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United States Vermont  Washington   Waitsfield 

Brief History
Waitsfield was chartered on

Town Histories

 * West Brookfield and thereabouts, including Braintree &amp; Roxbury history, A.W. Wakefield (2009) - find this book in a library.
 * The history of the towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Abby Maria Hemenway, 1828-1890 - view a digital copy of this book online.
 * History of the Town of Waitsfield1782-1908, with Family Genealogies, by Matt Bushnell Jones (1909).

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Waitsfield is Washington. Washington District Probate Court 10 Elm St. #3 Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 828-3405

Maps
1873 map of Roxbury

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


 * Orcutt Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Roxbury Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Roxbury First Settlers Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hill - First Settlers Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Roxbury Cemetery Records, early to 1870, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital Records, 1897 -1998, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images)

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Roxbury Town Clerk's Office. These include Town and vital records, 1796-1851; index to vital records, early to 1951, Town records, 1762-1908, and Deeds, 1796-1851; index to deeds, 1796-1870.

Waitsfield Town Office 9 Bridge Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 Phone: (802) 496-2218 Website: http://www.waitsfieldvt.us/clerk/

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

Libraries and Historical Societies
Waitsfield Historical Society PO Box 816 Waitsfield, VT 05673 Website: http://www.waitsfieldhistoricalsociety.com/

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