History and Genealogy Reference Unit
This is an index to articles of incorporation kept by the Commercial Recording Division of the office of the Secretary of the State. There are three types of entity covered by this index:
Articles of incorporation/company charters were originally granted solely by the General Assembly, which continued to grant them up through the 20th century. If a company or organization does not appear here, check the following indexes to private and special acts of the state of Connecticut:
Call Number: KFC3625.A21 Index 1943
Call Number: KFC3625.A245 Index
To request a digital of physical copy of an incorporation document, please contact the staff of the History & Genealogy Unit by telephone (860) 757-6580 or email. There may be a small fee, depending on the size of the order and whether you would like a digital or physical copy. When requesting a copy of a record or file, please include the information from the relevant entry in the index.
NOTICE: All Connecticut State Library indexes have been migrated to Connecticut Open Data; the previous indexes will no longer be available.
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