Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Barnet was chartered on December 16, 1763. Barnet contains the locations of Barnet Center, East Barnet, McIndoe Falls, Mosquitoville, Passumpsic and West Barnet.

Barnet was the home of two Henry Stevenses, father and son: the elder founded the Vermont Historical Society, while the younger was one of London's best-known booksellers and bibliographers from 1845 to 1886.

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


 * Barnet Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * McIndoe Falls Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Palmer Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Passumpsic Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Pleasant View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Stevens Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Walter Harvey Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Barnet Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Barnet Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Caledonia 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 Barnet, 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 Barnet:

Associate Reformed Congregation Church Records, 1789-1898, are available on microfilm at the Family History Center.

City Directories
Barnet Town Directories: 1888, 1909, 1925, 1928, 1930 1935, and 1939

Historical Data
Barnet, Vermont USGenWeb Page

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Barnet:

Libraries and Historical Societies
Barnet Public Library 147 Church St. PO Box 34 Barnet, VT 05821 Phone: (802) 633-4436 Email: barnet_pub@vals.state.vt.us Website: https://barnetpubliclibrary.com/

Barnet Historical Society PO Box 34 Barnet VT 05821 Email: barneths@yahoo.com Website: https://barnetvt.org/?page_id=117

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

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Barnet:

1875 map of Barnet Town, Barnet Town West, Norrisville and McIndoe Falls

1875 map of Barnet Town and Passumpsic

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

The Caledonian Record

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

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

Town Histories
History of Barnet, Vermont : from the outbreak of the French and Indian War to present time : with genealogical records of many families, by Frederic Palmer Wells (1923) - view a digital copy of this book online.

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 Barnet town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1856 -1943, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Barnet Town Clerk's Office. These include [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/433611 Town and vital records of Barnet, Vermont, 1776?-Aug. 2001], Deeds and land records, 1783-1905; index to deeds, 1783-1895.

Barnet Town Clerk 1743 U.S. 5 Barnet, VT 05821 Phone: (802) 633-2256 Email: townclerk@barnetvt.org Website: http://www.barnetvt.org/

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

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