Vermont Biographies: Difference between revisions

''{{VT-sidebar}}''[[United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Vermont Genealogy|Vermont]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Vermont_Biography|Biography]]'' Biographies provide useful genealogical information such as: *A person’s birth date and place *Names of family members, including maiden names *Education *Occupation *Social, political, and religious affiliation *Previous residences *Immigration information *A physical description of the person (sometimes) Biographies are the product of family knowledge or previous research. State and county histories often have short biographies of early settlers and prominent citizens of a state, county, or town. Local histories may contain biographical sketches of lesser-known people. The [http://www.uvm.edu/ University of Vermont at Burlington] and the [http://www.vermonthistory.org/ Vermont Historical Society] have the largest and most representative collections of biographical materials. The Family History Library collection includes biographies of civil and military leaders and pioneers.