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 BARRE

·       Aldrich Public Library - 6 Washington Street - Barre, VT 05641 -  Phone: (802) 476-7550

·       Barre Museum & Archives, "The Barre Museum holds a collection of artifacts relating to the history of Barre City and Barre Town. . ."

·       Vermont History Center - Leahy Library, Barre, VT

o   Genealogy Resources at the Vermont History Center

·       Town of Barre, VT

o   Barre Town Clerk:  P.O Box 124 - Websterville, VT 05678;  Phone: (802) 479-9391.

o   Cemetery Division

§  Maplewood Cemetery

§  West Hill Cemetery

§  Wilson Cemetery

§  There are also 3 private cemeteries in town:  St. Sylvester's Church Cemetery, 22 Websterville Road, Barre, VT 05641  Phone: (802) 479-7987

·       about Hope Cemetery, 201 Maple Avenue, Barre, VT 05641; Phone: (802) 476-6245

·       City of Barre, VT

o   History of the City of Barre

o   City Clerk:  P.O. Box 418, Barre, VT 05641; Phone: (802) 476-0242. 

§  For a fee, you may request certified copies of vital records (birth, death, marriage) by mail.

 BERLIN

·       Berlin Town Clerk:  RD #4 Box 2375 - Montpelier, VT 05602;  Phone: (802) 229-9298.

 CABOT - Communities include:  Cabot and Lower Cabot.  In early years, Cabot was associated with Caledonia County, Vermont.   (View a ca. 1826 Map of Vermont to see Cabot within Caledonia County.)

·       Cabot's Historic Buildings

·       VHS:  Cabot Historical Society and Cabot High School - scanned early documents (1770 - 1860) from the Thomas Osgood collection.

·       Cabot Historical Society Museum - The Cabot Historical Society website has some wonderful tidbits and many history resources.   The below items are examples.

o   First Two Centuries of Cabot, by Jennie S. Donaldson - "...Once part of Caledonia county, Cabot is situated in the northeastern part of Washington County, bounded on the north by Walden and Danville, east by Danville and Peacham, south by Marshfield and west by Woodbury..."

o   War Veterans Lists - Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam War

o   Cemeteries in Cabot, VT

§  Center Cemetery (est. 1799)

§  Kimball Cemetery (est. 1814; moved)

§  Durant Cemetery (est. 1817)

§  West Hill Cemetery (est. 1817)

§  Village Cemetery (est. 1820)

§  Cabot Plains Cemetery (est. 1825)

§  South Cemetery (est. 1834)

§  East Cemetery (est. 1847)

·       Town of Cabot, VT

o   Cabot Town Clerk:  Box 36 - Cabot, VT 05647;  Phone: (802) 563-2279.

o   Cemetery Commission

·       Cabot Public Library:   3084 Main Street, Cabot, VT 05647;   Phone: (802) 563-2721.

CALAIS - - Communities include: Adamant, Kents Corner, East Calais, and North Calais.  Adamant is an unincorporated community in the town of Calais

·       History of Kent Shoe and Boot Shop in Calais, Vermont (VHS) - Abdiel Kent was born in 1805 in the section of Calais named after his family, Kents' Corner...In 1829, he opened a shoe and boot manufacturing shop in Calais...

·       Town of Calais, VT

·       Calais Town Clerk:  3120 Pekin Brook Road, East Calais, VT 05650;  Phone: (802) 456-8720.

 DUXBURY

·       Town of Duxbury, VT

·       Duxbury Historical Society

·       Duxbury History Now and Then, by Alice DeLong.

·       Duxbury Town Clerk:  5421 Route 200, Duxbury, VT  05676;  Phone: (802) 244-6660.

 EAST MONTPELIER

·       East Montpelier Town Clerk:  40 Kelton Road, East Montpelier, VT 05651;  Phone: (802) 223-3313.

 FAYSTON

·       The History of the Towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Vermont : with Marshfield or Middlesex papers in fifty copies, by Abby Maria Hemenway.  Montpelier:  Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1882.

·       Town of Fayston, VT

o   Fayston History

·       Fayston Town Clerk:  866 North Fayston Road, Fayston, VT 05660;  Phone: (802) 496-2454.

 MARSHFIELD

·       The History of the Towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Vermont : with Marshfield or Middlesex papers in fifty copies, by Abby Maria Hemenway.  Montpelier:  Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1882.

·       Town of Marshfield, VT

o   Marshfield History

·       Jaquith Public Library:  122 School Street - Marshfield, VT 05658;   Phone: (802) 426-3581.

·       Marshfield Town Clerk:  P.O Box 98 - Marshfield, VT 05658  Phone: (802) 426-3305.

 MIDDLESEX

·       The History of the Towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Vermont : with Marshfield or Middlesex papers in fifty copies, by Abby Maria Hemenway.  Montpelier:  Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1882.

·       Camp Meade - Middlesex, VT - during the Great Depression and World War II...

·       Middlesex Town History, by the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.

·       Middlesex Historical Society:   84 McCullough Hill Road - Middlesex, VT 05602;  Phone: (802) 229-0499.

·       Middlesex Town Clerk:    RR 3 Box 4600 - Montpelier, VT 05602;  Phone: (802) 223-5915.

