Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

United States

New England

Vermont

Addison County

Middlebury

Town Information

Description

Middlebury, Vermont at Wikipedia

Middlebury was chartered on November 2, 1761 and was settled just after the Revolutionary War. It is the Shire Town and largest community in Addison county with a population of approximately 8,500.

Middlebury is also home to the internationally recognized Middlebury College which was founded in 1800. Its original purpose was to train young men from Vermont and neighboring states for the ministry and other learned professions of the early 19th century. In 1883, it became one of the first formerly all-male schools in New England to admit women

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records

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

Middlebury Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.
Middlebury Town Clerk
4 Main Street
Middlebury, Vermont 05753
Phone: (802) 388-8100
Website: http://www.townofmiddlebury.org/

Vital Records

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Births

• 1909-Onward Vermont, Births at MyHeritage — index ($)

Town Reports

The town of Middlebury kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Middlebury kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

1926 1927 1930 1931a 1931b 1932 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

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

• Middlebury Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Middlebury Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Middlebury. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Addison County, website at this link.

• Case Street Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
  

• Foote Street Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
  

• Middlebury Cemetery (also known as West Cemetery) - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
  

• Old Town Cemetery (also known as Hammond Cemetery, Old Middlebury Cemetery) inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  

• Prospect Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.

• Saint Marys Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.

• Seeley Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  

• Washington Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  

Cemetery records of Middlebury, Vermont are on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

Census

• Vermont Census at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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 Middlebury, 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 Middlebury:

• 1700s-1800s Vermont Miscellaneous Records (Includes Vermont Church Records)(*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
• Vermont Church Records

• Marriages, 1814-1839, performed by missionaries of the Baptist Church in western Vermont and central New York are on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.
  
• Records of the town of Middlebury, Vermont : from its beginning, to and including the year 1820 are on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.
  

City Directories

• Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Court Records

• Judiciary of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Judiciary, Resources for Media at vermont.gov($) - click on Records Request
• United States District Court for the District of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Court Records at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Land Records

• 1600s-1900s Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($),
• Vermont Land and Property
• 1774-1926 County Records Including Deeds of Middlebury, Vermont, 1784-1870; Index to Deeds, 1774-1926 (Addison County, Vermont)(*) Addison County (Vermont). County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
• Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

History of the Town of Middlebury: In the Country of Addison, Vermont (1859), by Samuel Swift - view digital copy of book online.

Maps

This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

• Boundary Map of Middlebury, at HomeTownLocator
• McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
• Middlebury, at FamilySearch Places
• Middlebury, at Google Maps
• Middlebury at Mapcarta
• Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
• Town of Middlebury, at Vermont.org
• Vermont Maps State Page
  
  

• 1871 map of Middlebury Township

Military

Searchable by Town Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
• United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865

For more Civil War Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918

For more World War I Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
• United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945

For more World War II Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
• United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

Addison County Independent ($)
Burlington Free Press
Rutland Herald

• Free Online Newspapers for Research at libraries.vermont.gov
• List of Newspapers in Vermont at Wikipedia
• Newspapers of Record at Vermont State Archives & Records Administration
• Vermont Newspapers at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Obituaries

• 1800s-current U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 2003-2014 Vermont Obituaries, 2003-2014(*) NewsBank (Naples, Florida) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Obituaries at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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 Middlebury town records available online: Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1806-2002, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Middlebury Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records, 1806-1866, 1901, Land records, deeds, mortgages 1786-1916, and County records including deeds of Middlebury, Vermont, 1784-1870; index to deeds, 1774-1926.

Probate Records

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

The probate district for Middlebury is Addison.
Addison Probate Court
7 Mahady Court
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: (802) 388-2612

• 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1800-1921 Vermont Probate Files, 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Vermont Probate Records

Tax Records

• 1861-1866 Internal revenue assessment lists for Vermont, 1861-1866(*) United States. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Taxation at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Research Facilities

Libraries

Ilsley Public Library
75 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: (802) 388-4095
Website: http://www.ilsleypubliclibrary.org/

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Essex Vermont FamilySearch Center
• Montpelier Vermont FamilySearch Center
• Rutland Vermont FamilySearch Center
• South Royalton Vermont FamilySearch Center
• Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
• Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
• Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library