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Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, may give

Birth and death dates
Age at death
Name of spouse and children
Maiden names.
Birthplace
Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations.
Family members buried nearby.

Locating Cemeteries and Cemetery Records[edit | edit source]

The following book helps you locate where cemeteries can be found in Vermont:

Burial Grounds of Vermont. Townshend, Vermont: Vermont Old Cemetery Association, 1991. (Family History Library book 974.3 V34b.) This source contains 485 pages of cemetery listings with detailed maps. The lists are arranged by county, then by town. They include the first and last burial dates in the cemetery, approximate number of burials in each lot, and the condition of the lots.

For a bibliography of Vermont cemetery record transcripts, see:

Nichols, Joann H. Index to Known Cemetery Listings in Vermont. Third Edition. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society, 1995. (Family History Library book 974.3 V32n; 2nd ed.; fiche 6093892.) This bibliography is arranged by county, town, and then by cemetery name. Next to each cemetery’s name is a code you can use to locate the cemetery transcript. It also includes many Family History Library microfilms.

Most Vermont gravestones from earliest times to 1870 have been transcribed and are found in the Vermont Secretary of State’s General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870.

Internet Tombstone Transcripts and Index[edit | edit source]

Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions (abstracts). The USGenWeb Archives have headstone abstracts from five cemeteries listed on their Internet site at:

Chase, Scott. The Vermont Tombstone Transcription Project. In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [database on-line]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 22 June 1999 [cited 11 August 1999]. This is a county-by-county list of cemeteries, available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/vermont/vermont.html. Abstracted cemeteries are indexed in:

“Search the USGenWeb Archives Digital Library” In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [database on-line]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 22 September 1997 [cited 24 August 1999]. Available at www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm. This web site indexes cemetery abstracts and other items. Select the state of interest, type the name of the ancestor you seek in the “Query” field, and click Search. For best results, use the “Search Tips” and examples at the bottom of the web page. The computer will list any matches it finds and give you the option of viewing the full transcript.

Cemetery Transcripts[edit | edit source]

The Genealogical Society of Vermont has published many cemetery transcriptions in their quarterly Branches and Twigs. See Vermont Periodicals for more information.

Some cemetery records are available for Vermont.

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) copied many tombstone records. Their collection Vermont Genealogy is on microfilm at the Family History Library. It includes cemetery records for Addison, Bennington, Grand Isle, Rutland, and Windsor counties, and the towns of Dover, Bristol, Fairfax, Hardwick, Middlebury, Poultney, Pomfret, Putney, Shelburne, Waterville, Vergennes, and Waltham.

Index to James N. Arnold Tombstone Records’ Collection. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. (On 12 Family History Library films beginning with 1819819.) This index is arranged alphabetically by surname and covers tombstone records in Vermont, and other states.

The Veterans Affairs Office of the Vermont Adjutant General has a veterans’ grave registration card file for veterans of wars from the American Revolution through World War I. Over 6,000 Revolutionary War veterans’ graves are listed by town in:

Crockett, Walter H. Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in Vermont, and Anecdotes and Incidents Relating to Some of Them. 1903–4. Reprint, Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, 198–?. (Family History Library book 974.3 M2cw; Family History Library fiche 6078110.) This book lists by town the names of those buried and includes a list of 3,196 pensioners arranged by county.

The Vermont Historical Society has a 14-drawer collection of grave registrations for soldiers of any war buried in Vermont. It has not been updated since it was created by the WPA before World War II.

Original records for cemeteries, tombstone inscriptions, and burial and removal permits are usually found in each town clerk’s office. See Vermont Town Records.

Several periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Vermont cemeteries. These are referenced in the “Places” section of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), described in Vermont Periodicals.

For more information on cemetery records, see United States Cemeteries. To find more sources in the Family History Library Catalog, use a Place Search under:

VERMONT- CEMETERIES
VERMONT, [COUNTY]- CEMETERIES
VERMONT, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CEMETERIES

