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Wolcott, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Wolcott was chartered on August 22, 1781 by the Vermont Legislature. The town was named for General Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.  The population at the 2010 US Census was 1,676. [1]  [2] Wolcott, Vermont at Wikipedia

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

Wolcott Town Clerk

Wolcott Town Clerks Office
28 Railroad St.
PO Box 100
Wolcott, VT 05680
Phone: (802) 888-2746
Email: Wolcott@pshift.com
Website: http://www.wolcottvt.org/

Vital Records

  • FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.
  • Wolcott, Vermont Death Records, 2000-2006, are available on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

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

The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Wolcott. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Lamoille County, website at this link.  

Wolcott Cemetery Records, early to 1870, 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 Wolcott, 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 Wolcott:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

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

  • Wolcott, Vermont Land Records, 1853 -1929, are available on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Local Histories

Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. 10, Town of Wolcott - view a digital version of this document.

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

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:

  • 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 Wolcott:

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

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Glee Merritt Kelley Community Library
320 School Mill Rd.
Wolcott, VT 05680
Phone: (802) 472-6551
Website: http://www.wolcott.ossu.org/departments/library

Museums

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Societies

References

  1. ↑ Wolcott, Vermont - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolcott,_VT
  2. ↑ Wolcott, Vermont - http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/LamoilleWolcott.html
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