Orange, Orange County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Orange, Vermont at Wikipedia

The town of Orange was chartered on August 11, 1781 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town was organized March 9, 1796.

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

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

Orange Town Clerk P.O. Box 233 East Barre, Vermont 05649 Email: kfelch@orangevt.org Website: http://www.orangevt.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 Orange. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Orange County, website at this link.


 * Brock Haven Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Clement Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Cutler Corner Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * East Orange Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Groton Road Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hutchinson Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Orange Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cemetery records of the town of Orange, 1736-1879, - available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Orange Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Orange 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 Orange, 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 Orange:

Records of the Second Freewill Baptist Church in Orange, Vermont, 1837-1861 - available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * 1700s-1800s (*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * Vermont Church Records

City Directories

 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & 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

 * Orange History, by Elsie Beard.
 * Orange, Vermont town history, 1781-1981, by Vivian L Rogers Freeman (1985) - find this book in a library.

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


 * 1877 map of Orange

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
The Herald of Randolph

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 Orange town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1857-1998, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Orange Town Clerk's Office. These include Index to births, 1800-1850, Deeds, 1796-1852; index to deeds,1796-1906, and Land records, 1852-1890; land index, 1904-1970.

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

The probate district for Orange is Orange. Orange Probate Court 5 Court St Chelsea VT 05038 Phone: (802) 685-4610
 * 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Vermont Probate Records

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Lebanon New Hampshire Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Meredith Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library