Guilford, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Vermont  Windham   Guilford

Brief History
The Town of Guilford was chartered on April 2, 1754 by Benning Wentworth, the Governor of New Hampshire. After a second charter in 1764, the landowners of Guilford made many attractive proposals to potential settlers of Guilford, making the town have a rapid growth in the earlier days.

Town Histories
Official history of Guilford, Vermont, 1678-1961 : with genealogies and biographical sketches - 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 Guilford is Marlboro. Marlboro Probate Court 80 Flat St, Suite 104 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 257-2898

Maps
1869 map of Guilford

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


 * Baker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Billings Cemetery
 * Carpenter Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Christ Church Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Franklin Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Guilford Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Maplehurst Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Weatherhead Hollow Cemtery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Guilfrod Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wilkens Cemetery

Churches
Safe thus far : a history of the Guilford Congregational Church in Guilford, Vermont, 1767-1997, by Larrimore C. Crockett (1999) - find this book in a library.

Guilford, Vermont church records, 1793-1802 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This film contains Contains baptisms (1793-1802), marriages and deaths (1793-1796).

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1770-1952, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Guilford Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1754-1851; index to deeds, 1770-1950.

Guilford Town Office 236 School Rd Guilford, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 254-6857 Website: http://www.guilfordvt.net/

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer

Libraries and Historical Societies
Guilford Historical Society 236 School Road Guilford VT 05301 Phone: (802) 257-0147 Email: pulpitfm@verizon.net Website: http://guilfordhistorical.org/

Guilford Free Library 4024 Guilford Center Road Guilford, VT 05301 Phone: 802-257-4603 Email: guilford_pl@vals.state.vt.us Website: http://www.sover.net/~wilken/guilfordlibrary/