Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Tunbridge was granted its charter on September 3, 1761. The town consists of three village centers; North Tunbridge (also known locally as "Blood Village"), Tunbridge Village ("Market") and South Tunbridge ("Jigger").

The town is home to the Tunbridge World's Fair, once of such sleazy reputation that parents ordered their children to stay away. The fair has cleaned up its act of late, and over the past several years has become one of THE annual events to attend in Vermont.

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


 * Button Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Dickerman Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Drew Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Durkee Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hunt Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hutchinson Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Kelsey Mountain Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Ordway Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Spring Road Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Strafford Road Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Tunbridge Meeting House Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Tunbridge Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Ward Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Whitney Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Tunbridge Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Orange 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 Tunbridge, 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 Tunbridge:

Congregational Church (Tunbridge, Vermont) Records, 1792-1864 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Tunbridge Public Library 289 Vermont Rt 110 PO Box 9 Tunbridge, VT 05077 Phone: (802) 889-9404 Email: letsread@tunbridgelibrary.org Website: http://www.tunbridgelibrary.org/

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

1877 map of Tunbridge

Newspapers
The Herald of Randolph

Valley News

Probate Records
The probate district for Tunbridge is Orange. Orange Probate Court 5 Court St Chelsea VT 05038 Phone: (802) 685-4610

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

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 Tunbridge town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1868-1979, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Tunbridge Land Records, 1851-1900, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Tunbridge Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1868-1997; indexes to births, deaths, and marriages, 1857-1912, Deeds and town records, 1761-1787, and Deeds, 1780-1852; index to deeds, 1780-1916.

Town Clerk 271 Vermont Rte. 110 P.O. Box 6 Tunbridge, VT 05077 Phone: (802) 889-5521 Website: http://www.tunbridgevt.com/

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.