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Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Highgate, Vermont at Wikipedia

Highgate was chartered on August 17, 1763 and named for the well-known London suburb of Highgate. A totally fanciful story about the town's name says there was once a toll road closed by a very high gate, and that people began saying they were "going to High Gate" when traveling to the area. Not even acceptable as folklore, for the area had no roads at all when Benning Wentworth named the town.

The town is on the border of Quebec, Canada and is a border town of Philipsburg, Quebec. The population at the 2010 US Census was 3,535. [1] [2]

Parent Towns

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Boundary Changes

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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

Highgate Town Clerk

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

Highgate Town Offices
2996 VT Rte 78
P.O. Box 189
Highgate Center, VT 05459
Phone: (802) 868-4697
Website: http://www.highgatevt.org/

Vital Records

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Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

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 Highgate Town. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Franklin County, website at this link.

  • Carman Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Highgate Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Highgate Falls Episcopal Church Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Hyde Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • New Saint Louis Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  • North Gore Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Platt Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Saint Louis Old Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

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 Highgate, 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 Highgate:

St. John's Episcopal Church (Highgate, Vermont) Parish Register, 1837-1863, is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

The following are online land records for the town of Highgate:

Highgate, Vermont, Land Records, 1851-1918, are available at FamilySearch (browse only images).

Local Histories

Maps

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Migration

Military

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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Civil War, 1861-1865

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World War I, 1917-1918

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World War II, 1941-1945

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Newspapers

St. Albans Messenger

Vermont Online Historical 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 Highgate town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1794 -2000, are available at FamilySearch (browse only images).

Highgate, Vermont Town Vital Records, 1857-2006, are available at FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Highgate Town Clerk's Office. These include: Vital records of Highgate, Vermont, 1857-Aug. 2000, and Deeds and town records, 1762-1895.

Probate Records

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

Franklin Probate Division
17 Church St.
St. Albans, VT 05478
Phone: (802) 524-7948

Franklin County, Vermont Probate Records, 1860-1910, are available at FamilySearch (browse only images).

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Highgate Public Library
17 Mill Hill Rd.
Highgate Center, VT 05459
Phone: (802) 868-3970
Email: lcomiskey@highgatevt.org
Website: http://highgatelibrary.wordpress.com/

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Societies

Highgate Historical Society

References

  1. ↑ About Highgate, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/highgate.html#about
  2. ↑ Highgate, Vermont - http://usgenwebsites.org/VTGenWeb/Franklin-Co-VT.htm#Franklin
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