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Somerset, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Somerset, Vermont at Wikipedia

Somerset was chartered on September 9, 1761 by Benning Wentworth. The town of Somerset acquired some residents fairly early in its history and had over 300 people in 1850. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5. Somerset never had a village or any real center of population. In 1937 the Vermont Legislature disenfranchised Somerset, making it an official wilderness. The town has no local government and the town's affairs are handled by a state-appointed supervisor. [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

Somerset Town Clerk

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

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 Somerset, 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 Somerset:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

Somerset celebrating 250 years, by Keagan Harsha - WCAX News, May 2011.

Maps

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Cemeteries

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

Migration

Military

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945

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 Somerset town records available online:

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Somerset Town Clerk's Office. These include Index to birth, death and marriage records (1766-1913) and marriage, birth and death records (1787-1970), Index to land records (1795-1885) and land records (1857-1885, 1889-1906, and Deeds, 1795-1857.

Probate Records

The probate district for Somerset is Marlboro.
Marlboro Probate Court
80 Flat St.
Suite 104
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone: (802) 257-2898

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

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Museums

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Societies

References

  1. ↑ About Somerset, VT - Virtual Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/somerset.html#about
  2. ↑ History of the Town of Somerset, VT, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/WindhamSomerset.html
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Towns in Windham County in Vermont articles
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Extinct Towns:
Acton | Somerset
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