Researchers can search and browse descriptive finding aids to the State Archives' government and manuscript collections through our online system. The amount of detail available depends on the level of processing completed for a collection.  

Searchable name indexes to selective groups of records having significant historic biographical research and genealogical value.

CTDA serves as the permanent repository for digitized and born digital state and local government records within the Connecticut State Archives, as well as personal and organizational records.   

Selected digitized archival records, photographs, and other materials including, but not limited to, the Founding Documents of Connecticut, Hurricane Diane, the state's response to 9/11, and various photograph collections.  

Originally created for infrastructure management and scientific research among other uses, aerial photography is one the most useful primary resources for understanding the evolution of Connecticut’s landscape. Individual and mosaic composites of individual images provide a factual record of how land use changed over time. 

Thanks to a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and funding from the Historic Documents Preservation Fund, the Connecticut State Archives is processing New Haven County Court Records from 1666 to 1855 for enhanced public access and use. 

Selected annotated transcripts of legislative acts, resolutions, and appointments from the handwritten daily register of each General Assembly session from 1776-1826. Each published volume also includes supplementary documents and a scholarly introduction. This published series is an essential resource for understanding Connecticut’s political, social, legal, and economic history. 

Collaborative partnership with the Connecticut Radio Information System (CRIS) on “Voices of World War I.” The project features human-narrated audio versions of selected documents from World War I.

In 1833, the General Assembly passed a "Black Law" barring the teaching of non-resident persons of color without a town's permission. The law was passed as a result of opposition to Prudence Crandall's school for African-American women in Canton.  Crandall was arrested and tried three times for violating the law. 

Searchable database on individual pieces of art created by Connecticut artists hired under the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression (1929-1941). Includes detailed biographical information of over 150 artists.