Chittenden County, Vermont Genealogy

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

United States Vermont  Chittenden County

County Courthouse
Town clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial, probate and land records; County clerk has divorce records from 1829 and court records from 1798 Towns Organized Before 1800: Bolton 1763, Burlington 1763, Charlotte 1762, Colchester 1763, Essex 1763, Hinesburg, 1762, Huntington 1763, Jericho 1763, Milton 1763, Richmond 1794, Shelburne 1763, St. George 1763, Underhill 1763, Williston 1763

Parent County
Created 22 October 1787 from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes

 * 5 November 1792, Franklin County set off.
 * 1 November 1810, Jefferson County set off (renamed Washington County 8 November 1814.)
 * 26 October 1835, Lamoille County set off.

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.

Places / Localities
Towns and Cities

Extinct Town



Unincorporated


 * Buel's Gore

Neighboring Counties

Addison | Franklin | Grand Isle | Lamoille | Washington | New York counties: Clinton | Essex

Cemeteries

 * List of Chittenden County Cemeteries

Civil War
Regiments and Companies:


 * - 2nd Regiment, Vermont Infantry
 * - 5th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Companies I and K
 * - 13th Regiment, Vermont Infantry

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

Probate files or packets for Chittenden County are now digitized and available at http://labs.familysearch.org/.

Vital Records
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,
 * Marriage Dissolution Certificate, or
 * Death Certificate

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

Historical Societies

 * Charlotte Historical Society, 4205 Ethan Allen Highway, Charlotte, VT 05445
 * Chittenden County Historical Society, PO Box 1576, Burlington, VT 05402 Phone: (802) 985-3063
 * Colchester Historical Society, c/o 5770 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester, VT 05446 Phone: (802) 878-2035
 * Essex Community Historical Society, PO Box 8388, Essex, VT 05451 Phone: (802) 879-0849
 * Essex Junction Historical Society, 11 Maple Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452 Phone: (802) 878-8654

Family History Centers

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center

Websites

 * Chittenden County, VT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Chittenden County VTGenWeb Project, a member of The VTGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project backup site
 * Chittenden County Genealogy (Vermont Genealogy)