Ferrisburgh, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
The charter for Ferrisburgh was granted on June 24, 1762. The main village of Ferrisburg got a post office called Ferrisburgh in 1850. In 1892, the h was dropped, as it was most everywhere in the US at the urging of the postal service. Recent years have seen that spelling coming back into use for the entire town.

Cemeteries

 * Ferrisburg Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog

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


 * Allen Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Basin Harbor Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Collins Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * First Quaker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Friends Cemetery (also known as Quaker Cemetery) inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Gage Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Kellogg- Field Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Newton Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * North Ferrisburgh Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Porter Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Union Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Warner Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

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 Ferrisburgh, 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 Ferrisburgh:

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Ferrisburgh Historical Society PO Box 85 Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 Historical Society Website Link

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Ferrisburgh: 1871 map of Ferrisburgh Township

Newspapers

 * Burlington Free Press
 * Rutland Herald

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Ferrisburgh:
 * The probate district for Ferrisburgh is Addison. Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-2612

Town Histories

 * Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.
 * Ferrisburgh : a scrapbook of memories, Ferrisburgh Bicentennial Committee, 1976 - find this book in a library.
 * Around the mountains : historical essays about Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, and Monkton, William Wallace Higbee; Kathleen McKinley Harris; Mary G Lighthall (1991) - find this book in a library.

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 Ferrisburgh town records available online:


 * at FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Ferrisburgh Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1787-1852; index to deeds, 1793-1913, Town records, v. 1-3, 1759-1872, and Records of births, marriages, deaths, 1857-1999; indexes to marriages, births, deaths, 1759-1999.

Ferrisburgh Town Offices 3279 Route 7 PO Box 6 Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 Phone: (802) 877-3429 E-mail: ferrisburghclerk@comcast.net Website: http://www.ferrisburghvt.org/

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

Vital Records

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

Marriages

 * Marriage book of Wm. Putnam Rallson William Rallson kept records of marriages for the following towns and years: Keeseville, 1873-1874; Essex, 1874-1875; Waterford, 1879-1880; Jonesville, 1880-1883, 1900-1902; Gloversville, 1883-1886; Mechanicville, 1886-1892; Salem, 1892-1896; Rupert, Vt., 1897; Brandon, Vt., 1898-1899; Vergennes, Vt. 1888-1892; Ferrisburg, Vt. 1888-1892; Schoharie, 1903-1904; Guilderland, 1905-1908; Richmondville, 1908-1912.

Town Reports
The town of Ferrisburgh kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Ferrisburgh kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)