Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

Guide to Windham County, Vermont ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.


 * This article is about Windham county in Vermont. For other uses, see Windham (disambiguation).

Description
The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and land records; County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1825; Probate Judge has probate records.

Towns Organized Before 1800: Athens 1780 Brattleboro 1753 Brookline 1794 Grafton 1754 Guilford 1754 Halifax 1750 Jamaica 1780 Londonderry 1780 Marlboro 1751 Newfane 1753 Putney 1753 Rockingham 1752 Townshend 1753 Woodbury 1781 Westminister 1752 Whitingham 1770 Wilmington 1751 Windham 1795

Parent County
Created 22 February 1781 from Bennington County.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Vermont County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Vermont County Boundary Maps" (1764-1895) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Towns:

Extinct Towns:



Villages:

Communities:


 * Algiers
 * Brattleboro
 * West Brattleboro

Neighboring Counties
Bennington | Windsor | Franklin County, Massachusetts | Cheshire, New Hampshire | Sullivan, New Hampshire

Cemeteries

 * List of Windham County Cemeteries
 * Random Acts VT Cemetery Records Research Guide

Civil War
Regiments and Companies:


 * - 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery, Companies A B C D E F G and H
 * - 2nd Regiment, Vermont Infantry
 * - 4th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Companies D, F and I
 * - 16th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Companies B, D, F and I

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has North Adams, MA newspapers (1895-1977) covering local news that included Windham County residents.

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1749 - 1999 Vermont Wills and Probate Records 1749-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1800 - 1921 at FamilySearch — images

There are two Windham County Probate Districts:
 * Marlboro District - Brattleboro, Dover, Dummerston, Guilford, Halifax, Marlboro, Newfane, Somerset, Stratton, Vernon, Wardsboro, Whitingham and Wilmington.
 * Westminster District - Athens, Brookline, Grafton, Jamaica, Londonderry, Putney, Rockingham (including Bellows Falls), Townshend, Westminster and Windham.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at Vermont, Windham County Westminster District Probates - FamilySearch Historical Records

Town Records

 * 1850-2005 - at FamilySearch — index and imagesd

Vital Records

 * 1732 - 2005 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1850 - 2005 at FamilySearch — index and images

See also How to order Vermont Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for the following Vermont certificates: Downloadable applications from Vermont Department of Health.
 * Birth Certificate,
 * Marriage Certificate ,
 * Divorce Certificate,
 * Civil Union Dissolution Certificate, or
 * Death Certificate

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Vermont Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Historical Societies
Dover Historical Society 1829 Harris House 63 Copper Hill West Dover Village Dover, VT PO Box 128 East Dover, Vermont 05341-0053 Phone: 802-384-6849 E-mail:[mailto:patriciahbuck@earthlink.net patriciahbuck@earthlink.net] Historical Society of Windham County Vermont Rte 30 Main Street PO Box 246 Newfane, VT 05345 Phone: 802-365-4148 E-mail:[mailto:info@historicalsocietyofwindhamcounty.org info@historicalsocietyofwindhamcounty.org] Website  Brattleboro Historical Society, Inc Municipal Building 230 Main Street, 3rd floor History Center 196 Main St Brattleboro, VT Phone: 802-258-4957 E-mail:[mailto:histsoc@sover.net histsoc@sover.net] Website Dummerston Historical Society<brPO Box 8064 North Brattleboro, VT 05304 Phone: 802-257-0674 Guilford Historical Society 1822 Town Hall Guilford Center Road 236 School Road Guilford VT 05301 Phone: 802-257-0147 E-mail:[mailto:pulpitfm@myfairpoint.net pulpitfm@myfairpoint.net] Jamaica Historical Foundation 3417 VT Rte 30 Jamaica, VT 05343 Phone: 802-257-0147 E-mail:[mailto:dkameden@svcable.net dkameden@svcable.net] E-mail:[mailto:jamaicavthf@gmail.com jamaicavthf@gmail.com] Marlboro Historical Society 364 South Road PO Box 109 Marlboro, VT 05344 Phone: 802-258-2568 E-mail:[mailto:forrest810@gmail.com forrest810@gmail.com] Putney Historical Society Museum in Town Hall Route 5 PO Box 260 Putney, VT 05346 Phone: 802-387-4411 E-mail:[mailto:info@putneyhistory.us info@putneyhistory.us] Website Saxtons River Historical Society Main Street PO Box 18 Saxtons River, VT 05154 Phone: 802-869-2566 E-mail:[mailto:luring@vermontel.net luring@vermontel.net] Townshend Historical Society PO Box 202 Townshend, VT 05353 Phone: 802-365-4400 E-mail:[mailto:ths@dugrenier.com ths@dugrenier.com]

Websites

 * Vermont Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Windham County
 * The Windham County VTGenWeb Project, a member of The VTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Windham County