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Featured pages!

· Index to The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Local History of All the Towns in the State, transcribed by Rod Skinner (County Coordinator for Windham County, VTGenWeb), 2006. The VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTEER is a 5 volume set of historical information, by Abby Maria Hemenway, with Volume I published in 1867, and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Thank you! Thank you! to Rod Skinner!!!

· Vermont Historical Society

o 60 Washington Street - Barre, Vermont 05641-4209; Phone: (802) 479-8500.

o Genealogy Research in Vermont

· USGenWeb Archives

· USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project

· The Tombstone Transcription Project for Vermont!

· VERMONT-L Website, by Karima, includes a varied collection of interesting and helpful Vermont History, Biography, Lore, and a VERMONT-L Mailing List, resources for Vermont researchers!

The Poorhouse Story, by Linda Crannell and CCS - a collection of information, by state, which invites submissions to help tell this untold tale, including cemeteries associated with 'poorhouses' - read "Emma's Story" to see the touching story behind the site!!!

Vermont Municipal Clerks Guide - (Including E-mail Addresses) on the Vermont Secretary of State web site.

About this site?

     When you find ancestors, are you interested in learning more about the history they lived? Do you want to explore new directions to solve the unsolved mystery? What was home and family life like? What did they eat? wear? read? What were the important happenings? Why were the wars fought and who fought them? How in the world did they move about? Did the Revolutionary war veterans who settled in Vermont continue to side with America during the War of 1812 or were there some who changed sides?
   This page is being created, on a volunteer basis, to explore the world of our ancestors who resided in Vermont. Through your genealogical research, you have learned something about your ancestors. How do you learn more? How do you solve the unsolved mystery? My answer to both is to learn more about genealogical research by learning more about the history your ancestors lived.   After all, isn't genealogy the history of individuals and families?
   I believe our ancestors would want us to know more about them than just their names and dates of birth and death. Don't you?

How can You help others to answer these questions?

   If you have a page that helps to answer questions like these, or you know of such a site, please submit the URL, (and your suggestion for the category it would fit) by e-mail to me, so I can add it to this page. After all, we can only learn from the past when we learn about the past. You will be helping others to gain knowledge of our history by doing so.
You may e-mail the link to Webweaver of this page.   Please include your name and e-mail address.
   This is not a for-profit page. I reserve the right to content decisions for this page. Copyright remains with the owner of the site linked. I will only add a link to your site.
Links are checked before being posted to this page, however, due to the nature of the internet, the content may change. Though there is a seamier side to history, I want to keep this page appropriate to family viewing. I want only the cleaned up versions. Please inform me if you find a link to be inappropriate to family viewing or not working.
   I would greatly appreciate suggestions for additional catagories or criticisms, and hope you will keep me informed if the content on any link changes or becomes inappropriate for family viewing.

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Vermont County Selection List

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County	Date Formed	Parent County	County Seat	Contact
Addison	1785	Rutland	Middlebury	Sue Waite-Langley*
Bennington	1779	Original County	Bennington	Would you like to adopt Bennington County, VTGenWeb? Ann Mensch
Caledonia	1796	Orange	St. Johnsbury	Ann Mensch* or Robert H. Goss
Chittenden	1787	Original County	Burlington	Karima
Essex	1792	Unorganized Territory	Guildhall	Karima
Franklin	1792	Chittenden	St. Albans	MaryLynne Ellis
Grand Isle	1802	Franklin	North Hero	Karima
Lamoille	1835	Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans	Hyde Park	Peggy Tebbetts
Orange [Orange] alternate	1781	Original County	Chelsea	Karima
Orleans	1792	Original County	Newport	Steve Mason*
Rutland	1781	Original County	Rutland	Ann Mensch
Washington	1810	Addison, Orange, Caledonia, Chittenden	Montpelier	Susan Cherry-Boyer*
Windham	1781	Cumberland	Newfane	Rod Skinner*
Windsor	1781	Original County	Woodstock	Ann Mensch*

