Addison, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Addison, Vermont at Wikipedia

Addison was chartered on October 14, 1761. The town was organized and the first town meeting held March 29, 1784. Addison is exclusively an agricultural township. Though one of the oldest and in a historical point of view one of the most important towns in the State, the only settlement within its limits at all approaching the dignity of a village is a small cluster of houses in the northeastern part of the town, and known as “The Corners.”  [1]

Cemeteries


The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Addison. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Addison County, website at this link.  

Church Records

Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page.

To see the churches in TOWN, visit.

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of TOWN:

City Directories

Land Records

The following are online land records for the town of TOWN:

Libraries and Historical Societies

Addison Town Historical Society
3968 VT Route 22A,
Addison, VT 05491
Phone: (802) 759-2380

Maps

The following are online maps of the town of TOWN:
1871 map of Addison Township

Military Records

Enrolled militia, town of Addison, January 1863, records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library and some Family history centers.

Newspapers

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of TOWN:


The probate district for Addison is Addison.
Addison Probate Court
7 Mahady Court
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: 802) 388-2612

Town Histories

History of the town of Addison, 1609-1976, by Erwin S. Clark (1976) - find this book in a library.

Town Records

In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town.
These records may include the following:

  • Births
  • Marriages
  • Deaths
  • Burials
  • Cemetery records
  • Appointments
  • Earmarks
  • Estrays (stray animals)
  • Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote)
  • Land records
  • Mortgages
  • Name changes
  • Care of the poor
  • School records
  • Surveys
  • Tax lists
  • Town meeting minutes
  • Voter registrations
  • Warning outs (of town)

The following are Addison town records available online:
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1761-1977, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Addison Town Clerk's Office. These include Town records and deeds, 1761-1858; deeds index, 1761-1950, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths of Addison Vermont, 1857-Mar. 1999; indexes, 1760's-Feb. 1999.


Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Addison Town Clerks Office
65 VT Route 17
West Addison, VT 05491
Phone: 802 759 2020
Website

Vital Records

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Births

Marriages

Deaths

References

  1. History of the Town of Addison, VT http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/AddisonAddison.html

Adjacent towns: