Leicester, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Leicester, Vermont at Wikipedia

Leicester was chartered on October 20, 1761 and the was organized on the 29th of March, 1786. In the extreme western section of town is the village which is now known as Leicester Junction, but which used to be Whiting Station, a confusing situation brought about by the railroad. Some years later another Whiting Station was built just south of the village of Whiting. The old Whiting Station and post office were renamed Leicester Junction in 1872. It is now the only post office in Leicester. The population was 1,100 at the 2010 census.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

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

Leicester Town Offices 44 Schoolhouse Road Leicester, VT 05733 Phone: (802) 247-5961 Email: leicestervt@comcast.net Website: http://www.leicestervt.org/

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

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


 * Brookside Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.


 * Leicester Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Addison 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 Leicester, 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 Leicester:

City Directories

 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property
 * 1774-1926 (*) Addison County (Vermont). County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * Vermont Land and Property

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Leicester at HomeTownLocator
 * Leicester at FamilySearch Places
 * Leicester at Google Maps
 * Leicester at Mapcarta
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of Leicester at Vermont.org
 * Vermont Maps State Page


 * 1871 map of Leicester Township

Military
Searchable by Town Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
Addison County Independent ($)

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Other 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 Leicester town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1763-1999, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Leicester Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1999, and Land and vital records, 1792-1851; index to land records, 1786-1952

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Leicester: The probate district for Leicester is Addison. Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: 802-388-2612
 * 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Vermont Probate Records

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * Rutland Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library