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 == Online Resources ==
+*'''1861-1866''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/577870?availability=Family%20History%20Library Internal revenue assessment lists for Vermont, 1861-1866] at FamilySearch
-*'''1861-1866'''  [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/577870?availability=Family%20History%20Library Internal revenue assessment lists for Vermont, 1861-1866] at FamilySearch
 == Why Use Tax Records ==
 By studying several consecutive years of tax records you may determine when a young men came of age, when individuals moved in and out of a home, or when they died leaving heirs. Authorities determined wealth (real estate, or income) to be taxed. Taxes can be for polls, real and personal estate, or schools.
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 === County Level ===
+Great lists are the annual assessment for town tax purposes, they were taken every year for every town in Vermont.  They are the only taxes organized enough to be of genealogical use.  Many of them are extent, but they are not easy to find.  Sometimes they appear as part of the proprietor or town meeting records (these could be in the town records microfilms at Vermont Public Records Division or at the FHL) or sometimes in separate books (which might be in town clerks' offices or vaults). The assessment might be for a poll that included twenty-one year old males or eligible voters "Freemen" in Vermont.) acreage, buildings, cattle, yards of material produced, and clapboards milled.  People taxed were not necessarily landowners.
-Great lists are the annual assessment for town tax purposes, they were taken every year for every town in Vermont.  They are the only taxes organized enough to be of genealogical use.  Many of them are extent, but they are not easy to find.  Sometimes they appear as part of the proprietor or town meeting records(which may be in the town records microfilms at Vermont Public Records Division or the FHL)  or sometimes in separate books (which might be in town clerks' offices or vaults).  The assessment might me for a poll(twenty -one year old male or eligible voter-"Freeman" in Vermont.) acreage, buildings, cattle, yards of material produced, and clapboards milled.  People taxed were not necessarily landowners.
 === State Level ===
 List of Districts for 1861-1866 Taxes: <br>
 District 1:  Addison; Bennington;  Rutland; Washington <br>
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 (For district 3 there ''are'' annual lists but '''No''' records available for monthly and Special lists)
-=== [[Vermont State Archives]] ===
+=== '''[[Vermont State Archives]]''' ===
 Route 2, Middlesex<br>Montpelier, Vermont 05633-7701<br>Telephone: 802-828-2308<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.vt.us archives@sec.state.vt.us]<br>Website: [http://vermont-archives.org/ Vermont State Archives] <br>
-They have original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont. This inlcludes all birth, marriages, deaths, and divorces prior to 2012. For vital records 2012 to present contact the Vermont Department of Health.<ref>[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records/vital-records.aspx Vital Records] in ''Vermont Secretary of State'' (accessed 1 May 2017).</ref><br><br>
+They have original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont. This includes all birth, marriages, deaths, and divorces prior to 2012. For vital records 2012 to present contact the Vermont Department of Health.<ref>[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records/vital-records.aspx Vital Records] in ''Vermont Secretary of State'' (accessed 1 May 2017).</ref><br><br>
 Some tax lists are in the town records and also in the manuscript collection Vermont State Papers. See [[Vermont Town Records|Vermont Town Records]] and [[Vermont Public Records|Vermont Public Records]]
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 == Tax Laws ==
+Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses.  For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income taxes were instituted on them. <ref>[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1264  Creation of the IRA]</ref>
-Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses.  For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income tax were instituted on them. <ref>[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1264  Creation of the IRA]</ref>
 *To learn more about this Collection click [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_Internal_Revenue_Assessment_Lists_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) here]
 *To learn more about the Civil War taxes click [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1986/winter/civil-war-tax-records.html here]