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Contact Information
E-mail:[1] tresch@benningtonmuseum.org
Address:[1]
- 75 Main Street
- Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885
Telephone:[1] 802-447-1571
Hours and holidays:[1] Monday through Thursday: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Directions, maps, and public transportation:[2] Directions and Map
Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description
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
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
- 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.[4]
- 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.[5]
- Vermont State Archives, Montpelier, original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont.[5]
- Vermont State Library, Montpelier, Large collection of books with many periodicals and a great historical reference collection.[5]
Similar Collections
- National Personnel Records Center
- LC
- FHL
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: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
- State Vital Records Office
- State Historical Society
- State Genealogical Society
- University Libraries
- Church archives
- Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
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