Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Whitingham, originally known as Sadawga Springs, was chartered March 12, 1770. The town lies in the southern part of Vermont with it's southern border along the Massachusetts state line. Whitingham is the birthplace of Brigham Young, the second President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and founder of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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


 * Carly Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Cutting Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Davidson Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Green Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Jewell Cemetery (aka Wheeler Hill Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Riverview Cemetery (aka Sherman Cemetery) - insrciptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sadawga Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cemetery records of the town of Whitingham, VT, 1791-1895, are on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Whitingham Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Windham 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 Whitingham, 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 Whitingham:

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Whitingham:

Libraries and Historical Societies
Whitingham Historical Society 13 Stimpson Hill Rd. Whitingham, VT 05361 Phone: (802) 368-2586

Whitingham Free Public Library 2948 Vermont 100 Jacksonville, VT 05342 Phone: (802) 368-7506 Email: whitingham@vals.state.vt.us Website: http://www.readwithus.org/

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Whitingham:

1869 map of Whitingham

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer

Bennington Banner Newspaper

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

The probate district for Whitingham is Marlboro. Marlboro Probate Court Suite 104 80 Flat St Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 257-2898

Town Histories

 * The History of Whitingham, Windham Co., VT: 1776-1886, by Clark Jillson, Abby Maria Hemenway (1886) - view a digital version of book online free of charge.
 * Green leaves from Whitingham, Vermont : a history of the town (1894), by Clark, Franklin and Mary Jillson - view a digital version of this book online free of charge.
 * Some facts about the early history of Whitingham, Vermont (1916), by Butterfield, A. Augustine - view a digital version of this book online free of charge.
 * Stories of Whitingham, by Marjorie W. Graves (1975) - find this book in a library.

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 Whitingham town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1908-1994, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Whitingham Town Clerk's Office. These include Death certificates 1989-2002 (Whitingham, Vermont), Land records, 1777-1909; with general index, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1769-1994; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1764-1994, and Town records, book 1, 1764-1837.

Whitingham Town Clerk P.O. Box 529 2948 VT Route 100 Jacksonville, VT 05342 Phone: 802-368-7887 Email: whitinghamtownclerk@yahoo.com

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

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