Worcester, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Worcester, Vermont at Wikipedia Worcester was chartered on June 8, 1763. It has been reported that excellent records were kept on file at the first Town Clerk's office when the Town of Worcester was first settled, but today the exact date of the Town's organization remains a mystery. A fire destroyed the Town's early records.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Worcester Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office. Worcester Town Clerk 20 Worcester Village Rd. Worcester, VT 05682 Phone: 802-223-6942 Website

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

Births

 * 1817-1858 Worcester, VT: Vital Records, 1817-1858 at American Ancestors - index & images ($)

Marriages

 * 1817-1858 Worcester, VT: Vital Records, 1817-1858 at American Ancestors - index & images ($)

Deaths

 * 1817-1858 Worcester, VT: Vital Records, 1817-1858 at American Ancestors - index & images ($)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Worcester. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Washington County, website at this link.
 * Worcester Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Cemetery records of the town of Worcester, 1825-1874, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Worcester Mountain Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Worcester Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

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 Worcester, 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 Worcester:

City Directories

 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property
 * Worcester Land Records, 1878-1903, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Worcester at HomeTownLocator
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of Worcester at Vermont.org
 * Worcester at FamilySearch Places
 * Worcester at Google Maps
 * Worcester at Mapcarta
 * Vermont Maps State Page


 * 1873 map of Worcester

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

 * Burlington Free Press
 * The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

Other Town Records
For more information see: 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 Worcester town records available online: The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Worcester Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1815-1941; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1815-1997, Land records, 1803-1880; general index to land records, 1803-1973, and Town records, 1821-1931.

Probate Records

 * The probate district for Worcester is Washington. Washington District Probate Court 10 Elm St. #3 Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 828-3405
 * 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Vermont Probate Records

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Societies

 * Worcester Historical Society P.O. Box 329 Worcester, VT 05682 Email: worcestervthistoricalsociety@yahoo.com Website: http://www.worcestervthistoricalsociety.org/