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VITAL RECORDS
·
State of
Vermont Department of Buildings & General Services
Middlesex Complex Reference & Research
Location: 1078 US Route 2, Middlesex, VT
Mailing Address: US Route 2, Middlesex, Drawer 33, Montpelier, VT
05633-7601
Phone: (802) 828-3286
o Obtaining Vital Records more than 5 years old in Vermont
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Vermont
State Archives ...located at the Redstone building in
Montpelier, Vermont. State Archivist, Greg Sanford, may be contacted at E-mail:
gsanford@sec.state.vt.us for details.
Office of the Secretary of State
Street address:
Mailing address:
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ARCCAT - catalog
describing manuscript and archival collections held by various
o Guide to Vermont Town Clerks
HISTORY RESOURCES
·
Index to The
Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Local History of All the Towns in the
State, transcribed by Rod Skinner (
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USGenWeb Archives for Rutland
County, Vermont – biographies, cemeteries, census, and more
· Vermont's Historic Roadside Markers
· Rutland Regional Planning Commission
o Map of member towns and links
· Rutland County Bibliography Resources
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Smalley-Davenport Shop -
Thomas Davenport, 1802-1851, Inventor of the Electric Motor and Orange
Alfonso Smalley (Brandon and
Lake
Champlain and Lake George:
o Table of Contents- includes the following and much more!!!
o
Lake Champlain and
o
Historic TOUR! A
Trip through the
o Historic TIMELINES!
o "...Some of the conflicts that the lakes were to play a significant role in are:..." Algonquin/ Iroquois Wars, King William's War (1689-1697),Grey Lock's War/Dummer's War (1723-1727), Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), King George's War (1744-1748), The French and Indian War (1755-1763), The American Revolution (1775-1783), and The War of 1812 (1812-1815).
o The Battle of Plattsburg, NY (11 SEP 1814).
o Crown Point, NY: An Outline History by Gregory T. Furness.
o
Fort
Carillon/Ticonderoga "...Fort Carillon Built 1756 by French
partially destroyed by French in 1759 Rebuilt as
MAPS
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Vermont Area Map of ca. 1756:
An accurate map of His Majesty's
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Ca. 1780 Map which
shows land grants and purchases in northeastern
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Ca. 1781 Map: An
Accurate map of New Hampshire in New England, from a late survey. [
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Ca. 1784 Map: An accurate map of the State
and Province of New-Hampshire in New England, taken from actual surveys of all
the inhabited part, and from the best information of what is uninhabited,
together with the adjacent countries, which exhibits the theatre of this war in
that part of the world, by Col. Blanchard and the Revd. Mr. Langdon.
Engraved by Thomas Jefferys. With many additions by Abel Sawyer.
·
1795 Map of Vermont, from
actual survey. By Doolittle, Amos (1754-1832). From Carey's
American Atlas,
This map shows the original Orange county from which
· 1814 Map of Vermont, from actual survey. By Carey, Mathew (1760-1839). From Carey's General Atlas of the World. DLC. [S.l.], 1814. Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000094>
· Historic USGS Maps of New England; 1893 Rutland, VT Quadrangle Maps
HISTORICAL/GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
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Local Vermont Historical
Societies: in Rutland
County, by the
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USGenWeb Archives for Rutland
County, Vermont – biographies, cemeteries, census, and more
· Links to Rutland County Families Online
· Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Area Guide
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See
· Vermont's Historic Roadside Markers
· Rutland Regional Planning Commission
o Chart of the Population of Rutland Region Towns, 1791-2000
o Map of member towns and links
· Rutland County Bibliography Resources
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Rutland
Herald Online -
· Rutland Vermont Regional Chamber of Commerce
CENSUS
· Vermont Local History Network for Rutland County, by Debbie Axtman.
o 1790 Rutland, VT Census Index!