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[Addison] [Bennington] [Caledonia] [Chittenden] [Essex]
[Franklin] [Grand Isle] [Lamoille] [Orange] [Orleans] [Rutland]
[Washington] [Windham] [Windsor]

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Addison County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

ADDISON - Addison, West Addison.
BRIDPORT - Bridport, West Bridport.
BRISTOL - Bristol, Rocky Dale.
CORNWALL - Cornwall, West Cornwall.
FERRISBURG - Basin Harbor, Ferrisburg, Ferrisburg Station, North Ferrisburg.
GOSHEN - Goshen, Goshen Four Corners.
GRANVILLE - Granville, Lower Granville.
HANCOCK - Hancock.
LEICESTER - Leicester, Leicester Junction.
LINCOLN - Downingville, Lincoln, South Lincoln, West Lincoln.
MIDDLEBURY - East Middlebury, Middlebury.
MONKTON - East Monkton, Monkton Boro, Monkton Ridge.
NEW HAVEN - New Haven, New Haven Junction, New Haven Mills.
ORWELL - Orwell
PANTON - Panton.
RIPTON - Ripton.
SALISBURY - Salisbury, Salisbury Station, West Salisbury.
SHOREHAM - Shoreham, Shoreham Center.
STARKSBORO - Rockville, South Starksboro, Starksboro.
VERGENNES - Vergennes.
WALTHAM -
WEYBRIDGE - Weybridge, Weybridge Hill.
WHITING - Whiting.
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Bennington County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

ARLINGTON - East Arlington, West Arlington.
BENNINGTON - City of Bennington, North Bennington, Old Bennington.
DORSET - Dorset, East Dorset, North Dorset, South Dorset.
GLASTENBURY -
LANDGROVE - North Landgrove.
MANCHESTER - Barnumville, Manchester Center Depot, City of Manchester.
PERU - Peru.
POWNAL - North Pownal, Pownal, Pownal Center.
READSBORO - Heartwellville, Readsboro, Readsboro Falls.
RUPERT - North Rupert, Rupert, West Rupert.
SANDGATE - Sandgate, West Sandgate.
SEARSBURG - Searsburg.
SHAFTSBURY - Shaftsbury, Shaftsbury Center, South Shaftsbury.
STAMFORD - Stamford.
SUNDERLAND - East Kansas, Kansas, Sunderland, Sunderland Station.
WINHALL - Bondville.
WOODFORD - Woodford, Woodford Hollow.
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Caledonia County
Caledonia County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

BARNET - Barnet, Barnet Center, East Barnet, McIndoe Falls, Passumpsic, West Barnet.
BURKE - Burke Hollow, East Burke, West Burke.
DANVILLE - Danville, North Danville, West Danville.
GROTON - Groton, West Groton.
HARDWICK - East Hardwick, Hardwick, Mackville.
KIRBY - North Kirby, South Kirby.
LYNDON - East Lyndon, Lyndonville.
NEWARK - Newark.
PEACHAM - East Peacham, Peacham, South Peacham.
RYEGATE - East Ryegate, Ryegate Corner, South Ryegate.
SHEFFIELD - Sheffield.
ST. JOHNSBURY - East St. Johnsbury, St. Johnsbury, St. Johnsbury Center.
STANNARD - Stannard.
SUTTON - Sutton.
WALDEN - Dow's Crossing, North Walden, South Walden, Walden, Walden Station.
WATERFORD - Lower Waterford, West Waterford.
WHEELOCK - South Wheelock.
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Chittenden County
Chittenden County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

