Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Waitsfield, Vermont at Wikipedia

Waitsfield was created by Vermont charter on February 25, 1782. It was granted to militia Generals Benjamin Wait and Roger Enos and others, and named for Wait. The primary villages in the town are Waitsfield and Irasville.

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

Waitsfield Town Clerk
Waitsfield Town Office 9 Bridge Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 Phone: (802) 496-2218 Website: http://www.waitsfieldvt.us/clerk/

Vital Records

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Waitsfield Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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


 * Common Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Irasville Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wait Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Watisfield Village 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 Waitsfield, 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 Waitsfield:


 * Records of the Congregational Church in Waitsfield, 1796-1876, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Local Histories

 * Historical address delivered August 7, 1889, at the centennial celebration : commemorating the first settlement of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, by General Benjamin Wait - view a digital copy of this book online.
 * History of the town of Waitsfield : incl. an engraving of Bethany Church at Montpelier, and papers from Marshfield and Middlesex (1882) - view a digital copy of this book online.
 * History of the Town of Waitsfield1782-1908, with Family Genealogies, by Matt Bushnell Jones (1909).

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * 1873 map of Fayston and Waitsfield, Irasville

Military
Searchable by Town

Newspapers

 * Burlington Free Press
 * The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

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 Waitsfield town records available online:
 * FamilySearch (browse only images)
 * A book of records for births, deaths, and marriages for the town of Waitsfield, ca. 1780-1856
 * Deaths as occurred in Waitsfield, Vt. since 1872, 1872-1910
 * Record of marriage certificates, 1852-1876
 * Records of births, deaths, and marriages, 1868-1911; index to births, deaths, and marriages, 1857-1908
 * Records of births, v. 1-5, 1903-1929; card index to births, 1903-1997
 * Records of deaths, 1909-1997
 * Records of marriages, v. 1-7, 1905-1941
 * Deeds, 1795-1856.

Probate Records

 * The probate district for Waitsfield is Washington. Washington District Probate Court 10 Elm St. #3 Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 828-3405

Libraries

 * Joslin Memorial Library 4391 Main St. Waitsfield, VT 05673 Phone:(802) 496-4205 Website: http://www.joslinmemoriallibrary.com/

Societies

 * Waitsfield Historical Society PO Box 816 Waitsfield, VT 05673 Website: http://www.waitsfieldhistoricalsociety.com/