Ryegate, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Ryegate was chartered on September 8, 1763. The town contains the villages of South Ryegate, East Ryegate, and Ryegate Corner. The population was 1,174 at the 2010 census.

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


 * Blue Mountain Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hillside Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Old Scotch Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Pinehurst Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Whitelaw Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Ryegate Cemetery Records, early to 1870, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Ryegate Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Caledonia 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 Ryegate, 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 Ryegate:

City Directories
1888 Ryegate Town Directory

Historical Data
Ryegate, Vermont USGenWeb Page

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Ryegate Historical Society 54 Paper Mill Road, East Ryegate, VT 05042 Mailng Address: PO Box 366, Ryegate, VT 05042 Phone: (802) 584-3520 Email: dawhite@fairpoint.net

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.

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

1875 map of Ryegate

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

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

The probate district for Ryegate is Caledonia Caledonia Probate Division 1126 Main St, Ste 1 St Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605

Town Histories

 * History of Ryegate, Vermont : from its settlement by the Scotch-American company of farmers to present time, with genealogical records of many families, by Edward Miller and Frederic P. Wells (1913) - view this book online. Complete text with family genealogies can be viewed online.
 * Down of the thistle : 20th century Ryegate Vermont, by Dwight A White and Edward Miller (2006) - 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 Ryegate town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1799-1958, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Ryegate Town Clerk's Office. These include Births (1868-1930), marriages (1868-1950), deaths (1868-2001), Town and vital records, 1770-1886; index to vital records, 1858-1915, and Land records and deeds, 1781-1904; index, 1781-1925.

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

Ryegate Town Clerk 18 S Bayley Hazen Rd. PO Box 332 East Ryegate, VT 05042 Phone: (802) 584-3880 Website: http://www.ryegatevt.org/

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