Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Hyke Park was chartered on August 27, 1781 by the Vermont Legislature and is the Shire Town (county seat) for Lamoille County. Hyde Park was named for its principal grantee, Captain Jedediah Hyde. Villages within the town of Hyde Park are Centerville, Cleveland Corners, Garfield, Hyde Park, and North Hyde Park. The town had a population at the 2010 US Census of 2,954.

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


 * Holbrook Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hooper Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hyde Park Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hyde Park Plains Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hyde Park Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Jedediah Hyde Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * North Hyde Park Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Theresa Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Hyde Park, Vermont Cemetery Records, 1800-1890 approx, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Hyde Park Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Lamoille 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 Hyde Park, 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 Hyde Park:

Historical Data
Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. V, town of Hyde Park, village of Hyde Park - view a digital copy of this document online.
 * Lamoille Co VTGenWeb

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Lanpher Memorial Library 141 E Main St. Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone:(802) 888-4628 Website: http://www.lanpherlibrary.org/, Library Genealogy Section

Hyde Park Historical Society

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Hyde Park:

1878 map of Hyde Park

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

News and Citizen

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Hyde Park:

The probate district for Hyde Park is Lamoille. Lamoille Probate Court 154 Main St PO Box 570 Hyde Park, VT · 05655 Phone: (802) 888-3306

Town Histories
Hyde Park, Vermont : shire town of Lamoille County, by the Bicentennial Committee (1976) - find this book in a library.

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 Hyde Park town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1931-1971, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Vermont, Lamoille County, Hyde Park, Land Records, 1876-1903, can be found on Family Search (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Hyde Park Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/178034 Records of birth, marriage and death, 1820-Jan. 2000; indexes to births, deaths and marriages, 1789-1947], and Land records, 1790-1876.

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Hyde Park Town Clerk 344 Route 15W P.O.Box 98 Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone: (802) 888-2300 Website: http://www.hydeparkvt.com/townclerk.html

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