Roxbury, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Roxbury, Vermont at Wikipedia

Roxbury, at the southern extremity of Washington County, fifteen miles from Montpelier, was chartered on August 6, 1781 by the Vermont Legislature. The town was organized on March 24, 1796. The town consists of the villages of East Roxbury, Roxbury, and Roxbury Flat. The population was 691 at the 2010 census.

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

Roxbury Town Clerk
Roxbury Town Clerk PO Box 53 1664 Roxbury Rd. Roxbury, VT 05669 Phone:(802) 485-7840 Email: email: townrox@tds.net Website: http://www.roxbury.govoffice2.com/

Vital Records

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Roxbury Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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


 * Orcutt Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Roxbury Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Roxbury First Settlers Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hill - First Settlers Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Roxbury Cemetery Records, early to 1870, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library

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 Roxbury, 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 Roxbury:

City Directories

 * 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

 * West Brookfield and thereabouts, including Braintree Roxbury history, A.W. Wakefield (2009) - find this book in a library.
 * The history of the towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Abby Maria Hemenway, 1828-1890 - view a digital copy of this book online

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


 * 1873 map of Roxbury

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
 * The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

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 Roxbury town records available online:
 * Town and vital records, 1796-1851; index to vital records, early to 1951, *Town records, 1762-1908, and Deeds, 1796-1851; index to deeds, 1796-1870

Probate Records

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

Libraries

 * Roxbury Free Library P.O. Box 95 1491 Roxbury Road Roxbury, VT 05669 Phone: 802-485-6860 Website: http://roxburyfreelibrary.org

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

 * Roxbury Historical Society