BOLTON - Bolton, West Bolton.
BUELS GORE -
BURLINGTON - City of Burlington.
CHARLOTTE - Charlotte, East Charlotte, Prindle Corners.
COLCHESTER - Colchester, Nourses Corner.
ESSEX - Butlers Corners, Essex Center, Pages Corner.
HINESBURG - Hinesburg, Mechanicsville, Rhode Island Corners.
HUNTINGTON - Hanksville, Huntington, Huntington Center.
JERICHO - Jericho, Jericho Center, Riverside.
MILTON - Checkerberry Village, Milton, Miltonboro, West Milton.
RICHMOND - Fays Corner, Jonesville, Richmond.
SHELBURNE - Shelburne, Shelburn Falls.
SOUTH BURLINGTON - South Burlington
ST. GEORGE - St. George.
UNDERHILL - North Underhill, Underhill Center, Underhill Flats.
WESTFORD - Brookside, Westford.
WILLISTON - Kirby Corner, North Williston, Tafts Corner, Williston.
WINOOSKI - Winooski.
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Essex County
Essex County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

AVERILL -
AVERYS GORE -
BLOOMFIELD - Bloomfield
BRIGHTON - East Brighton, Island Pond
BRUNSWICK - Brunswick Springs
CANAAN - Beecher Falls, Canaan, Wallace Pond
CONCORD - Concord, Concord Corner, East Concord, Miles Pond, North Concord
EAST HAVEN - East Haven, Hartwellville
FERDINAND -
GRANBY - Granby
GUILDHALL - Guildhall
LEMINGTON - Lemington
LEWIS -
LUNENBURG - Gilman, Lunenburg, South Lunenburg
MAIDSTONE - Maidstone
NORTON - Averill (at Norton/Averill towns' line), Norton
VICTORY - Gallup Mills, Victory
WARNERS GRANT -
WARREN GORE -

Franklin County
Franklin County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

BAKERSFIELD - Bakersfield
BERKSHIRE - Berkshire, East Berkshire, West Berkshire
ENOSBURG - East Enosburg, Enosburg Center, Enosburg Falls, North Enosburg, Samsonville, West Enosburg

FAIRFAX - Buck Hollow, Fairfax, Fairfax Falls, Huntsville, North Fairfax, Sanderson Corner
FAIRFIELD - East Fairfield, Fairfield, Fairfield Station
FLETCHER - Binghamville, Fletcher, West Fletcher
FRANKLIN - Beattys Four Corners, East Franklin, Franklin, Morses Line
GEORGIA - East Georgia, Georgia Center, Georgia Plains, Hubbard Corner, Melville Landing, West Georgia

HIGHGATE - East Highgate, Highgate Center, Highgate Falls, Highgate Springs
MONTGOMERY - Hectorville, Hutchins, Montgomery, Montgomery Center
RICHFORD - East Richford, Richford, South Richford, Stevens Mill
SHELDON - East Sheldon, Shawville, Sheldon, Sheldon Springs
ST. ALBANS - Saint Albans City, Saint Albans Bay, Saint Albans North Suburb
SWANTON - Swanton, Swanton Suburbs, West Swanton
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Grand Isle County
Grand Isle County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

ALBURG - Alburg, Alburg Center, Alburg Springs, East Alburg, South Alburg
GRAND ISLE - Grand Isle, Grand Isle Station
ISLE LA MOTTE - Isle La Motte
NORTH HERO - North Hero
SOUTH HERO - South Hero

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Lamoille County
Lamoille County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

BELVIDERE - Belvidere Center, Belvidere Corners, Belvidere Junction
CAMBRIDGE - Cambridge, Cambridge Junction, Jeffersonville, Morses Mill, North Cambridge, Pleasant Valley, South Cambridge

EDEN - Eden, Eden Mills
ELMORE - Elmore
HYDE PARK - Centerville, Cleveland Corners, Hyde Park, Garfield, North Hyde Park
JOHNSON - Johnson, East Johnson
MORRISTOWN - Morristown, Morrisville
STOWE - Lower Village, Moscow, Stowe
WATERVILLE - Waterville
WOLCOTT - North Wolcott, Wolcott
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Orange County
Orange County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

BRADFORD - Bradford, Bradford Center, Goshen, Lower Plain
BRAINTREE - Braintree Center, East Braintree, West Braintree
BROOKFIELD - Brookfield, Brookfield Center, East Brookfield
CHELSEA - Chelsea, Chelsea West Hill, Kennedy Corners
CORINTH - Cookville, Corinth Corners, Corinth Center, East Corinth, Goose Green, South Corinth, West Corinth

