Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Cambridge, Vermont at Wikipedia

Cambridge was chartered on August 31, 1781 by the Vermont State Legislature. Cambridge includes the villages of Jeffersonville and Cambridge. The population was 3,659 at the 2010 U.S. Census.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

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

Cambridge Town Clerk 85 Church St. Jeffersonville, VT 05464 Phone: (802) 644-2251 Website: http://www.townofcambridgevt.org/

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

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


 * East Cambridge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hopkins Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mountain View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * North Cambridge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Garve site.
 * Smilie Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * South Cambridge Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Cambridge Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * Lamoille 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 Cambridge, 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 Cambridge:


 * Mission of the Holy Cross (Cambridge, Vermont) Church Records, 1875-1909, are available on microfilm from the Family History Library.
 * Records of the Mission of the Holy Apostles, Cambridge, Vermont, 1858-1908, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

City Directories

 * 1913 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Cambridge at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Local Histories
Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. II, Town of Cambridge - view a digital version of this document online.

The history of Cambridge, Vermont, by Winona S. Noble (1976) - find this book in a library.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Cambridge at HomeTownLocator
 * Cambridge at FamilySearch Places
 * Cambridge at Google Maps
 * Cambridge at Mapcarta
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of Cambridge at Vermont.org
 * Vermont Maps State Page

1878 map of Cambridge

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Cambridge, Vermont Personal War Sketches, 1861-1865, are available on.

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus New and Citizen

Other 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 Cambridge town records available online:

Cambridge, Vermont Land Records, 1850-1917, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1925-1999, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Cambridge Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/95084 Town and vital records, 1785-Oct. 1999; indexes, 1772-1999], and Deeds, 1784-1850.

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

The probate district for Cambridge is Lamoille. Lamoille Probate Court 154 Main St. PO Box 570 Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone: (802) 888-3306

Libraries
Varnum Memorial Library PO Box 198 194 Main Street Jeffersonville, VT 05464-0198 Phone: (802) 644-2117 Email: TheVarnum@gmail.com Website: http://thevarnum.org/

Societies
Cambridge Historical Society 49 School St. PO Box 16 Jeffersonville, VT 05464 Email: Info@CambridgeHistoricalSociety.org Website: http://www.cambridgehistoricalsociety.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cambridgehistoricalsociety