· 1785 Rutland County, Vermont Early Census Index - only Head of House
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USGenWeb Archives for Rutland
County, Vermont – biographies, cemeteries, census, and more
MILITARY
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Lake
Champlain and Lake George:
o Table of Contents- includes the following and much more!!!
o
Lake Champlain and
o
Historic TOUR! A
Trip through the
o Historic TIMELINES!
o "...Some of the conflicts that the lakes were to play a significant role in are:..." Algonquin/ Iroquois Wars, King William's War (1689-1697),Grey Lock's War/Dummer's War (1723-1727), Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), King George's War (1744-1748), The French and Indian War (1755-1763), The American Revolution (1775-1783), and The War of 1812 (1812-1815).
o The Battle of Plattsburg, NY (11 SEP 1814).
o Crown Point, NY: An Outline History by Gregory T. Furness.
o Fort Carillon/Ticonderoga "...Fort Carillon Built 1756 by French partially destroyed by French in 1759 Rebuilt as Fort Ticonderoga 1759-60 by British..."
· 1863, Rutland Town Men Liable for Military Duty (850 names), from the "Rutland Herald", of December 28, 1863.
· Rutland County World War II Casualties, online by Dennis Partridge and Judy Wallis White at AccessGenealogy.com.
PROBATE
· Vermont Probate Courts Research Information
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BENSON - Communities and Villages include: Benson and Benson Landing.
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Some Gravestone Inscriptions & Photos found
in the Old
Benson Cemetery, located behind the Town Clerk office in Benson,
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Benson
Town Clerk
Some Early
The early Benson,
SOURCE: History of
Page 467. Examples of Longevity.
Solomon Martin, died July 10, 1845, aged 93.
Sarah, wife of Elial Smith, died March 23, 1862, aged 92.
Anna, widow of Arnold Briggs, died August 17, 1869, aged 93.
Simeon Goodrich, died Feb 7, 1852, aged 92.
Rebecca, widow of Robert Barber, died March 18, 1856, aged 92.
Elial Smith, died May 10, 1867, aged 92.
Othniel Goodrich, died Aug 12, 1853, aged 91.
Fear, widow of Captain Stephen Olmsted, died January 7, 1825, aged 90.
William Jones, died March 23, 1852, aged 89.
Timothy Watson, died Aug 6, 1852, aged 89.
Mary, wife of Robert Parkhill, died Oct 26, 1800, aged 89.
Stephen Sherwood, died Jan 11, 1832, aged 89.
William Manning, died Jan 8, 1847, aged 88.
Susanna, widow of Rufus Walker, died July 20, 1863, aged 88.
The first death in this town is not now known, but the first recorded in
the town record of deaths is that of an infant son of Benoni and Lucy
Gleason, named James, who was born April 5, 1789, and died on the following
day. With the exception of the child above mentioned, no inscription on any
gravestone records a death earlier than that of Captain William Barber, which
occurred August 11, 1789, at the age of forty-six years.
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Old Cemetery behind
the Town Clerk office in Benson, Rutland County, Vermont
BRANDON - Communities and Villages include:
· Town of Brandon, Vermont Official Website
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o Phone: (802) 247-3635
· Friends of Brandon Town Hall
o Pictorial History of Brandon Town Hall
Cemeteries include:
(Latitude: 43752N;
Longitude: 0730523W; see map)
CASTLETON - Communities and Villages include: Blissville, Bomoseen,
Castleton, Castleton Corners, Hydeville, and West Castleton.
Blissville, Bomoseen, Castleton, Castleton
Corners, and
· Welcome to Castleton, Vermont
· St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
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P.O. Box
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Castleton Historical
Society Museum (
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Main Street
· Virtual Vermont for Chittenden, Vermont
· Chittenden Historical Society
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Town Hall -
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Mailing Address:
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Holden Road
CLARENDON - Communities and Villages include: Clarendon, Clarendon Springs, Chippenhook, East Clarendon, North Clarendon, and Pierces Corner.
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Town of Clarendon
of Virtual
· Town of Clarendon, Vermont Municipal & Community site
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Town of Clarendon Town Clerk
DANBY - Communities and Villages
include: Danby and Danby
· Historic USGS Maps of Danby, Vermont
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Danby
Information from The History of Danby, Vermont, by J. C. Williams,
1869, online at Karima's page (please use your back button to return to USGenWeb
for
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Mailing Address:
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Brook Road
Cemeteries include:
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3 N. Park Place - Fair
HUBBARDTON - Communities and Villages include: East Hubbardton, Hortonia,
and Hubbardton.
