Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Shelburne was chartered on August 18, 1763. Early settlers were required to perform several duties in exchange for their lots of 200-300 acres, such as cultivating a certain minimum number of acres and reserving all worthwhile pine trees for use by the Royal Navy as masts. The first settlers actually arrived in 1768, and began cutting lumber for shipment to Canada.

Town Histories
Shelburne : pieces of history, Truman M Webster (1994) - find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Shelburne is Chittenden. Chittenden District Probate Court 175 Main St. PO Box 511 Burlington VT 05402 Phone: (802) 651-1518

Maps
1869 map of Shelburne

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


 * Shelburne Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Spear Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Catherines Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Webb Family Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Churches
Trinity Church Parish Register, 1849-1970, is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1882-1982, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Shelburne Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1775-1999, Town records, v. 1-2, 1776-1883, Land records, 1787-1849, Cemetery records, 1775-1869, and Burial permits, 1905-1998.

Shelburne Town Offices 5420 Shelburne Rd. P.O. Box 88 Shelburne, VT 05482 Phone: (802) 985-5110 Website: http://www.shelburnevt.org/

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

Libraries and Historical Societies
Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd Shelburne, VT 05482 Phone: (802) 985-5124 Website: http://www.piersonlibrary.org