Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Hyde, Park, Vermont at Wikipedia

Hyde 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.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Hyde Park 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.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

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:
 * 1700s-1800s (*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * Vermont Church Records

City Directories

 * 1925 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Hyde Park at Ancestry - index & images, ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images, ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories
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

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

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Hyde Park at HomeTownLocator
 * Hyde Park at FamilySearch Places
 * Hyde Park at Google Maps
 * Hyde Park at Mapcarta
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of Hyde Park at Vermont.org
 * Vermont Maps State Page


 * 1878 map of Hyde Park

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus News and Citizen

Other 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.

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
 * 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Vermont Probate Records

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

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * Newport Vermont Family History Center
 * Plattsburgh New York Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Societies
Hyde Park Historical Society