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''[[How to Find United States Death Records|How to Find United States Deaths]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Vermont Deaths'''''<br> __NOTOC__ | ''[[How to Find United States Death Records|How to Find United States Deaths]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Vermont Deaths'''''<br> __NOTOC__ | ||
In Vermont, towns were created starting about 1760. Deaths were and still are recorded by town clerks, beginning when the town was formed. Statewide registration of | In Vermont, towns were created starting about 1760. Deaths were and still are recorded by town clerks, beginning when the town was formed. Statewide registration of deaths began in 1857 and was generally complied with by 1919. The towns have copies of these state death registration records. | ||
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== '''Next Step: When did the death occur? ''' == | == '''Next Step: When did the death occur? ''' == | ||
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<br> Death records were kept by each town clerk. Early town clerks put death records in town records and in land records. After about 1850, | <br> Death records were kept by each town clerk. Early town clerks put death records in town records and in land records. After about 1850, death information was only put in town records. Town clerks were usually good at recording death information. The towns continue to keep death records today. These are described further in [[Vermont Town Records|Vermont Town Records]].<br> | ||
Following the Revolutionary War until about 1870, records were not always recorded. In 1870, the State Board of Health was established and record keeping in towns improved. | Following the Revolutionary War until about 1870, records were not always recorded. In 1870, the State Board of Health was established and record keeping in towns improved. | ||
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| align="left" colspan="3" | '''Vermont Deaths Databases - Includes Index and Digital Images''' | | align="left" colspan="3" | '''Vermont Deaths Databases - Includes Index and Digital Images. Some collections are Browse Only.''' | ||
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'''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont, Vital Records, 1720 to 1908. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | '''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont, Vital Records, 1720 to 1908. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | ||
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| align="left" colspan="2" | '''No | | align="left" colspan="2" | '''No death record for your ancestor?''' | ||
| [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|Other records with death information]] | | [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|Other records with death information]] | ||
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<center></center> | <center>[[How to Find Vermont Death Records#Next_Step:_When_did_the_death_occur.3F|Return to top: Choose another death year]]</center> | ||
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| '''Free;''' a name index and index card images to town birth, marriage and death records. | | '''Free;''' a name index and index card images to town birth, marriage and death records. | ||
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|[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1607 1909-2008 - At Ancestry.com] | | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1607 1909-2008 - At Ancestry.com] | ||
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'''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont, Death Records 1909 to 2008. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | '''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont, Death Records 1909 to 2008. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | ||
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|[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3269 1981-2001 - At Ancestry.com] | | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3269 1981-2001 - At Ancestry.com] | ||
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'''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont Death Index 1981 to 2001. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | '''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont Death Index 1981 to 2001. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | ||
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'''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont, Vital Records, 1720 to 1908. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | '''Free with Ancestry Library edition;''' Vermont, Vital Records, 1720 to 1908. Available at '''FamilySearch Centers and Libraries'''; [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Find your local FamilySearch Center] OR use your own [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] subscription. | ||
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