Bennington County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Vermont  Bennington County

County Courthouse
Bennington County Courthouse 207 South Street, Bennington, VT 05201-2247 802-442-8528

Bennington County; 207 South St; Bennington, VT 05201; Ph. 802.447.2700 Details: (Twn Clks have b, m, d &amp; bur rec; Co Clk has div rec from 1899 &amp; ct rec form 1861; Pro Judge has pro rec) Towns Organized before 1800: Arlington 1761, Bennington 1749, Dorset 1761, Glastenbury 1761, Landgrove 1780, Manchester 1761, Peru 1761, Pownal 1760, Rupert 1761, Sandgate 1761, Shaftsbury 1761, Sunderland 1761, Winhall 1761 www.rootsweb.com/~vtbennin/index.html

Parent County
Created 11 February 1779 from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes

 * Windham County was set off 22 February 1781.

Populated Places
Towns:

Neighboring Counties
Rutland | Windsor | Windham | Massachusetts Counties: Berkshire | Franklin | New York Counties: Rensselaer | Washington

State
1785

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has North Adams, MA newspapers (1895-1977) covering local news that included Windham County residents.

Probate Records
There are two Bennington County Probate Districts


 * Bennington District - Bennington, Glastenbury, Pownal, Readsboro, Searsburg, Shaftsbury, Stamford and Woodford.
 * Manchester District - Arlington, Dorset, Landgrove, Manchester, Peru, Rupert, Sandgate, Sunderland and Winhall.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Vermont, Bennington County Manchester District, Probates (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Bennington Vermont Family History Center

Websites

 * The Bennington County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)