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United States Vermont  Windsor   Pomfret

Brief History
Pomfret was chartered July 8, 1761. Pomfret was called "New Pomfret" at first because most of the people who settled there came from the Pomfret, Connecticut.

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Town Histories
Pomfret, Vermont : in two volumes, by Henry H. Vail - view a digital version of this book at FamilySearch.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Reading is Windsor. Windsor Probate Court PO Box 402 (Cota Fuel Bdg) N. Springfield, VT 05150 Phone: (802) 886-2284

Military
Enrolled militia records, 1863-1866, are available on microfilm in the Family History Library. Order film online.

Maps
Map of modern Reading.

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


 * Amsden Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Baileys Cemetery
 * South Reading - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Swain Cemetery

Town Records
Digital images of Reading Town records 1785-1988 are available online at FamilySearch.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Rochester Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1760-1911; general index to land records, 1760-1886, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1997; index to births, marriages, deaths, 1770-1997, and Town and vital records, 1785-1858; miscellaneous records, 1781-1919.

Pomfret Town Clerk 5218 Pomfret Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053 Phone: (802) 457-3861 Website: http://pomfretvt.us/

Newspapers
The Vermont Standard

Libraries and Historical Societies
Pomfret Historical Society Bartlett Brook Road

PO Box 54 South Pomfret, VT 05067 Phone: (802) 457-1021 Abbott Memorial Library 15 Library St. PO Box 95 South Promfret, VT 05067 Phone: (802) 457-2236 Email: abbottlibrary@gmail.com Website: http://www.abbottmemoriallibrary.org/