Essex County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Vermont  Essex County



County Courthouse
Essex County Courthouse P.O. Box 75 Guildhall, VT 05905-0075 Phone:802-676-3910 Fax: 802-676-3463

County clerk has birth and death records from 1884, marriage and burial records, a few divorce records, court records from 1800 and land records from 1762; probate judge has probate records from 1800.

Towns Organized Before 1800: Bloomfield 1762, Brunswick 1761, Canaan 1782, Concord 1780, Guildhall 1761, Lunenburg 1763, Maidstone 1761, Victory 1781

Parent County

 * Created 5 November 1792 from Orange County.

Places / Localities
Towns

Extinct Town:  • Wenlock

Unincorporated

Community:  • Island Pond

Neighboring Counties
Caledonia | Orleans | New Hampshire counties: Coös | Grafton | Quebec  counties: Compton | Stanstead

Cemeteries

 * List of Essex County Cemeteries

Probate Records
Probate files or packets for Essex County are now digitized and available at http://labs.familysearch.org/.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * The Essex County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project