Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Stowe was chartered on June 8, 1763. Maria Von Trapp ("The Sound of Music") came here after escaping from the Nazis because it reminded her of her native Austria. Lying in the shadow of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, Stowe is known as "the Ski Capital of the East". The population was 4,314 at the 2010 census.

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


 * Old Yard Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Riverbank Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sterling Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Trapp Family Lodge Grounds - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Branch Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records, 1798-1869, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records (includes records of the Old Yard Center Cemetery, Thomas S. Luce Cemetery, Old Mansfield-Old Lude Hill Cemetery, Riverbank Cemetery, Old Ivory Luce Cemetery, West Branch Cemetery, and Sterling Cemetery) are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Stowe Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Lamoille 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 Stowe, 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 Stowe:

Historical Data

 * Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. VIII, towns of Stowe and Mansfield, Stowe Fire District no. 1, Stowe Village - view a digital version of this document.
 * Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont : extract from no. 8, Lamoille County, part II, Stowe and Stowe Village - view a digital version of this document.

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Stowe Free Library 90 Pond Street Stowe, VT 05672 Phone: (802) 253-6145 Website: http://www.stowelibrary.org/

Stowe Historical Society PO Box 730 Stowe, VT 05672 Phone: (802) 253-1518 Website: http://www.stowehistoricalsociety.org/

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

1878 map of Stowe

Newspapers
Stowe Reporter

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

New and Citizen

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

The probate district for Stowe is Lamoille. Lamoille Probate Court 154 Main St. PO Box 570 Hyde Park, VT 05655 Phone: (802) 888-3306

Town Histories

 * History of Stowe to 1869, History of Stowe to 1869 (1871) - find this book in a library.
 * History of Stowe, Vermont : from 1763 to 1934, by Walter J. Bigelow (1934) - view a digital copy of this book online.
 * Stowe, Vermont history and genealogy : the Susan W. Downer collection, by Stowe, Vermont : Stowe Historical Society (2001) - find this book in a library.

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 Stowe town records available online:


 * Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1903 -2000, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
 * The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Stowe Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births and deaths, 1793-1864, Records of births, marriages, and deaths of Stowe, Vermont, 1857-Feb. 2000, Records of marriages and births, 1800-1856, Town records, 1808-1858, and Deeds, 1795-1850.

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

Stowe Town Clerk 67 Main Street PO Box 248 Stowe, VT 05672 Phone: (802)253-6133 Website: http://www.townofstowevt.org/townclerk/index.html

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