WASHINGTON County,
Vermont
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Genealogy
Washington County, Vermont was formed in 1810.
Located in central Vermont, towns and communities in Washington
County include:
Adamant, Barre,
Berlin, Cabot, Calais, East
Montpelier, Fayston, Marshfield,
Middlesex, Montpelier,
Moretown, Northfield,
Plainfield, Roxbury, Waitsfield, Warren, Waterbury, Woodbury (aka Monroe),
and Worcester.
Select from the TOWN list above to view information and links
specific to that area.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Washington
County
information and links.
Please note: Though the information on this web page is believed
to be correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify
the webmaster
should an error be found.
- VTGenWeb
for Washington County,
Vermont, by Susan Boyer!!!
- USGenWeb
Archives for Washington County, VT
- Barre
Opera House History from 1892
- Central
Vermont Town Histories and Town Profiles
- ca. 1814
Map showing town and county boundaries: A Map of Vermont. By
Mathew Carey (1760-1839), From Carey's "General Atlas of the World".
DLC, Published in 1814. [Call no. G3750 1814 .C3
TIL]. Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000094>
- ca. 1814
Map showing county boundaries: A Map of Vermont. John
Stockdale (1749?-1814). from "I. Stockdale from Morse, Maps of
America." Published, 1814.
[Call no. G3750 1794 .S7 TIL]. Repository: Library of Congress
Geography
and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000095>
- ca. 1826
Map of Vermont, published in 1826, by Lucas, Fielding
(1781-1854). [Call no. G3750 1826 .L8 TIL]. Repository:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C.
20540-4650 USA, url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000096>
- USGS:
Maps
of Washington County Vermont features - including cemeteries,
churches,
populated
places and more. Please note that the map town listed
with
a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be
the
town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the
location
of the actual feature. This database may not be complete, and, as
with any database, there may be errors.
- Vermont Historical
Society, Montpelier, VT
- The
City of Montpelier, VT
- The Central Vermont
Chamber Commerce:
- NPS:
Explore History in the Heart of the Green Mountains - by the
National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, the
Central Vermont
- Montpelier Area
Guide
- Vermont
Quarrying (Barre, VT...) - scroll down the online issue to
read "Take
granite out of Barre,
and it would be like taking the Capitol out of Montpelier".
- WPA
Life Histories from Vermont.
- A Barre Family: Miss Mari Tomasi, 23 AUG 1940, "Men
Against Granite".
- Angels
in Vermont,
by Susan Howe - headstones photographed in the Montpelier, VT area.
- Town of Roxbury,
Vermont.
- Local
Historical Societies in Washington County, Vermont
- Rev.
Alfred Brooks Dascomb's Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Death Records
(partial), 1862-1867, Contributed by Kathy Lisai.
- Central
Vermont Points of Interest
- Washington District Probate Court
State & Elm Streets P.O. Box 15 - Montpelier
VT 05602 Phone: (802) 223-3405. - Washington
County Clerk:
P.O. Box 426 - Montpelier, VT 05602-0426 Phone:
(802) 223-2091.
BARRE - Aldrich Public Library - Barre
6 Washington Street - Barre, VT 05641 - Phone: (802)
476-7550
- Vermont
Historical Society
- City of Barre
- Town of Barre
- Barre City Town Clerk: Box 418 - Barre, VT
05641 Phone: (802) 476-0242.
- Barre
Town Town Clerk:
P.O Box 124 - Websterville, VT 05678 Phone: (802)
479-9392.
- Hope
Cemetery
- Route 14, Barre, VT
- Rock
of Ages - Graniteville - Granite quarries located in Barre
- Tomasi —
Raymond Family Album
BERLIN - Berlin
Town Clerk: RD #4 Box 2375 - Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802)
229-9298.
CABOT - Communities
include: Cabot and Lower Cabot
In early years, Cabot was associated with Caledonia
County, Vermont. - Cabot,
Vermont Genealogy and History Resources, by Bonnie Dannenberg.
