Vital Records
New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is known for its affluent community and well-preserved historical architecture.
New Canaan Town Clerk
77 Main Street, 1st floor
P.O. Box 447
New Canaan, CT 06840
Main Phone:
(203) 594-3070
Birth, marriage, death records: 1802–Present
Vital Record Requests: By mail or in person.
Comments: Earlier birth, marriage, and deth records may be found in Stamford or Norwalk.Non-certified copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates aren't available
Hours: Monday–Thursday 8:00 am–3:00 pm; Friday 8:00 am–1:00 pm
Probate & Land Records
New Canaan Probate Office, Town Hall
77 Main Street
P.O Box 326, New Canaan, CT 06840-0326
(203) 656-7342
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm;
Thursday-Friday, 9:00 am to to 5:00 pm.
Probate Records: June 1937 to Present
Note:
New Canaan Probate records prior to June 1937 may be found at the
Norwalk Probate office.
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The Connecticut State Library
has received most probate records prior to 1850. Pre-1850 records
are also available on microfilm . The library also has 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.
Cemeteries
Cemeteries in New Canaan include: Carter, Church Hill, Clinton, Crissey, Crissey-Young, Crissy, Hickok, Hoyt, Lakeview, New Richards, Old, Old Mather, Old Richards, Parade Ground, Park Street, Seely Stevens, Selleck's Corner, Silvermine, Smith, Stevens, Talmadge Hill, Valley Road, Waters, Weed, White Oak Shade, and Young.
Our Fairfield County Cemetery Index
The Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, (1600's to 1930's), is available through The Connecticut State Library
The Association of Gravestone Studies
PO Box 2975
Amherst, MA 01004
(508) 831-7753
info@gravestonestudies.org
Libraries
New Canaan Library
151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone: (203) 594-5000
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am-8pm Friday: 9am-5pm Saturday:
10am-5pm Sunday: Closed Summer Sundays
Historical Societies
New Canaan Historical Society
13 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan CT 06840
Phone: (203) 966-1776
Hours:Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; or by
appointment.
Connecticut Society of Genealogists
PO Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033-0435 (203) 569-0002
Hours: Mondays (1 pm-8 pm), Tuesday-Thursday (11:00 am — 4:00
pm), Friday (11:00 am to 3:00 pm), Closed Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays
Contact: csginc@csginc.org
Newspapers
The Connecticut Post
410 State Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 330-6456
