Connecticut historically had a village system. Villages – which often included churches, stores, schools and more – were typically organized either (in the 18th and early 19th century) around a church or later, around industrial centers. As much of life revolved around what they experienced in the villages, our ancestor may have listed the village as their home.
Yet the villages have no political jurisdiction in their own right. Some are even part of multiple towns, such as Hadlyme, or more famously, Mystic. (Mystic is part of Groton and Stonington.) That means to find our ancestor’s records, we need to know the town in which the village was located.
A good place to start is the secretary of state’s webpage entitled “TOWNS, VILLAGES, AND DISTRICTS WITH NO POST OFFICE OF SAME NAME“. While it won’t list every village, it does provide towns for many of those in the state.
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