Windham County, Vermont Genealogy


 * This article is about a county in Vermont. For other uses, see Windham (disambiguation).

United States Vermont  Windham County

County Courthouse
Windham County Courthouse Mailing Address: P.O. Box 207, Newfane, VT 05345-0207 Phone: 802-365-7979 Fax: 802-365-4360

Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and land records; County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1825; Probate Judge has probate records

Towns Organized Before 1800: Athens 1780, Brattleboro 1753, Brookline 1794, Grafton 1754, Guilford 1754, Halifax 1750, Jamaica 1780, Londonderry 1780, Marlboro 1751, Newfane 1753, Putney 1753, Rockingham 1752, Townshend 1753, Woodbury 1781, Westminister 1752, Whitingham 1770, Wilmington 1751, Windham 1795

Parent County
Created 22 February 1781 from Bennington County.

Populated Places
Towns:

Villages:

Communities:

Neighboring Counties
Bennington | Windsor | Franklin County, Massachusetts | New Hampshire counties: Cheshire | Sullivan

Cemeteries

 * List of Windham County Cemeteries

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
There are two Windham County Probate Districts


 * Marlboro District - Brattleboro, Dover, Dummerston, Guilford, Halifax, Marlboro, Newfane, Somerset, Stratton, Vernon, Wardsboro, Whitingham and Wilmington.
 * Westminster District - Athens, Brookline, Grafton, Jamaica, Londonderry, Putney, Rockingham (including Bellows Falls), Townshend, Westminster and Windham.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Vermont, Windham County Westminster District Probates (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Family History Library catalog for Windham County
 * The Windham County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Windham County