ORANGE - East Orange, Orange
FAIRLEE - Ely, Fairlee
NEWBURY - Boltonville, Newbury, Newbury Center, Peach Four Corners, South Newbury, West Newbury, Wells River

RANDOLPH - Beanville, East Randolph, North Randolph, Randolph, Randolph Center, South Randolph

STRAFFORD - Old City, South Strafford, Strafford
TOPSHAM - East Topsham, Topsham Four Corners, Waits River, West Topsham
THETFORD - Campbell Corner, East Thetford, North Thetford, Post Mills, Thetford Center, Thetford Hill, Rices Mills, Union Village

TUNBRIDGE - North Tunbridge, South Tunbridge, Tunbridge
VERSHIRE - Beanville, Brimstone Corner, Mill Village, South Vershire, Vershire, Vershire Center
WASHINGTON - South Washington, Washington
WEST FAIRLEE - West Fairlee, West Fairlee Center
WILLIAMSTOWN - Foxville, Williamstown

Orleans County
Orleans County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

ALBANY - Albany, Albany Center, East Albany, South Albany
BARTON - Barton, Orleans
BROWNINGTON - Brownington, Brownington Center, Evansville
CHARLESTON - East Charleston, West Charleston
COVENTRY - Coventry
CRAFTSBURY - Craftsbury, Craftsbury Common, East Craftsbury
DERBY - Beebe Plain, Clyde Pond, Derby Center, Derby Line, Lake Salem, North Derby
GLOVER - Glover, West Glover
GREENSBORO - Campbells Corner, Greensboro, Greensboro Bend, Tolmans Corner
HOLLAND - Holland
IRASBURG - Irasburg
JAY - Jay
LOWELL - Lowell
MORGAN - Morgan, Morgan Center
NEWPORT - City of Newport, Newport Center, South Newport
TROY - North Troy, Troy
WESTMORE - Westmore
WESTFIELD - Westfield

Rutland County
Rutland County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

BENSON - Benson, Benson Landing
BRANDON - Brandon, Forest Dale
CASTLETON - Blissville, Castleton, Castleton Corners, Hydeville
CHITTENDEN - Chittenden, Holden
CLARENDON - Alfrecha, Chippenhook, Clarendon, Clarendon Springs, East Clarendon, North Claredon, Pierces Corner
DANBY - Danby, Danby Four Corners
FAIR HAVEN - Fair Haven
HUBBARDTON - East Hubbardton, Hortonia, Hubbardton
IRA - Ira
MENDON - Mendon
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS - Middletown Springs
MT. TABOR - Mount Tabor
MT. HOLLY - Belmont, Bowlsville, Healdville, Hortonville, Mount Holly
PAWLET - Pawlet, West Pawlet
PITTSFIELD - Pittsfield
PITTSFORD - East Pittsford, Florence, Pittsford
POULTNEY - East Poultney, Poultney, South Poultney
PROCTOR - Proctor
RUTLAND - City of Rutland
SHERBURNE - Killington, North Sherburne, Sherburne Center
SHREWSBURY - Cold River, Cuttingsville, North Shrewsbury, Russellville, Shrewsbury
SUDBURY - Sudbury
TINMOUTH - Tinmouth
WALLINGFORD - East Wallingford, South Wallingford, Wallingford
WELLS - Wells
WEST HAVEN - West Haven
WEST RUTLAND - West Rutland
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Washington County
Washington County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

