An exciting project by the Mansfield Town Clerk's office and made into a website by Andrew Franklin: An Online Index of the Town of Mansfield's Vital Records to 1906!

Description from the website: "A basic vital records index for the town of Mansfield, Connecticut is now available online.  This index comprises the early vital records through 1906.  Previously unavailable in this format, the index is easily accessible for genealogical research.  Alphabetized by last name, the table ... provides a link to separate pages for ease of use.  The index provides first and middle names when available, the date, volume and page, and the event recorded in the town vital records.  The entire 52,000 index card set was transcribed by the staff at the Town of Mansfield Town Clerk’s Office.  The index provided here represents the 100 year cut-off of vital records available to the general public, nearly 16,000 entries."

• A database/gedcom containing all the residents who lived in Mansfield, CT before 1750 and also the first generation of residents who married before 1750. Created and uploaded by George Waller.

NEW FILE

• A text file containing all known land grants as well as early deeds in Mansfield. Created and uploaded by George Waller.

  Land Grants and Deeds

~ Wonderful genealogy related papers by Sharon Barrows Sanzo: ~
"Time to Get Those Skeletons out of the Closet!"
"Sepulchral Monument Studies"

"The town of Mansfield was incorporated in May, 1703, [1702 according to the town seal and the Town Clerk's office] but it was not until 1710 that Mr Eleazer Williams, son of Rev. John Williams of Deerfield, Mass, was ordained a pastor of the first church.

"In 1737, the town was divided into North and South Parishes, and in 1744 a second church was established in the North Parish, over which Rev. Wm. Thorp from Lebanon, was ordained as pastor. There are very few records of the second church in its early days."

Dimock's Births, Baptisms Marriages and Deaths Mansfield, Conn. (1898)

Mansfield Historical Society

Mansfield Historical Society. Old Houses Committee

• Vital Records:

  • IMPORTANT: Be aware, no public access for genealogy purposes to birth records of the last 100 years is allowed in the State of Connecticut unless you are a certified member of a Connecticut incorporated genealogy or history society such as Connecticut Society of Genealogists.  Only the following may access birth records (100 yrs. or less):
    • Person who is the subject of the birth certificate;
    • Parent or Guardian or Grandparent, if a minor;
    • Spouse or Children;
    • Chief Elected Official of Municipality or Agent;
    • Local Health Director;
    • Attorneys;
    • Title Examiners;
    • Members of Incorporated Genealogical Societies or Societies Authorized to Conduct Business in Connecticut;
      Incorporated/Authorized Genealogical Societies
    • Persons Authorized by Court Order;
    • State or Federal Agency Authorized by State Commissioner of Public Health.
      Connecticut Vital Records Information
      Connecticut Public Acts 1996 Public Act 96-258 (sec 3: 7-51a)
      
      
  • Mansfield Town Clerk's Office: 1702 - present records:
    • Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death; Land Records; election information; minutes of all public meetings; and servicemen discharges.
    • Cost:   $5.00 with SASE for a certified copy of birth, marriage or death record
    • Town Clerk: Mary Stanton
      Mansfield Town Clerk Office
      4 S. Eagleville Rd
      Storrs Mansfield, CT 06268-2574
      (860) 429-3302
      E-Mail: [email protected]
      Hours: 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday
                  8:15 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Thursdays
                  8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Fridays
    • Mansfield, Connecticut Early Vital Records Index 1679 to 1906, an online index of the town of Mansfield's Vital Records to 1906 by the Mansfield Town Clerk's office and made into a website by Andrew Franklin.

  • Department of Public Health: 1897-present: Birth, Deaths and Marriage

  • Dimock's Births, Baptisms Marriages and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1703-1850 (New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1898) is a transcription of the Town Records, First Church Records and Second Church Records - an excellent secondary source for Mansfield VRs. No Barbour Collection of CT VRs. for Mansfield was done.
    • Transcription online
    • Look-up volunteer
      
      
  • Mansfield Marriages: 1744-1785, First Congregational Church transcribed from the Second Book of:
    
    Bailey, Frederic W., Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Seven books in One Volume (Reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1968; originally published New Haven: Bailey, 1896).
    
    
  • Tolland County Connecticut - USGENWEB Vital Records webpage
    
    
• Cemetery Records:
  • Cemeteries in the Town of Mansfield - Town Clerk
  • Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
  • North Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT - Ancient Grave Yard (partial)
    To search the page, use the Edit > Find in/on page option of your browser.
  • Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT - Old Mansfield Cemetery
  • Picture of Mansfield Center Cemetery sign
  • Connecticut Cemetery links

• Court Records:
  • Vital Records Office, Courthouse, Rockville (Town of Vernon), CT.

