Welcome to VTGenWeb of Addison County, Vermont
for History and Genealogy Research
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County Coordinator: Ann Mensch |
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Addison County was formed, in 1785,
from a portion of Rutland County, Vermont.
County seat (Shire Town): Middlebury
Select from the TOWNS
List below to view information and links specific to each town.
Select from the menu below to see
GENERAL Addison County information and links.
Ø Addison
County Vermont Cemetery Indexes.
Ø Find A Grave for
Addison County cemeteries
CENSUS
Ø Index to 1790 U.S. Census Vermont
Info. - Note: Vermont joined the Union
in March, 1791, so its 1790 census was actually taken in 1791. At that time, Vermont consisted of 7
counties. Present-day counties were
later formed from all or portions of these seven counties.
Ø 1790 Census Info: Chittenden County -
(includes towns which later became part of the counties of Franklin,
Chittenden, Lamoille and portions of Orleans, Washington and Addison Counties)
Ø 1790 U. S. Census of Orange County,
Vermont Towns which were soon to become part of Caledonia County when formed,
in 1792, from Orange County, (includes towns which came to be within the
counties of Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Orleans and Washington) abstracted by Jim Dresser, dedicated Town
Coordinator for Groton, VTGenWeb. Thank
you Jim!!! Note: This census of Vermont was actually taken in
1791.
Ø 1790 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1800 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1810 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1820 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1830 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1840 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1850 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1860 Census (familysearch.org)
Ø 1870 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1880 Census Index
- Excellent resource!!!
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1900 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1910 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1920 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø Obtaining
EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse,
PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD
Ø 1930 Census
(familysearch.org)
Ø 1940 Census (familysearch.org)
Ø USGenWeb Census Project for
Vermont, coordinated by Linda Talbott
Ø NARA:
National Archives and Records Administration
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Clues in Census
Records, 1790-1840
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Clues in Census
Records, 1850-1930
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Nonpopulation
Census Records
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Prologue,
Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First
in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census,”
by Kellee Blake.
HISTORY
Ø Online book: Statistical and
Historical Account of the County of Addison, Vermont, by Samuel Swift,
Middlebury: A. H. Copeland, 1859.
Ø Online book: History of Addison
County, Vermont, edited by H. P. Smith, D. Mason & Co., Publishers,
1886.
Ø Online book: History of the Town
of Shoreham, Vermont: From the Date of
its Charter, October 8th, 1761, to the Present Time, by Rev. Josiah F.
Goodhue and Samuel Swift, [ca. 1859].
Ø Vermont
collection –Middlebury College digital collection
Ø Vermont
in the Civil War, by Tom Ledoux.
Ø Chimney
Point State Historic Site (archived information) - a brief historic sketch
from Jim Millard. (“Addison was created
by a New Hampshire grant in 1761. Chimney Point, a New York patent ("paper
town") of 1771, was in the area of present Addison.” per Vermont Archives.)
Ø Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History: 1 Park Street - Middlebury, VT 05753;
Phone: (802) 388-2117.
Ø Rokeby
Museum – 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
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"Rokeby
Museum presents a nationally significant Underground Railroad story . . ."
Ø Stereopticon 3D
photo of a store in Bristol, Vermont
HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETIES
MAPS
Ø Vermont Area Map of ca.
1756: An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New
England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence,
& eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places which relate
to the present war on the continent of North America. By Saml.
Langdon (1723-1797).
Ø Ca. 1780 Map which shows
land grants and purchases in northeastern New York State and granted townships
in Vermont and parts of New Hampshire, and Massachusetts: A chorographical
map of the Northern Department of North-America, drawn from the latest and most
accurate observations, at Amsterdam by Cóvens and Mortier and Cóvens, junior. By H. Klockhoff,
sculp., [Amsterdam] 1780. Repository:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA,
url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3715.ar082800>
Ø Ca. 1781 Map: An Accurate
map of New Hampshire in New England, from a late survey. [London,
1781]. From the Universal magazine of
knowledge and pleasure. March, 1781. Repository: Library of Congress Geography
and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ar087200>
Ø Ca. 1784 Map: An accurate
map of the State and Province of New-Hampshire in New England, taken from actual
surveys of all the inhabited part, and from the best information of what is
uninhabited, together with the adjacent countries, which exhibits the theatre
of this war in that part of the world, by Col. Blanchard and the Revd. Mr. Langdon. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys.
