Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Lyndon was chartered on November 20, 1780 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town contains one incorporated village, Lyndonville, and three unincorporated villages: Lyndon, Lyndon Center, and East Lyndon. Lyndon is recognized as the "Covered Bridge Capital of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom."

Historical Data
Lyndon, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Town Histories

 * Lyndon : gem in the green, by Venila Lovina Shores and Ruth Hopkins McCarty (1986) - find this book in a library.
 * Look around Lyndon, by Lyndon Bicentennial Booklet Committee (1978) - 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 Lyndon is Caledonia Caledonia Probate Division 1126 Main St, Ste 1 St Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605

City Directories
Lyndon Twon Directories: 1888, 1909, and 1925

Lyndon and Lyndonville Directory: 1928

Lyndonville Directories: 1930, 1935, and 1939.

Maps
1875 map of Lyndon

1875 map of Lyndon Center and Lyndonville

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


 * Lyndon Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Elizabeth Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cemetery records of the town of Lyndon, 1793-1869, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1791 -1992, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Lyndon Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/647821 Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1869-Aug. 2001; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1737-1992], and Land records, 1792-1910; indexes to land records, 1792-1992.

Lyndon Town &amp; Village Clerk's Office 119 Park Avenue P.O. Box 167 Lyndonville, VT 05851-0167 Phone: (802) 626-5785 Website: http://www.lyndonvt.org/townclerksoffice.htm

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

Libraries and Historical Societies
Cobleigh Public Library 14 Depot St. Lyndonville, VT 05851 Phone: (802) 626-5475 Website: http://cobleighlibrary.org/main/

Samuel Read Hall Library 1001 College Rd. Lyndonville, VT 05851 Phone: (802) 626-6366 Website: http://library.lyndonstate.edu/

Lyndon Vermont Historical Society

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