• Divorce Decrees:
  • Clerk of Superior Court where divorce granted.
  • Introduction to Divorce Records in Connecticut: A Brief History and Summary of Sources

• Land Records:
  • Finding Aid to CT Land Records

• Churches:
  • Places of Worship - Town of Mansfield
  • First Baptist Church of Mansfield
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel and Center
  • First Church of Christ in Mansfield, CT
  • The Storrs Congregational Church
  • St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel
  • Storrs Friends Meeting (Quaker)
  • UnConn Hillel Foundation
  • Hope Lutheran Church
  • First United Methodist Church
  • Unitarian Fellowship of Storrs
  • Storrs Community Church
  • St. Paul's Collegiate Church at Storrs

• Libraries, Societies, Museums:
  • Mansfield Public Library - Picture
  • University of Connecticut Libraries
    Homer Babbidge Library - main campus
    369 Fairfield Rd. Storrs, CT
  • Yahoo! Yellow Page Results: area libraries

• Mansfield Historical Society and Museum
  Route 195, Storrs, CT 06268
  Telephone: 860-429-6575
  Open: June - September, Thursday and Sunday, 1:30 - 4:30 PM. ("...housed in the former town office building and Town Hall (1843), changing exhibits, research library") - Pictures

• Museums in Tolland County
• Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
  University of Connecticut
  Rte 195, Storrs, CT 06269
• William Benton Museum of Art
  Rt. 195, Storrs, CT 06269
• Gurleyville Grist Mill
  Stone Mill Road, Mansfield, CT
  Mill and Musuem are open: Sundays 1-4 PM from the 3rd Sunday in May to the 2nd Sunday in October., Call 860-429-9023.  ("Built in 1830 on the Fenton River, this stone grist mill remains intact with the original equipment. Near the mill is the miller's house, also once home to Governor Wilbur Cross. The house now contains a museum. Free admission.")

• German-American Social Club
  860-429-3839
  Franz Hoerzer
  409 Wormwood Hill, Mansfield Center, CT 06250

• Local Government:
  • Town of Mansfield, Connecticut Official Website

• Maps:
  • MAGIC: Historical Scanned Map Collection
    Clicking map and selecting "no-plugin" at the bottom opens it just fine. Clicking an area enlarges that area. Right mouse click map and select "Back" for previous map view.
    1. Mansfield Streets, 1685
    2. Maps of Mansfield Center according to Zalmon Storrs, 1790
    3. Town of Mansfield, 1874
  • MansField Town, etc... 1869 Atlas Historic Map
  • Connecticut Maps - sgt

• General area information:
  • Newspapers:
    • Journal Inquirer Home Page
    • The Hartford Courant - Home
      • The Hartford Courant Article Archives
      • Hartford Courant - death notices / memoriams
  • Eastern Connecticut and Willimantic's History and Tourism
  • Mansfield, CT profile - Mansfield, Conn. - Mansfield, Connecticut - Hotels, festivals, schools, colleges, newspapers - ePodunk
  • Connecticut Attractions - Storrs/Mansfield Center Area
  • Mansfield Drive-in Theater and Marketplace

• Town of Mansfield Queries click:  HERE

• To format a query:

1. Subject:  Mansfield Query
2. First line of message:   surname only of person in CAPITALS/UPPER CASE - one surname per query.
3. Second line: the date you are sending the query, your name and E-mail address.
4. Third line: start your query:
   1. Make it short and specific.
   2. Make sure all SURNAMES in your query are CAPITALIZED, in UPPER CASE, - only capitalize the first letter of given names - example: Joseph SMITH.

   3. Be sure to include dates (at least a time frame) of the person include names of spouse(s) and children if known.

5. Only queries pertaining to people who lived in the town of Mansfield will be accepted. If you do not know the town of residence in Tolland County then post your query on the RootsWeb Message Board Tolland Co.

• To submit/post a query:

Follow the format instructions and send a request to:

George Waller:

You will receive an automatic acknowledgment that query has been received. If you do not receive the acknowledgment in a day or so, it means either I didn't receive your query or your query did not have the correct subject as instructed and won't be brought to my attention for processing. Queries with the correct subject are automatically filtered to the Mansfield Query mail box, are replied to with a rote message, and will be brought to my attention.

• This query system may not be used to track down living persons.

Mansfield Roll Call !!

• Mansfield Residents... before 1750
  "Mansfield, CT residents of couples married before 1750"

A database/gedcom containing all of the residents who lived in Mansfield, CT before 1750 and also the first generation of residents who married before 1750 graciously uploaded by George Waller.

• WHITEHOUSE     "The Whitehouse Ancestry of Bert Winfred Whitehouse"

Future Plans

• More records such as:
  • An index to over 1,100 original land grants from the proprietors - includes grantor/ee, location, adjacent properties, date, allotment # all of which is searchable/sortable.
  • Lists of individuals from families created before 1750.

  • Head of households from 1st census - 1790.

• More Look-up resources.
• Genealogy reports of the early settlers.

• Cemetery records/headstones/burials.

Volunteers needed!!!

Do you have any Mansfield, Tolland County or/and Connecticut resources such as published VRs, probate records, land records, burial records, church records, court records, histories, family genealogies, etc... in book, microfilm, or CD format?   Please, contact me if you are interested in being a Look-up volunteer.

Do you have a website with any Mansfield resources like transcripts of genealogies, VRs, and/or family genealogy charts, reports, etc... of Mansfield families?  Please contact me if you want a link on this site to yours.

Do you have any transcriptions of Mansfield records or/and family genealogy reports in file format not up on the Internet anywhere? Please, contact me if you are willing to have them turned into a webpage(s) (HTML coded), linked to this site and credited to you.