatch (Hartford, Conn.)1855-18??
- Anti-Masonic Intelligencer (Hartford [Conn.])1828-183?
- Bradley Beam (Bradley Field [Windsor Locks], Conn.)1943-1945
- Charter Oak (Hartford [Conn.])1838-184?
- Christian Freeman (Hartford [Conn.])1843-1845
- Christian Secretary (Hartford [Conn.])1822-1824
- Christian Secretary (Hartford [Conn.])1822-1896
- Christian Secretary (Hartford [Conn.])1838-1896
- Christian Secretary (Hartford)1824-1837
- Christian Secretary (Hartford, Conn.)1822-1896
- Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Conn.) 1778-1778 [Microopaque]1778-1778
- Connecticut Fountain (Hartford, Conn.)1848-1849
- Connecticut General Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1868-187?
- Connecticut Hebrew Record (Hartford, Conn.)1920-1923
- Connecticut Intelligencer (Hartford, Conn.)1804-1804
- Connecticut Mirror (Hartford, Conn.)1809-1832
- Connecticut Observer (Hartford, Conn.; Hartford, Conn)1825-1839
- Connecticut Staats-Zeitung (Holyoke, Mass.)1908-1942
- Connecticut Temperance Journal and Family Visitor (Hartford [Conn.])1870-1871
- Daily Courant (Hartford, Conn.)1837-1839
- Daily Evening Whig (Hartford, Ct.)1848-1849
- Daily Morning Review (Hartford, Conn.)1833-1835
- Der Hartforder Stadt=bote (Hartford, Conn.)1881-188?
- Echo (West Hartford, Conn.)1948-19??
- Echo-Tally (West Hartford, Conn.)1947-1948
- Enfield City Times (Enfield, Conn.)1916-191?
- Enfield Rooster (Enfield, Conn.)1915-1915
- Episcopal Watchman (Hartford)1827-1833
- Episcopal Watchman (Hartford, Conn.)1827-1833
- Farmington-Unionville Press (S.L.)1932-193?
- Fountain and Son of Temperance (Hartford, Conn.)1850-1853
- Free Soil Advocate (Hartford, Conn.)1848-1848
- Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)1887-Current
- Hartford Daily Courant (Hartford, Conn.)1840-1887
- Hartford Daily Times (Hartford, Conn.)1846-1883
- Hartford Evening Herald (Hartford, Conn.)1883-1884
- Hartford Evening Journal (Hartford, Conn.)1843-1845
- Hartford Evening Post (Hartford, Conn.)1907-1911
- Hartford Evening Post (Hartford, Conn.)1917-1919
- Hartford Evening Press (Hartford, Conn.)1856-1868
- Hartford Independent (Hartford, Conn.)1933-19??
- Hartford Journal (Hartford, Conn.)1843-1843
- Hartford Journal (Hartford, Conn.)1889-19??
- Hartford Labor (Hartford, Conn.)1894-189?
- Hartford Morning Post (Hartford, Conn.)1867-1868
- Hartford Morning Record (Hartford, Conn.)1888-1889
- Hartford Morning World (Hartford, Conn.)1880-188?
- Hartford Newsdaily (Hartford, Conn.)1940-1940
- Hartford Post (Hartford, Conn.)1911-1917
- Hartford Post (Hartford, Conn.)1919-1920
- Hartford Republican (Hartford, Conn.)1847-18??
- Hartford Town Gossip (Hartford, Conn.)1921-192?
- Hartford Watchman (Hartford, Con[N].)1837-1838
- Hartford Weekly Journal (Hartford, Conn.)1843-1845
- Hartford Weekly Times (Hartford, Conn.)1847-1897
- Hartforder Anzeiger (Hartford, Conn.)1877-187?
- Hartforder Zeitung (Hartford, Conn.)1858-18??
- IL Messaggero Del New England = the New England Messenger (New Britain, Conn.)1931-193?
- Impartial Herald (Suffield, Conn.)1797-1799
- Independent Press (Hartford, Con[N].)1833-183?
- Independent Whig (Hartford, Conn.)1843-184?
- Jewish Ledger (Springfield, Mass.)1929-1942
- La Tribuna DI Hartford = the Hartford Tribune (Hartford, Conn.)1930-19??
- Le Bulletin (Hartford, Conn.)1936-Current
- Le Programme (Hartford, Conn.)1929-19??
- Literary Journal (Hartford, Conn.)1844-1845
- Manchester Daily News (South Manchester [Manchester], Conn.)1923-192?
- Manchester Evening Herald (Manchester, Conn.)1914-191?
- Manchester Saturday Herald (North Manchester [Manchester, Conn.])1881-1893
- Manchester Semi-Weekly Herald (Manchester, Conn.)1893-189?
