Rutland City, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
The Original Town of Rutland was chartered in 1761 and was later divided into the Town of Proctor, the Town of West Rutland and the City of Rutland. At the same time Proctor and West Rutland were created, the village of Rutland was incorporated to give it partly independent status. Six years later, it was made a wholly independent city and Rutland City was incorporated as Vermont's third city on November 18, 1892.

Today the City of Rutland is a shire town and the county seat of Rutland County.

Historical Data
High School Yearbooks - courtesy of the Rutland Historical Society


 * Rutland High School - 1930 thru 2012
 * Mount Saint Joseph Academy - 1939 thru 2013

Town Histories

 * Rutland in Retrospect, West, Robert Edward; White, Robert T.; Rutland Historical Society (Vt.), Published by Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, 1978. Find a copy in a library.
 * The Vermont State Fair takes place in Rutland VT. The History of the Fair Since 1846 is online.

Vital Records
The town of Rutland kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Rutland 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.)

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

Probate Records
Rutland Probate Court 83 Center Street Rutland, VT 05701 (802) 775-0114

City Directories
City of Rutland directories for the year range of 1867 through 1986 can be found on the Rutland Historical Society Website at this link.

The FamilySearch Library Catalog has several microfilms of Rutland City Directories.

Maps

 * 1854 Rutland County, Rutland map
 * 1879 Sanborn map of Rutland City
 * Old City Street Maps

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


 * Calvary Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Evergreen Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Garve site.
 * Grace Congregational Church Memorial Garden - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * House of Correction Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * North Main Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Rutland Poor Farm Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Josephs Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * The Church Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Trinity Episcapol Church Memorial Garden - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Street Catholic Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Baptist
First Baptist Church 81 Center St. Rutland, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 773-8010

Green Mountain Missionary Baptist Church 98 Killington Ave. Rutland, VT 05701

Catholic
Christ The King Roman Catholic Church 66 S Main St Rutland, VT 05701‎ Phone: (802) 773-8992

Immaculate Heart-Mary Church 18 Lincoln Ave, Rutland, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 775-0845

St Peter Catholic Church 134 Convent Ave, Rutland, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 775-1994

Baptism repertoire : Immaculate Heart of Mary plus records from 'Sacred Heart' and 'our Mother of Sorrows' Catholic Church, Rutland, Vermont 1869-1939, by the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society.(1020) - find this book in a library.

Congregational
Grace Congregational Church 8 Court St. Rutland, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 775-4301

East Parish Congregation Church Records (1797-1870)

Episcopal
Church of the Good Sheperd 1 Hillside rd. Rutland, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 773-9659

Trinity Episcopal Church (Rutland, Vermont) Records, 1817-1928, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Lutheran
Messiah Lutheran Church 42 Woodstock Ave. Rutland, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 775-0231

Methodist
United Methodist Church 17 Williams St. Rutland, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 773-2460

Seven Day Adventist
Rutland Seven Day Adventist Church 158 Stratton Rd Rutlalnd, VT 05701 Phone: (802) 775-3178

City Records
Vital records (birth, death, marriage, and naturalization) can be obtained from the Rutland City Clerks Office online.

Rutland City Clerk PO Box 969 Rutland, VT 05702 Email: henryh@rutlandcity.com Website:https://www.rutlandcity.org/

Newspapers
Rutland Herald online at this link.

Libraries and Historical Societies
Rutland Free Library 10 Court St. Rutland, VT 05701 Phone:(802) 773-1860 Email: rutlandfree@rutlandfree.org Website: http://rutlandfree.org/

The Rutland Historical Society was founded in 1969 to serve the original town of Rutland which includes the present towns of Proctor, Rutland Town, West Rutland and the City of Rutland.

Rutland Historical Society Inc. 96 Center Street Rutland, VT 05701-4023 Phone: (802) 775-2006 Email - president@rutlandhistory.com Website: http://www.rutlandhistory.com/

Websites
Rutland Genealogy and Research