Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Stowe, Vermont at Wikipedia

Stowe was chartered on June 8, 1763. Maria Von Trapp ("The Sound of Music") came here after escaping from the Nazis because it reminded her of her native Austria. Lying in the shadow of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, Stowe is known as "the Ski Capital of the East". The population was 4,314 at the 2010 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

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

Stowe Town Clerk 67 Main Street PO Box 730 Stowe, VT 05672 Phone: (802)253-6133 [mailto:TownClerk@stowevt.gov TownClerk@stowevt.gov] Website

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 Stowe. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Lamoille County, website at this link.


 * Old Yard Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Riverbank Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sterling Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Trapp Family Lodge Grounds - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Branch Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records, 1798-1869, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records (includes records of the Old Yard Center Cemetery, Thomas S. Luce Cemetery, Old Mansfield-Old Lude Hill Cemetery, Riverbank Cemetery, Old Ivory Luce Cemetery, West Branch Cemetery, and Sterling Cemetery) are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Stowe Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 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 Stowe, 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 Stowe:

City Directories

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

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

 * Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. VIII, towns of Stowe and Mansfield, Stowe Fire District no. 1, Stowe Village - view a digital version of this document.
 * Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont : extract from no. 8, Lamoille County, part II, Stowe and Stowe Village - view a digital version of this document.


 * History of Stowe to 1869, History of Stowe to 1869 (1871) - find this book in a library.
 * History of Stowe, Vermont : from 1763 to 1934, by Walter J. Bigelow (1934) - view a digital copy of this book online.
 * Stowe, Vermont history and genealogy : the Susan W. Downer collection, by Stowe, Vermont : Stowe Historical Society (2001) - find this book in a library.

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


 * 1878 map of Stowe

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

Newspapers
Stowe Reporter 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 Stowe town records available online:


 * Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1903 -2000, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Stowe Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births and deaths, 1793-1864, Records of births, marriages, and deaths of Stowe, Vermont, 1857-Feb. 2000, Records of marriages and births, 1800-1856, Town records, 1808-1858, and Deeds, 1795-1850.

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

The probate district for Stowe is Lamoille. Lamoille Probate Court 154 Main St. PO Box 570 Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone: (802) 888-3306
 * 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Vermont Probate Records

Libraries
Stowe Free Library 90 Pond Street Stowe, VT 05672 Phone: (802) 253-6145 Website: http://www.stowelibrary.org/

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * Newport Vermont Family History Center
 * Plattsburgh New York Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Societies
Stowe Historical Society PO Box 730 Stowe, VT 05672 Phone: (802) 253-1518 Website: http://www.stowehistoricalsociety.org/