Worcester, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Worcester was chartered on June 8, 1763. It has been reported that excellent records were kept on file at the first Town Clerk's office when the Town of Worcester was first settled, but today the exact date of the Town's organization remains a mystery. A fire destroyed the Town's early records.

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


 * Worcester Mountain Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Worcester Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cemetery records of the town of Worcester, 1825-1874, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Worcester Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington 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 Worcester, 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 Worcester:

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Worcester Historical Society P.O. Box 329 Worcester, VT 05682 Email: worcestervthistoricalsociety@yahoo.com Website: http://www.worcestervthistoricalsociety.org/

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Worcester: 1873 map of Worcester

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Worcester: The probate district for Worcester is Washington. Washington District Probate Court 10 Elm St. #3 Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 828-3405

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 Worcester town records available online:

Worcester Land Records, 1878-1903, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Worcester Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1815-1941; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1815-1997, Land records, 1803-1880; general index to land records, 1803-1973, and Town records, 1821-1931.

Worcester Town Clerk 20 Worcester Village Rd. Worcester, VT 05682 Phone: 802-223-6942 Website

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

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