With many additions by Abel Sawyer. Boston, 1784. Repository: Library of Congress Geography and
Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3740.ar087100>
Ø 1795 Map of Vermont, from
actual survey. By Doolittle, Amos
(1754-1832). From Carey's American
Atlas, Philadelphia, 1795. DLC.
Philadelphia, 1795. Repository:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA,
url: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000093>
Ø 1814 Map of Vermont, from
actual survey. By Carey, Mathew (1760-1839). From Carey's General Atlas of
the World. DLC. [S.l.],
1814. Repository: Library of Congress
Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA, url:
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3750.ct000094>
Ø Vermont
Maps and Plans (Vermont Archives) - select a town from the drop-down menu
to see available maps
Ø Vermont
Maps – Middlebury College digital collections.
MILITARY
Ø Vermont
in the Civil War, by Tom Ledoux.
QUERIES
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message board for Addison County, Vermont.
TOWNS / TOWNSHIPS /
VILLAGES
Located in west central Vermont, Addison County
TOWNS/TOWNSHIPS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's
name, in normal type.
ADDISON - Addison, West Addison.
BRIDPORT - Bridport, West Bridport.
BRISTOL - Bristol, Rocky Dale.
CORNWALL - Cornwall, West Cornwall.
FERRISBURGH - Basin Harbor,
Ferrisburgh, Ferrisburgh Station, North Ferrisburgh.
GOSHEN - Goshen, Goshen Four Corners.
GRANVILLE - Granville, Lower
Granville.
HANCOCK - Hancock.
LEICESTER - Leicester, Leicester
Junction.
LINCOLN - Downingville, Lincoln, South
Lincoln, West Lincoln.
MIDDLEBURY - East Middlebury,
Middlebury.
MONKTON - East Monkton, Monkton Boro, Monkton Ridge.
NEW HAVEN - New Haven, New Haven
Junction, New Haven Mills, Beldens/Beldens Falls [ historical] and Brooksville
[historical].
ORWELL - Orwell
PANTON - Panton.
RIPTON - Ripton.
SALISBURY - Salisbury, Salisbury
Station, West Salisbury.
SHOREHAM - Shoreham, Shoreham Center.
STARKSBORO - Rockville, South
Starksboro, Starksboro.
VERGENNES - Vergennes.
WALTHAM -
WEYBRIDGE - Weybridge, Weybridge
Hill.
WHITING - Whiting.
VITAL RECORDS
Vermont vital records may be obtained through the town clerk
of the town in which the event occurred and/or through the resources below:
Ø How to Obtain Vital
Records for Vermont ?
Ø Vermont State Archives
& Records Administration
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Online
and Informational Copies of Vital Records
Ø Index to Vermont
Vital Records, 1760-1954, (familysearch.org) – note this index may not be
complete, some towns and records may not be included among state records.
Ø Index to Vermont Vital
Records, 1955-2003, (familysearch.org).
Ø Vermont, Town Clerk,
Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, (familysearch.org) - Vital and town records acquired from local
town clerk offices.
WILL & PROBATE
Ø Addison Probate Court: 7 Mahady Court -
Middlebury, VT 05753; Phone: (802)
388-2612.
Addison County, Vermont
Towns
Located in west central Vermont, Addison County
TOWNS/TOWNSHIPS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's
name, in normal type.
ADDISON - Addison, West Addison.
Ø Addison Town Historical Society: Old Town Hall - Addison, VT 05491-8732;
Phone: (802) 759-2380.
Ø Addison
Town Clerk: 65 VT Route 17W -
Addison, VT 05491; Phone: (802) 759-2020
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Mailing
Address: 7099 VT Route 22A - Addison, VT 05491.
BRIDPORT - Bridport, West Bridport.
Ø Bridport
Central Cemetery (Find A Grave)
Ø Bridport Historical Society Museum:
Route 22-A - Bridport, VT
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Mailing
Address: RR 1 - Box 656 - Bridport, VT 05734; Phone: (802) 758-2654.