- Cabot was part of Caledonia County at one time. see an 1835
Vermont Counties Map.
- First
Two Centuries of Cabot, by Jennie S. Donaldson - "...Once part
of Caledonia county, Cabot is situated in the northeastern part of
Washington County, bounded on the north by Walden and Danville, east by
Danville and Peacham, south by Marshfield and west by Woodbury..."
- Cabot's
Historic
Buildings
- VHS: Cabot Historical
Society and Cabot High School - scanned early documents (1770 -
1860) from the Thomas Osgood collection.
- Cabot Historical Society Museum
Main Street, Cabot, VT
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 63 - Marshfield, VT
05658 Phone: (802) 426-3783 - Cabot Public Library
P.O. Box 6 - Cabot, VT 05647 Phone:
(802) 563-2721. - Cabot Town Clerk: Box 36 - Cabot,
VT 05647 Phone: (802) 563-2279.
CALAIS - Communities
include: Adamant, Kents Corner, East Calais, and North Calais - Kent
Shoe and Boot Shop in Calais, Vermont - Abdiel Kent was born
in
1805 in the section of Calais named after his family, Kents Corner...In
1829, he opened a shoe and boot manufacturing shop in Calais...
- Virtual
Vermont for Calais - includes brief history
- Calais Town Clerk: RR #1 Box 35 - Calais, VT
05648 Phone: (802) 223-5952.
DUXBURY - Duxbury
Town Clerk:
RR 2 Box 1260 - Waterbury, VT 05676 Phone: (802)
244-6660.
EAST
MONTPELIER - East Montpelier Town Clerk:
P.O Box 157 - E. Montpelier, VT 05651 Phone: (802)
223-3313.
FAYSTON - Fayston
Town Clerk:
RD 1 Box 1594 - Moretown, VT 05660 Phone: (802)
496-2454.
MARSHFIELD -
Jaquith Public Library
122 School Street - Marshfield, VT 05658
Phone: (802) 426-3581. - Marshfield Town Clerk: P.O
Box
98 - Marshfield, VT 05658 Phone: (802) 426-3305.
MIDDLESEX -
Village of Putnamville - Middlesex
Town History, by the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.
- Camp Meade -
Middlesex, VT - Explore America during the Great Depression and World
War II...
- Middlesex Historical Society
84 McCullough Hill Road - Middlesex, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 229-0499. - Middlesex Town Clerk:
RR 3 Box 4600 - Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802)
223-5915.
MONTPELIER -
City
of Montpelier - Heritage
and Culture - History of
Montpelier !
- Early
History of Montpelier, Vermont
- History
of Montpelier, by the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.
- History
of East Montpelier, by the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.
- Kellogg-Hubbard
Library
135 Main Street - Montpelier, VT 05602 - Montpelier
City Clerk - Vital Records
City Hall 39 Main Street - Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 223-9500.
MORETOWN -
Welcome to
Moretown, VT
- Historic
Note on Moretown, by by Margaret Booth, the Central VT Chamber
of Commerce.
- Moretown
Memorial Public Library
- Moretown
Historical Society
P.O. Box 574 - Moretown, VT 05660 Phone:
(802) 496-3601. - Moretown Town Clerk:
RR #1 Box 635 - Moretown, VT 05660 Phone: (802)
496-3645.
NORTHFIELD -
Northfield, VT News
- History
of Northfield, by Julia McIntire, the Central VT Chamber of
Commerce.
- Northfield Town Clerk:
26 S. Main Street - Northfield, VT 05663 Phone:
(802) 485-5421.
PLAINFIELD -
History
of Plainfield, by the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.
- Cutler Memorial Library
High Street - Plainfield, VT
05667 Phone: (802) 454-8504 - Plainfield
Town Clerk:
RR #2 Box 100 - Plainfield, VT 05667 Phone:
(802) 454-8461.
