Rochester, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Rochester was chartered: July 30, 1781 by the Independent Republic of Vermont. Rochester has the largest amount of land in Windsor County, with over 36,000 acres.

When the ill-starred town of Philadelphia was divided up among its neighbors, Rochester and Goshen got Philadelphia Peak, a 3,168-foot-high giant that sits astride their mutual boundary. The name of the mountain is the only thing left as a reminder that Vermont once had a town named to honor the birthplace of the US Constitution.

Town Histories
History of the town of Rochester, Vt, by Wendall Wales Williams - Find this book in a library.

Rochester, Vermont: its history, 1780-1975, with illustrations and maps, by the Rochester Town History Committee - Find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Rochester is Hartford. Hartford Probate Court 62 Pleasant Street PO Box 275 Woodstock, VT 05091 Phone: (802) 457-1503

Maps
Map of modern Rochester.

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


 * Bingo Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Little Hollow Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * North Hollow Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Old Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Oliver Reynolds Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Tupper Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Woodlawn Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Churches
1. Federated Church of Rochester   15 N Main St.    Rochester, VT 05767    Phone: (802) 767-3012

Town Records
Digital images of Rochester Town records 1903-1997 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, 1784-1907, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1751-1997; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, and Town records, 1782-1920.

Rochester Town Clerk P.O. Box 238 Rochester, VT 05767 Phone: (80) 767-3631 Email: rochestertown@comcast.net Website: http://www.rochestervermont.org/

Newspapers
The Herald of Randolph

Libraries and Historical Societies
Rochester Historical Society 22 South Main Street Rochester, VT 05767 Telephone: (802) 767-4453 E-mail: admin@rochesterhistorical.org Website: http://www.rochesterhistorical.org/ Rochester Public Library P.O. Box 256 Rochester, Vermont 05767 Phone: (802) 767-3927 Email: rochester@vals.state.vt.us Website: http://www.rochestervtpubliclibrary.com/