Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Groton was chartered on October 20, 1789 by the Vermont Legislature. The town of Groton consists of the villiages of Groton Pond, Rickers Mills, Rickers and West Groton.

Historical Data
Groton, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Town Histories
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

Mister Glover's Groton : the chronicle of Groton, Vermont from 1789 to 1978, by Waldo F Glover (1978) - find this book in a library.

Vital Records
The town of Groton kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Groton kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.) FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records
The probate district for Groton is Caledonia Caledonia Probate Division 1126 Main St, Ste 1 St Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605

City Directories
1888 Groton Town Directory

Maps
1875 map of Groton

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


 * Darling Family Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Groton Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Groton-Peacham Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Groton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Headline text
Groton Cemetery information

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1781 -1951, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Groton Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of the proprietors of Harris Gore, 1801-1825.

Groton Town Clerks Office 1476 Scott Highway Groton, VT 05046 Phone: 802-584-3276 Email: grotonclerk@fairpoint.net Website: http://www.grotonvt.com/

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

Libraries and Historical Societies
Groton Free Public Library 1304 Scott Hwy. Groton, VT 05046 Phone: (802) 584-3358 Email: grotonlibraryvt@gmail.com Website: http://grotonlibraryvt.org/

Groton Historical Society P.O. Box 89 Groton, VT 05046 Groton Historical Society Website

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.