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Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Springfield, Vermont at Wikipedia

The town of Springfield was chartered on August 20, 1761 and named for Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield is known for inventiveness and industry. The area called "the Cradle of Inventions" and "Precision Valley" has created many worthwhile devices, such as, the common spring clothes pin, the breech loading rifle, the steam shovel, the corn planter, the broomholder, hay and straw cutters, mop wringer, sheep shearing machine, the optical comparator and the flat turret lathe.[1][2]

Parent Towns

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Boundary Changes

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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

Springfield Town Clerk

Town of Springfield
96 Main St.
Springfield, VT 05156
Phone: (802) 885-2104
Website: Springfield VT Gov Office2

Vital Records

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Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

Resources

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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


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

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.

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 Springfield:

  • Calvary Baptist Church
    156 Main St.
    Springfield, VT 05156
    Phone: (802) 885-2349
  • First Congregational Church United Church of Christ
    77 Main St.
    Springfield, VT 05156
    Phone: (802) 885-5728
  • St Mark's Episcopal Church
    33 Fairground Rd.
    Springfield, VT 05156
    Phone: (802) 885-2723
  • St. Mary's Catholic Church
    10 Pleasant St.
    Springfield, Vermont 05156
    Phone: (802) 885-3400

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

  • The Vermont Historical Gazetteer is a 5 volume set of historical information by Abby Maria Hemenway with Volume I published in 1867 and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Also available online in PDF format at this link
  • History of the Town of Springfield, Vermont, by Charles Horace Hubbard and Justus Dartt - Find the book in a library. This book is available on ancestry.com.
  • The history of Springfield, Vermont, 1885-1961 : with an introductory chapter to 1885, by Keith Richard Barney - Find the book in a library

Maps

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Migration

Military

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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Civil War, 1861-1865

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World War I, 1917-1918

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World War II, 1941-1945

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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 Springfield town records available online:

Probate Records

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

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Societies

References

  1. ↑ History of the Town of Springfield, VT, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/WindsorSpringfield.html
  2. ↑ Virtual Vermont, Springfield - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/springfield.html#about


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