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Randolph, Orange County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Randolph, Vermont at Wikipedia

Randolph is a town in Orange County, Vermont. The population was 4,778 at the 2010 census, making Randolph the largest town in the county.

Vermont granted the town on November 2, 1780, when the New Hampshire settlers could not locate the original grantees, whose patents were issued by New York. It was chartered on June 29, 1781 to Aaron Storrs and 70 others, and was originally named "Middlesex."

To encourage recognition of the state by the United States for admission into the Union, the town was renamed in honor of Edmund Randolph who was one of Virginia's delegates to the Constitutional Congress.   [1]  [2]

Parent Towns

Populated Places

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

Boundary Changes

Adjacent Towns

Town Records

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

Randolph Town Clerk

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

Randolph Town Clerk
PO Drawer B
7 Summer St.
Randolph, VT 05060
Phone: (802) 728-5682
Website: http://randolphvt.govoffice2.com/

Vital Records

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

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

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

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

  • East Randolph Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Holy Cross Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Moulton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Pleasant View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Randolph Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • South View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Vermont Veterans Memorial 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 Randolph, 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 Randolph:

St. John's Episcopal Church Records, 1869-1957, - available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

Maps

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Migration

Military

Some Records are Searchable by Town

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

The Herald of Randolph

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 Randolph town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1785-1921, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Randolph Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1783-1850.

Probate Records

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

The probate district for Randolph is Orange (Randolph District consoladated in 1994).
Orange Probate Court
5 Court St
Chelsea VT 05038
Phone: (802) 685-4610

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Kimball Public Library
67 Main Street
Randolph, VT 05060
Phone: (802) 728-5073
Email:info@KimballLibrary.org
Website: http://www.kimballlibrary.org/

Museums

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Societies

Randolph Historical Society
34 Highland Ave.
Randolph, VT 05060
Phone: (802) 728-9308
Email: Randolph.vt.history@gmail.com
Website: http://randolphvthistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/

References

  1. ↑ Randolph, VT History http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/randolph.html#about
  2. ↑ History of Randolph, VT http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/OrangeRandolph.html
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