Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

Guide to Caledonia County Vermont genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Vermont  Caledonia County

County Courthouse
Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial and land records; County Clerk has divorce and court records from from 1797; Probate Judge has probate records. Towns Organized Before 1800: Barnet 1763, Burke 1782, Cabot 1780, Danville 1786, Groton 1789, Hardwick 1781, Lyndon 1780, Peacham 1763, Ryegate 1763, Sheffield 1793, St. Johnsbury 1785, Sutton 1782, Walden 1780, Waterford 1781, Wheelock 1785

Parent County
5 November 1792: from Orange County.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Vermont County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Vermont County Boundary Maps" (1764-1895) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct Towns:  · Bradleyvale · Hopkinsville

Villages:  · Lyndonville · West Burke

Neighboring Counties:  · Essex · Lamoille · Orange · Orleans · Washington · New Hampshire county: Grafton

Cemeteries

 * List of Caledonia County Cemeteries

History

 * Jeffrey, William H. Successful Vermonters; a modern gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties. East Burke, Vermont, The Historical Publishing Company, 1904. Online.
 * Child, Hamilton Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vt. 1764-1887. Caledonia County, Vermont, Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders, 1887. Online.

Civil War
Regiments and Companies:


 * - 4th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Companies G and H

Newspapers
The Caledonian : (St. Johnsbury, Vermont) 1837-1867, A.G. Chadwick. Dates of publication:1837-1867. Published weekly.

[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023253/ St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vermont) 1867-1919]. C.M. Stone &amp; Co. Dates of publication:1867-1919. Published weekly.

Vital Records
See also How to order Vermont Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for Vermont Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.

Societies, Libraries and Museums
See also a List of Vermont Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Caledonia County Historical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Caledonia County, VT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Linkpendium
 * The Caledonia County VTGenWeb Project, part of The VTGenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site