Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

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



Description
The County is located in the north center area of the state.

County Courthouse
Secretary of State, Montpelier has birth, marriage and death records; County Clerk has divorce and court records; Probate Court has probate records; Town and City Clerks have land records.

Towns Organized Before 1800: Barre 1781 Berlin 1763 Calais 1781 Duxbury 1763 Marshfield 1782 Middlesex 1763 Montpelier 1781 Moretown 1763 Northfield 1781 Plainfield 1797 Roxbury 1781 Waitsfield 1782 Warren 1780 Waterbury 1763 Worcester 1763

Parent County

 * Renamed 8 November 1814 from Jefferson County, Vermont.

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.

Places / Localities
Cities:

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: Cities:

Towns:

Villages:

Communities:

Neighboring Counties
Addison | Caledonia | Chittenden | Lamoille | Orange

Cemeteries

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

Civil War
Regiments and Companies:


 * - 2nd Regiment, Vermont Infantry
 * - 4th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Companies G, H and K
 * - 13th Regiment, Vermont Infantry

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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at Vermont, Washington County, Probate Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records

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
Cabot Historical Society PO Box 275 3216 Main Street Cabot, Vermont 05647 Phone: 802-563-3396 E-mail:[mailto:cabothistorical@gmail.com cabothistorical@gmail.com] Website Duxbury Historical Society Duxbury Town Office, VT Route 100 Duxbury, VT 05676 Phone: 802-244-7558 Website East Montpelier Historical Society PO Box 63 East Montpelier, VT 05651 Phone: 802-223-6886 E-mail:[mailto:ave.coburn@comcast.net ave.coburn@comcast.net] Website Fayston Historical Society 3685 North Fayston Road Moretown, VT 05660 Phone: 802-496-2083 Website Middlesex Historical Society 5 Church Street Middlesex, VT 05602 Phone: 802-272-8074 E-mail:[mailto:ave.coburn@comcast.net ave.coburn@comcast.net] Website Waitsfield Historical Society General Benjamin Wait House VT Route 100 PO Box 816 Waitsfield, VT 05673 Website

Family History Centers

 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center

Websites

 * Washington County, VT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Washington County
 * The Washington County VTGenWeb Project, a member of The VTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County
 * Northeast KIngdom Genealogy for the counties of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans. It also has some limited information for some surrounding areas.