Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Vermont  Caledonia   Lyndon

Brief History
Lyndon was chartered on November 20, 1780 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town contains one incorporated village, Lyndonville, and three unincorporated villages: Lyndon, Lyndon Center, and East Lyndon. Lyndon is recognized as the "Covered Bridge Capital of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom."

Historical Data
Lyndon, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Town Histories

 * Lyndon : gem in the green, by Venila Lovina Shores and Ruth Hopkins McCarty (1986) - find this book in a library.
 * Look around Lyndon, by Lyndon Bicentennial Booklet Committee (1978) - 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 Lyndon is Caledonia Caledonia Probate Division 1126 Main St, Ste 1 St Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605

City Directories
Lyndon Twon Directories: 1888, 1909, and 1925

Lyndon and Lyndonville Directory: 1928

Lyndonville Directories: 1930, 1935, and 1939.

Maps
1875 map of Lyndon

1875 map of Lyndon Center and Lyndonville

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


 * Lyndon Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Elizabeth Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cemetery records of the town of Lyndon, 1793-1869, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1791 -1992, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Lyndon Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/647821?availability=Family%20History%20Library Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1869-Aug. 2001; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1737-1992], and Land records, 1792-1910; indexes to land records, 1792-1992.

Lyndon Town &amp; Village Clerk's Office 119 Park Avenue P.O. Box 167 Lyndonville, VT 05851-0167 Phone: (802) 626-5785 Website: http://www.lyndonvt.org/townclerksoffice.htm

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

Libraries and Historical Societies
Cobleigh Public Library 14 Depot St. Lyndonville, VT 05851 Phone: (802) 626-5475 Website: http://cobleighlibrary.org/main/

Samuel Read Hall Library 1001 College Rd. Lyndonville, VT 05851 Phone: (802) 626-6366 Website: http://library.lyndonstate.edu/

Lyndon Vermont Historical Society

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.