Worcester, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

Worcester, Vermont at Wikipedia
Worcester was chartered on June 8, 1763. It has been reported that excellent records were kept on file at the first Town Clerk's office when the Town of Worcester was first settled, but today the exact date of the Town's organization remains a mystery. A fire destroyed the Town's early records. [1] [2] [3]

Parent Towns[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
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Adjacent Towns[edit | edit source]

Town Records[edit | edit source]

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

Worcester Town Clerk[edit | edit source]

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

Worcester Town Clerk
20 Worcester Village Rd.
Worcester, VT 05682
Phone: 802-223-6942
Website

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

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

Births[edit | edit source]

Marriages[edit | edit source]

Deaths[edit | edit source]

Divorce[edit | edit source]

Town Reports[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

For more County and State resources see:

Biographies[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

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

  • Worcester Mountain Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Worcester Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

Census[edit | edit source]

Church Records[edit | edit source]

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 Worcester, 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 Worcester:

City Directories[edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Court Records[edit | edit source]

Immigration[edit | edit source]

Land Records[edit | edit source]

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

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Migration[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783[edit | edit source]

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Civil War, 1861-1865[edit | edit source]

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World War I, 1917-1918[edit | edit source]

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World War II, 1941-1945[edit | edit source]

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Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Obituaries[edit | edit source]

Other Town Records[edit | edit source]

For more information see: 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)

The following are Worcester town records available online: The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Worcester Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1815-1941; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1815-1997, Land records, 1803-1880; general index to land records, 1803-1973, and Town records, 1821-1931.

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

School Records[edit | edit source]

Tax Records[edit | edit source]

Websites[edit | edit source]

Research Facilities[edit | edit source]

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Museums[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries[edit | edit source]

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Societies[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Worcester History by Christopher Glenn Dodge - http://www.central-vt.com/towns/history/HstWorc.htm
  2. ↑ About Worcester, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/worcester.html#about
  3. ↑ Worcester, Vermont - http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/WashingtonWorcester.html


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