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[http://vermont-archives.org/ '''Vermont State Archives''']<br>1078 Route 2, Middlesex<br>Montpelier, Vermont 05633-7701<br>Telephone: 802-828-3700  
[http://vermont-archives.org/ '''Vermont State Archives''']<br>1078 Route 2, Middlesex<br>Montpelier, Vermont 05633-7701<br>Telephone: 802-828-3700  


[http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/index.html '''National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)''']<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399 <br>Telephone: 781-663-0144 or toll free: 866-406-2379<br>Fax: 781-663-0154<br>  
[[Image:NARA Boston.jpg|right|200px|NARA Boston.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Boston]]'''<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives at Boston]<br><br>  


The National Archives—Northeast Region (Boston) has records created by federal agencies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The archives has microfilms of all available federal census records, many naturalization records, passenger arrival lists, military records, and other historical resources. [[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)|Learn more]].  
:Collects Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and '''Vermont''' documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>


=== Libraries  ===
=== Libraries  ===


'''[[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]]'''<br>
'''[[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]]'''<br>Vermont History Center<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, VT 05641<br>Telephone: 802-479-8500<br>Internet: [http://vermonthistory.org/visit/leahy-library Vermont History Center]
[http://www.vermonthistory.org/ '''Vermont History Center''']<br>Vermont Historical Society<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, VT 05641<br>Telephone: 802-479-8500  


Guides to the manuscript and miscellaneous collections of the Vermont Historical Society:  
:VHS is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents  because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders.<ref name="DB111">Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.</ref><br><br>
 
:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969. {{WorldCat|679814}}; {{FHL|256180|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3b; film 908069, item 20; fiche 6046847}}. This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.  
*Brigham, Loriman S. ''Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969. {{FHL|256180|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3b; film 908069, item 20; fiche 6046847}} {{WorldCat|679814|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}} This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.  
:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970. {{WorldCat|679715}}; {{FHL|256212|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3br; film 908503 item 1}}. This is a continuation of the above guide.  
*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society.'' Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970. {{FHL|256212|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3br; film 908503 item 1}} {{WorldCat|679715|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}} This is a continuation of the above guide.  
:*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society''. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. {{WorldCat|865949996}}; {{FHL|256206|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3bri; film 908503 item 2}} This is a continuation of the above guide.
*Brigham, Loriman S. ''A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society''. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. {{FHL|256206|item|disp=FHL book 974.3 A3bri; film 908503 item 2}} This is a continuation of the above guide.


[http://dol.state.vt.us/ '''Vermont Department of Libraries''']<br>109 State Street<br>Montpelier, VT 05609<br>Telephone: 802-828-3261  
[http://dol.state.vt.us/ '''Vermont Department of Libraries''']<br>109 State Street<br>Montpelier, VT 05609<br>Telephone: 802-828-3261  
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:[[Rutland Vermont Family History Center|'''Rutland Vermont Family History Center''']]<br>637 N Shrewsbury Road<br>North Clarendon, Vermont<br>Telephone: 802-773-8346
:[[Rutland Vermont Family History Center|'''Rutland Vermont Family History Center''']]<br>637 N Shrewsbury Road<br>North Clarendon, Vermont<br>Telephone: 802-773-8346
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=== Repository Guides  ===
=== Repository Guides  ===


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=== Vermont Online Records  ===
=== Vermont Online Records  ===
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=== Web Sites  ===


You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from New Jersey in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Much of the information is available at little or no cost. Addresses on the Internet are subject to frequent changes. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:
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[http://www.familysearch.org/ '''FamilySearch'''] - At this site you can access digitized historical records, the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], lists of [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]], and other resources related to family history.
=== References  ===


[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtgenweb/VT_History.htm '''VTGenWeb'''] - a cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country
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[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/vt/ '''CyndisList'''] - a major portal linking to a variety of family history sites
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