A genealogist must have the patience of Job; the curiosity of a cat; the stubbornness of a mule; the eyesight of an eagle; be blessed with the luck of the Irish and have the ability and stamina of a camel to go long hours without food or drink." (The Herald, Vol. 18, No. 3 & 4; 1995)

Selected Addison County Books

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Index to Known Cemetery Listings in Vermont, 3rd Edition; compiled by Joann Nichols and published in 1995 by the Vermont Historical Society is a goldmine. It lists by county, by town; a most complete index of recorded cemetery inscription listings. From microfilm to genealogy quarterlies to books, it tells you where to find those so precious records.

Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History; by Esther M. Swift;1977; Stephen Greene Press; Vermont places, people and history interwoven on a town-by-town basis; 701 pages.

Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion; by Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office; 1892; Press of the Watchman Publishing Company; Lists of Vermonters who served in the Army and Navy of the United States during the Civil War.

Title

Author

Year

Publisher

Country Patchwork

M.Werner

1977

MUHS

History of Addison County

H.Smith

1886

Mason & Co.

Indeto Smith's History of Addison County

M.Baker

1983

Author

Toward a New Rural History

P.Potash

1986

Univ. of Chicago

1850 Census of Addison County

J.Smith

Author

Stat. and Hist. Account of Addison County

S.Swift

1859

Copeland

Gazetteer & Directory of Addison County

H.Child

1882

Journal Office

Addison County Heritage

Sheldon Museum

1987

Author

Historic Architecture of Addison County

Vt. State

1992

Author

The Old Addison Railroad

H.Webster

1986

Author

Otter Creek: The Indian Road

J.Petersen

1990

Dunmore House

Treasures Gathered..Sheldon Museum

E.Dow

1991

Sheldon Museum

Atlas of Addison County

F.Beers

1871

Author

Atlas of Addison County

F.Beers

1871

Reprint 1971 Tuttle Co.

 

Town

Title

Author

Year

Publisher

Addison

History of the Town of Addison

E.Clark

1976

Addison Press

Bridport

Vital Records of Bridport

Town

1860

Author

Bristol

Bristol, VT: The Early History

H.Munsill

1979

Bristol H.S.

Bristol

History of Bristol, VT.

Harvey et al

1941

Gail

Bristol

History of Bristol, VT.

Estes et al

1959

Bristol Press

Bristol

History of Bristol, VT.

Dike et al

1980

Outlook Club

Cornwall

Cornwall People & Their Times

M.Green

1993

Antioch Press

Cornwall

History of Cornwall Houses

S.Witherall

1989

Cornwall H.S.

Cornwall

Cornwall Register

Cornwall H.S.

1975

Author

Cornwall

History of the Town of Cornwall

L.Matthews

1862

Mead & Fuller

Cornwall

Two Centuries of Cornwall Life

B.Sanford

1962

Sharp Printing

Ferrisburgh

Around the Mountains

W.Higbee

1991

Charlotte H.S.

Ferrisburgh

Ferrisburgh: A Scrapbook of Memories

Ferrisburgh Bicentennial Comm

1976

Author

Hancock

The Story of Hancock

Unknown

1969

Author

Hancock

Hancock Heritage

Hancock H.S.

1980

Greenhill 

Leicester

Sermon at Funeral of Lucy Green

J.Babbitt

1823

Copeland

Lincoln

Memories of a Mountain Town

Lincoln Bicentennial Comm

1976

Author

Lincoln

Lincoln: History of a Mountain Town

R.Reed

1980

Moder Printing

Lincoln

Address of the Anti-Slavery Society

Society

1834

Knapp & Jewett

Middlebury

League of Women Voters Handbook

League

1976

Author

Middlebury

At Home in Vermont

N.Graff

1977

Rainbow Books

Middlebury

A Walking History of Middlebury

G.Andres

1975

Middlebury Bicentennial Commission

Middlebury

Cemetery Records of Middlebury

J.Smith

1970

Author

Middlebury

Sheldon Museum Annual Report

Sheldon Museum

Many

Author

Middlebury

History of the Town of Middlebury

S.Swift

1859

Copeland

Middlebury

Semicentennial Sermon

T.Merrill

1841

Maxham

Middlebury

Sheldon Museum Newsletter

Sheldon Museum

1979

Author

Middlebury

Biography of Gamaliel Painter

W.Lee

1952

Hastings House

Middlebury

A History of 292 Hens' Eggs

L.Deming

1825

Copeland

Monkton

History of Monkton, VT.

L.Bushey

1961

Author

Monkton

Around the Mountains

W.Higbee

1991

Charlotte H.S.

New Haven

New Haven, A Rural Historical Town of Vermont.

J.Grinnell

1887

Burlington Free Press

New Haven

New Haven in Vermont

H.Farnsworth

1984

New Haven Town

Orwell

History of the Town of Orwell

D.Bishop

1963

Town of Orwell

Orwell

History of the Town of Orwell

D.Bishop

1988

Town of Orwell

Orwell

History of the Town of Orwell

R.Bottum

1881

Tuttle & Co.

Orwell

Vital Records of Orwell

H.Ullmann

Author

Panton

Panton Corners

R.Kent

Author

Panton

Concerning Panton

W.Kent

1961

Sheldon Press

Panton

The Ferris Site on Arnold's Bay

D.Starbuck

1989

Champlain Maritime Museum

Salisbury

Salisbury Register

Salisbury H.S.

1982

Author

Salisbury

In Pursuit of the Shard Fortune

M.Peterson

1990

Dunmore House

Salisbury

History of Salisbury

J.Weeks

1860

Copeland

Salisbury

Salisbury; Birth to Bicentennial

M.Peterson

1976

Author

Salisbury

Silver Trout: Recollections

Salisbury Public School

1984

Highland Press

Shoreham

Letters of the Hand Family

S.Hand

1923

Gorham

Shoreham

Genealogical Register of the Early Families

S.MacIntire

1984

Author

Shoreham

Supplement to Genealogical Register

S.MacIntire

1992

Author

Shoreham

The Change from Wheat to Wool

G.Russell

1975

Harvard

Shoreham

History of the Town of Shoreham

J.Goodhue

1861

Copeland

Shoreham

History of the Town of Shoreham

J.Goodhue

1861

Reprint 1975

Shoreham

Shoreham, the Town and its People

Shoreham H.S.

1989

Author

Starksboro

Address of the Anti-Slavery Society

Society

1834

Knapp & Jewett

Vergennes

City of Vergennes

J.Smith

1886

Author

Vergennes

Dedication of Macdonough Monument

Monument Commission

1925

Author

Vergennes

Vergennes in the Age of Jackson

K.Degree

1996

Precision Print

Weybridge

Weybridge, VT.

I.Washington

1976

Author

Weybridge

History of Weybridge

I.Washington

1991

Bicentennial Commission

Whiting

Our Whiting

H.Webster

1976

Farnsworth

Whiting

The Story of the Old White Meeting House

E.Walker

1899

Oliphant Printing