 MONTPELIER

·       City of Montpelier, VT

·       History of Montpelier: a discourse delivered in the Brick church, Montpelier, Vermont, on Thanksgiving day, Dec. 8, 1842, by Rev. John Gridley.  Montpelier:  E. P. Walton and Sons, 1843.

·       Kellogg-Hubbard Library:  135 Main Street - Montpelier, VT 05602

·       Montpelier City Clerk: City Hall - 39 Main Street - Montpelier, VT 05602;  Phone: (802) 223-9500.

o   Vital Records

 MORETOWN

·       Town of Moretown, VT

o   Moretown Cemetery Commission

·       Historic Note on Moretown, by by Margaret Booth, the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.

·       Moretown Memorial Public Library

·       Moretown Historical Society

o   Brief History of Moretown (pamphlet)  

·       Moretown Town Clerk:  19 Kaiser Drive, Moretown, VT;  Phone: (802) 882-8218.

o   mailing address: 19 Kaiser Drive, Waterbury, VT 05676.

·       Cemeteries:

o   Belding Cemetery

o   Cobb Cemetery

o   Fairmont Cemetery

o   Hawkes-Eaton Cemetery

o   Jones Brook Cemetery

o   Moretown Common Cemetery

o   Mountain View Cemetery

o   St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery

o   Stevens Cemetery - private family cemetery

o   Village Cemetery

 NORTHFIELD

·       Town of Northfield, VT

·       History of Northfield, by Julia McIntire, the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.

·       Northfield Historical Society:  75 S. Main Street, Northfield, VT 05663;  Phone: (802) 485-4792.

·       Brown Public Library:  93 South Main Street, Northfield, VT 05663; (802) 485-4621.

·       Northfield Town Clerk:   Municipal Building, 51 South Main Street, Northfield, VT 05663  Phone: (802) 485-5421.

 PLAINFIELD

·       The History of the Towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Vermont : with Marshfield or Middlesex papers in fifty copies, by Abby Maria Hemenway.  Montpelier:  Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1882.

·       History of Plainfield, by the Central VT Chamber of Commerce.

·       Town of Plainfield, VT

·       Cutler Memorial Library: High Street -  Plainfield, VT 05667;  Phone: (802) 454-8504.

·       Plainfield Town Clerk:  149 Main Street, P.O. Box 217 - Plainfield, VT 05667;  Phone:  (802) 454-8461.

 ROXBURY

·       The History of the Towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Vermont : with Marshfield or Middlesex papers in fifty copies, by Abby Maria Hemenway.  Montpelier:  Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1882.

·       Town of Roxbury, VT

o   Town Charter

·       Roxbury Free Library:  Box 95 - Roxbury, VT  05669;   Phone: (802) 485-6860.

·       Roxbury Town Clerk:  1664 Roxbury Road, P.O Box 53 - Roxbury, VT 05669;  Phone: (802) 485-7840.

 WAITSFIELD

·       Town of Waitsfield, VT

o   Waitsfield Town History

·       VT Living for Waitsfield, Vermont - Tourist Information

·       Waitsfield Village Historic Walking Tour

·       Rev. Alfred Brooks Dascomb's Waitsfield, Washington County, VT Death Records (partial), 1862-1867, Contributed by Kathy Lisai.

·       Joslin Memorial Public Library:   Box 359, Waitsfield, VT  05673;  Phone: (802) 496-4205

·       Waitsfield Town Clerk:  9 Bridge Street, Waitsfield, VT 05673;  Phone: (802) 496-2218.

 WARREN

·       Town of Warren, VT

·       Historic USGS Maps Covering Warren, Vermont (UNH DIMOND LIBRARY).

·       Warren Public Library:   P.O. Box 287, Warren, VT  05674;   Phone: (802) 496-3913.

·       Warren Historical Society

·       Warren Town Clerk:   P.O. Box 337 - Warren, VT 05674;  Phone: (802) 496-2709.

 WATERBURY

·       Town of Waterbury, VT

·       Waterbury Public Library:  28 North Main Street - Waterbury, VT 05676;  Phone: (802) 244-7036

·       Waterbury Town Clerk:   28 North Main Street, Suite 1 - Waterbury, VT 05676;  Phone: (802) 244-8447.

 

 WOODBURY (aka Monroe) - Per a brief History of Woodbury, Vermont, "...In accordance with a petition of the inhabitants of Woodbury, the legislature changed the name of Woodbury to Monroe, November 6,1838, and again to Woodbury about four years after..."”  (Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce)

·       Woodbury History : excerpts from the Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont 1783-1889, Hamilton Child Publication, Syracuse, New York.

·       History of Woodbury Community Library, From the book "Where The Books Are", by Patricia W. Belding.

·       Woodbury Town Clerk:  P.O Box 10 - Woodbury, VT 05681;  Phone: (802) 456-7051.

 WORCESTER

·       Town of Worcester, VT

·       Worcester Town Clerk:  Drawer 161 - Worcester, VT 05682;  Phone: (802) 223-6942.

·       Worcester Deaths, 1893 & 1894, Washington County, VT, Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Harold Templeton.