Bennington Museum Research Library

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Bennington Museum Research Library Contact Information E-mail:  tresch@benningtonmuseum.org Address: 75 Main Street Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885 Telephone:  802-447-1571 Hours and holidays:  Monday through Thursday: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Directions, maps, and public transportation:  Directions and Map Internet sites and databases: Bennington Museum. Library genealogical holdings description. Collection Description Their collection includes early Connecticut, New York, and Vermont records. It is a great place to find records of families that moved up the Connecticut River and then west. Tips {Optional} Guides {Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Alternate Repositories If you cannot visit or find a source at the Bennington Museum Research Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections National Archives at Boston (that is Waltham), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, naturalizations, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings, Chinese immigration, Navy and maritime records. Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library, Barre, is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders. Vermont State Archives, Montpelier, original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont. Vermont State Library, Montpelier, Large collection of books with many periodicals and a great historical reference collection. Similar Collections Albany Institute of History and Art best collection of indexes and records for "old" Albany County, New York, including many Connecticut families that migrated into Vermont and upstate New York. Neighboring Collections County Vital Records Office City Vital Records Office County Archives County Orphan's Court County Probate Court County Recorder County Coroner U.S. District Court County and local historical societies County and local genealogical societies Public Libraries Museums and heritage societies Repositories in surrounding counties in Vermont: Rutland, Windham, Windsor, and in Massachusetts: Berkshire, Franklin, and in New York: Rensselaer, and Washington. Brattleboro Historical Society History Center, Brattleboro VT, a good regional library with many genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, maps, indexes, cemeteries, and obituaries. Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, genealogy books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, newspapers, obituaries, biographies, and many indexes. Martha Canfield Library Russell Collection, Arlington VT, many rare books and unique genealogical sources. Call for an appointment. University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library, Burlington VT, holdings include Vermont local histories, oral histories, and Civil War sources. Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society, Colchester VT, reference books, manuscripts, periodicals and microfiche, published "repertoires" of church record baptisms, marriages, and burials. Vermont Old Cemetery Association, Townshend VT, statewide coverage of most cemetery records for all of Vermont including good indexes. State Vital Records Office Church archives Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and in Canada: Quebec. Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, including New England genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, and passenger lists. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester MA, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. Columbia County Historical Society Library, Kinderhook NY, a large collection of family folders for early settlers, including many from Vermont and New England. Columbia County is on the Hudson River near the main route from New England into upstate New York. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England since the 1600s. Sources