Glastonbury Death Certificates

Glastonbury death records are kept by the Glastonbury Town Clerk for deaths that occur in town or involve Glastonbury residents. The town has about 35,500 people and is in Hartford County. When a death happens in Glastonbury, the town clerk office gets a copy of the death certificate and issues certified copies to those who need them. You can get these vital records at the town hall or through the state if the death was in Glastonbury. Online ordering is also an option through VitalChek, which is the only third-party vendor approved by Connecticut to handle death certificates.

Where to Get Death Records in Glastonbury

Death records in Glastonbury are handled by the Glastonbury Town Clerk. This office keeps vital records for all deaths that happen in Glastonbury. If someone who lived in Glastonbury died in a different town, you would get the death certificate from the town where they died, not from Glastonbury. The town clerk office is in Glastonbury Town Hall at 2155 Main Street. You can walk in during office hours or send a request by mail.

The town hall is on Main Street in the center of town. There is free parking in the town hall lot. Bus routes run along Main Street, so you can use CT Transit if you do not drive. When you visit in person, bring a valid photo ID. The clerk needs to see your ID before giving you a death certificate. Most requests are done the same day or within a few days at the town level in Glastonbury.

You can also get death records from the Connecticut State Vital Records Office in Hartford. The state office has copies of all death records from July 1, 1897 to the present. Processing at the state office takes up to twelve weeks, which is much longer than the town. The state fee is the same as the town fee. Most people go to the town clerk first since it is faster for deaths that happened in Glastonbury.

How to Request a Death Certificate

Anyone who is at least 18 years old can buy a certified copy of a death certificate in Glastonbury. Connecticut law allows any adult to request death records. For deaths that happened on or after July 1, 1997, the Social Security number on the death certificate is only given to the spouse or next of kin. All other people get a copy with the Social Security number redacted. This is required under C.G.S. § 7-51a.

To get a death certificate in Glastonbury, you need to give the town clerk this information:

• Full name of the person who died (last name in caps)
• Date of death
• Place of death
• Sex of the person who died
• Names of parents, including the maiden name of the mother
• Date of birth
• Your name and address
• Your relationship to the deceased
• Reason you need the record

The more information you have, the faster the town clerk can find the record. If you do not know all the details, call the Glastonbury Town Clerk at (860) 652-7620 to ask what you can do. The staff can help you search for a death record even if you only know some of the facts.

Note: The fee for each certified death certificate copy in Glastonbury is $20.

Forms and Payment

You need to fill out a request form to get a death certificate in Glastonbury. Use the town form if you are going to the Glastonbury Town Clerk. Use the state form if you are sending your request to the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Both forms are free to download from the state vital records website. The form asks for all the details the clerk needs to find the right record.

The town form is here: Town Death Certificate Request Form. You can print it and fill it out by hand or type your answers on the PDF before you print it. Sign the form before you send it in or bring it to the town clerk office in Glastonbury.

Payment must be a money order made out to the town of Glastonbury. Personal checks are not accepted for vital records in Connecticut. The fee is $20 for the first certified copy. If you need more than one copy, each extra copy is also $20. You can pay by cash in person, but you cannot use a credit card at most town clerk offices. Some towns accept debit or credit cards with a service fee, so ask the Glastonbury Town Clerk if that option is available.

If you are mailing your request, send the completed form and the money order to the town clerk address. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope so the clerk can mail the certificate back to you. Write your phone number on the form in case the clerk needs to call you about your request for death records in Glastonbury.

Order Death Records Online

You can order death certificates online through VitalChek. This is the only third-party vendor approved by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. VitalChek processes requests and mails the certificate to you. The service is available 24 hours a day, every day of the week. You can use a credit card or debit card to pay online. The state fee is still $20, but VitalChek adds a processing fee and a shipping fee on top of that cost.

Go to www.vitalchek.com to start your order. You will fill out the same information as the paper form. VitalChek asks for your name, address, and the details about the death. You also pick the shipping speed you want. Faster shipping costs more. Standard shipping takes about a week. Express shipping gets the certificate to you in a few days if you need it quickly for legal matters or insurance in Glastonbury.

VitalChek sends the request to the Connecticut State Vital Records Office, not to the Glastonbury Town Clerk. This means processing can take longer than if you went to the town hall in person. If you need a death certificate right away, visit the town clerk office in Glastonbury instead of using the online service. If you can wait a week or two, the online option is very convenient for people who live far from town or who cannot visit during business hours.

Veteran Death Certificate Fee Waiver

Connecticut law allows certain family members of a deceased veteran to get one free death certificate. This applies to deaths in Glastonbury if the person who died was a veteran. The spouse, child, or parent of the veteran can get one certified copy at no charge. You must show proof of your relationship to the veteran and bring a valid photo ID issued by the government.

Examples of proof of relationship include a marriage certificate if you are the spouse, your own birth certificate if you are the child, or the veteran's birth certificate if you are the parent. The veteran status must be shown on the death certificate for the fee waiver to apply. This rule is in C.G.S. § 7-74. Funeral directors can also get one free copy on behalf of the family at the time of death.

To use this waiver in Glastonbury, bring your documents to the town clerk office. The clerk will check your ID and proof of relationship. If everything is in order, you will get one certified copy of the death certificate for free. If you need more than one copy, you must pay the $20 fee for each extra copy. Call the Glastonbury Town Clerk at (860) 652-7620 to ask what documents to bring for the veteran fee waiver.

Older Death Records in Glastonbury

Death records for Glastonbury before 1897 are kept at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford, not at the town clerk office. The state library has a collection called the Barbour Collection, which has vital records from before 1850. There is also a Death Records Index that covers 1897 to 2001. You can use this index to find the name, date, and place of death for someone in Glastonbury during that time.

The Connecticut State Library is at 231 Capitol Avenue in Hartford. You can visit the library to search old records. The library also has some records available online. Go to libguides.ctstatelibrary.org to see the Death Records Index. This is a good resource if you are doing family history research or looking for a death that happened a long time ago in Glastonbury.

For deaths from 1897 to the present, the town clerk and the state vital records office have copies. For anything before 1897, you need to go to the state library or check their online resources. The library staff can help you find old death records for Glastonbury and explain how to get copies if the records are available.

Hartford County Death Records

Glastonbury is in Hartford County. Hartford County does not have a central office for death records because Connecticut keeps vital records at the town level. Each of the 29 towns in Hartford County has its own town clerk who handles death certificates. For deaths in other towns near Glastonbury, you would contact the town clerk in that town. For more information about how death records work in Hartford County, visit the county page.

View Hartford County Death Records

Nearby Cities

If you need death records from towns near Glastonbury, each town clerk office handles its own vital records. Some of the larger towns close to Glastonbury include Manchester, Hartford, and South Windsor. Each town has the same fee and the same process, but you must go to the right town where the death occurred to get the certificate.