Belvidere, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Belvidere, Vermont at Wikipedia

Belvidere was chartered on November 4, 1791 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town of Belvidere contains the locations Belvidere Center, Belvidere Corners and Belvidere Junction. In 1963, part of Averys Gore in Franklin County became part of Belvidere, while the other part became part of Montgomery.

The population of Belvidere at the 2010 US Census was 348.

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


 * Belvidere Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Burroughs Family Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Belvidere Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * Lamoille County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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 Belvidere, 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 Belvidere:

City Directories

 * 1925 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Belvidere at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Historical Data
Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no 8, Lamoille County, vol. I, town of Belvidere - view a digital version of this document online.

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Belvidere:

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Belvidere:

1878 map of Belvidere

Military Records
are available on FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection.

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

New and Citizen

Probate Records
The probate district for Belvidere is Lamoille. Lamoille Probate Court 154 Main St. PO Box 570 Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone: (802) 888-3306 In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Belvidere:

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: The following are Belvidere town records available online:

Belvidere, land records, 1888-1902, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Belvidere Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records of Belvidere, Vermont, 1781-2000; indexes, 1860-1940, and Deeds, 1799-1888; index to land records, 1799-1962.

Belvidere Town Clerk 3996 Vermont 109 Belvidere Center, VT 05442 Phone:(802) 644-6621 Email: beltc@pshift.net

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

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