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
Addison County Bibliography
We invite you to help us identify published materials helpful to the researcher of Addison County and its individual towns. Identify another reference. If you own any of the books listed below and are willing to do look ups; please contact the webmaster and we'll add your name to the book information listed below.
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.
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Title |
Author |
Year |
Publisher |
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M.Werner |
1977 |
MUHS |
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H.Smith |
1886 |
Mason & Co. |
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M.Baker |
1983 |
Author |
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P.Potash |
1986 |
Univ. of Chicago |
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J.Smith |
Author |
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S.Swift |
1859 |
Copeland |
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H.Child |
1882 |
Journal Office |
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Sheldon Museum |
1987 |
Author |
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Vt. State |
1992 |
Author |
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H.Webster |
1986 |
Author |
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J.Petersen |
1990 |
Dunmore House |
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E.Dow |
1991 |
Sheldon Museum |
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F.Beers |
1871 |
Author |
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F.Beers |
1871 |
Reprint 1971 Tuttle Co. |
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Town |
Title |
Author |
Year |
Publisher |
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History of the Town of Addison |
E.Clark |
1976 |
Addison Press |
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Vital Records of Bridport |
Town |
1860 |
Author |
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Bristol, VT: The Early History |
H.Munsill |
1979 |
Bristol H.S. |
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History of Bristol, VT. |
Harvey et al |
1941 |
Gail |
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History of Bristol, VT. |
Estes et al |
1959 |
Bristol Press |
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History of Bristol, VT. |
Dike et al |
1980 |
Outlook Club |
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Cornwall People & Their Times |
M.Green |
1993 |
Antioch Press |
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History of Cornwall Houses |
S.Witherall |
1989 |
Cornwall H.S. |
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Cornwall Register |
Cornwall H.S. |
1975 |
Author |
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History of the Town of Cornwall |
L.Matthews |
1862 |
Mead & Fuller |
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Two Centuries of Cornwall Life |
B.Sanford |
1962 |
Sharp Printing |
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Around the Mountains |
W.Higbee |
1991 |
Charlotte H.S. |
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Ferrisburgh: A Scrapbook of Memories |
Ferrisburgh Bicentennial Comm |
1976 |
Author |
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The Story of Hancock |
Unknown |
1969 |
Author |
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Hancock Heritage |
Hancock H.S. |
1980 |
Greenhill |
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Sermon at Funeral of Lucy Green |
J.Babbitt |
1823 |
Copeland |
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Memories of a Mountain Town |
Lincoln Bicentennial Comm |
1976 |
Author |
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Lincoln: History of a Mountain Town |
R.Reed |
1980 |
Moder Printing |
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Address of the Anti-Slavery Society |
Society |
1834 |
Knapp & Jewett |
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League of Women Voters Handbook |
League |
1976 |
Author |
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At Home in Vermont |
N.Graff |
1977 |
Rainbow Books |
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A Walking History of Middlebury |
G.Andres |
1975 |
Middlebury Bicentennial Commission |
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Cemetery Records of Middlebury |
J.Smith |
1970 |
Author |
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Sheldon Museum Annual Report |
Sheldon Museum |
Many |
Author |
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History of the Town of Middlebury |
S.Swift |
1859 |
Copeland |
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Semicentennial Sermon |
T.Merrill |
1841 |
Maxham |
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Sheldon Museum Newsletter |
Sheldon Museum |
1979 |
Author |
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Biography of Gamaliel Painter |
W.Lee |
1952 |
Hastings House |
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A History of 292 Hens' Eggs |
L.Deming |
1825 |
Copeland |
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History of Monkton, VT. |
L.Bushey |
1961 |
Author |
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Around the Mountains |
W.Higbee |
1991 |
Charlotte H.S. |
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New Haven, A Rural Historical Town of Vermont. |
J.Grinnell |
1887 |
Burlington Free Press |
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New Haven in Vermont |
H.Farnsworth |
1984 |
New Haven Town |
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History of the Town of Orwell |
D.Bishop |
1963 |
Town of Orwell |
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History of the Town of Orwell |
D.Bishop |
1988 |
Town of Orwell |
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History of the Town of Orwell |
R.Bottum |
1881 |
Tuttle & Co. |
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Vital Records of Orwell |
H.Ullmann |
Author |
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Panton Corners |
R.Kent |
Author |
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Concerning Panton |
W.Kent |
1961 |
Sheldon Press |
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The Ferris Site on Arnold's Bay |
D.Starbuck |
1989 |
Champlain Maritime Museum |
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Salisbury Register |
Salisbury H.S. |
1982 |
Author |
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In Pursuit of the Shard Fortune |
M.Peterson |
1990 |
Dunmore House |
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History of Salisbury |
J.Weeks |
1860 |
Copeland |
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Salisbury; Birth to Bicentennial |
M.Peterson |
1976 |
Author |
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Silver Trout: Recollections |
Salisbury Public School |
1984 |
Highland Press |
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Letters of the Hand Family |
S.Hand |
1923 |
Gorham |
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Genealogical Register of the Early Families |
S.MacIntire |
1984 |
Author |
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Supplement to Genealogical Register |
S.MacIntire |
1992 |
Author |
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The Change from Wheat to Wool |
G.Russell |
1975 |
Harvard |
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History of the Town of Shoreham |
J.Goodhue |
1861 |
Copeland |
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History of the Town of Shoreham |
J.Goodhue |
1861 |
Reprint 1975 |
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Shoreham, the Town and its People |
Shoreham H.S. |
1989 |
Author |
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Address of the Anti-Slavery Society |
Society |
1834 |
Knapp & Jewett |
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City of Vergennes |
J.Smith |
1886 |
Author |
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Dedication of Macdonough Monument |
Monument Commission |
1925 |
Author |
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Vergennes in the Age of Jackson |
K.Degree |
1996 |
Precision Print |
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Weybridge, VT. |
I.Washington |
1976 |
Author |
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History of Weybridge |
I.Washington |
1991 |
Bicentennial Commission |
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Our Whiting |
H.Webster |
1976 |
Farnsworth |
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The Story of the Old White Meeting House |
E.Walker |
1899 |
Oliphant Printing |