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Probate records are court records created after a person’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of | Probate records are court records created after a person’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of an estate to heirs or creditors and the care of dependents. They may include information such as a person’s death date, names of family members (including married daughters), family relationships, and residences. You may also learn about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. These documents are important to family history researchers because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept. For further information about probate records see the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Probate_Records United States Probate Records] page. | ||
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United States 
Vermont Probate Records
History[edit | edit source]
Probate records of Vermont are kept by probate courts. The records include wills, inventories, estates, guardianships, name changes, adoptions, and relinquishments. There are 14 counties and 18 probate districts in Vermont. The four southern counties (Bennington, Rutland, Windham, and Windsor) have two probate courts each. You can obtain copies of the records by contacting the clerk of the appropriate probate district.
Adoption cases over 99 years old are open to the public.
Record Synopsis[edit | edit source]
Probate records are court records created after a person’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of an estate to heirs or creditors and the care of dependents. They may include information such as a person’s death date, names of family members (including married daughters), family relationships, and residences. You may also learn about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. These documents are important to family history researchers because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept. For further information about probate records see the United States Probate Records page.
Availability[edit | edit source]
For the addresses of the probate district courts, see:
- Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research
You can find similar information in:
- Vermont Probate Districts. In VTGenWeb [database online]. N.p., 12 August 1999 [cited 25 August 1999]. Available at www.rootsweb.com/~vtgenweb/probate.htm. This site lists the counties, brief county history sketches, each probate district with its address, telephone number, and office hours.
Major Repositories[edit | edit source]
- Vermont Courthouses. For current address and telephone information for Vermont probate district courts, visit the "Vermont Probate Court" page at http://www.vermontjudiciary.org/GTC/probate/default.aspx.
- The Family History Library has significant holdings of Vermont probate records available on microfilm. They can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Place Search under: VERMONT, [COUNTY]- PROBATE RECORDS or VERMONT, [COUNTY]- GUARDIANSHIP.
- General Services and Records Center
- The New England Historic Genealogical Society has pre-1850 Vermont probate records available on microfilm.
Statewide Record Collections[edit | edit source]
Vermont probate files or packets are being digitized and made available at http://labs.familysearch.org/.
References[edit | edit source]
Vermont Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.