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United States Vermont  Windham   Halifax

Brief History
The Town of Guilford was chartered on April 2, 1754 by Benning Wentworth, the Governor of New Hampshire. After a second charter in 1764, the landowners of Guilford made many attractive proposals to potential settlers of Guilford, making the town have a rapid growth in the earlier days.

Town Histories
Official history of Guilford, Vermont, 1678-1961 : with genealogies and biographical sketches - 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 Guilford is Marlboro. Marlboro Probate Court 80 Flat St, Suite 104 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 257-2898

Maps
1869 map of Guilford

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Guilford. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windham County, website at this link. Several of the cemeteries in Halifax have more than one name. For consistancey - each of the cemeteries will be listed under the name it has been given by the Vermont Old Cemetery Association (VOCA). If a cemetery is known by any other name it be noted.


 * Bascom Cemetery - south side of Collins Road on old trail - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Halifax Center Cemetery - on the north side of Jacksonville Stage Road - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Hall Cemetery - off Tony Hanson Road on private drive - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Hatch Road Cemetery, also known as Hatch Cemetery - Hatch School Road - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Prouty Cemetery - on Thomas Hill Road, north side, across the road from the Thomas Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Stafford Cemetery - not located on a main road but in the woods off of a "legal town trail." Access is best from Jacksonville Stage Road turning onto Josh Road, a small, one lane, rutted, dirt road - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Taylor-Stacy Cemetery, also known as Taylor Cemetery, and Stacy Cemetery. - near the junction of Hatch School Road and Butterfield Road - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Thomas Hill Cemetery, also known as Stanclift Cemetery. - on Thomas Hill Road, south side, across the road from the Prouty Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Thomas Hill-Bell-Phelps Cemetery, also known as Thomas Cemetery, and Phelps-Bell Cemetery. - on Thomas Hill Road, near the intersection of Thomas Hill Road and Hale Road - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Halifax Cemetery - at the north end of West Halifax Village, at the end of a short dirt road, behind some homes - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

BEWARE: If using Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954 found on Familly Search to determine the place of burial - this resource uses Bell to refer to both Bell Cemetery and Thomas Hill-Bell-Phelps Cemetery. Using the 1953 cemetery transcriptions done by Ruby Austin will help clarify the proper cemetery - although personal visits by those contrubuting to Find A Grave have provided further clarity if a personal visit was made to obtain a picture of the tombstone.

Churches
Safe thus far : a history of the Guilford Congregational Church in Guilford, Vermont, 1767-1997, by Larrimore C. Crockett (1999) - find this book in a library.

Guilford, Vermont church records, 1793-1802 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This film contains Contains baptisms (1793-1802), marriages and deaths (1793-1796).

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1770-1952, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Guilford Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1754-1851; index to deeds, 1770-1950.

Guilford Town Office 236 School Rd Guilford, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 254-6857 Website: http://www.guilfordvt.net/

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer

Libraries and Historical Societies
Guilford Historical Society 236 School Road Guilford VT 05301 Phone: (802) 257-0147 Email: pulpitfm@verizon.net Website: http://guilfordhistorical.org/

Guilford Free Library 4024 Guilford Center Road Guilford, VT 05301 Phone: 802-257-4603 Email: guilford_pl@vals.state.vt.us Website: http://www.sover.net/~wilken/guilfordlibrary/