Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Tolland County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- National Examiner (Tolland, Conn.)1830-????
- Republican Free Press (Tolland, Conn.)1831-183?
- Rural Record (Tolland, Conn.)1945-195?
- The Daily Sentinel (Rockville, Conn.)1890-189?
- The Hopevale Spectator (Hopevale [Hebron], Tolland County, Conn.)1893-189?
- The People's Advocate (Tolland, Conn.)1830-183?
- The Press (Stafford Springs, Conn.)1883-1935
- The Rockville Journal (Rockville, Conn.)1883-1968
- The Stafford Press (Stafford Springs, Conn.)1936-19??
- The Weekly Pennant, and New-London, Windham and Tolland County Advertiser (Brooklyn, Conn.)1842-????
- Tolland County Gazette (Rockville, Conn.)1854-18??
- Tolland County Herald (Rockville, Ct.)1864-186?
- Tolland County Journal (Rockville, Conn.)1867-1883
- Tolland County News (Rockville, CT)1865-186?
- Tolland County Record (Rockville, Conn.)1861-186?
- Tolland County Republican (Rockville, Conn.)1856-1859
- Weekly Observer (Turnerville [Amston], Conn.)1895-1896
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 Tolland 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, Tolland" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Hartford County, Windham County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Hartford County, Windham County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1785, 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.