Columbia, Tolland County, Connecticut Genealogy

United States

Connecticut

Tolland

Columbia

Brief History

Columbia is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. Columbia was incorporated in May, 1804, from Lebanon.

Church Records

At its founding, Congregationalism was the dominant religion in Connecticut and was even the state religion until 1818. Other common Christian denominations include the Methodist, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, and Baptist churches.

To see the churches in Columbia, visit.

Many Connecticut churches have deposited their records at the Connecticut State Library. The following are church records available online for the town of Columbia:

Land Records

In Connecticut, most land records are kept at the town level. The following are online land records for the town of Columbia:

Libraries and Historical Societies

Columbia Historical Society
P.O. BOX 551
COLUMBIA, CT 06237
E-mail: ColumbiaCtHistoricalSociety@gmail.com
Website

Saxton B. Little Free Library
319 Route 87
Columbia, CT 06237
(860) 228-0350
E-mail: staff@columbiactlibrary.org
Facebook
Website

Maps

The following are online maps of the town of Columbia:

Probate Records

In Connecticut, most probate records are kept at the town level. Records are included in Andover Probate District. The following are online probate records for the town of Columbia:

Town Records

In Connecticut, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:

• Births
• Marriages
• Deaths
• Burials
• Cemetery records
• Appointments
• Earmarks
• Estrays (stray animals)
• Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote)
• Land records
• Mortgages
• Name changes
• Care of the poor
• School records
• Surveys
• Tax lists
• Town meeting minutes
• Voter registrations
• Warning outs (of town)

The following are Columbia town records available online:

Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Columbia Town Clerk
323 Jonathan Trumbull Highway
Columbia, CT. 06237
(860) 228-3284
E-mail: townclerk@columbiact.org
Website

Vital Records

Births

• 1639-1941 Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941 at FamilySearch — index
• 1640-1955 Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955 — index

Marriages

• 1640-1955 Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955 — index

Deaths

• 1640-1955 Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955 at FamilySearch — index
• 1640-1955 Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955 — index