Redding Town Clerk
Town Office Building
100 Hill Road
PO Box 28
Redding Center, CT 06875
(203) 938-2377

Birth, Marriage, Death records: 1767 to Present.

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4 pm; closed holidays.

Please note: Non-certified copies of birth, marriage, death certificates are available for $1.00 each.

• Connecticut State Library
• CT State Records at LDS Family History Centers

Redding Probate Office
Town Hall
PO Box 125, Redding, CT 06875-0125

Probate Records: May 1839 to Present.
Please note: Earlier probate records prior to May 1839 may be found in either Fairfield or Danbury Probate Offices.

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

• The Connecticut State Library has received most probate records prior to 1850. Pre-1850 records are also available on microfilm .

• The Connecticut State Library has microfilm of copies of deeds, mortgages, releases and related records to about 1900. Grantor and grantee indexes are available, but there is no statewide index.

• Map of Redding, CT

Cemeteries

• Baldwin
  
• Center
  
• Christ Church
  
• Ferry
  
• Gould
  
• Hill
  
• Hull
  
• Marchant
  
• Old Rev
  
• Read, Hill, & Sanford
  
• Ridge
• Sanford
  
• Umpawaug

Do you have cemetery records to contribute for the town of Redding? If so, please consider donating them to the Fairfield Co. USGenWeb Project Cemetery Records database, attention: Barbara Kaye. Please visit the Cemetery Index to see the cemeteries already listed.

• The Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions (1600's to 1930's) is available through The Connecticut State Library
• The Association of Gravestone Studies 30 Elm Street, Worcester MA 01609
  (508) 831-7753

Libraries

Mark Twain Library
Diamond Road and Route 53
PO Box 1009, Redding, CT 06785
(203) 938-2545
Hours: Monday & Thursday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.; Tuesday, Friday, Saturday: 10:00am to 5:00pm.; Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 pm.*

* Open Saturdays 10:00am to 1:00pm during Summer and closed Sundays.

Historical & Genealogy Societies

Redding Historical Society
PO Box 1023
Redding, CT 06785
(203) 938-9095

Connecticut Society of Genealogists
PO Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033-0435
(203) 569-0002

Newspapers

The Redding Pilot
P.O. Box 389, Georgetown, 06829 (203) 544-9519
URL: http://www.acorn-online.com/
Email: newspaper@acorn-online.com

Other CT Newspapers

Churches

Sources: [1] Morrison, Betty Jean. Connecting to Connecticut. East Hartford: CT Society of Genealogists (1995)
[2] Lindberg, Marcia Wiswall. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. 3rd Edition. Boston: NEHGS (1993)

NEWTOWN, CT BOOKS

• Charles Burr Todd: HISTORY OF REDDING, CONNECTICUT--FIRST SETTLEMENT TO PRESENT TIME: With Notes On The Adams, Banks, Barlow, Bartlett, Bartram, Bates, Beach, Benedict, Betts, Burr, Burritt, Burton, Chatfield, Couch, Darling, Fairchild, Foster, Gold, Gorham, Gray, Griffin, ; Unlike neighboring settlements that formed individually, Redding was originally part of the town of Fairfield. Redding's early years were interrelated with the local Indians and their chief, Chickens Warrop. The War of Independence first touched Redding on April 26, 1777. The author has provided two slightly different accounts of this conflict while Redding's involvement in the Civil War is documented in excerpts from town meetings. Includes biographical sketches.
• Rosenau, Frank: Christ Church Parish - The First 200 Years 1732-1982 ; Redding Ridge, CT: Christ Church Parish, 1982. Library of Congress surplus stamp on ep else NF, americana Connecticut church history.
• Twain, M. & Taylor, C.B.: MARK TWAIN'S MARGINS ON THACKERAY'S 'SWIFT' ; MARK TWAIN'S MARGINS ON THACKE- RAY'S 'SWIFT', Gotham House, 1935. A detailed history of Twain's move to Redding, Connecticut.