- Metropolitan Shopping News ([West Hartford, Connecticut?])1932-194?
- National American (Hartford, Conn.)1856-18??
- New Britain Daily Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1888-1890
- New Britain Evening Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1883-1886
- New Britain Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1880-1884
- New Britain Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1887-1888
- New Britain Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1890-1976
- New Britain Herald (New Britain, Connecticut)1890-1976
- New Britain News (New Britain, Conn.)1860-186?
- New Britain Times (New Britain, Conn.)1859-186?
- New Britain Tribune (New Britain, Conn.)1938-19??
- New Britain Weekly Advocate (New Britain, Conn.)1850-185?
- New Britain Weekly Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1884-188?
- New England Bulletin (Hartford, Conn.)1949-19??
- New England Fountain (Hartford, Conn.)1850-1850
- New England Fountain and Son of Temperance (Hartford, Conn.)1850-1850
- New England Review (Hartford, Conn.)1834-1836
- New-England Daily Review (Hartford, Con[N].)1833-1838
- New-England Examiner (Hartford, Conn.)1834-183?
- New-England Religious Herald (Hartford, Conn.)1847-1852
- News and Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1839-18??
- Northern Watchman (Hartford, Conn.)1838-1839
- Nowy Świat = the Polish Morning World (New York)1939-19??
- Patriot and Democrat (Hartford, CT)1835-1841
- Patriot and Eagle (Hartford, Conn.)1841-184?
- Pequabuck Valley Gazette (Bristol, Conn.)1876-1878
- Plainville Observer (Plainville, Conn.)1931-19??
- Plainville Pinnacle (Plainville, Conn.)1940-194?
- Przewodnik Katolicki (New Britain, Conn.)1907-1966
- Religious Inquirer ([Hartford, Conn.])1821-1834
- Republican Courier (Hartford, Conn.)1840-184?
- Review and Telegraph (Hartford [Conn.])1836-1839
- Saturday Life (Hartford, Conn.)1901-19??
- Saturday World (Hartford, Conn.)1892-18??
- South Manchester News (South Manchester [Manchester], Conn.)1893-1923
- Southington Mirror (Southington, Conn.)1863-18??
- Southington Phoenix (Southington, Conn.)1897-190?
- State Eagle (Hartford, Conn.)1840-1841
- Suffield Sentinel (Suffield, Conn.)1939-194?
- Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Conn.)1934-196?
- Svenska Hartford Posten (New Haven, Ct.)1897-????
- Tally (Wethersfield, Conn.)1944-1947
- Telegram Record (Hartford, Conn.)1889-1891
- Temperance Journal and Family Visitor (Hartford, Conn.)1871-1872
- The Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1874-187?
- The American Enterprise (East Hartford, Conn.)1888-192?
- The American Mercury (Hartford, Conn.)1784-1833
- The American Protector (Hartford, Conn.)1841-184?
- The American Sphinx (South Manchester, Conn.)1883-1???
- The Battery (Hartford Conn.)1848-185?
- The Berlin News (Berlin, Conn.)1892-1907
- The Berlin Weekly News (Berlin, Conn.)1891-1892
- The Bristol Herald (Bristol, Ct.)1888-190?
- The Bristol Press (Bristol, Conn.)1871-1878
- The Bristol Press (Bristol, Conn.; Bristol, CT)1890-Current
- The Bristol Weekly Press (Bristol, Conn.)1878-1890
- The Catholic Press (Hartford, Conn.)1829-1831
- The Catholic Transcript (Hartford, Conn.; Hartford, CT)1898-Current
- The Centreville Weekly News (Granby, Conn.)1840-1840
- The Charter Oak (Hartford [Conn.])1846-1848
- The Collinsville Record ([Hartford, Conn.])1906-1908
- The Collinsville Star (Collinsville, Hartford Co., Conn.)1858-186?
- The Comet (Hartford, Conn.)1859-186?
- The Comet (West Hartford, Conn.)1878-188?
- The Commonwealth (New Haven, Conn.)1875-1876
- The Congregational Observer (Hartford, Conn.)1840-1842
- The Congregationalist (Hartford, Conn.)1839-1841
- The Connecticut Catholic (Hartford, Conn.)1876-1898
- The Connecticut Courant (Hartford [Conn.])1791-1914
- The Connecticut Courant (Hartford [Conn.]) 1791-1914 [Microopaque]1791-1914
- The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Conn.)1764-1774
- The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Conn.) 1764-1774 [Microopaque]1764-1774
- The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Conn.)1778-1778
- The Connecticut Courant and Hartford Weekly Intelligencer (Hartford, Conn.)1774-1778
- The Connecticut Courant and Hartford Weekly Intelligencer (Hartford, Conn.) 1774-1778 [Microopaque]1774-1778
- The Connecticut Courant and the Weekly Intelligencer (Hartford, Conn.) 1778-1791 [Microopaque]1778-1791
- The Connecticut Courant, and the Weekly Intelligencer (Hartford [Conn.])1778-1791
- The Connecticut Farmer (Hartford, Conn.)1879-189?
