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United States Vermont  Windham   Guilford

Brief History
The Town of Guilford was charted 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.


 * Burgess Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Houghtonville Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Middletown Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Village - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Churches
Congregational Church, Grafton, VT, Historical and Descriptive Data

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1781-1960, 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 Land records and deeds, 1781-1902; index to deeds, 1781-1952, and Grafton, Vermont, vital records (B,M,D) and indexes 1857-2000.

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/