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   Genealogy Atlas has images of old American atlases during the years 1795, 1814, 1822, 1823, 1836, 1838, 1845, 1856, 1866, 1879 and 1897 for Connecticut and other states.
   You can view rotating animated maps for Connecticut showing all the county boundaries for each census year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries. You can view a list of maps for other states at Census Maps
   You can view rotating animated maps for Connecticut showing all the county boundary changes for each year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries . You can view a list of maps for other states and State Department of Transportation Maps at County Maps.

  Federal Population Schedules that exist for Connecticut are 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. One of the alternatives to vital records for piecing together family birth, death, and marriage occurrences is the census, and Connecticut has a complete set of federal census records. A special index from 1790 to 1850 at the Connecticut State Library is from a duplicate set of schedules housed at the Connecticut State Archives. It is not collated in the same way as the “official” set at the National Archives and consequently cannot be used for locating a particular individual on that set of returns. However, the Connecticut version of the index includes all names in the 1850 census and not just heads of households.
  There are Industry and Agriculture Schedules availible for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Slave Schedules exist for 1850 & 1860. The Mortality Schedules for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Union Veterans Schedules were conducted in 1890.

  Colonial Schedules: The 1669/1670 Grain Inventory for Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor inventories heads of household, by name and number of family members as well as bushels of wheat and corn held by the family. It is not a complete listing of inhabitants for that year but provides an interesting perspective on the settlements. Census enumerations existed for 1756, 1762 and 1774 but they do not list names, only numbers of people in town in the categories of race, sex, and age groups.

  State Schedules: The Military Census of 1917 listed all males between at least twenty to thirty years of age, although most towns reported those sixteen through sixty. Given along with the name and age, were place of birth and number of dependents, ability to perform certain tasks, and occupation. Both the originally completed sheets and index cards have been microfilmed in a separate series available at the Connecticut State Library and the FHL.

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