Researchers can search and browse online descriptive finding aids to the State Archives' government and manuscript collections through the ArchivesSpace content management system. The collection descriptions available range from the collection level down to the box level depending on the level of processing completed for a collection.  

In addition to descriptive finding aids, Archives staff has identified certain groups of records that contain significant research value about individuals and created indexes for researchers to more easily access these records. These searchable indexes are now available on-line.

The Connecticut Digital Archive (CTDA) serves as the permanent digital repository for digitized and born digital records within the Connecticut State Archives.  The University of Connecticut Libraries developed CTDA in collaboration with the Connecticut State Library to provide long-term preservation for participating cultural heritage institutions in Connecticut.  

CONTENTdm digital collections feature selected materials from the Connecticut State Archives' collections including the Founding Documents of Connecticut, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, and the Connecticut State Library's History.  

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.

Legislative records pertaining to the passage of a state "Black Law" in 1833 barring the teaching of persons of color, who did not reside in the state, without a town's permission.  The law was passed in opposition to Prudence Crandall's school for African-American women in Canton. The court records cover the three trials for Crandall's arrest for violating the law.

Database 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 data on each piece of work and detailed biographical information of over 150 artists.