East Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
East Montpelier, Vermont at Wikipedia

East Montpelier was chartered on January 1, 1849 by the Vermont State Legislature.

East Montpelier came to be when the village of Montpelier, named permanent capital of Vermont, was set aside as a separate town in 1848, retaining the original name. Considerable bitterness existed among the townsfolk who now lived in East Montpelier: Montpelier now had the center of State government, the best waterpower sites and most of the population. East Montpelier did get most of the land, but little else. As if that weren't bad enough, the town was now someplace else in the alphabet, along with other split-off towns which had directional words added (South Burlington, West Fairlee, West Windsor, West Rutland).

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

East Montpelier Town Clerk
East Montpelier Town Clerk 40 Kelton Rd. PO Box 157 East Montpelier, VT 05651 Phone: (802) 223-3313 Website: http://eastmontpeliervt.org/

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

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


 * Cate Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Cutler Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Doty Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * East Villiage Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Quaker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Tinkham Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wheeler Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * East Montpelier Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington 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 East Montpelier, 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 East Montpelier:

City Directories

 * 1931-1942 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, East Montpelier at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories
Across the Onion: a history of East Montpelier, Vermont, 1781 to 1981, Ellen C Hill and Marilyn S Blackwell (1983) - find this book in a library.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of East Montpelier at HomeTownLocator
 * East Montpelier at FamilySearch Places
 * East Montpelier at Google Maps
 * East Montpelier at Mapcarta
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of East Montpelier at Vermont.org
 * Vermont Maps State Page


 * 1873 map of East Montpelier

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

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 East Montpelier town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1856-1974, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Vermont, Washington County, East Montpelier, death and burial records, 1998-2005, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the East Montpelier Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1856-1997.

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

Vermont. Probate Court (Washington District), East Montpelier - Court amended documents, 1903-1990, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Societies
East Montpelier Historical Society PO Box 63 East Montpelier, VT 05651 Website: http://www.eastmontpelierhistoricalsociety.org/