· Virtual Vermont for Hubbardton
· Hubbardton Battlefield - Vermont State Historic Site
·
The Goodrich
Family of Hubbarton,
· Hubbardton Historical Society
o Hubbardton Battlefield: Visitors' Center, Museum and Research Room
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o Phone: (802) 759-2412 or (802) 273-2282
o E-mail: Elsa.Gilbertson@state.vt.us
·
Hubbardton Town Clerk
Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 9:00 a.m.
- 2:00 p.m.
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USGenWeb Archives for Rutland
County, Vermont – includes Hortonville
Cemetery of Hubbardton, Rutland County, Vermont
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Ira Town Clerk RR
MENDON - Communities and Villages include: Mendon.
· Civil War Soldiers credited to Mendon, Vermont
· Mendon Historical Society
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Cemeteries include:
(Latitude: 433849N, Longitude: 0725403W)
(Latitude: 433920N, Longitude: 0725603W)
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS - Communities and Villages include: Middletown Springs
·
1820
U.S. Census of Middletown Springs, by Kim McClure DePuit, e-mail:
<Trakd@aol.com>.
This census abstraction was graciously donated to the VTGenWeb
site by Kim McClure DePuit. Thank you Kim!!!
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Middletown Springs
Historical Society (The Green)
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· Mounty Holly Community Historical Museum
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Mailing Address:
· Town of Mount Holly, Vermont
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Mailing Address:
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Brooklyn Road
PAWLET - Communities and Villages include: North Pawlet, Pawlet and
o Pawlet, Vermont in the Revolutionary War, Originally Part of New Hampshire Colony
o The First Settlement of Pawlet, Vermont, Originally Part of New Hampshire Colony
· GeneaBios: Pawlett, Vermont Biographies, from the book "Pawlet One Hundred Years", by Hiel Hollister in published in 1867.
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Pawlet Public Library
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Pawlet Town Clerk
· VTGenWeb for Pittsfield History and Genealogy
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E-mail: <afifield@aol.com>
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The
Pittsfield Inn site includes ca. 1864 and 1875 pictures of the
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Pittsford
Historical Society (Eaton Hall, Route 7)
(802) 483-2040.
o New Book: Pittsford's Second Century:1872-1997
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MOA: History
of the town of Pittsford, Vt., with biographical sketches and family records,
By A.M. Caverly,
· Pittsford Library
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Pittsford Town Clerk:
POULTNEY - Communities and Villages include: East Poultney, Poultney, and South Poultney.
·
Poultney Historical Society
This site includes the following histories and more:
o East Poultney, Vermont, by Janice B. Edwards
o North Poultney, Vermont, by Janice B. Edwards
o West Poultney, Vermont, by Janice B. Edwards
o South Poultney, Vermont, by Janice B. Edwards
· East Poultney Cemetery & Church pictures
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One Howe Family History,
by Susan Howe - "...Jacob HOWE married between 1817 and 1820, Hannah
Prindle, daughter of Samuel and
· They Were All Heros, by Errol Cross - "...Some of our families were pillars of the community and some were scalawags, some were rich, some lost their land for taxes, some were good parents, and some left just after their children were born. But they are all hero's to us..." This site includes the following family names: PRINDLE, HOWE, TRISH, TRASK, COOK, GRAY, BOOKWALTER, HOGAN, MARGESON, CHURCHILL, CROSS, TROTTER, HIGLEY, COSMAN, and IVERSON.
·
The following book is offered for sale off
site: A History of the Town of
http://www.vintage-ebooks.com/poultney_vermont_history.htm.
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Poultney Town Clerk: 86-88
Main Street -
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St. Dominic Catholic Church:
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Proctor
Historical Society: Proctor Free Library,
· Vermont Marble Museum: located off VT Rt. 3, in Proctor, VT
· Wilson Castle: Proctor, VT
· VTGenWeb for Rutland City, by Tim Foley is no longer being updated. A new town coordinator is needed.
