Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Hartford was chartered in 1761 and was the first town east of the Green Mountains to be chartered after the French and Indian War. The Town of Hartford consists of the villages of Quechee, White River Junction, Hartford, West Hartford, and Wilder.

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Hartford. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windsor County, website at this link.

Hartford

 * Braley-Simonds Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Center of Town Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Russtown Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Savage Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wrights Tomb - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

West Hartford

 * Tucker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hartford Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Quechee

 * Quechee Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

White River Junction

 * Hartford Point Cemetery (aka Hartford Cemetery, Hartford Village Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mount Olivet Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Anthony Catholic Cemetery (aka South End Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Wilder

 * Christian Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Hartford Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Windsor 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 Hartford, 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 Hartford:

Dothan Church Marriages (early 1800s), Hartford, Vermont

Congregational Church (West Hartford, Vermont) records, 1830-1886 are on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Historical Data

 * Town of Hartford, GenWeb

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Hartford Historical Society 1461 Maple St. P. O. Box 547 Hartford, VT 05047 Phone: (802) 296-3132 Email: genealogyhartfordhistory.org Website: http://www.hartfordhistory.org/

Hartford Library, Inc. 1587 Maple Street P.O. Box 512 Hartford, VT 05047 Phone: (802) 296-2568 Eamil: Hartford@vals.state.vt.us Website: http://www.hartfordvtlibrary.org/

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Hartford:

1869 map of Hartford

Newspapers
The Vermont Standard

Rutland Herald Newspaper

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Hartford:

The probate district for Hartford is Hartford. Hartford Probate Court 62 Pleasant Street PO Box 275 Woodstock, VT 05091 Phone: (802) 457-1503

Town Histories
History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761-April 4, 1889, by William Howard Tucker - book is available free of charge online. View digital version at FamilySearch.

Historical highlights of the town of Hartford, Vermont, 1761-1974, by John W St Croix - Find this book in a library.

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 Hartford town records available online:

Digital images of Hartford Town records, 1764-1997, are available online at FamilySearch.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Hartford Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1765-1901; index to land records, 1765-1901, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1997.

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

Hartford Town Clerk 171 Bridge St. White River Junction, VT 05001 Phone: (802) 295-2785 Email: mhill@hartford-vt.org Website: http://www.hartford-vt.org/

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