Starksboro, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

Cemeteries

 * Starksboro Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog

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 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 TOWN:

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

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

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

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 TOWN town records available online:

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

Brief History
Starksboro was chartered on November 9, 1780 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town was organized in March, 1796. Although Starksboro village on Route 116 is now commonly recognized as the town’s primary center, in earlier times there were many other villages and hamlets: Brownsboro; Little Boston, Hillsboro, and Jerusalem.

Town Histories

 * History of the Starksboro Village Meeting House.
 * Bertha's book : a view of Starksboro's history, by Bertha B Hanson and Emma-Lou G Craig (1998) - 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 Starksboro is Addison. Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-2612

Maps
1871 map of Starksboro Township

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


 * Brace (Newell Stokes) Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Brown Hill (Hallock) Cemetery - inscriptons at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Catholic (Ireland or Conway) Cemetry - inscriptions at Find a Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Green Mount Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Hillsboro (Ryan) Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Jerusalem Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Mason Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Norton (Casey or Butler) Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Quaker-Friends Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Rounds Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Starksboro Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.
 * Taft Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave and Starksboro Historical Society sites.

Churches
Starksborough Monthly Meeting Records of the Society of Friends, 1813-1838, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1783-1998, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Starksboro Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records of Starksboro, Vermont, 1857-1998, Deeds, 1796-1849; index, 1797-1880, and Land records, 1792-1877.

Starksboro Town Clerk 2849 Vermont 116 PO Box 91 Starksboro, VT 05487 Phone: (802) 453-2639 Email: starksboro@madriver.com Website: https://sites.google.com/a/starksboro.org/starksboro/

Newspapers
Addison County Independent ($)

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Libraries and Historical Societies
Starksboro Public Library 2827 VT RT 116 PO Box 124 Starksboro, VT 05487 Phone: (802) 453-3732 Email: starksboropl@comcast.net Website: http://starksborolibrary.wordpress.com/

Starksboro Historical Society 6657 Vermont 116 Starksboro, VT 05487 Phone: (802) 434-3469 Website: http://www.starksborohistoricalsociety.org/