Connecticut Genealogy

Welcome to the Town of
Salisbury

located in the Northwestern corner of
Litchfield County, CT

My name is Linda Pingel and I am the host for the town of Salisbury, CT on behalf of both the USGenWeb Project and the American History Genealogy Project. Both projects are dedicated to the concept of offering genealogical information at no charge to researchers world wide. If you have any information that you would like to contribute for the town of Salisbury, CT, please contact me with the details. In the meantime, please enjoy your visit to this town site.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut
Publisher: J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago; 1903

Salisbury Resources and Links

Scoville Memorial Library
38 Main St, Salisbury, CT 06068
860-435-2838
The Scovill Memorial Library, 
established in 1895, has birth, marriage and death records, local histories, 
maps, photographs, newspapers and family histories. 
Records and copies are available. 
Tuesday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
Wednesday - Friday 12 noon - 5 p.m. 
Thursday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. 
Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Historical Societies 

Salisbury Association Local History Room 
P.O. Box 374 
Salisbury, CT 06068 
(860) 435-2074 
(contact: Norman Sills, Town Historian)
The Salisbury Association, established in 1902, has local histories, maps, photographs, newspapers, family histories, personal papers as well as railroad and iron industry information. Special strengths of the collection include genealogies of local families. The records are located at the Scoville Library in Salisbury. 
Records and copies are available. 

Litchfield Historical Society 
P.O. Box 385 
7 South Street 
Litchfield, CT 06759 
(860) 567-4501 
The Litchfield Historical Society, established in 1856, has an index to birth, marriage and death records, local histories, business papers, maps, photographs, newspapers, family histories and personal papers. Special strengths of the collection include genealogical files for local surnames and general history texts for many Litchfield County towns. 
Records and copies are available. 
Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 12 noon, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. and by appointment


Town Offices 

Salisbury Town Hall
P.O. Box 365 
27 Main Street 
Salisbury, CT 06068 
(860) 435-5182 
The Salisbury Town Hall, established in 1741, has birth, 
marriage and death records, local histories and land records. 
Records and copies are available. 
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

***Additional History.......From the Connecticut Guide, 1935......Located on the web site of Carol Hanny.

***Melvin Wright was researching in TN and found the following: Maury County, Tennessee Deed Book B, page 135 "Samuel Lee, Esq. of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn. P. of A. to Lyman D. Brewster, formerly of Salisbury, but now residing in Franklin, Williamson Co., Tenn. to take care of land in Williamson and Maury on waters of Rutherford and Cathey's Creek of Duck River, known as eastern survey in Polk's Grant, containing about 4421 acres. Also to receive from David Frierson and Francis Hall such sums of money and papers as each or either may have, belonging to me, also commence suits against them for collection of money and papers. Empower attorney, in case of his declining, to appoint some good person to perform acts mentioned. Hereby revoke and annul P. of A. granted to Francis Hall, dated at Poughkeepsie, June 27, 1816. Witness: Samuel Lee, 2nd., Stephen Scofield. Signed: Samuel Lee. Reg. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 21 Sep. 1816 by Samuel Lee."

***Bob Manion has created a file of a civil war infantry company consisting of all Salisbury residents, Roster of Company E, 28th Connecticut Regiment, Volunteer Infantry.

If you have any reference material on or related to Salisbury and would like to volunteer as a resource, or if you know of a Salisbury link that would be appropriate to add to this page, please e-mail me with the details. Linda Pingel

When contacting a resource volunteer, please do not forget to thank them for their time and effort.

Volunteers Needed!!! Your Name & Resource Can be Listed Here

Other Genealogical Sites of Interest

Newspaper Abstracts - an interesting and growing collection of news articles dating back into the 1800's. You may find your ancestor, place them in time and place, and read an article about their life.

Cyndi's List - many many many links can be found here.

Ancestry - many sites can be searched for free but membership will get you into all the sites.
(This one is well worth the membership fees)

US Biographies - numerous biographies "on line" by state.

For Canadian searchers (especially Quebec) visit Marlene Simmons' site.

GenForum - chat, search and post queries - all in the same visit.

Higginson Books - when you can't find it, buy it.

LDS (Latter Day Saints) - on line search

Roots Web - list your surnames

Scotland searchers - find information on your clan history here.

Scotland - found your clan? View and order your tartan at the House of Tartan

Surname Origins and Meanings - also includes spelling variations (excellent site) but has disappeared as of my last check 3/01. If anyone knows if this site has moved, please let me know.

My Home Page with many more links - visit here

My "Cemetery" Page - visit here.....not yet available..... still "work in progress".

My "Lost and Found" Photo Pages - mostly Wisconsin - mostly unknown - visit here

Berlin Public Schools 1882-1883 - teachers, staff, pupils, former graduates, and an etching of the high school - Berlin, Green Lake County, Wisconsin - visit here

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This page was created by Linda Pingel
on October 19, 2002
Updated:  October 10, 2009
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