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This project is for those who were born, lived or died in New London County, Connecticut. Wikipedia Adjacent Counties Windham County (north) Kent County, Rhode Island (northeast) Washington County, Rhode Island (east) Middlesex County (west) Tolland County (northwest) Hartford County (northwest) Suffolk County, New York (south)
Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut located on the Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. The Naval Submarine Base New London is located in Groton, and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is also a major employer. Avery Point in Groton is home to a regional campus of the University...
Connecticut College =Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut. Connecticut College is a primarily residential, four-year undergraduate institution, with nearly all of its approximately 1,900 students living on campus. Students choose courses from 41 majors, including an interdisciplinary, self-designed major. The college was...
The Historic Gales Ferry Cemetery is located at 12-24 Hurlbutt Road, Gales Ferry, New London County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by Military Highway, Hurlbutt Road, Winthrop Road and the Gales Ferry Library Park. It is administered by The Gales Ferry Cemetery Association (GFCA); contact address PO Box 144, Gales Ferry, CT 06335. The cemetery is listed on the National Register of ...
Some 350 000 Finnish immigrants arrived in the United States and Canada during the years 1860-1930. In the 1920's they began to settle in Connecticut. A small but lively community of Finns was also formed in and around the town of Voluntown. This is a project for Finnish born immigrants in that area and for their descendants.
Hopeville Cemetery is located in an overgrown field in Hopeville in the town of Griswold, New London County, Connecticut. Hopeville has around 40 known burials with the earliest dating from 1745. The last interment occurred in 1836. The cemetery is no longer active or maintained.
This project is for those interred in New Hanover Cemetery. The cemetery is located on Potash Hill Road in the village of Hanover, which is part of the town of Sprague, New London County, Connecticut. Notable Interments Cpl. Eugene M. Tinkham (1842-1909) - Union Army Links Find a Grave The Hale Collection
Centuries ago, Mohegan sachems and their families were buried on a sixteen-acre plateau above the Thames River in the City of Norwich. When Chief Uncas granted a portion of Mohegan land to the English settlers in the mid 1600s, a promise was made that the burial ground would remain in the Tribe’s possession. The promise was continually broken over the next 300 years, and new construction on th...
The Duck River Cemetery, established as a burial place in 1676, is one of the oldest active cemeteries in Connecticut. It covers more than fifteen acres along the west bank of the meandering Duck River and includes gravestones commemorating a Connecticut governor, prosperous colonial merchants, slaves, distinguished judges, ministers, educators, ship captains, artists, actors, ornithologists, s...
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a 76-acre non-sectarian, non-profit burial ground in the city of New London, Connecticut. Still an active cemetery, Cedar Grove also is the final resting place of many of the city’s most significant citizens, ranging from a noted colonial-era diarist and ship captains from the city’s heyday as a major whaling port, to top elected officials and wealthy Gilded Age industri...
Norwich, Connecticut was founded in 1659 by settlers from Old Saybrook led by Major John Mason and Reverend James Fitch. They purchased the land that would become Norwich from the local Native American Mohegan Tribe.> note: To become a Member by Descent it is necessary to provide documentation that proves your ancestry to one of the original proprietors. To apply, you will need an Application f...