CITY OF BARRE
BARRE - East Barre, Lower Graniteville, Lower Websterville, South Barre, Trow Hill Area, Upper Graniteville, Upper Websterville
BERLIN - Berlin, Berlin Corners, West Berlin
CABOT - Cabot, Lower Cabot
CALAIS - Adamant, Calais, East Calais, Kents Corner, Maple Corner, North Calais
DUXBURY - Duxbury, South Duxbury
EAST MONTPELIER - East Montpelier, East Montpelier Center, North Montpelier
FAYSTON - North Fayston
MARSHFIELD - Marshfield
MIDDLESEX - Middlesex, Middlesex Center, Putnamville, Shady Rill
MORETOWN - Moretown
NORTHFIELD - Northfield, Northfield Center, Northfield Falls, South Northfield
PLAINFELD - Plainfield
ROXBURY - East Roxbury, Roxbury, Roxbury Flat
WAITSFIELD - Irasville, Waitsfield, Waitsfield Common
WARREN - East Warren, Warren
WATERBURY - Colbyville, Waterbury, Waterbury Center
WOODBURY - Sabin Pond, South Woodbury, Woodbury
WORCESTER - Worcester
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Windham County
Windham County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

ATHENS - Athens
BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro, West Brattleboro
BROOKLINE - Brookline
DOVER - Dover, West Dover
DUMMERSTON - Dummerston, Dummerston Center, East Dummerston, West Dummerston
GRAFTON - Grafton, Houghtonville
GUILFORD - Green River, Guilford, Guilford Center, West Guilford
HALIFAX - Halifax, West Halifax
JAMAICA - East Jamaica, Jamaica, West Jamaica
LONDONDERRY - Londonderry, North Windham, South Londonderry
MARLBORO - Marlboro
NEWFANE - Newfane
PUTNEY - East Putney, Putney
ROCKINGHAM - Bartonsville, Bellows Falls, Cambridgeport, Rockingham, Saxtons River
SOMERSET -
STRATTON - Stratton
TOWNSHEND - Harmonyville, Simpsonville, Townshend, West Townshend
VERNON - Central Park, South Vernon, Vernon
WARDSBORO - North Wardsboro, South Wardsboro, Wardsboro, Wardsboro Center, West Wardsboro
WESTMINSTER - Westminster, Westminster West
WHITINGHAM - Jacksonville, Whitingham
WILMINGTON - Wilmington
WINDHAM - South Windham, Windham
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Windsor County
Windsor County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.

ANDOVER - Andover, Simmonsville
BALTIMORE - Baltimore
BARNARD - Barnard, East Barnard
BETHEL - Bethel, West Bethel
BRIDGEWATER - Bridgewater, Bridgewater Center, Bridgewater Corners, West Bridgewater
CAVENDISH - Cavendish, Proctorsville, Whitesville
CHESTER - Chester
HARTFORD - Hartford, Quechee, West Hartford, White River Junction
HARTLAND - Hartland, Hartland Four Corners, North Hartland
LUDLOW - Ludlow, Smithville
NORWICH - Lewiston, Norwich, Pompanoosuc, West Norwich
PLYMOUTH - Plymouth, Plymouth Union
POMFRET - Hewitts Corner, North Pomfret, Pomfret, South Pomfret
READING - Felchville, Hammondsville, Reading, South Reading
ROCHESTER - Emerson, Rochester, Talcville
ROYALTON - North Royalton, Royalton, South Royalton
SHARON - Sharon
SPRINGFIELD - North Springfield, City of Springfield
STOCKBRIDGE - Gaysville, Stockbridge
WEATHERSFIELD - Amsden, Ascutney, Nelsons Corners, Perkinsville, Weathersfield Bow, Weathersfield Center
WESTON - The Island, Weston
WEST WINDSOR - Brownsville, Sheddsville
WINDSOR - Windsor
WOODSTOCK - Prosper, South Woodstock, Taftsville, West Woodstock, Woodstock

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Genealogy and History Research - Professional

PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist

Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America. Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.

Researchers for hire: Melissa Perkins - "...working in Bennington and Rutland Co,VT and Washington Co, NY..."

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Vermont Eras
Please submit links or suggestions for Vermont Eras

· Vermont Prehistory

· The Making of America (search the digital library of primary sources in American social history from Reconstruction to the Rebellion)

· Underground Railroad Research

· The Roaring 20s and the Great Depression

o E-history - Temperance and Prohibition

· VT WPA Life Histories

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