- The Connecticut Home (Willimantic, Conn.)1886-1891
- The Connecticut Observer (Hartford, Conn.)1842-184?
- The Connecticut Observer, and New-York Congregationalist (Hartford [Conn.])1839-1840
- The Connecticut Organ (Hartford, Conn.)1854-1854
- The Connecticut Post (Hartford, Conn.)1868-1904
- The Connecticut Press (Hartford, Conn.)1856-1866
- The Connecticut Union (Hartford, CT)1853-1854
- The Daily Times (Hartford, Conn.)1841-1846
- The Democrat (Hartford, Conn.)1841-184?
- The Dial (Windsor, Conn.)1896-189?
- The East Hartford Gazette (East Hartford, Conn.)1942-Current
- The Elm Leaf (East Hartford, Conn.)1863-187?
- The Elmwood Press (Elmwood, Hartford Co., Conn.)1879-188?
- The Evening Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1882-1883
- The Evening Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1886-1887
- The Evening Post (Hartford, Conn.)1868-1873
- The Evening Post (Hartford, Conn.)1904-1907
- The Examiner (Hartford, Conn.)1881-188?
- The Examiner (Hartford, Connecticut)1881-188?
- The Fountain (New Haven [Conn.])1842-1847
- The Free Elector (Hartford, Conn.)1834-1834
- The Free Elector and Journal of Morals, Literature, and Intelligence (Hartford, Conn.)1835-183?
- The Freemen's Chronicle, Or, the American Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1783-178?
- The Glastonbury Bulletin (Glastonbury, Conn.)1948-1949
- The Glastonbury Citizen (Glastonbury, Conn.)1950-Current
- The Hartford Bulletin (Hartford, Conn.)1950-196?
- The Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.)1887-Current
- The Hartford Daily Post (Hartford, Conn.)1858-1867
- The Hartford Era (Hartford, Conn.)1878-1???
- The Hartford Gazette ([Hartford, Conn.])1794-1795
- The Hartford Post (Hartford, Conn.)1890-1904
- The Hartford Sunday Globe (Hartford, Conn.)1876-188?
- The Hartford Telegram (Hartford, Conn.)1883-1889
- The Hartford Telegram (Hartford, Conn.)1891-190?
- The Hartford Times (Hartford [Conn.])1839-1839
- The Hartford Times (Hartford, Conn.)1828-1834
- The Hartford Times (Hartford, Conn.)1837-1838
- The Hartford Times (Hartford, Conn.)1837-1846
- The Hartford Times (Hartford, Conn.)1840-1841
- The Hartford Times (Hartford, Conn.)1883-1976
- The Hartford Weekly Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1880-188?
- The Home News (Hartford, Conn.)1906-19??
- The Jeffersonian (Hartford [Conn.])1832-183?
- The Jewish Ledger (Hartford, Conn.)1942-1944
- The Jewish Ledger (Hartford, Conn.)1944-1955
- The Jewish Ledger (Hartford, Conn.)1944-195?
- The Jewish Ledger (Hartford, Conn.)1944-19??
- The Jewish Ledger (Springfield, Mass.)1929-1942
- The Knapsack (Hartford, Conn.)1873-1875
- The Labor Standard (Hartford, Conn.)1908-192?
- The Manchester News (Manchester, Conn.)1874-1875
- The Messenger (Bloomfield, Conn.)1943-1945
- The Messenger (Bloomfield, Connecticut)1943-1945
- The National Issue (Hartford, Conn.)1886-188?
- The Neighborhood News (S.L.)1939-194?
- The New Britain Clarion (New Britain, Conn.)1946-1947
- The New Britain Journal (New Britain, Conn.)1850-18??
- The New Britain Observer (New Britain, Conn.)1877-1887
- The New Britain Record (New Britain, Conn.)1866-190?
- The New Britain Record (New Britain, Conn.)1892-1932
- The New England Home (Hartford [Conn.])1892-189?
- The New England Weekly Gazette (Hartford, Conn.)1848-185?
