Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Guildhall was chartered on October 10, 1761 and is the shire town (county seat) of Essex County. According to a large sign in the town center, it is the only town in the world so named. The name derives from a meeting house on the square called the Guildhall. The population at the 2010 US Census was 261.

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


 * Courthouse Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Crawford Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Nellie Smart Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Ridgewell Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Guildhall Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Essex 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 Guildhall, 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 Guildhall:

City Directories
1888 Guildhall Town Directory

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Guildhall:

Libraries and Historical Societies
Guildhall Public Library Inc 7218 Vermont 102 Guildhall, VT 05905 Phone: (802) 676-3054

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

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Guildhall:

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Guildhall:

The probate district for Guildhall is Essex. Essex Probate Court Main St. Box 426 Island Pond, VT 05846 Phone: (802) 723-4770

Town Histories
A history of Guildhall, Vt, by Everett Chamberlin Benton (1886) - view a digital copy of this book online.

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 Guildhall town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1799 -1831, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Guildhall Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records of Guildhall, Vermont, 1765-2001, Town records, 1799-1901, and Deeds and land records, 1784-1907; index, 1761-1898.

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Guildhall Town Clerk 13 Courthouse Dr. PO Box 10 Guildhall, VT 05905 Phone: (802) 676-3797 Website: http://www.guildhallvt.org/

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