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{{VT-sidebar}}{{TOC left}}<br>These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Vermont.


== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Vermont ==
Many archives and libraries have resources such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids to help you locate information about [[Vermont|Vermont]]. They may have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state.


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=== Archives ===
| [[Albany Institute of History and Art]] NY{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]] (Ft. Wayne IN){{·}} [[American Antiquarian Society]] (Worcester MA){{·}} [[Bennington Museum Research Library]]{{·}} [http://brattleborohistoricalsociety.org/history-center/ Brattleboro Historical Society History Center]{{·}} [http://brookslibraryvt.org/ Brooks Memorial Library]{{·}} [http://www.cchsny.org/ Columbia County Historical Society] (Kinderhook NY){{·}} [http://www.marthacanfieldlibrary.org/russell-collection Martha Canfield Library Russell Collection]{{·}} [[National Archives at Boston]] (Waltham MA){{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (Boston MA){{·}} [https://library.uvm.edu/ University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library]{{·}} [https://www.vtgenlib.org/ Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society]{{·}} [[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]]{{·}} [http://www.voca58.org/ Vermont Old Cemetery Association]{{·}} [[Vermont State Archives]]{{·}} [http://libraries.vermont.gov/state_library Vermont State Library]


== Online Records of Vermont ==
'''Vermont State Archives'''<br>26 Terrace Street<br>Drawer 9<br>Montpelier, VT 05609-1103<br>Telephone: 802-828-2308<br>Fax: 802-828-2465<br>Internet: [http://www.sec.state.vt.us/ www.sec.state.vt.us/]


<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Vermont Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div>{{DCfollowup}}<br>
'''National Archives—Northeast Region (Boston)<br>'''380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399 <br>Telephone: 781-663-0130<br>Fax: 781-663-0154<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/  
[[Image:NARA Boston.jpg|thumb|280px|<center>National Archives at Boston (in Waltham MA)</center>]]
== National Repositories  ==


=== [[National Archives at Boston]] ===
'''National Archives—Northeast Region (Pittsfield)<br>'''10 Conte Drive<br>Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230<br>Telephone: 413-236-3600<br>Fax: 413-236-3609 <br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/ http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/]  


Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>Email: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> Website: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives at Boston]
=== Societies  ===
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:This National Archives branch collects Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and '''Vermont''' documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br>
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| [[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|border|thumb|280px|<center>Vermont Historical Society in Barre</center>]]
== Statewide Repositories ==


=== [[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]] ===
*[http://www.genealogyvermont.org Genealogical Society of Vermont]<br>P.O. Box 1553<br>St. Albans, VT 05478
Vermont History Center<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, Vermont 05641<br>Telephone: 802-479-8500<br>Email: [mailto:info@vermonthistory.org info@vermonthistory.org]<br>Website: [http://vermonthistory.org/visit/leahy-library Vermont History Center]
:VHS is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders.<ref name="DB111">Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.</ref>
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:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969. {{WorldCat|679814}}; {{FSC|256180|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.3 A3b; film 908069, item 20; fiche 6046847}}. This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.
:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970. {{WorldCat|679715}}; {{FSC|256212|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.3 A3br; film 908503 item 1}}. This is a continuation of the above guide.
:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society''. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. {{WorldCat|865949996}}; {{FSC|256206|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.3 A3bri; film 908503 item 2}} This is a continuation of the above guide.<br><br>


=== [[Vermont State Archives]] ===
'''New England Historic Genealogical Society'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, MA 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>Internet: [http://www.nehgs.org/ www.nehgs.org]  
1078 Route 2, Middlesex<br>Montpelier, Vermont 05633-7701<br>Telephone: 802-828-2308<br>Email: [mailto:archives@sec.state.vt.us archives@sec.state.vt.us]<br>Website: [https://sos.vermont.gov/vsara/ Vermont State Archives]
:They have original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont.<ref name="DB111" /> This includes all birth, marriages, deaths, and divorces prior to 2012. For vital records 2012 to present contact the Vermont Department of Health.<ref>[https://sos.vermont.gov/vsara/explore/people/vital-records/ Vital Records] in ''Vermont Secretary of State'', accessed 14 March 2021.</ref><br><br>


