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 === Records and Indexes  ===
-Most Vermont gravestones from earliest times to 1870 have been transcribed and are found in the Vermont Secretary of State’s ''General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870''. {{FHL|279437|item|disp=FHL films 27455–27741; digital version at FamilySearch}}
+Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions and cemetery records and create indexes. The following are some of the records available for Vermont cemeteries:<br>
-Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions (abstracts). The USGenWeb Archives have headstone abstracts from five cemeteries listed on their Internet site at:
+Most Vermont gravestones from earliest times to 1870 have been transcribed and are found in the Vermont Secretary of State’s ''General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870''. {{FHL|279437|item|disp=FHL films 27455–27741; digital version at FamilySearch}}
-Chase, Scott. ''The Vermont Tombstone Transcription Project''. In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [database on-line]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 22 June 1999 [cited 11 August 1999]. This is a county-by-county list of cemeteries, available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/vermont/vermont.html. Abstracted cemeteries are indexed in:
+''Index to James N. Arnold Tombstone Records’ Collection''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. (On 12 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|641346|title-id|disp=1819819}}.) This index is arranged alphabetically by surname and covers tombstone records in Vermont and other states.
-“Search the USGenWeb Archives Digital Library” In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [database on-line]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 22 September 1997 [cited 24 August 1999]. Available at [http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm]. This web site indexes cemetery abstracts and other items. Select the state of interest, type the name of the ancestor you seek in the “Query” field, and click Search. For best results, use the “Search Tips” and examples at the bottom of the web page. The computer will list any matches it finds and give you the option of viewing the full transcript.
+Original records for cemeteries, tombstone inscriptions, and burial and removal permits are usually found in each town clerk’s office. See {{FHL|1627819|Vermont, Town Records, 1850–2005}}. A wiki article describing this collection is found at [[Vermont Town Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Vermont Town Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]].
-The Genealogical Society of Vermont has published many cemetery transcriptions in their quarterly Branches and Twigs. See [[Vermont Periodicals]] for more information.
+The [http://www.vermonthistory.org/ Vermont Historical Society] has a large collection of cemetery-related records.
-Some cemetery records are available for Vermont.
+The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) copied many tombstone records. Their collection, ''Vermont Genealogy'', is on microfilm at the Family History Library. {{FHL|3390|item|disp=FHL films 850109–850122}} It includes cemetery records for Addison, Bennington, Grand Isle, Rutland, and Windsor counties, and the towns of Dover, Bristol, Fairfax, Hardwick, Middlebury, Poultney, Pomfret, Putney, Shelburne, Waterville, Vergennes, and Waltham.
-The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) copied many tombstone records. Their collection [[Vermont Genealogy]] is on microfilm at the Family History Library. It includes cemetery records for Addison, Bennington, Grand Isle, Rutland, and Windsor counties, and the towns of Dover, Bristol, Fairfax, Hardwick, Middlebury, Poultney, Pomfret, Putney, Shelburne, Waterville, Vergennes, and Waltham.
+Several periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Vermont cemeteries. These are referenced in the “Places” section of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), described in [[Vermont Periodicals]]. The following is an example of such a periodical:
-''Index to James N. Arnold Tombstone Records’ Collection''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. (On 12 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|641346|title-id|disp=1819819}}.) This index is arranged alphabetically by surname and covers tombstone records in Vermont, and other states.
+*The [http://www.genealogyvermont.org/ Genealogical Society of Vermont] has published many cemetery transcriptions in their quarterly, ''Branches and Twigs''. {{FHL|299402|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 B2br}} This publication has been continued as ''Vermont Genealogy''. {{FHL|760567|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 D25v}}
 The Veterans Affairs Office of the Vermont Adjutant General has a veterans’ grave registration card file for veterans of wars from the American Revolution through World War I. Over 6,000 Revolutionary War veterans’ graves are listed by town in:
-Crockett, Walter H. ''Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in Vermont, and Anecdotes and Incidents Relating to Some of Them''. 1903–4. Reprint, Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, 198–?. (Family History Library {{FHL|651817|title-id|disp=book 974.3 M2cw; Family History Library fiche 6078110}}.) This book lists by town the names of those buried and includes a list of 3,196 pensioners arranged by county.
+*Crockett, Walter H. ''Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in Vermont, and Anecdotes and Incidents Relating to Some of Them''. 1903–4. Reprint, Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, 198–?. (Family History Library {{FHL|651817|title-id|disp=book 974.3 M2cw; Family History Library fiche 6078110}}.) This book lists by town the names of those buried and includes a list of 3,196 pensioners arranged by county.
-The Vermont Historical Society has a 14-drawer collection of grave registrations for soldiers of any war buried in Vermont. It has not been updated since it was created by the WPA before World War II.
+For more information on cemetery records, see [[United States Cemeteries]].
-Original records for cemeteries, tombstone inscriptions, and burial and removal permits are usually found in each town clerk’s office. See [[Vermont Town Records]].
-Several periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Vermont cemeteries. These are referenced in the “Places” section of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), described in [[Vermont Periodicals]].
-For more information on cemetery records, see [[United States Cemeteries]]. To find more sources in the Family History Library Catalog, use a Place Search under:
-VERMONT- CEMETERIES<br>VERMONT, [COUNTY]- CEMETERIES<br>VERMONT, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CEMETERIES
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