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Kirby, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

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Description

Kirby, Vermont at Wikipedia

Kirby was chartered on October 28, 1807 by the state of Vermont through an Act of Incorporation. Kirby was created from two separate parcels of land: Hopkinsville (sometimes Hopkins Gore, Hopkins Grant or Hopkintonia) and Burke Tongue, which had been a part of the older town of Burke. Kirby has a shape of an arrowhead, pointing due south to the northern corner of the town of Waterford. The town is roughly half the size of most towns. [1] [2]

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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

Kirby Town Clerk

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

Kirby Town Clerks Office
Physical Address: 346 Town Hall Road Kirby, VT 05851
Mailing Address: 346 Town Hall Road Lyndonville, VT 05851
Phone: 802-626-9386
Email: kirbytc@kingcon.com

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 Kirby. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Caledonia County, website at this link.

  • North Kirby-Brookside Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • South Kirby Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

Kirby, Vermont Cemetery Records, 1813-1882, are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

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 Kirby, 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 Kirby:

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

Kirby, Vermont USGenWeb Page


Maps

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Migration

Military

Kirby, Vermont Enrolled Militia Records, 1861-1866, are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.
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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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Civil War, 1861-1865

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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 Kirby town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1949 -2001, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Kirby Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1777-1964; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1777-1989, and Land records, 1810-1915.

Probate Records

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

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

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References

  1. ↑ About Kirby, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/kirby.html#about
  2. ↑ Kirby, Vermont - https://web.archive.org/web/20160614220229/http:/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtcbarne/kirby.htm
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