Orange County, Vermont Genealogy

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

United States Vermont  Orange County

County Courthouse
Town clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial and land records; County clerk has divorce and court records from 1781 and land records from 1771; Probate judge has probate records from 1771. Towns Organized Before 1800: Bradford 1770, Braintree 1781, Brookfield 1781, Chelsea 1781, Corinth 1764, Fairlee 1761, Newbury 1763, Orange 1781, Randolph 1781, Straford 1761, Thetford 1761, Topsham 1763, Turnbridge 1761, Vershire 1781, Washington 1781, West Fairlee 1779, Williamstown 1781

Boundary Changes

 * 18 October 1785, Addison County set off.
 * 5 November 1792, Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties set off.
 * 1 November 1810, part of 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:

Extinct Town: •

Villages:


 * Newbury
 * Wells River

Community:


 * Bradford

Neighboring Counties

Addison | Caledonia | Washington | Windsor | Grafton County, New Hampshire

Cemeteries

 * List of Orange County Cemeteries

Census
A transcript of the 1771 census of Gloucester County, New York survives:


 * O'Callaghan, Edmund B. Documentary History of the State of New York Vol. 4 (1851):709. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

Civil War
Regiments and Companies:


 * - 2nd Regiment, Vermont Infantry
 * - 4th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Companies B and K

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1749 – 1999 Vermont Wills and Probate Records 1749-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1800 – 1921 at FamilySearch — images

Orange County Probate Districts
 * Randolph District - Braintree, Brookfield, Chelsea, Orange, Randolph, Tunbridge, Washington and Williamstown.
 * Bradford District - Bradford, Corinth, Fairlee, Newbury, Strafford, Thetford, Topsham, Vershire and West Fairlee.
 * Orange District - in 1994 the Randolph and Bradford Districts merged under the Orange District.

Vital Records
See also How to order Vermont Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for Vermont Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Vermont Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Historical Societies

 * Bradford Historical Society, 67 Summer Street, Bradford, VT 05033 Phone: (802) 222-4011
 * Braintree Historical Society, 33 Old Bass Road, Braintree, VT 05060 Phone: (802) 728-5272
 * Brookfield Historical Society, PO Box 447, Brookfield, VT 05041
 * Chelsea Historical Society, 274 East Randolph Road, Chelsea, VT 05038 Phone: (802) 685-4447
 * Corinth Historical Society, Inc., 1767 Center Road, Corinth, VT 05039 Phone: (802) 685-3812
 * Fairlee Historical Society, c/o Town Hall, PO Box 95, Fairlee, VT 05045 Phone: (802) 333-4363

Web Sites

 * Orange County, VT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Orange County
 * The Orange County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Orange County