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United States Vermont  Windham   Whitingham

Brief History
Whitingham was chartered March 12, 1770.

Town Histories
History of Westminster, 1791-1981, by M. Elizabeth Minard Simonds (1983) - find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Westminster is Westminster. Westminster Probate Court PO Box 47 Bellows Falls, VT 05101 Phone: (802) 463-3019

Maps
1869 map of Westminster

Cemeteries

The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Westminster. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windham County, website at this link.


 * Old Westminster Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Polish Sacred Heart Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Charles Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Westminster New Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Headstones and epitaphs in Westminster, Vermont, compiled by Bertha Miller Collins, edited by Alice Caggiano - available from the Westminster Historical Society.

"Old Cemeteries of Westminster, Windham Co., Vermont," compiled by Rachel V. Duffalo - available from the Westminster Historical Society.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1763-1997, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Westminster Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1736-1909; index to land records, 1736-1911, Town records, 1752-1876, and Births 1857-1930, marriages 1857-1950, deaths 1857-2001, and indexes 1857-1903.

Whitingham Town Clerk P.O. Box 529 2948 VT Route 100 Jacksonville, VT 05342 Phone: 802-368-7887 Email: whitinghamtownclerk@yahoo.com

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer

Libraries and Historical Societies
Whitingham Historical Society 13 Stimpson Hill Rd. Whitingham, VT 05361 Phone: (802) 368-2586

Butterfield Library 3435 U.S. 5, Westminster, VT 05158 Phone: (802) 722-4891