=== Vermont State Library ===
'''Vermont Historical Society'''<br>109 State Street<br>Montpelier, VT 05609-0901<br>Telephone: 802-828-2291<br>Fax: 802-828-3638<br>Internet: [http://www.state.vt.us/vhs/ www.state.vt.us/vhs/]
109 State Street<br>Montpelier, VT 05609<br>Telephone: 802-828-3261<br>Email: [http://libraries.vermont.gov/contact_us Contact the Department of Libraries] form<br>Website: [http://dol.state.vt.us/ Vermont Department of Libraries]
:Large collection of books with many periodicals and a great historical reference collection.<ref name="DB111" /><br><br>


== Regional Repositories ==
The Family History Library has the following guides to the manuscript and miscellaneous collections of the Vermont Historical Society:
[[Image:Bennington Museum.jpg|thumb|280px|<center>Bennington Museum</center>]]
=== [[Bennington Museum Research Library]] ===
75 Main Street<br>Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885<br>Telephone: 802-447-1571<br>Email: [mailto:tresch@benningtonmuseum.org tresch@benningtonmuseum.org]<br>Website: [http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/library.html Bennington Museum Research Library]
: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.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br>


=== Brattleboro Historical Soc History Center ===
Brigham, Loriman S. ''Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969. (Family History Library {{FHL|256180|item}} book 974.3 A3b; film 908069, item 20; fiche 6046847].) This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.  
[[Image:Municipal Center Brattleboro.jpg|thumb|290px|<center>Brattleboro Municipal Center</center>]]'''Brattleboro Historical Society History Center'''<br>History & Research Room<br>230 Main Street, 3rd floor<br>Brattleboro, VT 05301-6392<br>Telephone: 802-258-4957<br>Email: [mailto:histsoc@sover.net histsoc@sover.net]<br>Website: [http://brattleborohistoricalsociety.org/ Brattleboro Historical Society]
:A good regional library with many genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, maps, indexes, cemeteries, and obituaries.<ref name="DB111" /><br><br>


=== Brooks Memorial Library ===
Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970. (Family History Library {{FHL|256212|item}} book 974.3 A3br; film 908503 item 1].) This is a continuation of the above guide.  
224 Main Street<br>Brattleboro, VT  05301<br>Telephone: 802-254-5290<br>Email: [mailto:info@brookslibraryvt.org info@brookslibraryvt.org]<br>Website: [http://www.brookslibraryvt.org/ Brooks Memorial Library]
:A very big collection of genealogy books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, newspapers, obituaries, biographies, and many indexes to genealogical material.<ref name="DB111" />  Website contains links to some important genealogical websites in their Databases collection.<br><br>


=== Halton Hills Public Library ===
Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society''. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=256206&disp=A+calendar+of+manuscripts+in+document+bo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.3 A3bri; film 908503 item 2].) This is a continuation of the above guide.  
9 Church St, Georgetown<br>Tel: 905-873-2681<br>
TTY: 905-873-0644<br>
Toll Free: 1-877-712-2205 ext. 2502<br>
Website: [https://www.hhpl.on.ca/en/about-us/about-us.aspx Halton Hills Public Library]<br>
Email: [mailto:askus@haltonhills.ca askus@haltonhills.ca]


=== Martha Canfield Library Russell Collection ===
=== Libraries  ===
528 East Arlington Road<br>Arlington, VT 05250<br>Telephone: 802-375-6153<br>Email: [mailto:martha_canfield_lib@hotmail.com martha_canfield_lib@hotmail.com]<br>Website: [http://www.marthacanfieldlibrary.org/russell-collection Russell Collection]
:They have collected many rare books and unique genealogical sources about early Vermont residents. '''''The Russell Collection is open for research on Tuesdays, or call for an appointment'''''.<ref name="DB111" /><br><br>


=== University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library ===
'''Vermont Department of Libraries'''<br>109 State Street<br>Montpelier, VT 05609-0601<br>Telephone: 802-828-3261<br>Fax: 802-828-2199<br>Internet: http://dol.state.vt.us/  
538 Main Street<br>Burlington, VT 05405-0036<br>Telephone: 802-656-2023<br>Fax: 802-656-4038<br>Email: [http://library.uvm.edu/guides/ask/email.php Ask a Librarian] form<br>Website: [https://library.uvm.edu/collections Special Collections Bailey/Howe Library]
:Their holdings include Vermont local histories, oral histories, and Civil War sources.<ref name="DB111" /><br><br>


=== Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society ===
'''Vermont Public Records Division'''<br>General Service Center<br>Reference Research<br>Drawer 33<br>Montpelier, VT 05633-7601<br>Telephone: 802-828-3286<br>Fax: 802-828-3710<br>Internet: http://genealogy.about.com/library/vital/blvermont.htm
'''Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society'''<br> Vermont Genealogy Library<br>57 River Road, Suite 1027<br>
Essex Jct., Vermont 05452<br>Phone: 802-871-5647<br>Email: [mailto:mail@vtgenlib.org mail@vtgenlib.org]<br>Website: [https://www.vtgenlib.org/ Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society]
:Reference books, manuscripts, periodicals and microfiche, published "repertoires" of church record baptisms, marriages, and burials. They have a library and research facilities at Dupont Hall at the Fort Ethan Allen complex, Colchester, Vermont.<br><br>


=== Vermont Old Cemetery Association ===
'''Special Collections Bailey/Howe Library'''<br>University of Vermont<br>Burlington, VT 05405<br>Telephone: 802-656-2020<br>Fax: 802-656-4038<br>Internet: http://library.uvm.edu/about/specialcollections/  
961 Grafton Road<br>Townshend, VT 05353<br>Telephone: 802-365-7937<br>Website: [http://www.voca58.org/ Vermont Old Cemetery Association]
:Statewide coverage of most cemetery records for all of Vermont including great indexes.<ref name="DB111" /><br><br>


== Out of State Repositories ==
=== Repository Guides  ===
[[Image:Albany Institute of History and Art.png|border|thumb|280px|<center>Albany Institute of History and Art NY</center>]]
=== [[Albany Institute of History and Art]] ===
125 Washington Avenue<br>Albany, New York 12210<br>Telephone: 518-463-4478<br>Email: [mailto:information@albanyinstitute.org information@albanyinstitute.org]
:This is the best collection of indexes and original records for "old" Albany County, New York, part of which included what is now all of Vermont. During the 1600s many families which started in Connecticut later migrated into '''Vermont''' and upstate New York.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><br>
[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Allen Co Public Lib IN]]
=== [[Allen County Public Library]] ===
900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, IN 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> Email: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Website: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL]
:Allen County Public Library is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great '''Vermont''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br>


=== [[American Antiquarian Society]] ===
Repository guides list libraries, museums, or historical societies and the holdings of each:
[[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|thumb|280px|<center>American Antiquarian Society Worcester MA</center>]]185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>Email: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society]
:They have many '''Vermont''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. The AAS is best known for their U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, and manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref><br><br>


=== Columbia County Historical Society ===
''A Guide to Vermont’s Repositories.'' Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont State Archives, 1986. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=491531&disp=A+Guide+to+Vermont%27s+repositories%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.3 A3g].) This guide gives addresses, phone numbers, brief descriptions of holdings, years covered, hours, copying facilities, and whether they accept mail-in requests. It includes an index.  
Barbara P. Reilly Memorial Library<br>5 Albany Avenue<br>Kinderhook, NY 12106<br>CCHS Telephone: 518-758-9265<br>Library Email: [mailto:Library@CCHSNY.org Library@CCHSNY.org]<br>Website: [http://www.cchsny.org/resources--archives.html Barbara P. Reilly Memorial Library]
:The Barbara P. Reilly Memorial Library has a large collection of family folders for early settlers, including many from '''Vermont''' and New England (Columbia County is on the Hudson River along the main route from New England into upstate New York).<ref name="DB111" /><br><br>
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|215px|<center>NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston</center>]]
=== [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] ===
'''NEHGS'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone:  617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax:  617-536-7307<br>Email:  [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Website: [https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx AmericanAncestors.org]
:Best overall collection for New England (and '''Vermont''') vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society New England Historic Genealogical Society] in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia''  (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br><br>