Ø See Addison
County Historical Societies (VHS)
Ø Bridport Town Clerk: P.O Box 27 - Bridport, VT 05734; Phone:
(802) 758-2483.
BRISTOL - Bristol, Rocky Dale.
Ø About
Bristol, Vermont (from Addison County)
Ø Stereopticon
3D photo of a store in Bristol, Vermont
Ø Bristol Historical Society Museum:
Phone: (802) 453-6029
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Howden
Hall Community Center - Main Street - Bristol, VT 05443.
Ø Lawrence Memorial Library - Bristol, VT
Ø Bristol Town Clerk: 1 South Street (mailing address: P.O Box
249 - Bristol, VT 05443); Phone: (802) 453-2410.
Below is a stereopticon 3D photo of a
store in Bristol, Vermont, taken by Charles E. Smith who
was a “photo artist” in Bristol in the 1880 census. (Thank you to Susan
Cocker Hopkins who donated this photo to the Addison County, VTGenWeb.)
CORNWALL - Cornwall, West Cornwall.
Ø Cornwall Town Clerk: Cornwall, VT 05753; Phone: (802) 462-2775.
FERRISBURGH - Basin Harbor, Ferrisburgh, Ferrisburgh Station,
North Ferrisburgh.
Ø Town of Ferrisburgh, Vermont
Ø Ferrisburgh
Historical Society, Inc.
Ø Rokeby
Museum – 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
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"Rokeby
Museum presents a nationally significant Underground Railroad story . . ."
Ø Ferrisburgh
Town Clerk: 3279 Route 7 (mailing
address: P.O Box 6 - Ferrisburgh, VT 05456); Phone: (802) 877-3429.
GOSHEN - Goshen, Goshen Four Corners.
Ø A
History of the Town of Goshen (off-site blog)
Ø Town of Goshen, VT
Ø Goshen Town Clerk: 50 Carlisle Hill
Road - Goshen, VT 05733; Phone: (802) 227-6455.
GRANVILLE - Granville, Lower Granville.
Ø Granville Town Clerk: Granville, VT 05747; Phone: (802) 767-4403.
HANCOCK - Hancock.
Ø Hancock Town Clerk: 48 VT Route 125 (Mailing address: P.O Box 100 - Hancock, VT
05748); Phone: (802) 767-3660.
LEICESTER - Leicester, Leicester Junction.
Ø Leicester
Historical Society – meets at the Leicester Town Hall
Ø Leicester
Town Clerk: 44 Schoolhouse Road -
Leicester, VT 05733; Phone: (802) 247-5961.
LINCOLN - Downingville, Lincoln, South Lincoln, West Lincoln.
Ø Lincoln Historical Society: Quaker
Street - Lincoln, VT
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Mailing
Address: c/o Town Clerk, Lincoln, VT 05443; Phone: (802) 453-3628.
Ø Lincoln Town Clerk: 62 Quaker
Street, Lincoln, VT 05443-9253; Phone: 802-453-2980.
MIDDLEBURY - East Middlebury, Middlebury.
Ø A Walking History of
Middlebury, by Glenn M. Andres – “…a collaborative project between the
Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History and Middlebury College Library and
Information Services…”
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Addison
County Vermont Cemetery Indexes.
Ø Town of Middlebury, Vermont
Ø Middlebury, Vermont : Middlebury, Shire
Town of Addison County - community network
Ø Ilsley
Public Library: 75 Main Street -
Middlebury, VT 05753; Phone: (802) 388-4095.
Ø Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History: 1 Park Street - Middlebury, VT 05753;
Phone: (802) 388-2117.
Ø Middlebury Town Clerk: 94 Main St. - Middlebury, VT 05753; Phone:
(802) 388-8100.
MONKTON - East Monkton, Monkton Boro,
Monkton Ridge.
Ø Monkton Town Clerk: 280 Monkton Ridge – No. Ferrisburgh, VT 05469
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Mailing
address: P.O. Box 12 – Monkton, VT 05469; Phone: (802) 453-3800.
