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Does your genealogist have lineage society experience? Why does it matter?

Stuck on a Connecticut research problem? Here are five places you can go for help. – Connecticut Roots by Charter Oak Genealogy

I have ancestors who settled in colonial America. What lineage societies can I join?

Lineage Society Application FAQs: Can I access the documentation submitted with an ancestor’s application?

Connecticut Statutes: Resources for Genealogy – Connecticut Roots by Charter Oak Genealogy

How do I find my Connecticut ancestor’s obituary? – Connecticut Roots by Charter Oak Genealogy

4 Common Points of Stress in the Lineage Society Application Process – and How to Avoid Them

Proof Argument and the Lineage Society: It’s (really, really, really) complicated.

Connecticut County Records: What do genealogists need to know? – Connecticut Roots by Charter Oak Genealogy

5 Tips for Completing a Mayflower Society application (from a lineage society genealogist)

Lineage Society Applications FAQs: Can I use my Daughters of the American Revolution paperwork to join the Colonial Dames?

Historical Societies and Researching Your Connecticut Ancestor

My Connecticut immigrant ancestor seems to be missing a vital record. What's going on?

Lineage Societies and Adoption: It’s complicated.

Five Tips for Making Your Lineage Society Application Easier

Can this source be used for a lineage society application?

5 Crucial Dates in 17th Century Colonial Connecticut History That May Impact Your Genealogy

5 Tips for Researching a Connecticut Ancestor’s Civil War Service

New England Reference Texts: To Use or Not to Use in an Application?

Veteran’s Death Index

Land Records: Key Part of Colonial Connecticut Research

What does a lineage society application cost?

What is coverture, and why does it matter?

Why was this source created?: Knowing the history can help your research

Running a genealogy group in a Connecticut library? Here are some resources to help.

What’s the militia, and why does it matter?

What does this word being used by my lineage society mean?

Resources for researching the history of your Connecticut Home

What sources do you need to check to answer a question about an ancestor in colonial Connecticut?

Resources for the Research of New York Loyalists

Was my Connecticut ancestor a Loyalist?

Starting Your Holiday Shopping? Favorite Connecticut Genealogy Database Providers…

Why is my lineage society telling me I can’t use the ancestor I want?

November newsletter

My siblings and I all want to join lineage societies. Are there ways to save time and money?

Five Myths about Connecticut Vital Records (colonial period)

How do I develop historical context for a Connecticut ancestor?

What was Saybrook Colony?

Bounty Land in Maine?

"Linking to the Patriot: The Final Pension Payment Voucher" by Bryna O'Sullivan

What is historiography, and how might it impact your Connecticut genealogy research?

Resources for finding the burial of a veteran ancestor in Connecticut

Sons of the American Revolution Updates DNA Guidelines

How do I find a professional genealogist to assist with my Connecticut genealogy research?

What can I do to make my DAR or SAR application more affordable?

BYU Script Tutorial

Preliminary Application or Complete Application?

The Connecticut town boundaries have changed. How do I find my ancestor’s land records?

5 Tips for Completing a Mayflower Society application (from a lineage society genealogist)

I can’t find a Connecticut birth record. Where do I look next?

Resources for researching a French-Canadian family from Connecticut

Resources for researching Polish immigrants to Connecticut

Fact or Myth: Connecticut’s Historical Government Records are Held by the Connecticut Historical Society?

We don’t get that many genealogy questions. Should we still expend resources?

Truth or Myth: The older birth certificates were transferred from my ancestor’s Connecticut town to the State Library

The Connecticut Town Hall Transferred the Land Records to the State Library: Truth or Myth?

Tips for Using Your Prior Application to Join Another Society

Prepping for America250?: Why your historical organization needs to consider genealogists

Struggling to determine an ancestor’s church affiliation? Have you checked the tax records?

I have Canadian ancestors. Can I still qualify for an American lineage society?

5 Common Connecticut Research Mistakes – and How to Avoid them

How do I locate a Connecticut manumission record?

How old were those who fought in the American Revolution?

Connecticut and the Firelands

LibGuides Home: Genealogy Indexes: Barbour Collection

Is there an easy way to check my Mayflower line?

Which Connecticut genealogical societies can help me learn more about my ancestors?

LibGuides Home: Professional Genealogists and Genealogical Societies: Genealogical Societies Authorized to do Business in Connecticut

What if I can’t find a document that names my ancestor’s parents? Can I still join a lineage society?

How do I find the district probate court that holds my Connecticut ancestor’s records?

Boston Passenger Lists

New York passenger records

Connecticut passenger lists

Running a genealogy group in a Connecticut library? Here are some resources to help.