ROXBURY - Town of Roxbury, VT -
includes: Town
Charter.
- Roxbury Free Library
Box 95 - Roxbury, VT 05669; Phone: (802)
485-6860 - Roxbury Town Clerk: P.O Box 53 - Roxbury,
VT
05669 Phone: (802) 485-7840.
WAITSFIELD -
VT Living
for Waitsfield, Vermont - Tourist Information
- Waitsfield
Town History
- Waitsfield
Village Historic Walking Tour
- Rev.
Alfred Brooks Dascomb's Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Death Records
(partial), 1862-1867, Contributed by Kathy Lisai.
- Joslin Memorial Public Library
Box 359, Waitsfield, VT 05673; Phone:
(802) 496-4205 - Waitsfield Town Clerk: RD Box 390 -
Waitsfield, VT 05673 Phone: (802) 496-2218.
WARREN - VT Living for Warren,
Vermont - Tourist Information
- UNH DIMOND LIBRARY: Historic
USGS Maps
Covering Warren, Vermont
- Warren Public Library
P.O. Box 287, Warren, VT 05674; Phone:
(802) 496-3913 - Warren Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 337 - Warren, VT 05674 Phone: (802)
496-2709.
Warren Municipal Building
43 Cemetery Road - Warren,
VT
Phone: (802) 496-2709
WATERBURY -
Waterbury, VT!
- Waterbury Public Library
28 North Main Street - Waterbury, VT
05676 Phone: (802) 244-7036 - Waterbury Town
Clerk:
51 S. Main Street - Waterbury, VT 05676 Phone: (802)
244-8447.
WOODBURY (aka Monroe)
Per a brief History of Woodbury, Vermont,
“...In accordance with a petition of the inhabitants of Woodbury, the
legislature changed the name of Woodbury to Monroe, November 6,1838, and again
to Woodbury about four years after...” (online at <http://www.central-vt.com/towns/history/HstWood.htm>)
-
Woodbury
History : excerpts from the Gazetteer of Washington County,
Vermont 1783-1889, Hamilton Child Publication, Syracuse, New York.
- History of
Woodbury Community Library
Woodbury Center, Vermont, From the book "Where The Books
Are", by Patricia W. Belding. - Woodbury Town Clerk: P.O
Box 1U - Woodbury, VT 05681 Phone: (802) 456-7051.
WORCESTER -
Worcester Town Clerk: Drawer 161 - Worcester, VT
05682 Phone: (802) 223-6942.
Additional Research Resources:
- NARA: National Archives
and
Records Administration
- State of Vermont
- Vermont State Archives
...located at the Redstone building
in Montpelier, Vermont. The reading room may be visited between 8 a.m.
and 4 p.m. each business day. 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: 26 Terrace Street -
Montpelier, VT Phone: (802) 828-2397
Mailing address: 109 State Street -
Montpelier,
VT 05609-1103
- Vermont Historical
Society
109 State Street - Montpelier, Vermont 05609-0901
Phone: (802) 828-2291.
- Genealogical
Society of Vermont
P. O. Box 1553 - St. Albans, VT 05478-1006 - VT Department of Libraries
- Vermont Life Magazine
Online - Vermont
Tourism - Explore
Vermont History
- Vermont Heritage
Network
- Vermont Historical
Society
109 State Street - Montpelier, Vermont 05609-0901
Phone: (802) 828-2291.
- Vermont in the Civil
War by Tom Ledoux.
- Local
Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide
Directory + Vermont
Page.
- U.S.
Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for VT.
- Vermont
Geography.
- Official
Cities for Vermont, by Tamie & Kevin Hyde.
- Library
of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter
topic or Indiana town and/or county location to find available online
photos, maps, and more!
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.
Printed resources for this page include:
- The Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer. Eighth Edition,
Third Printing. Freeport, Maine: Delorme. 1988.
School and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W. Foster,
Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and Library
Publishing Company. 1982.
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