The CTGenWeb/USGenWeb Project
Welcome
to the Town of
Researchers with ancestors who lived in this
town need records such as censuses, town histories, links to Tolland family web
pages, etc.
If you have any information to contribute or
would like to volunteer
to do look-ups, please contact me via e-mail.
Click here
to access scanned historical maps from as early as the 1600's. Once at
the site, scroll down for Tolland maps.
The census taker from 1790 did not have the best handwriting, thus some of the names may be wrong. Also, the column totals did not add up in all instances. So if you see any obvious corrections, e-mail me with the correct spellings and I will have same corrected.
Elisha Benton / Jemima Barrows Marker
Photo of silverware made by James Madison Barrows, son of Samuel and Hannah Mayo Barrows, born October 19, 1809. He owned and operated a Silversmith Shop in Tolland. His works are on display at the Tolland Historical Society at the Old Jail.
Click here to access the History of the Town of Tolland
Click here to read this teaching
tool on genealogy from a descendant of the Barrows and
Click here to access "Commemorative
Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut"
Among the Town of Tolland biographies are: Frank E.
Willis; Captain
Benjamin Turner Loomis; Henry Palmer
Rix; Edward
Joel Benton; John
Brigham Kingsbury; Andrew
Jackson McCormick; David
A. Brown; Gideon
Brown; and James
Hurdis Clough.
(860) 871-3630
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Starting immediately, all viewers should access the query board on the Tolland County Query Board in order to post a query. The board posts all queries automatically which is a lot more efficient than me. Thanks for your understanding.
In the meantime, the queries received and posted to date will be kept on this site.
Click here to view all the queries.
OR
Click on a name below to view a specific query.
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There
is also a request from Barbara J.
Pulley to locate Congregational Church records in the Town of
This page created on February 20, 2000 by Dana Fenton
This page updated on December 19, 2006