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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.^[3]

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Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

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

Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, including New England genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, and passenger lists.^[4]
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.^[5]
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.^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
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.^[9]
Vermont State Archives, Montpelier, original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont.^[9]
Vermont State Library, Montpelier, Large collection of books with many periodicals and a great historical reference collection.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[9]
Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, genealogy books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, newspapers, obituaries, biographies, and many indexes.^[9]
Martha Canfield Library Russell Collection, Arlington VT, many rare books and unique genealogical sources. Call for an appointment.^[9]
University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library, Burlington VT, holdings include Vermont local histories, oral histories, and Civil War sources.^[9]
Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society, Colchester VT, reference books, manuscripts, periodicals and microfiche, published "repertoires" of church record baptisms, marriages, and burials.^[11]
Vermont Old Cemetery Association, Townshend VT, statewide coverage of most cemetery records for all of Vermont including good indexes.^[9]
State Vital Records Office
Church archives
Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and in Canada: Quebec.
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester MA, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. ^[12]
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.^[9]

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Library in Bennington Museum (accessed 19 September 2015).
↑ Visitor's Information in Bennington Museum (accessed 19 September 2015).
↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25, and 111. WorldCat 39493985. FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
↑ Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.
↑ "New England Historic Genealogical Society" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).
↑ Using the NEHGS Library in American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 ^9.7 ^9.8 Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.
↑ Vermont Genealogy Library in Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Library (accessed 22 September 2015).
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.

[Lib-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Library in Bennington Museum (accessed 19 September 2015).

[2] Visitor's Information in Bennington Museum (accessed 19 September 2015).

[3] William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25, and 111. WorldCat 39493985. FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.

[4] Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).

[DB124-5] Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.

[Wik-6] "New England Historic Genealogical Society" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).

[7] Using the NEHGS Library in American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).

[DB55759-8] Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.

[DB111-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 ^9.7 ^9.8 Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.

[DB25-10] Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.

[11] Vermont Genealogy Library in Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Library (accessed 22 September 2015).

[DB59-12] Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.

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-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>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25, and 111. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
+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>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25, and 111. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
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