Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Cambridge was chartered on August 31, 1781 by the Vermont State Legislature. Cambridge includes the villages of Jeffersonville and Cambridge. The population was 3,659 at the 2010 U.S. Census.

Historical Data
Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. II, Town of Cambridge - view a digital version of this document online.

Town Histories
The history of Cambridge, Vermont, by Winona S. Noble (1976) - find this book in a library.

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

Military Records
Cambridge, Vermont Personal War Sketches, 1861-1865, are available on FamilySearch.

Probate Records
The probate district for Cambridge is Lamoille. Lamoille Probate Court 154 Main St. PO Box 570 Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone: (802) 888-3306

Church Records

 * Mission of the Holy Cross (Cambridge, Vermont) Church Records, 1875-1909, are available on microfilm from the Family History Library.
 * Records of the Mission of the Holy Apostles, Cambridge, Vermont, 1858-1908, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Maps
1878 map of Cambridge

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


 * East Cambridge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hopkins Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mountain View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * North Cambridge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Garve site.
 * Smilie Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * South Cambridge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Cambridge, Vermont Land Records, 1850-1917, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1925-1999, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Cambridge Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/95084 Town and vital records, 1785-Oct. 1999; indexes, 1772-1999], and Deeds, 1784-1850.

Cambridge Town Clerk 85 Church St. Jeffersonville, VT 05464 Phone: (802) 644-2251 Website: http://www.townofcambridgevt.org/

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

New and Citizen

Libraries and Historical Societies
Varnum Memorial Library PO Box 198 194 Main Street Jeffersonville, VT 05464-0198 Phone: (802) 644-2117 Email: TheVarnum@gmail.com Website: http://thevarnum.org/

Cambridge Historical Society 49 School St. PO Box 16 Jeffersonville, VT 05464 Email: Info@CambridgeHistoricalSociety.org Website: http://www.cambridgehistoricalsociety.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cambridgehistoricalsociety