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 *Nichols, Joann H., compiler. ''Index to Known Cemetery Listings in Vermont''. Third Edition. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society, 1995. {{FHL|766197|item|disp=book 974.3 V32nj; 2nd ed.; fiche 6093892}} {{WorldCat|34794047|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}} This bibliography is arranged by county, town, and then by cemetery name. Next to each cemetery’s name is a code you can use to locate the cemetery transcript. It also includes many Family History Library microfilms.
+=== Records and Indexes  ===
+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>
+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}}
+''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.
+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 [http://www.vermonthistory.org/ Vermont Historical Society] has a large collection of cemetery-related records.
+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.
+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:
+*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.
+For more information on cemetery records, see [[United States Cemeteries]].
 === References  ===