Why am I seeing a microfilm icon when researching Connecticut vital records on FamilySearch?

Connecticut Census Enumerations

Connecticut Comptroller Records

America250 prep: Resources on the American Revolution in Connecticut

Free Genealogy Resources for Connecticut Residents

Research and resources on Connecticut’s patriots of color

Were Connecticut Revolutionary War units integrated or segregated?

Did Connecticut warn out?

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I’d like to apply to the Mayflower Society – but I have a budget. Is there anything I can do to save money?

What is the Court of Appeal in Cases of Capture?

Can the Connecticut freeman’s oath be considered an oath of allegiance for a Revolutionary War lineage society?

County or no county?

Why Connecticut Didn't Go Dutch

History of Saybrook Colony

List of Connecticut Cities and Towns

French Republican Calendar Converter

Connecticut Vital Records

How reliable are lineage society application databases?

Connecticut Colonial Census Enumerations

1840 census and Revolutionary War pensions

Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut

Adath Israel Collection, Wesleyan University

Arabas v. Ivers

What's the Hulks Act?

MAGIC Historical Map Collection - Connecticut Towns

Historic Buildings of CT

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Panoramic Map Collection

1934 aerial photos

How do I document a new Revolutionary War ancestor?

Connecticut Architectural Surveys

WPA Architectural Survey

Historic American Buildings Survey

Connecticut Genealogy Resources

Registration for land records program

Do I need to have documents translated for my lineage society application?

List of Connecticut Towns

Can I use my family's genealogy for a lineage society application?

French speaking Switzerland

French in Belgium

Where can I find my family Bible?

French colony in Illinois

History of Luxembourg

American Revolution Collection

Alsatian Dialect

LA LANGUE FRANÇAISE AU QUÉBEC

Dictionnaire du Moyen Français

Colored Troop Enlistments from Connecticut during the Civil War

Revolutionary War Pension Application Index

I joined DAR or SAR. I now want to join a colonial society. How do I find a qualifying ancestor?

Veteran's Death Index

March newsletter

Why is it so challenging to document a female patriot?

Veteran's Bonus Records

Service records : Connecticut men and women in the armed forces of the United States during World War, 1917-1920.

How do I find a Connecticut privateer's commission?

Remembering World War One

1917 military census

1917 Nurses Census

Decree of 20 September 1792

Marriage Dispensation

Translating French Records: Catholic Burial Records

FamilySearch Reading French-Canadian Burial Records

Panoramic Map Collection

American Canadian Genealogical Society Parish Record models

FamilySearch baptismal record guide

What's a privateer?

Archives de la Manche glossary

Généalogistes de France Glossary

Hale Collection

Occupations in New-France and Canada

VIEUX METIERS

Les Métiers des nos Ancêtres

French Translation Resources

A French Genealogy Glossary

Direct line? Collateral line?

Connecticut Courant Index

The Oldest Newspaper in Continous Publication

Larousse Dictionary

Newspapers digitized on Chronicling America

Search for Connecticut Newspapers

Can I use Ancestry ThruLines as proof?

The Catholic Transcript

Word Reference

Lexilogos Dictionary

Ancestors Portal

Feast of St. Sebastian Exhibit

Revolutionary War tax records

Public Records of the State of Connecticut

Arabus v. Ivers

The Feast of St. Martin

Genealogy of Aaron Carter

1740 marriage

Gradual Emanicipation Act

Gradual Emancipation Act

Mayflower Descendants Search

Patriot to Passenger Project

Middletown CT Historic Structure Rehabilitation Tax Abatement

Can I document additional Mayflower ancestors?

5 Sources to Avoid Using for Mayflower Society Applications

Huguenot Refugees

Check your Mayflower Line

Accent aigu

Isaac Allerton

Witch Trial Pardons

Samuel Wyllys Papers

Introduction to Online Resources Registration

Connecticut Town Meeting Records

Connecticut Oaths of Allegiance

Connecticut Supply Taxes

Intro to FamilySearch Program Registration

Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut

Connecticut Archives

Connecticut Men in the Revolution

1934 Arial Photos

Seigneurial System

History of the Eastern Townships

Ordering Notarial Records

Notarial Records on BANQ's website

Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935

The Notaries of French Canada

Historic preservationists call for state oversight of Connecticut’s neglected cemeteries

History of Connecticut town boundaries

What French Records are online?

Bounty land, Connecticut, and the American Revolution

Sources of Revolutionary War Service for Women from Connecticut

Register for "Beyond the Gravestone"

French Canadian and Native Families

4 common reasons your ancestor is no longer considered qualifying