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Derby, Orleans County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Derby, Vermont at Wikipedia

The town of Derby was granted on October 29, 1779 by the Vermont Legislature. It was not until 1788 that Derby was actually chartered. The document was back-dated to when the grant was made by the Legislature. The town of Derby includes four unincorporated villages: Beebe Plain, Clyde Pond, Lake Salem and North Derby; and two incorporated villages: Derby Center and Derby Line. The Town of Derby encompasses the largest area in Orleans County.

Just south of Derby, Gatesborough had been granted but the fees were never paid, so the town was sold and chartered as Salem. The Legislature eventually agreed with the town of Derby's complaint that some 6,000 acres of Salem overlapped Derby, in addition to which part of Salem was under the waters of Lake Memphremagog. Salem's proprietors were refunded a portion of the purchase price, but the town never developed into a viable entity. Part of it was annexed to Newport in 1816 (now part of Newport city); the remainder went to Derby in 1880, resulting in Derby's unusual size and shape.

The population at the 2010 US Census was 4,621. [1] [2] [3]

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Town Records

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Derby Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Derby Town Clerk
124 Main St.
Derby, VT 05829
Phone: (802) 766-4906
Email: derbytownclerk@derbyvt.org
Website: http://derbyvt.org/

Vital Records

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Births

Marriages

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Town Reports

Resources

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Biographies

International, 2018. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

  • Biographical Sketches of Vermonters. By Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont : Vermont Historical Society, c1947. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. By Hiram Carleton. New York, New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-2.
  • Some Vermont Ancestors: The Bicentennial Project of the Genealogical Society of Vermont. Compiled and ed. by Joann H. Nichols. [S.l.]: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1976. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: a Magazine Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military. By ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway. Burlington, Vermont: A.M. Hemenway, 1868-1923. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 1-6.
  • The Vermont of Today: With its Historic Background, Attractions and People. By Arthur F. Stone. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1929. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-4.
  • Vermonters. By Dorman B.E. Kent. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox & Co., 1974. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Vermont Biography at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Cemeteries

The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Derby. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Orleans County, website at this link.

Census

Church Records

Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page.

To see the churches in Derby, visit.

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Derby:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

  • Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 10, Orleans County, town of Derby, villages of Derby, Derby Line - view this document online.
  • Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, town of Salem, 1781-1880 : supplement to no. 10, Orleans County, vol. VII, town of Derby - view this document online.
  • Derby : from Hemenway's Historical gazetteer of Vermont - view a digital copy of this book online.
  • History of Derby, by Cecile B Hay and Mildred B Hay (1998) - find this book in a library.

Maps

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Migration

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Newspapers

Obituaries

Other Town Records

In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:

  • Births
  • Marriages
  • Deaths
  • Burials
  • Cemetery records
  • Appointments
  • Earmarks
  • Estrays (stray animals)
  • Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote)
  • Land records
  • Mortgages
  • Name changes
  • Care of the poor
  • School records
  • Surveys
  • Tax lists
  • Town meeting minutes
  • Voter registrations
  • Warning outs (of town)

The following are Derby town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1857-1995, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Derby Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records of Derby, Vermont, 1827-April 2001; indexes, 1794-April 2001, Index to vital records, 1790-1905, Land records, 1790-1921; with general index, and Deeds, 1820-1852.

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Derby:

Orleans Probate Division
247 Main Street
Newport, VT · 05855
Phone: (802) 334-3305

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Dailey Memorial Library
101 Jr High Dr.
Derby, VT 05829
Phone: (802) 766-5063
Email: derby@vals.state.vt.us
Website: http://daileymemoriallibrary.org/

Museums

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Societies

Derby Historical Society
PO Box 357
Derby, VT 05829
Phone: (802) 766-5324
Email: bill@gardyne-vermont.com
Derby Historical Society Website

References

  1. ↑ Derby, Vermont - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby,_Vermont
  2. ↑ About Derby, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/derby.html#about
  3. ↑ Derby, Vermont - http://usgenwebsites.org/VTGenWeb/Orleans-Co-VT.htm#Derby
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