Stamford, Bennington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Stamford, Vermont at Wikipedia

Stamford is one of the oldest towns in Vermont, chartered in 1753 by Benning Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire. The 1753 date, for the first grant of Stamford, makes this one of the oldest of the New Hampshire Grants. The outbreak of the last of the French and Indian wars kept the grantees from making a settlement within the required amount of time, so Wentworth renewed their grant in 1764. It was chartered by the name of New Stamford, but after the Revolution it dropped the New, and became simply Stamford.

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

Stamford Town Clerk
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images) at this link.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Stamford Town Clerks Office. These include Land records, 1777-1913; indexes to land records, 1780-1977, and Town and vital records, 1812-1867.

Town of Stamford 986 Main St Stamford, VT 05352 Phone: (802) 694-1361 Website: http://www.stamfordvt.org/officeofthetownclerk.html

Vital Records

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

Town Reports
The town of Stamford kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Stamford 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.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Stamford. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Bennington County, website at this link.
 * Houghton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Lee Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Millard Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sportsmans Road Cemetery (aka Old Bridges Cemetery)


 * Stamford Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Bennington 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. 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 Stamford, VT:
 * Stamford Community Church 1059 Main Rd. Stamford, VT 05352 Phone:(802) 694-1533
 * St. John Bosco 818 Main Rd. Stamford, VT 05352 St. John Bosco Parish Website


 * 1700s-1800s (*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * Vermont Church Records

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
 * 1782-1832 (*) Bennington County (Vermont). County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
 * Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories
The Vermont Historical Gazetteer is a 5 volume set of historical information by Abby Maria Hemenway with Volume I published in 1867 and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Also available online in PDF format at this link.


 * Annual Report for the year of 1826: https://archive.org/details/annualreportofto00sta

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

Brief History of Stamford, excerpts from a 1993 Stamford Historical Society article written in 1993.

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


 * 1856 map of Stamford
 * Bennington County map, 1876

Military
Searchable by Town 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
Bennington Banner Newspaper North Adams Transcript

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:

Probate Records
Estate file probate records from the Bennington, VT district are available through FamilySearch via Search by Image, for years 1779-1935, but are not yet indexed.

The probate district for Stamford is Bennington.

Bennington Probate Division 207 South St. Bennington, VT 05201 Phone: (802) 447-2705
 * 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
Stamford Community Library 986 Main St. Stamford, VT 05352 Phone: (802) 694-1379 Website: http://stamfordlibrary.org/stamford/

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Albany New York Family History Center
 * Bennington Vermont Family History Center
 * Concord New Hampshire Family History Center
 * Rutland Vermont Family History Center
 * Brooks Memorial Library - an affiliate library
 * Crandall Public Library - an affiliate library

Societies
Stamford Historical Society Town Clerk's office, Stamford, VT Mailing Address: c/o Town Clerk, 986 Main Road, Stamford, VT 05352 Phone: (802) 694-1361