== FamilySearch Centers ==
''Basic Sources for Vermont Historical Research.'' Montpelier, Vermont: Secretary of State, 1981? (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=173697&disp=Basic+sources+for+Vermont+historical+res%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.3 A1] no.44.) This guide provides names of officers, addresses, telephone numbers, hours, and brief descriptions of collections and services at six repositories in Vermont.  
Some of the above collections are partially duplicated at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] and its branch '''[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]''' around the world. Most centers can help you by:
*Giving you limited, personal, one-on-one research suggestions (but they do not do research for you)
*Providing access to genealogical records through the premium online Internet '''[[FamilySearch Center Portal|FamilySearch Center Portal]]''' for free.
*Offering free how-to classes (varies by location)
*Fostering contact between genealogical enthusiasts
There are several [[:Category:Vermont FamilySearch Centers|centers located in Vermont]], ''for example:'' 
::[[Newport Vermont FamilySearch Center]]<br>283 James St.<br>Morris Township, NJ<br>Telephone: 973-539-5362.
:::Each center is staffed by volunteers and has varying hours and services. Telephone in advance to verify their hours.
To locate one of these 4,500 centers in your own neighborhood, see [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a FamilySearch Center].<br><br>


== For Further Reading ==
=== Websites ===


*''A Guide to Vermont’s Repositories.'' Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont State Archives, 1986. {{FSC|491531|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.3 A3g}} {{WorldCat|13729364|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} This guide gives addresses, phone numbers, brief descriptions of holdings, years covered, hours, copying facilities, and whether they accept mail-in requests. It includes an index.  
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Vermont in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. Much of the information is available at little or no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways to additional sites:  
*''Basic Sources for Vermont Historical Research.'' Montpelier, Vermont: Secretary of State, 1981? (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|173697|title-id|disp=974.3 A1}} no.44.) {{WorldCat|9685125|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat}} This guide provides names of officers, addresses, telephone numbers, hours, and brief descriptions of collections and services at six repositories in Vermont.
*Leclerc, Michael J., editor. ''Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research''. Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. {{FSC|1967587|disp=FS Catalog book 974 D27g 2012}} {{WorldCat|779626228|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}<br><br>


== References  ==
'''FamilySearch™'''


{{reflist}}
FamilySearch™ Internet Genealogy Service [database online]. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 22 March 1999 [cited 10 August 1999]. Available at [http://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]; At this site you can access the Family History Library Catalog, Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index, SourceGuide, lists of Family History Centers, web sites related to family history, and lists of researchers interested in similar genealogical topics. You can also learn about and order Family History Library publications.


{{Vermont}}
'''Cyndi's List'''


[[Category:Vermont_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives]] [[Category:United_States_Repositories]]
Howells, Cyndi. "U.S.- Vermont- VT." In Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [database online]. Puyallup, Washington: Cyndi Howells, 10 August 1999 [cited 12 August 1999]. Available at [http://www.cyndislist.com/vt.htm Cyndi's List - U.S. Vermont] . This site lists more links to other Vermont genealogical sites and describes more resources than any other site on the Internet.
[[Category:Vermont Cultural Groups]]
 
*'''[http://www.usgwarchives.net The USGenWeb Archives]'''
 
A cooperative effort of transcribers and file managers to maintain database of transcriptions from various sources, usually of public domain origin.
 
*'''[http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ Roots-L]'''
 
A mailing list of queries and answers, going back to December 1987.
 
''United States Resources: Vermont''. In RootsWeb [database online]. N.p., 12 July 1999 [cited 10 August 1999]. [http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/vt.html http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/vt.html.] This site contains a useful list of sites and resources and includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.
 
''VTGenExchange''. In Genealogical Exchange and Surname Registry [database online]. N.p., 1996–99 [cited 23 August 1999]. This site brings searchable data to genealogists, including databases (church, cemetery, census, land, immigration, naturalization, and vital records), directories, historical accounts, mailing lists, queries, and names of local surname researchers and look-up volunteers.
 
Further inventories and other information about Vermont archives and libraries can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:
 
VERMONT- ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
 
VERMONT, [COUNTY]- ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
 
VERMONT, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
 
[[Category:Vermont|Archives]]

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United States  Gotoarrow.png  Vermont  Gotoarrow.png  Archives and Libraries

Many archives and libraries have resources such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids to help you locate information about Vermont. They may have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state.

