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Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

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Stowe, Vermont at Wikipedia

Stowe was chartered on June 8, 1763.  Maria Von Trapp ("The Sound of Music") came here after escaping from the Nazis  because it reminded her of her native Austria. Lying in the shadow of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, Stowe is known as "the Ski Capital of the East".  The population was 4,314 at the 2010 census.  [1]  [2]

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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

Stowe Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Stowe Town Clerk
67 Main Street
PO Box 730
Stowe, VT 05672
Phone: (802)253-6133
TownClerk@stowevt.gov
Website

Vital Records

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Births

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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 major cemeteries in present-day Stowe. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Lamoille County, website at this link.  

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records, 1798-1869, are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records (includes records of the Old Yard Center Cemetery, Thomas S. Luce Cemetery, Old Mansfield-Old Lude Hill Cemetery, Riverbank Cemetery, Old Ivory Luce Cemetery, West Branch Cemetery, and Sterling Cemetery) are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

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.

To see the churches in Stowe, visit.

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 Stowe:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

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Local Histories

Maps

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Migration

Military

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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World War II, 1941-1945

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Newspapers

Stowe Reporter
The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus
New and Citizen

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 Stowe town records available online:

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Stowe:

The probate district for Stowe is Lamoille.
Lamoille Probate Court
154 Main St.
PO Box 570
Hyde Park, VT 05655
Phone: (802) 888-3306

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Stowe Free Library
90 Pond Street
Stowe, VT 05672
Phone: (802) 253-6145
Website: http://www.stowelibrary.org/

Museums

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Societies

Stowe Historical Society
PO Box 730
Stowe, VT 05672
Phone: (802) 253-1518
Website: http://www.stowehistoricalsociety.org/

References

  1. ↑ About Stowe, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/stowe.html#about
  2. ↑ Stowe, Vermont - http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/LamoilleStowe.html
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Towns in Lamoille County in Vermont articles
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