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

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-==Online Resources==
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-| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Online Cemetery Resources for Vermont'''</center>
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-| width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
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-*[https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
-*{{RecordSearch|2221801|Find a Grave Index}} at FamilySearch - [[Find a Grave Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
-*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current] at [https://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
-*[https://billiongraves.com/search# BillionGraves]
-*{{RecordSearch|2026973|BillionGraves Index}} at FamilySearch - [[BillionGraves Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
-*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-billion-graves-index BillionGraves Index] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($)
-*{{RecordSearch|2579610|United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use This Collection]]
-*{{RecordSearch|1675549|Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965}} at FamilySearch - [[Vermont Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
-*[https://accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/vermont-cemetery-records.htm Vermont Cemetery Records] at [https://accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy]
-*[http://www.interment.net/us/vt/index.htm Vermont Cemetery Records] at [http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Interment]
-*[http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/cemetery-records-vermont.htm Vermont Cemetery Records] at [http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/index.html New Horizons Genealogy]
-*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/vermont/vermont.html VermontTombstone Transcription Project] at [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/registry.html USGenWeb Transcription Project]
-*[https://www.deathindexes.com/vermont/index.html Online Vermont Obituary and Cemetery Indexes] at [https://www.deathindexes.com/index.html DeathIndexes]
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-| width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the State'''</center>
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-*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Vermont?id=state_49 Vermont Cemeteries] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
-*[https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery BillionGraves] - type Vermont in the search box
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Vermont,%20United%20States&reqParents=361&reqParentsLabel=State&reqParentsType=362&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Vermont,%20United%20States&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
-*[https://vermonthistory.org/documents/digital/CemeteryIndex5.pdf Index to Known Cemetery Listings in Vermont] at [https://vermonthistory.org/ Vermont History]
-*[https://vermont.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Vermont Cemeteries] at [https://www.hometownlocator.com/ Hometown Locator]
-*[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/vt.html Vermont Cemeteries] at [http://www.idreamof.com/index.html I Dream of Genealogy]
-*[https://ldsgenealogy.com/VT/Cemetery-Records.htm Vermont Cemeteries] at [https://ldsgenealogy.com/index.htm LDSGenealogy]
-*[http://www.voca58.org/cemeteries/index.php VOCA Cemetery Database] at [http://www.voca58.org/index.html Vermont Old Cemetery Association]
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-| width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''Jewish Cemeteries '''</center>
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-*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=jewish&cemetery-loc=vermont&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_49 Jewish Cemeteries in Vermont] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
-*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=hebrew&cemetery-loc=vermont&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=state_49 Hebrew Cemeteries in Vermont] at [https://www.findagrave.com Find-A-Grave]
-*[https://iajgscemetery.org/usa/vermont-vt/ Vermont Jewish Cemetery Project] at [https://iajgscemetery.org/ International Jewish Cemetery Project]
-*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1411/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] at [https://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] - grave search
-*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry] by [https://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen]<br>''Click the USA folder, State folder, City folder and cemetery name''
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-| width="20%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''Military Cemeteries '''</center>
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-*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/green_mount.asp Green Mount Cemetery Soldiers' Lot] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/104036/green-mount-cemetery Find-A-Grave]
-*[https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/prospecthill_vt.asp Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/641557/prospect-hill-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Prospect-Hill-Cemetery/133827 BillionGraves]
-*Vermont Veterans Home War Memorial Cemetery — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2212165/vermont-veterans-home-cemetery Find-A-Grave]
-*[https://veterans.vermont.gov/office-veterans-affairs/programs-administered-office-veterans-affairs/vermont-veterans-memorial Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery] — [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/603489/vermont-veterans-memorial-cemetery Find-A-Grave] [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Vermont-Veterans-Memorial-Cemetery/180931 BillionGraves]
-:''For more [[United States Military Cemetery Records|military burial databases]].''
-|}
-== Additional Resources at the FamilySearch Library ==
+Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, may give
-To find cemetery records for ''Vermont'' in the FamilySearch Catalog follow these steps:<br>
-#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+*Birth and death dates
-#Enter: '''Vermont''' in the Place box
+*Age at death
-#Click on: '''Search'''
+*Name of spouse and children
-#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
+*Maiden names.
+*Birthplace
