Reading, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Reading was chartered June 6, 1761 and the town organized on March 30, 1780.

The Town of Reading includes Felchville, Hammondsville, and South Reading. Felchville is usually called Reading and is the location of the Town Hall/Post Office, the Reading Elementary School and the Reading Public Library.

Town Histories
History of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont. Vol. II (1903), by Gilbert Asa Davis - Read this book free of charge online.

Centennial celebration, together with an historical sketch of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont : and its inhabitants from the first settlement of the town to 1874, by Gilbert A. Davis - view a digital version of this book at FamilySearch.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Reading is Windsor. Windsor Probate Court PO Box 402 (Cota Fuel Bdg) N. Springfield, VT 05150 Phone: (802) 886-2284

Maps
Map of modern Reading.

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Reading. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windsor County, website at this link.


 * Amsden Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Baileys Mills Cemetery (aka Hapgood Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Buck Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sawyer-Weld Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * South Reading - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Spear Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wardner Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Digital images of Reading Town records 1785-1988 are available online at FamilySearch.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Reading Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1760-1911; general index to land records, 1760-1886, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1997; index to births, marriages, deaths, 1770-1997, and Town and vital records, 1785-1858; miscellaneous records, 1781-1919.

Reading Town Clerk 799 Vermont Route 106 Reading, VT 05062 Phone: (802) 484-7250 Email: readingvermont@comcast.net Website: http://www.readingvt.govoffice.com/

Newspapers
The Vermont Standard

Libraries and Historical Societies
Reading Historical Society PO Box 252 Reading, VT 05062 Phone: (802) 484-5738 Reading Public Library 717 VT Route 106 Reading, VT 05062 Phone: (802) 484-5588 Email: reading.public.library@comcast.net Website: http://www.readinglibrary.org/