Sudbury, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Sudbury, Vermont at Wikipedia

First chartered by Benning Wentworth on Aug. 6, 1763 and contained 13,426 acres. The governor attempted to grant the exact same parcel the following year as the town of Dunbar. Recognizing the error, Wentworth permitted the second grant to expire and Sudbury remained on the maps and Dunbar became a footnote in history. The colony of New York attempted to grant the same land as Halesborough in 1767, but that effort failed.

The earliest record of a regular meeting for conducting town business is dated January 15, 1789. However, earlier dated pages of this book of records are missing, and thus the date of the organization of the town is unknown.

According to the First United States Census, there were 47 families with a total population of 258. The population was 560 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

TOWN Town Clerk
Sudbury Town Clerk 36 Blacksmith Lane Sudbury, VT 05733 Phone: 802-623-7296

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 cemeteries in present-day Sudbury. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Rutland County, website at this link.
 * Sudbury Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Rutland County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places


 * Sudbury Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wallace Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Willow Brook Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site

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 Sudbury, 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 Sudbury:

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

 * History of Hyde Manor

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


 * 1854 Rutland County, Sudbury map

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

 * Rutland Herald online at this link

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 Sudbury town records available online:

Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1758-1995; indexes to births, deaths, marriages, 1788-1949 Town records, 1790-1840
 * 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 Sudbury Town Clerks Office. These include:Day book, 1808-1882

Probate Records

 * The probate district for Sudbury is Fair Haven. Fair Haven Probate Court 3 North Park Place Fair Haven, VT 05743 Phone: (802) 265-3380
 * 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

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Lebanon New Hampshire Family History Center
 * Rutland Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Crandall Public Library - an affiliate library
 * The Rutland Historical Society - an affiliate library

Societies

 * Sudbury Historical Society Town Clerk's Office, Sudbury, VT Mailing Address: 36 Blacksmith Lane, Sudbury, VT 05733 Phone: (802) 623-7296 Contact: Steve Sgorbati, Town Clerk