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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.  
== Record Finder Table for Vermont ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
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.


#In column 1 find the category closest to your research goal.
== List of Topics ==
#In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
This Record Finder table links to the Vermont topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
#In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
#Look in the section of these Wiki pages that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the ''Place Search'' of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]]. Some records are not at the library.


'''Note: '''Records of previous research—genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies—are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.
===Vital Events ===
 
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|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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|-
| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Probate Records, Town Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Court Records, Census, Vital Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
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|-
| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Census, [[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Vital Records Military Records,
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Town Records, Military Records, Biography, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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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| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Vital Records, Church Records  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Census, Military Records, Town Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Maps, Gazetteers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History, Societies
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital 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]]
|-
|-
| Children
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Census, Probate Records, Vital Records, Genealogy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Town Records, Church Records, Land and Property, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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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|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Vital Records, Biography  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
*[[Vermont Directories|Directories]]
*[[Vermont Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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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| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Biography, Military Records, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Vital Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Town Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, Newspapers, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Divorce
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Town Records, Vital Records, Court Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Newspapers, Census
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital 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)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
| Ethnic background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Residence
| History, Periodicals, Gazetteers, Town Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Maps, Land and Property, Church Records
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[Vermont Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Vermont Directories|Directories]]
*[[Vermont Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Vermont Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Maps, Biography, Minorities, Court Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Probate Records, Directories, Town Records, Census
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, Newspapers, Land and Property
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Maiden name
*[[African American Resources for Vermont|African Americans]]
| Vital Records, Probate Records, Church Records
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Vermont|Indigenous Peoples]]
| Town Records, Military Records, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
|-
*[[Vermont Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Vital Records, Census, Church Records, Town Records
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
| Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Bible Records, Probate Records, Newspapers
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
*[[Vermont Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| Naturalization
*[[Vermont Societies|Societies]]
| 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
| align="left" | Occupation
| Vital Records, Census, Church Records, Town Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, Biography, Genealogy, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Census|Census]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Religion
| Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography
*[[Vermont Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Vermont Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Vermont Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| Maps, Gazetteers, History
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Archives and Libraries, Societies
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Physical description
| Census, Military Records, Town Records, Taxation, Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Public Records
*[[Vermont Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Vermont Biography|Biography]]
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Census, Vital Records, Military Records  
*[[Vermont Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Taxation, Directories, Bible Records
*[[Vermont Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[Vermont Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| 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
|}
|}
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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