Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

United States

New England

Vermont

Rutland County

Wallingford

Town Information

Description

Wallingford, Vermont at Wikipedia

Wallingford was chartered on November 27, 1761. The first proprietors' meeting was held at Wallingford, Ct, from which place this town was named, on September 12, 1772. The town was organized on March 10, 1778.

Wallingford can boast of three noteworthy individuals; Lyman Batcheller who designed and manufactured light-weight pitch forks, Gilbert Hart who made his fortune with the emery wheel invention and provided money for Wallingford's Gilbert Hart Library, and Paul Harris, who received his education in Wallingford, and founded Rotary Internation.

The population of Wallingford was 2,079 at the 2010 census. Wallingford also contains the villages of East Wallingford and South Wallingford. The majority of the town's population is centered around the Wallingford village..

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records

In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Wallingford Town Clerk

Wallingford Town Clerk
75 School Street
Wallingford, VT 05773
Phone: (802) 446-2336
Fax: (802) 446-3174
Email: townclerk@wallingfordvt.com
Website: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/town_clerk.htm

Vital Records

• FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online

Births

• 1909-Onward Vermont, Births at MyHeritage — index ($)

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

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

• Wallingford Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Wallingford Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Rutland County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Rutland County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
  

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

• Doty Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Green Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Hager-Bourn Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Hawkins Cemetery - inscriptons at Find a Grave site.
• Hill-Roberts Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Laurel Glen Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Maple Grove Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Pelsue Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Saint Patricks Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Stafford Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Sugar Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• West Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

Census

• Vermont Census at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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 Wallingford, 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 Wallingford:

• 1700s-1800s Vermont Miscellaneous Records (Includes Vermont Church Records)(*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
• Vermont Church Records

• East Wallingford Baptist Church
  6132 Route 140
  East Wallingford, VT 05742
  Phone: (802) 259-2831
• First Baptist Church of Wallingford
  39 School Street
  Wallingford, VT 05773
  Phone: (802) 446-2020
• St. Patrick's Catholic Church
  238 North Main Street
  Wallingford, VT 05773
  Phone: (802) 446-2161
• South Wallingford Union Congregational Church
  4210 U.S. Route 7
  South Wallingford, VT 05773
  Phone: (802) 446-7888
• Wallingford Congregational Church
  189 South Main Street
  Wallingford, VT 05773
  Phone: (802) 446-2817

City Directories

• 1911, 1930 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Wallingford at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
• Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Court Records

• Judiciary of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Judiciary, Resources for Media at vermont.gov, ($) - click on Records Request
• United States District Court for the District of Vermont at Wikipedia
• Vermont Court Records at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Land Records

• 1600s-1900s Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($),
• Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

• History of Wallingford, VT, Walter Thorpe, Tuttle, Co., Rutland, VT, 1911. Book available online

Maps

This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

• Boundary Map of Wallingford at HomeTownLocator
• McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
• Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
• Town of Wallingford at Vermont.org
• Wallingford at FamilySearch Places
• Wallingford at Google Maps
• Wallingford at Mapcarta
• Vermont Maps State Page
  
  

• 1854 Rutland County, Wallingford map

Military

Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
• United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865

For more Civil War Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918

For more World War I Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
• United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945

For more World War II Military Records see:

• Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
• United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

• Rutland Herald online at this link
• Free Online Newspapers for Research at libraries.vermont.gov
• List of Newspapers in Vermont at Wikipedia
• Newspapers of Record at Vermont State Archives & Records Administration
• Vermont Newspapers at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Obituaries

• 1800s-current U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 2003-2014 Vermont Obituaries, 2003-2014(*) NewsBank (Naples, Florida) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Obituaries at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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 Wallingford town records available online:

• Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images) at this link
• The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Wallingford Town Clerks Office. These include:Town miscellaneous records, v. 1-2, 1772-1890

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1883-1995; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1772-1995

Probate Records

• The probate district for Wallingford is Rutland.
  Rutland Probate Court
  83 Center Street
  Rutland, VT 05701
  (802) 775-0114
• 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1800-1921 Vermont Probate Files, 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Vermont Probate Records

Tax Records

• 1861-1866 Internal revenue assessment lists for Vermont, 1861-1866(*) United States. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
• Vermont Taxation at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Research Facilities

Libraries

• Gilbert Hart Library
  14 South Main Street
  Telephone/Fax: 446-2685
  Wendy Savery, Librarian
  Email: ghlib@comcast.net
  Website: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/gilbert_hart_library.htm

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Rutland Vermont FamilySearch Center
• South Royalton Vermont FamilySearch Center
• Crandall Public Library - an affiliate library
• The Rutland Historical Society - an affiliate library

Societies

• Wallingford Historical Society
  c/o Joyce Barbieri
  75 School Street
  Wallingford, VT 05773
  Phone: (802) 446-2336
  Website: http://wallingfordhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/

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