Orleans County, Vermont Genealogy

Guide to Orleans County, Vermont ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for Orléans. The County is located in the north center area of the state.

County Courthouse
Town and City Clerks have birth, marriage, death and City Clerks have birth, marriage, death and land records; District Probate Court has probate records; County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1800.

Towns Organized Before 1800: Barton 1789 Craftsbury 1781 Derby 1779 Glover 1783 Greensboro 1781 Holland 1779 Jay 1792 Westfield 1780

Parent County

 * Created 5 November 1792 from Orange County.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Vermont County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Vermont County Boundary Maps" (1764-1895) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

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Towns:

Extinct Town:



Villages:

Community:


 * Beebe Plain

Neighboring Counties
Caledonia | Essex | Franklin | Lamoille | Brome, Quebec | Missisquoi, Quebec | Stanstead, Quebec

Cemeteries

 * List of Orleans County Cemeteries
 * Random Acts VT Cemetery Records Research Guide

Civil War

 * 1861 - 1867  at FamilySearch — index and images

Regiments and Companies:


 * - 4th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Company D

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1749 - 1999 Vermont Wills and Probate Records 1749-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1800 - 1921 at FamilySearch — images

Town Records

 * 1850-2005 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Vital Records

 * 1732 - 2005 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1850 - 2005 at FamilySearch — index and images

See also How to order Vermont Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for the following Vermont certificates: Downloadable applications from Vermont Department of Health.
 * Birth Certificate,
 * Marriage Certificate,
 * Divorce Certificate,
 * Civil Union Dissolution Certificate, or
 * Death Certificate

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Vermont Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Historical Societies
Orleans County Historical Society 109 Old Stone House Road Brownington, VT 05860 Phone: 802-754-2022 Website Albany Historical Society PO Box 317 Albany, VT 05820 Phone: 802-755-6105 Charleston Historical Society PO Box 46 East Charleston, VT 05833 Phone: 802-723-4833 Craftsbury Historical Society 258 The Ledges Craftsbury, VT 05826 Phone: 802-755-6178 Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association PO Box 253 Pierce House 97 Water Street Barton, VT 05822 Phone: 802-525-3703 Derby Historical Society PO Box 357 Derby, VT 05829 Phone: 802-766-5324 Website Glover Historical Society PO Box 208 Glover, Vt 05839 Phone: 802-525-6212 or 802-525-6227 Website Greensboro Historical Society PO Box 151 Greensboro, VT 05841 Phone: 802-533-2457 Website Holland Historical Society PO Box 483 Derby Line, VT 05830 Phone: 802-766-5375 Lowell Historical Society 2170 VT Rte 100 Lowell, VT 05847 Phone: 802-744-6559 or 802-744-6859 Memphremagog Historical Society of Newport 96 Stagecoach Drive Newport, VT 05855 Phone: 802-334-6195 Missisquoi Valley Historical Society PO Box 237 North Troy, VT 05859 Phone: 802-988-2397 Morgan Historical Society PO Box 113 Morgan, VT 05853 Phone: 802-723-5907 Westfield Historical Society 69 Fuller Road Westfield, VT 05847 Phone: 802-744-8257

Family History Centers

 * Newport Vermont Family History Center

Websites

 * Orleans County, VT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Orleans County
 * The Orleans County VTGenWeb Project, a member of The VTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Orleans County