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Winhall, Bennington County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Winhall, Vermont at Wikipedia

Winhall was chartered on September 15, 1761. The village at the junction of Routes 100 and 30 became known as Bondville in 1888, when an post office was opened there and which remains the only post office in Winhall, and better known than the town itself. The village and post office are named for the first postmaster. [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
Digital images of Winhall Town records, 1850-2005, are available online at FamilySearch.

Winhall Town Clerk

Winhall Town Clerk
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 389 Bondville, VT 05340
Physical Address: 3 River Road Bondville, VT 05340
Phone: (802) 297-2122
Email: winclerk@comcast.net
Website: http://www.winhall.org/

Vital Records

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.
Digital images of Winhall Births with index, Marriages with index, and Deaths with index, 1857-1976, vol 1-2, are available online at FamilySearch.

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 Winhall. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Bennington County, website at this link.

  • Bondville Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Gale Family Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Lightfoot Cemetery - inscriptions a Find a Grave site.
  • Middleton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site. 
  • Winhall Hollow Cemetery (aka School House Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

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 Winhall, 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 TOWN:

1. First Baptist Church
    Bonnet & Main Streets
    Bondville, VT 05340
    Phone: (802) 362-1555

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

The following are online land records for the town of Winhall:

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.

Maps

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Migration

Military

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Winhall, enrolled militia, 1863 records are available online at Vermont, Enrolled Militia Records, 1861-1867 - How to Use this Collection.

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

Manchester Journal

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:

  • Appointments
  • Earmarks
  • Estrays (stray animals)
  • Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote)
  • Mortgages
  • Name changes
  • Care of the poor
  • School records
  • Surveys
  • Town meeting minutes
  • Voter registrations
  • Warning outs (of town)

Probate Records

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

The probate district for Winhall is Manchester.
Manchester Probate Court
P.O. Box 446
Manchester, VT 05846
Phone: (802) 362-1410

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Winhall Memorial Library
2 Lower Taylor Hill Rd.
Bondville, VT 05340
Phoner: (802) 297-9741

Museums

Winhall Museum
River Road
Mailing Address: PO Box 607
Bondville, VT 05340
Phone: (802) 297-2459
This is the local museum and archives for the area.

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References

  1. ↑ History of the Town of Windhall, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/BenningtonWinhall.html
  2. ↑ Windhall Town Information, Virtual Vermont, http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/winhall.html
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