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| *'''1600s-1900s''' {{RecordSearch|1409123|Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900}} at FamilySearch — [[Vermont Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images; ''Also at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60209/ Ancestry] ($), | | *'''1600s-1900s''' {{RecordSearch|1409123|Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900}} at FamilySearch — [[Vermont Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images; ''Also at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60209/ Ancestry] ($), |
| *'''1688-1786''' {{FSC|63489|item|disp=New York Land Patents 1688-1786: Covering Land now Included in the State of Vermont (Not Including Military Patents)}}(*) Vermont. Secretary of State, & Mary Greene Nye at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | | *'''1688-1786''' {{FSC|63489|item|disp=New York Land Patents 1688-1786: Covering Land now Included in the State of Vermont (Not Including Military Patents)}}(*) Vermont. Secretary of State, & Mary Greene Nye at FamilySearch Catalog - images only |
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| *'''1797-1799''' {{FSC|43041|item|disp=General petitions, 1797-1799}}(*) Vermont. Secretary of State, & Allen Soule, editor at FamilySearch Catalog - images only | | *'''1797-1799''' {{FSC|43041|item|disp=General petitions, 1797-1799}}(*) Vermont. Secretary of State, & Allen Soule, editor at FamilySearch Catalog - images only |
| *[https://sos.vermont.gov/vsara/explore/places/lotting-plans/ Vermont Archives Lotting Plans Maps Database]. | | *[https://sos.vermont.gov/vsara/explore/places/lotting-plans/ Vermont Archives Lotting Plans Maps Database]. |
| | *[https://sos.vermont.gov/vsara/about/publications/state-papers/ State Papers of Vermont and Miscellaneous Archives Publications] at Vermont State Archives & Records Administration - lists with a descriptive title the various volumes of the State Papers of Vermont. |
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| === Introduction === | | === Vermont Land Records === |
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| Land records are primarily used to learn where a person lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other family information as well, such as the name of a spouse, an heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn a person’s previous residences, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues for further research. | | Land records are primarily used to learn where a person lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other family information as well, such as the name of a spouse, an heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn a person’s previous residences, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues for further research. |
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| After 1777, land records are in the town clerk's office. Most records have been microfilmed and are available in central repositories such as the [http://www.vermonthistory.org Vermont Historical Society] and the FamilySearch Library. | | After 1777, land records are in the town clerk's office. Most records have been microfilmed and are available in central repositories such as the [http://www.vermonthistory.org Vermont Historical Society] and the FamilySearch Library. |
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| === Early Landholders === | | === Early Landholders === |
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| Vermont’s first landholders were called proprietors. There are many proprietors’ records in the [[Vermont Town Records|town records]] of each town. Most of these records are available at the [http://www.bgs.state.vt.us/gsc/pubrec/referen/ Vermont Public Records Division, General Services Center.] Vermont is a state-land state. After the Revolutionary War, the land was controlled and dispersed by the state government. | | Vermont’s first landholders were called proprietors. There are many proprietors’ records in the [[Vermont Town Records|town records]] of each town. Most of these records are available at the [http://www.bgs.state.vt.us/gsc/pubrec/referen/ Vermont Public Records Division, General Services Center.] Vermont is a state-land state. After the Revolutionary War, the land was controlled and dispersed by the state government. |
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| *[[Vermont Town Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|Vermont Town Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
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