Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Lyndon was chartered on November 20, 1780 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town contains one incorporated village, Lyndonville, and three unincorporated villages: Lyndon, Lyndon Center, and East Lyndon. Lyndon is recognized as the "Covered Bridge Capital of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom."

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


 * Lyndon Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Elizabeth Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cemetery records of the town of Lyndon, 1793-1869, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Lyndon Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Caledonia 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 Lyndon, 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 Lyndon:

City Directories
Lyndon Twon Directories: 1888, 1909, and 1925

Lyndon and Lyndonville Directory: 1928

Lyndonville Directories: 1930, 1935, and 1939.

Historical Data
Lyndon, Vermont USGenWeb Page

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Cobleigh Public Library 14 Depot St. Lyndonville, VT 05851 Phone: (802) 626-5475 Website: http://cobleighlibrary.org/main/

Samuel Read Hall Library 1001 College Rd. Lyndonville, VT 05851 Phone: (802) 626-6366 Website: http://library.lyndonstate.edu/

Lyndon Vermont Historical Society

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Lyndon:

1875 map of Lyndon

1875 map of Lyndon Center and Lyndonville

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

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

The probate district for Lyndon is Caledonia Caledonia Probate Division 1126 Main St, Ste 1 St Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605

Town Histories

 * Lyndon : gem in the green, by Venila Lovina Shores and Ruth Hopkins McCarty (1986) - find this book in a library.
 * Look around Lyndon, by Lyndon Bicentennial Booklet Committee (1978) - 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 Lyndon town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1791 -1992, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Lyndon Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/647821 Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1869-Aug. 2001; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1737-1992], and Land records, 1792-1910; indexes to land records, 1792-1992.

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

Lyndon Town &amp; Village Clerk's Office 119 Park Avenue P.O. Box 167 Lyndonville, VT 05851-0167 Phone: (802) 626-5785 Website: http://www.lyndonvt.org/townclerksoffice.htm

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