· Rutland, Vermont Regional Chamber of Commerce.
· Rutland Herald Online news
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Pleasant
Street Cemetery,
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Poor
Farm Cemetery,
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Whipple
Hollow Cemetery,
· Sherburne Town Clerk: P.O Box 429 - Killington, VT 05751 Phone: (802) 422-3243.
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· Sudbury, VT History and Genealogy, by Mary Anne Wheeler!
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TINMOUTH - Communities and Villages include: Tinmouth
·
Tinmouth Town Clerk:
RR 1 Box 551 -
WALLINGFORD - Communities and Villages include: East Wallingford, South Wallingford, and Wallingford.
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PREDOM
Central - The author of this family history site, John Predom, grew up
in
· Town of Wallingford, Vermont
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o
Mailing address: c/o Joyce Barbieri,
o Phone: (802) 446-2614; E-mail: ottercreek@vermontel.net
· Wallingford History, Vital Records and Directory, online by Karima
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Mailing address:
o Phone: (802) 446-2336; E-mail: townclerk@wallingfordvt.com
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Wells Historical Society R R
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Additional Research Resources:
· NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
o 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
o 1930 Census Microfilm Locator
o Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
o Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
o Nonpopulation Census Records
o Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.
o Immigration Records and Naturalization Records
o "Any woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer 1998)
o By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada border.
o Military Records available from the National Archives
o Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI
o Civil War Records: An Introduction and Invitation, By Michael P. Musick (Prologue, Summer 1995)
o Women Soldiers of the Civil War, by DeAnne Blanton (Prologue, Spring 1993)
o Sailors, Soldiers, and Marines of the Spanish-American War: The Legacy of USS Maine, By Rebecca Livingston (Prologue, Spring 1998).
o
They
Answered the Call: Military Service in the
o State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) and the Vietnam Conflict , By Theodore J. Hull, (Prologue, Spring 2000).
o Indian Bounty Land Applications, By Mary Frances Morrow (Prologue,
o American Indians A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications Snakes & Scribes: The Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks, By Kent Carter, in "Prologue" (Prologue, Spring 1997)
o Genealogical Fallout from the War of 1812, By Ruth Priest Dixon (Prologue, Spring 1992) - "...The impressment of American seamen by the British was one of the causes of the War of 1812. The practice also resulted in the creation of extensive records about merchant seamen that are of great value to genealogists and historians..."
o Genealogical Records of the War of 1812, By Stuart L. Butler (Prologue, Winter 1991) - "...National Archives records created during and after the War of 1812 offer the genealogist a diverse and fertile ground in which to obtain invaluable family information..."
o Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops, by Budge Weidman (Prologue, Summer 1997)
o A Guiding Light: Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives, By Debra Newman Ham (Prologue, Special Issue, Summer 1997).
o From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in the Civil War Era, By Noralee Frankel (Prologue, Summer 1997)
o Riding the Rails Up Paper Mountain: Researching Railroad Records in the National Archives, By David A. Pfeiffer (Spring 1997).
o Vital Records Reference and Research
·
Vermont
State Archives ...located at the Redstone building in
Office of the Secretary of State
Street address:
Mailing address:
o
ARCCAT - catalog
describing manuscript and archival collections held by various
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o Genealogy Research in Vermont
· Read about Vermont's Courts
· Vermont Genealogy Resources, by Jalanne C. Barnes
· Access Vermont Regional Sites Online Guide
· Vermont in the Civil War by Tom Ledoux.
· GeneaBios: Vermont Biographies
· Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Vermont Page.
· Cemetery Records Online for Vermont
· Clothing from the Past - Dress Up
· 17th Century New England Links.
· 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 - Temperance and Prohibition.
· Library of Congress: Explore the States -> Vermont
· U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for VT.
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Library of Congress:
American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or
PROFESSIONAL
HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional
Historical Genealogist
Researching onsite, and with the vast resources of the Allen County Public
Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in
Printed resources for this page include:
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The
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School and Library Atlas of the World.
Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore,
Contact:
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