NEW HAVEN - New Haven, New Haven Junction, New Haven Mills,
Beldens/Beldens Falls [ historical] and Brooksville [historical].
Beldens (aka Beldens Falls) and Brooksville were located in
southern New Haven township, north of Middlebury.
Ø New
Haven Historical Society - and brief Town History.
Ø New
Haven Town Clerk: 78 North Street -
New Haven, VT 05472; Phone: (802) 453-3516.
ORWELL - Orwell.
Ø Town Lotting Plan Map of Orwell, Vermont, from a
photographic copy of a map traced by F. H. Dewart,
1923, from the town clerk’s original parchment plan of Orwell as
decipherable.
Ø Orwell Town Clerk: 436 Main Street – Orwell, VT; Phone: (802)
948-2032.
PANTON - Panton.
Ø Panton Town Clerk: 3176 Jersey Street - Panton, VT 05491; Phone:
(802) 475-2333.
RIPTON - Ripton.
Ø The Daily Riptonite Blog
Ø Ripton Town Clerk:
Ripton, VT 05766; Phone: (802) 388-2266.
Cemeteries include:
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Addison
County Cemetery List and Indexes.
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Cushman Cemetery,
Ripton, Vermont, by Fletcher Brush (offsite)
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Cook
Cemetery, Ripton, Vermont
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Kirby Cemetery, Ripton,
Vermont, by Fletcher Brush (offsite).
SALISBURY - Salisbury, Salisbury Station, West Salisbury.
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History
of Salisbury Vermont, by John M. Weeks, published in 1860
Ø Biography:
Ann Story - born in Preston, Connecticut in 1741, Ann died in 1817, in
Middlebury, Vermont. A monument to
commemorate her service to the Green Mountain Boys for the independence of
Vermont stands in Salisbury.
Ø Salisbury Town Clerk: 25 Schoolhouse Road, Salisbury, VT; Phone:
(802) 352-4228.
Cemeteries
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Addison County
Cemetery List and Indexes
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Village Cemetery,
Salisbury, VT, by Fletcher Brush (offsite).
o
Holman Cemetery,
Salisbury, VT, by Fletcher Brush (offsite).
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West Salisbury Cemetery,
Salisbury, VT, by Fletcher Brush (offsite).
SHOREHAM - Shoreham, Shoreham Center.
Ø Online book: History of the Town
of Shoreham, Vermont: From the Date of
its Charter, Octoer 8th, 1761, to the Present Time,
by Rev. Josiah F. Goodhue and Samuel Swift, [ca. 1859].
Ø Platt
Memorial Library, Shoreham, VT
Ø Shoreham
Historical Society: Route 22-A -
Shoreham, VT 05770; Phone: (802) 897-2600.
Ø Shoreham
Town Clerk: 297 Main Street -
Shoreham, VT 05770; Phone: (802) 897-5841.
STARKSBORO - Rockville, South Starksboro, Starksboro.
Ø Starksboro Historical Society
- Contact Information
Ø Starksboro Town Clerk: 2849 VT Route 116 – Starksboro, VT; Phone:
(802) 453-2639.
VERGENNES - Vergennes.
Ø Vergennes: The Little City with Big Appeal
Ø Bixby
Memorial Library: 258 Main Street
- Vergennes, VT 05491; Phone: (802)
877-2211.
Ø Lake
Champlain Maritime Museum: 4472 Basin Harbor Road - Vergennes, VT 05491
Ø City
of Vergennes - The oldest city in Vermont - 1788.
Ø Vergennes Town Clerk: 120 Main Street – Vergennes, VT 05491; Phone: (802) 877-2841.
WALTHAM -
Ø Waltham Town Clerk: 2053 Maple Street – Waltham, VT 05491; Phone: (802) 877-3641.
WEYBRIDGE - Weybridge, Weybridge Hill.
Ø Town of Weybridge, VT
Ø Weybridge Town Clerk: 1727 Quaker Village Road – Weybridge, VT 05753; Phone: (802) 545-2A50.
WHITING - Whiting.
Ø Whiting Town Clerk: 29 South Main
Street - Whiting, VT 05778; Phone: (802) 623-7813.
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