Barre Town, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Barre Town, Vermont at Wikipedia

Barre Town was chartered on August 12, 1781 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town was originally chartered as Wildersburg, the previous home in Massachusetts of some of the incorporators. Those people left for one reason or another, or were just outnumbered by later settlers: by 1793 a move was afoot to change the name of the town.

The name of the town was eventually changed to Barre. By the beginning of the 19th century, Barre had a half-dozen distinct villages, some of which are now part of the city of Barre when it was split off in 1894. The outlying villages, most of which had sprung up because of the granite industry, remained in the town. With no particularly high peaks, Barre has several smaller hills, some of which turned out to be solid granite, resulting in an industry which has permeated the town ever since. ;

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

TOWN Town Clerk

 * Town of Barre, Vermont 149 Websterville Rd. P.O. Box 116 Websterville, Vermont, 05678 Phone: (802) 479-9331 Website: http://www.barretown.org/

Vital Records

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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


 * Maplewood Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Monica Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Sylvester Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wilson Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site

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 Barre Town, 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 Barre Town:

City Directories

 * 1890-1961 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Barre at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1896-1942 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1918-1951 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre Town at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1931 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre and Montpelier at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1942 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre, Montpelier at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Manning's Barre and Montpelier (Vermont) directory : including Barre Town (1930), are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) 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

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


 * 1873 map of Barre

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

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 Barre Town town records available online:
 * Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1761 -1931, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * Vermont, Washington County, Barre, death records, 1998-2006, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * Vermont, Washington County, Barre, land records, 1895-1946, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Barre Town Clerk's Office. These include;Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1895-1997 (Barre, Vermont)Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1895-1998; card indexes to births, marriages, and deaths, early to 1998
 * Deeds, 1793-1877; index to deeds, 1793-1880.

Probate Records

 * The probate district for Barre Town is Washington. Washington District Probate Court 10 Elm St. #3 Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 828-3405


 * 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
 * Records corrected by Probate Court, v. 1-4, 1940-1980, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Libraries

 * Aldrich Public Library 6 Washington St. Barre, VT 05641 Phone: (802) 476-7550 Email: aldrichlibrary@charter.net Website: http://www.aldrichpubliclibrary.org/

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library