Greensboro, Orleans County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Greensboro, Vermont at Wikipedia

The town of Greensboro was granted on August 20, 1781 by the Vermont Legislature. The charter was issued under the name of Coltkiln (sometimes rendered incorrectly as Colt Hill). However, the new town that had been granted as Coltkiln was suddenly and without any explanation chartered as Greensboro.

The harvesting and sale of ice became big business from the late 1800s until the late 1930s since farmers needed large amounts for keeping milk and butter cool during warm summer days and for shipping on the railroad. At one point three commercial ice houses in Greensboro harvested 180,000 tons of ice in 2-3 weeks from mid-January to mid-February.

The town includes the places of Campbells Corners, East Greensboro, Gebbie Corner, Greensboro Four Corners, Greensboro Bend, The Four Corners, Tolmans Corner, and Burlington Point. The population at the 2010 US Census was 762. Project to Standardize New England Town Pages

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

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

Greensboro Town Clerk 81 Lauredon Ave. Greensboro, VT 05841 Phone: (802) 533-2911 Email: greensborovt@yahoo.com Website: http://www.greensborovt.org/town-officials/

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 major cemeteries in present-day Greensboro. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Orleans County, website at this link.


 * Baker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Greensboro Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mitchell-McLaren Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Michaels Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Greensboro Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Orleans 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 Greensboro, 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 Greensboro:

Congregational Church of Christ (Greensboro, Vermont) Records, 1804 -1910, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * 1700s-1800s (*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * Vermont Church Records

City Directories

 * 1884 Greensboro Town Directory
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

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

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

 * Glimpes Of Greensboro's History - published by the Greensboro Historical Society.
 * The History of Greensboro : the first two hundred years, by Peter D Watson and Susan Bartlett Weber (1990) - find this book in a library.
 * A history of Greensboro' and the Congregational Church : a semi-centennial discourse delivered November 24, 1854, by James P Stone (1855) - find this book in a library.

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


 * 1878 map of Greensboro
 * 1878 map of Greensboro Town, and Greensboro Bend Town.

Military
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: Town of Greensboro, Vermont Enrolled Militia Records, 1861-1865, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
The Newport Daily Express

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 Greensboro town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1905-2000, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Greensboro Town Clerk's Office. These include Town and vital records of Greensboro, Vermont, 1814-2000, and Land records, 1831-1912.

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

Orleans Probate Division 247 Main Street Newport, VT · 05855 Phone: (802) 334-3305
 * 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

Libraries
Greensboro Free Library 53 Wilson Street Greensboro, VT 05841 Phone: (802) 533-2531 Email: greensborofree@yahoo.com Website: http://www.greensborofreelibrary.org/

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * Newport Vermont Family History Center
 * Plattsburgh New York Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Societies
Greensboro Historical Society 29 Breezy Avenue P.O. Box 151 Greensboro, Vermont 05841 Phone: (802) 533-2457 Website: http://www.greensborohistoricalsociety.org/