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== Record Finder Table for Vermont ==
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The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
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=== Order of Records ===
|  | '''1. If you need information about'''
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.
|  | 2. Look first in
 
|  | 3. Then Search
== List of Topics ==
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This Record Finder table links to the Vermont topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
|  | Adoptions
 
|  | Probate Records, Town Records
===Vital Events ===
|  | Court Records, Census, Vital Records
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|  | Age
|  | Census, [[Vermont Cemeteries]], Vital Records Military Records,
|  | Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
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|  | Birth date
|  | Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records
|  | Town Records, Military Records, Biography, Bible Records
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|  | Birth place
|  | Vital Records, Church Records
|  | Census, Military Records, Town Records
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|  | Boundaries and origins
|  | Maps, Gazetteers
|  | History, Societies
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|  | Children
|  | Census, Probate Records, Vital Records, Genealogy
|  | Town Records, Church Records, Land and Property, Bible Records
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|  | City or parish of foreign birth
|  | Vital Records, Biography
|  | Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
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|  | Country of foreign birth
|  | Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records
|  | Biography, Military Records, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration
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|  | Death information
|  | Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Town Records
| | Probate Records, Newspapers, Bible Records
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| | Divorce
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| | Town Records, Vital Records, Court Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| | Newspapers, Census
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| | Ethnic background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| | Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| | Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| | History, Periodicals, Gazetteers, Town Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| | Maps, Land and Property, Church Records
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Vermont Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Vermont Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Vermont Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| | Maps, Biography, Minorities, Court Records
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Vermont Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| | Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| | Probate Records, Directories, Town Records, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| | Biography, Newspapers, Land and Property
|-
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Vital Records, Probate Records, Church Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| | Town Records, Military Records, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Vermont Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| | Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Vital Records, Census, Church Records, Town Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| | Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Bible Records, Probate Records, Newspapers
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[Vermont Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| | Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records
*[[Vermont Directories|Directories]]
| | Land and Property, Biography, Military Records
*[[Vermont Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| | Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| | Census, Directories, Town Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| | Biography, History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| | Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| | Census, Probate Records, Town Records
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| | Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
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|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| | Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Vital Records, Census, Church Records, Town Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| | Probate Records, Biography, Genealogy, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[Vermont Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
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=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| | Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| | Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| | Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Maps, Gazetteers, History
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
| | Archives and Libraries, Societies
*[[Vermont Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Vermont Directories|Directories]]
*[[Vermont Taxation|Taxation]]
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*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Vermont Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| | Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| | Census, Military Records, Town Records, Taxation, Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| | Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Public Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| | Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| | Census, Vital Records, Military Records
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
| | Naturalization and Citizenship, Taxation, Directories, Bible Records
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Vermont|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Vermont|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Vermont Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Vermont Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Vermont Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
 
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| align="left" | Occupation
| | Previous research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Genealogy, Biography, Societies
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
| | Periodicals, History, Archives and Libraries
*[[Vermont Directories|Directories]]
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| | Archives and Libraries, Periodicals, Church Records
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
| | Societies, For Further Reading
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| | Church Records, Vital Records
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
| | Biography, History, Cemeteries
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Vermont Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Vermont Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| | Societies, Biography
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
| | Cemeteries, Directories, Town Records
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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=== Adoption ===
[[Category:Vermont|Record]]
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
 
 
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Revision as of 00:43, 22 November 2009

Use this table to learn which records to search to help you reach your Vermont research goal.

1. If you need information about 2. Look first in 3. Then Search
Adoptions Probate Records, Town Records Court Records, Census, Vital Records
Age Census, Vermont Cemeteries, Vital Records Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records Town Records, Military Records, Biography, Bible Records
Birth place Vital Records, Church Records Census, Military Records, Town Records
Boundaries and origins Maps, Gazetteers History, Societies
Children Census, Probate Records, Vital Records, Genealogy Town Records, Church Records, Land and Property, Bible Records
City or parish of foreign birth Vital Records, Biography Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
Country of foreign birth Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records Biography, Military Records, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration
Death information Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Town Records Probate Records, Newspapers, Bible Records
Divorce Town Records, Vital Records, Court Records Newspapers, Census
Ethnic background Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
Historical background History, Periodicals, Gazetteers, Town Records Maps, Land and Property, Church Records
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Maps, Biography, Minorities, Court Records
Living relatives Probate Records, Directories, Town Records, Census Biography, Newspapers, Land and Property
Maiden name Vital Records, Probate Records, Church Records Town Records, Military Records, Bible Records
Marriage information Vital Records, Census, Church Records, Town Records Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Bible Records, Probate Records, Newspapers
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records Land and Property, Biography, Military Records
Occupations Census, Directories, Town Records Biography, History
Other family members Census, Probate Records, Town Records Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records
Parents Vital Records, Census, Church Records, Town Records Probate Records, Biography, Genealogy, Bible Records
Physical description Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship Biography
Place-finding aids Maps, Gazetteers, History Archives and Libraries, Societies
Places of residence Census, Military Records, Town Records, Taxation, Directories Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Public Records
Place of residence when you know only the state Census, Vital Records, Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship, Taxation, Directories, Bible Records
Previous research Genealogy, Biography, Societies Periodicals, History, Archives and Libraries
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Periodicals, Church Records Societies, For Further Reading
Religion Church Records, Vital Records Biography, History, Cemeteries
Social activities Societies, Biography Cemeteries, Directories, Town Records
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