- The New England Weekly Review (Hartford [Conn.])1839-1843
- The New Star ([Place of Publication Not Identified])1796-1796
- The New Star (Hartford [Conn.])1796-1796
- The New-England Weekly Review (Hartford, Conn.)1828-1834
- The News-Weekly (Windsor, Conn.)1944-1961
- The North and South (New Britain, Conn.)1858-1858
- The North and South, and New Britain Journal (New Britain, Conn.)1858-1859
- The Northern Courier (Hartford, Conn.)1836-1840
- The Observer (New Britain [Conn.])1876-187?
- The Plainville News (Plainville, Conn.)1874-187?
- The Plainville News (Plainville, Conn.)1927-19??
- The Plainville News (Southington, Conn.)1946-1974
- The Progressive Democrat (Hartford, Conn.)1848-1848
- The Religious Herald (Hartford [Conn.])1843-1846
- The Religious Herald (Hartford [Conn.])1853-189?
- The Republican (Hartford, Conn.)1849-1856
- The Rising Star (Collinsville, Hartford Co., Conn.)1858-1858
- The Saturday Journal (Hartford, Conn.)1901-19??
- The Simsbury Echo (Simsbury, Conn.)1887-18??
- The Simsbury Siftings (Simsbury, Conn.)1887-188?
- The Soldiers' Record (Hartford, Conn.)1868-187?
- The Southington News (Southington, Conn.)1945-1974
- The Southington News and the Cheshire Times (Southington, Conn.)1940-1941
- The Southington News Combined With the Cheshire Times (Southington, Conn.)1941-1945
- The Southington Press (Southington, Conn.)1859-18??
- The Southington Reporter (Southington, Conn.)1873-187?
- The Sphinx (South Manchester, Conn.)1882-1???
- The State Temperance Journal and Home Visitor (Hartford, Conn.)1868-1868
- The Sunbeam (Hartford, Conn.; Boston)1841-18??
- The Sunday Gazette (Hartford, Conn.)1887-18??
- The Sunday Truth (Hartford, Conn.)1884-188?
- The Thistle (Hartford, Conn.)1840-1840
- The Thompsonville Press (Thompsonville, Conn.)1880-1969
- The Times & Hartford Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1825-1834
- The Times ([Hartford, Conn.])1841-1841
- The Times (Hartford, Conn.)1817-1819
- The Times (Hartford, Conn.)1834-1837
- The Times, and Hartford Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1822-1828
- The Times, and Hartford Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1833-1834
- The Times, and Weekly Advertiser (Hartford, Conn.)1819-1821
- The Town Crier (Windsor, Conn.)1916-1916
- The Travelers Journal (Hartford, Conn.)1869-1874
- The True Citizen (New Britain, Conn.)1862-1866
- The Voter (Hartford, Conn.)1904-1913
- The Watchman (Hartford, Con[N].)1836-1836
- The Weekly ACORN (Hartford [Conn.])1851-185?
- The Weekly Gazette (East Hartford, CT)1885-1942
- The Weekly Herald (New Britain, Conn.)1888-1???
- The West Hartford Press (Hartford, Conn.)1929-19??
- The Wethersfield Farmer (Wethersfield, Conn.)1886-1886
- The Wethersfield Farmer (Wethersfield, Conn.)1889-189?
- The Wethersfield News (Wethersfield, Conn.)1925-19??
- The Wethersfield Weekly Farmer (Wethersfield, Conn.)1886-1889
- The Whig of New England (Granby, Conn.)1848-18??
- The Windsor Booster (Windsor, Conn.)1937-1939
- The Windsor Herald (Windsor, Conn.)1886-1886
- The Windsor Locks Journal (Windsor Locks, Conn.)1880-1981
- The Windsor Town Crier (Windsor, Conn.)1916-1917
- The Wooden Nutmeg (Hartford, Conn.)1884-1???
- Tunxis Valley Herald (Collinsville [Canton])1882-18??
- Uncas Review (Wapping [South Windsor], Conn.)1932-193?
- United States Catholic Press (Hartford, Conn.)1831-1832
- Weekly Echo (Southington, Conn.)1893-1???
- Weekly News (Granby, Conn.)1840-1840
- Weekly Phoenix (Southington, Conn.)1879-1881
- Weekly Phoenix (Southington, Conn.)1884-1897
- Weekly Times (Hartford, Conn.)1897-192?
- West Hartford Metropolitan News (West Hartford, Conn.)1947-1947
- West Hartford News (West Hartford, Conn.)1931-193?
- West Hartford News (West Hartford, Conn.)1947-Current
- Wethersfield Chronicle (Wethersfield, Conn.)1933-19??
- Windsor Booster-Herald (Windsor, Conn.)1939-1940
- Österns Weckoblad (Worcester, Mass)1907-1924
See the repository's descriptions and search options
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 Hartford 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, Hartford" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Hartford County: Litchfield County, Middlesex County, Tolland County, Windham 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.