Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Brattleboro is a river town rich in history. It was the site of the first permanent English settlement in Vermont, Fort Dummer, in 1724. The town was chartered on December 26, 1753.

The French and Indian Wars prevented settlement of the original grant, and Benning Wentworth renewed the charter in 1760 and 1761. Originally Brattleborough, the town was named for the first grantee, Colonel William Brattle, Jr. of Boston.

It was in 1888 that Postal authorities decided that all towns ending with -borough should be shortened to -boro. Vermont went along with it and Brattleborough became Brattleboro.

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

Brattleboro

 * Brattleboro Retreat Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Locust Rdge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Meeting House Hill Cemetery (aka Orchard Street Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Morningside Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Prospect Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Michaels Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

West Brattleboro

 * Barrows Road Cemetery (aka Ames Hill Cemetery, Mixer Cemetery, Robertson Cemetery, Ward Cemetery, Winchester Cemetery) inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Glen Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Brattleboro Cemetery (aka Mather Cemetery) - insciptions at Find A Grave site.

Record of deaths made from monuments in the different cemeteries in the town of Brattleboro, that died before 1857 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Cemeteries of Brattleboro, Vermont and West Brattleboro, Vermont.


 * Brattleboro Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Windham 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 Brattleboro, 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 Brattleboro:


 * St. Michael's Church (Brattleboro, Vermont) Parish registers, no. 1-4, 1866-1930 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Records of marriages in the parish of St. Michael's Church, 1869-1897 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * The history of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1853-1978, by Paul A Carnahan (1982) - find this book in a library.

City Directories
Vermont City Directories in Vermont Repositories.

Brattleboro (Vermont) city directories (1901-1935) - available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Brooks Memorial Library 224 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 254-5290 Website: http://brookslibraryvt.org/

Brattleboro Historical Society 230 Main St #301 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone:( 802) 258-4957 Email: histsoc@sover.net Website: http://brattleborohistoricalsociety.org/

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

1869 map of Brattleboro

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer

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

The probate district for Brattleboro is Marlboro. Marlboro Probate Court 80 Flat St, Suite 104 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 257-2898

Town Histories

 * A Brief History Of Brattleboro - Town of Brattleboro, Vermont
 * Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont : early history with biographical sketches of some of its citizens - view a digital copy of this book free of charge online at FamilySearch.
 * A monograph on the origin and early life of Brattleboro, by Lewis Grout (1899) - digital copy available free of charge online.
 * Brattleboro, selected historical vignettes, by John N. Houpis, Jr (1973) - Find this book in a library.
 * Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895, Mary R. Cabot (1921) - digital copy available free of charge online - Volume 1 and Volume 2.

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 Brattleboro town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1779-2002, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Brattleboro Town Clerk's Office. These include Brattleboro, Vermont, deeds/land records 1783-1871 and indexes, and Town and vital records, 1779-1915; index to vital records, 1778-1864.

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

Brattleboro Town Clerk 230 Main St # 108 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 251-8157 Email: townclerk@brattleboro.org Website: http://www.brattleboro.org/index.asp?SEC=D2B84780-DAA5-440E-A75D-65C89670222C

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