+*Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations.
+*Family members buried nearby.
-To search for cemeteries at the county level follow directions below
+=== Locating Cemeteries and Cemetery Records  ===
-#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+The following book helps you locate where cemeteries can be found in [[Vermont|Vermont]]:
-#Enter: '''Vermont''' in the Place box
-#Click on: '''Search'''
-#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-#Click on: '''Places within Vermont'''
-#Click on the county you want to search
-#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-To search for cemeteries at the town level, follow directions below.
+''Burial Grounds of Vermont''. Townshend, Vermont: Vermont Old Cemetery Association, 1991. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=633938&disp=Burial+grounds+of+Vermont%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.3 V34b].) This source contains 485 pages of cemetery listings with detailed maps. The lists are arranged by county, then by town. They include the first and last burial dates in the cemetery, approximate number of burials in each lot, and the condition of the lots.
-#Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+For a bibliography of Vermont cemetery record transcripts, see:
-#Enter: '''Vermont''' in the Place box
-#Click on: '''Search'''
-#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-#Click on: '''Places within Vermont'''
-#Click on the county you want to search
-#Click on '''Places within United States, Vermont, county name'''
-#Click on the town you want to search
-#Click on: '''Cemeteries'''
-== Additional Resources ==
+Nichols, Joann H. ''Index to Known Cemetery Listings in Vermont''. Third Edition. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society, 1995. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=authordetails&authorno=38745&name=Nichols%2C+Joann+H%2E&columns=*,0,0 book 974.3 V32n; 2nd ed.; fiche 6093892].) This bibliography is arranged by county, town, and then by cemetery name. Next to each cemetery’s name is a code you can use to locate the cemetery transcript. It also includes many Family History Library microfilms.
-*[https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-library-catalog DAR Library Catalog] has cemetery books. Do a keyword search for Vermont cemetery.
-*[https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat.org] - Do a search for Vermont Cemetery.
-{{Vermont2}}
+Most Vermont gravestones from earliest times to 1870 have been transcribed and are found in the Vermont Secretary of State’s General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870.
-[[Category:Vermont, United States]]
+=== Internet Tombstone Transcripts and Index  ===
-[[Category:United States Cemeteries]]
+Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions (abstracts). The USGenWeb Archives have headstone abstracts from five cemeteries listed on their Internet site at:
+Chase, Scott. ''The Vermont Tombstone Transcription Project''. In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [database on-line]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 22 June 1999 [cited 11 August 1999]. This is a county-by-county list of cemeteries, available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/vermont/vermont.html. Abstracted cemeteries are indexed in:
+“Search the USGenWeb Archives Digital Library” In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [database on-line]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 22 September 1997 [cited 24 August 1999]. Available at [http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm]. This web site indexes cemetery abstracts and other items. Select the state of interest, type the name of the ancestor you seek in the “Query” field, and click Search. For best results, use the “Search Tips” and examples at the bottom of the web page. The computer will list any matches it finds and give you the option of viewing the full transcript.
+=== Cemetery Transcripts  ===
+The Genealogical Society of Vermont has published many cemetery transcriptions in their quarterly Branches and Twigs. See [[Vermont Periodicals]] for more information.
+Some cemetery records are available for Vermont.
+The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) copied many tombstone records. Their collection [[Vermont Genealogy]] is on microfilm at the Family History Library. It includes cemetery records for Addison, Bennington, Grand Isle, Rutland, and Windsor counties, and the towns of Dover, Bristol, Fairfax, Hardwick, Middlebury, Poultney, Pomfret, Putney, Shelburne, Waterville, Vergennes, and Waltham.
+''Index to James N. Arnold Tombstone Records’ Collection''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. (On 12 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=641346&disp=Index+to+James+N.+Arnold+tombstone+rec++ 1819819].) This index is arranged alphabetically by surname and covers tombstone records in Vermont, and other states.
+The Veterans Affairs Office of the Vermont Adjutant General has a veterans’ grave registration card file for veterans of wars from the American Revolution through World War I. Over 6,000 Revolutionary War veterans’ graves are listed by town in:
+Crockett, Walter H. ''Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in Vermont, and Anecdotes and Incidents Relating to Some of Them''. 1903–4. Reprint, Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Antiquarian Books, 198–?. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=651817&disp=Soldiers+of+the+Revolutionary+War+buried++ book 974.3 M2cw; Family History Library fiche 6078110].) This book lists by town the names of those buried and includes a list of 3,196 pensioners arranged by county.
+The Vermont Historical Society has a 14-drawer collection of grave registrations for soldiers of any war buried in Vermont. It has not been updated since it was created by the WPA before World War II.
+Original records for cemeteries, tombstone inscriptions, and burial and removal permits are usually found in each town clerk’s office. See [[Vermont Town Records]].
+Several periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Vermont cemeteries. These are referenced in the “Places” section of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), described in [[Vermont Periodicals]].
+For more information on cemetery records, see [[United States Cemeteries]]. To find more sources in the Family History Library Catalog, use a Place Search under:
+VERMONT- CEMETERIES<br>VERMONT, [COUNTY]- CEMETERIES<br>VERMONT, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CEMETERIES
+== Web Sites  ==
+*http://www.interment.net/US/vt/
+{{Vermont2|Vermont}}
+[[Category:Vermont|Cemeteries]]