Vermont Census

Online Resources

 * United States Census, 1790-1940
 * — index and images
 * Vermont, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1860, ($), index

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Vermont, click here

Microfilm images

 * 1890 Veterans. United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0123. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1948. (Family History Library film .)

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Vermont, click here.

State and colonial censuses

 * Jay Mack Holbrook, Vermont 1771 Census (Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1982)[]. This source gives an alphabetical list showing name, year, residence, record type, and source. It also gives a reconstructed list of names compiled from records of first settlers, residents, petitioners, rioters, and landowners from 1761 to 1778.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Vermont censuses, click here.

Why use a census?
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


 * index searching tips
 * analyzing and using what you find
 * census accuracy
 * historical background
 * contents of various census years and types