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Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Hardwick, Vermont at Wikipedia

Hardwick was chartered on August 19, 1781 by the Vermont Legislature. The first town meeting was held in 1794 and the town was organized in 1795. The town contains the incorporated village of Hardwick and the unincorporated villages of East Hardwick and Mackville.

During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington ordered construction of the Bayley-Hazen Military Road to provide access into the interior of Vermont. It would prompt the development and settlement of Hardwick and East Hardwick. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Town Records

In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Hardwick Town Clerk

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

Hardwick Town Clerks Office
P.O. Box 523
Hardwick, VT 05843
Phone: (802) 472-5971
Website: http://hardwickvt.org/

Vital Records

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Resources

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Biographies

  • Biographical Encyclopædia of Vermont of the Nineteenth Century. By H Clay Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: Metropolitan Publishing & Engraving Company, 1885. Salt Lake City, Utah : Family Search 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 Hardwick. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Caledonia 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 Hardwick, 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 Hardwick:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

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

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

1797-1805 Record of the Collection Before Sale, and the Sale of Lands of the Unorganized Towns and Gores in the County of Caledonia, for the Cent State Tax Granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont at Windsor in October 1797, 1798-1805(*) Caledonia County (Vermont). Sheriff at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Local Histories

Hardwick, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Maps

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Migration

Military

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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World War II, 1941-1945

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Newspapers

Burlington Free Press
The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus
The Caledonian Record

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 Hardwick town records available online:

Hardwick, Vermont Land Records, 1876 - 1900, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1795 -1893, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Hardwick Town Clerk's Office. These include Town and vital records, 1794-1939, and Land records, 1796-1877.

Probate Records

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

The probate district for Hardwick is Caledonia
Caledonia Probate Division
1126 Main St, Ste 1
St Johnsbury, VT 05819
Phone: (802) 748-6605

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Jeudevine Memorial Library
93 N Main St.
Hardwick, VT 05843
Phone: (802) 472-5948
Website: http://www.jeudevinememoriallibrary.org/

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Societies

Hardwick Historical Society
47 Depot
PO Box 177
Hardwick, VT 05483
Phone: (802) 472-8555

References

  1. ↑ Hardwick, Vermont - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwick,_Vermont
  2. ↑ About Hardwick, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/hardwick.html#about
  3. ↑ Hardwick's History - http://hardwickvt.org/culture/town-history.html
  4. ↑ Hardwick, Vermont - https://web.archive.org/web/20160614215949/http:/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtcbarne/hardwick.htm
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