Archives[edit | edit source]

Vermont State Archives
26 Terrace Street
Drawer 9
Montpelier, VT 05609-1103
Telephone: 802-828-2308
Fax: 802-828-2465
Internet: www.sec.state.vt.us/

National Archives—Northeast Region (Boston)
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02452-6399
Telephone: 781-663-0130
Fax: 781-663-0154
Internet: http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/

National Archives—Northeast Region (Pittsfield)
10 Conte Drive
Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230
Telephone: 413-236-3600
Fax: 413-236-3609
Internet: http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/

Societies[edit | edit source]

New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116-3007
Telephone: 617-536-5740
Fax: 617-536-7307
Internet: www.nehgs.org

Vermont Historical Society
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-0901
Telephone: 802-828-2291
Fax: 802-828-3638
Internet: www.state.vt.us/vhs/

The Family History Library has the following guides to the manuscript and miscellaneous collections of the Vermont Historical Society:

Brigham, Loriman S. Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969. (Family History Library FHL Collection book 974.3 A3b; film 908069, item 20; fiche 6046847].) This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.

Brigham, Loriman S. A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970. (Family History Library FHL Collection book 974.3 A3br; film 908503 item 1].) This is a continuation of the above guide.

Brigham, Loriman S. A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. (Family History Library book 974.3 A3bri; film 908503 item 2.) This is a continuation of the above guide.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Vermont Department of Libraries
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-0601
Telephone: 802-828-3261
Fax: 802-828-2199
Internet: http://dol.state.vt.us/

Vermont Public Records Division
General Service Center
Reference Research
Drawer 33
Montpelier, VT 05633-7601
Telephone: 802-828-3286
Fax: 802-828-3710
Internet: http://genealogy.about.com/library/vital/blvermont.htm

Special Collections Bailey/Howe Library
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
Telephone: 802-656-2020
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Repository Guides[edit | edit source]

Repository guides list libraries, museums, or historical societies and the holdings of each:

A Guide to Vermont’s Repositories. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont State Archives, 1986. (Family History Library book 974.3 A3g.) This guide gives addresses, phone numbers, brief descriptions of holdings, years covered, hours, copying facilities, and whether they accept mail-in requests. It includes an index.

Basic Sources for Vermont Historical Research. Montpelier, Vermont: Secretary of State, 1981? (Family History Library 974.3 A1 no.44.) This guide provides names of officers, addresses, telephone numbers, hours, and brief descriptions of collections and services at six repositories in Vermont.

Websites[edit | edit source]

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Vermont in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. Much of the information is available at little or no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways to additional sites:

FamilySearch™

FamilySearch™ Internet Genealogy Service [database online]. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 22 March 1999 [cited 10 August 1999]. Available at FamilySearch; At this site you can access the Family History Library Catalog, Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index, SourceGuide, lists of Family History Centers, web sites related to family history, and lists of researchers interested in similar genealogical topics. You can also learn about and order Family History Library publications.

Cyndi's List

Howells, Cyndi. "U.S.- Vermont- VT." In Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [database online]. Puyallup, Washington: Cyndi Howells, 10 August 1999 [cited 12 August 1999]. Available at Cyndi's List - U.S. Vermont . This site lists more links to other Vermont genealogical sites and describes more resources than any other site on the Internet.

A cooperative effort of transcribers and file managers to maintain database of transcriptions from various sources, usually of public domain origin.

A mailing list of queries and answers, going back to December 1987.

United States Resources: Vermont. In RootsWeb [database online]. N.p., 12 July 1999 [cited 10 August 1999]. http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/vt.html. This site contains a useful list of sites and resources and includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

VTGenExchange. In Genealogical Exchange and Surname Registry [database online]. N.p., 1996–99 [cited 23 August 1999]. This site brings searchable data to genealogists, including databases (church, cemetery, census, land, immigration, naturalization, and vital records), directories, historical accounts, mailing lists, queries, and names of local surname researchers and look-up volunteers.

Further inventories and other information about Vermont archives and libraries can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:

VERMONT- ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

VERMONT, [COUNTY]- ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

VERMONT, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

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