Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Hartford was chartered in 1761 and was the first town east of the Green Mountains to be chartered after the French and Indian War. The Town of Hartford consists of the villages of Quechee, White River Junction, Hartford, West Hartford, and Wilder.

Town Histories
History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761-April 4, 1889, by William Howard Tucker - book is available free of charge online. View digital version at FamilySearch.

Historical highlights of the town of Hartford, Vermont, 1761-1974, by John W St Croix - 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 Hartford is Hartford. Hartford Probate Court 62 Pleasant Street PO Box 275 Woodstock, VT 05091 Phone: (802) 457-1503

Maps
1869 map of Hartford

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

Hartford

 * Braley-Simonds Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Center of Town Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Russtown Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Savage Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wrights Tomb - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

West Hartford

 * Tucker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hartford Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Quechee

 * Quechee Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

White River Junction

 * Hartford Point Cemetery (aka Hartford Cemetery, Hartford Village Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mount Olivet Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Anthony Catholic Cemetery (aka South End Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Wilder

 * Christian Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Churches
Dothan Church Marriages (early 1800s), Hartford, Vermont

Congregational Church (West Hartford, Vermont) records, 1830-1886 are on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Town Records
Digital images of Hartford Town records, 1764-1997, are available online at FamilySearch.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Hartford Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1765-1901; index to land records, 1765-1901, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1997.

Hartford Town Clerk 171 Bridge St. White River Junction, VT 05001 Phone: (802) 295-2785 Email: mhill@hartford-vt.org Website: http://www.hartford-vt.org/

Newspapers
The Vermont Standard

Rutland Herald Newspaper

Libraries and Historical Societies
Hartford Historical Society 1461 Maple St. P. O. Box 547 Hartford, VT 05047 Phone: (802) 296-3132 Email: genealogyhartfordhistory.org Website: http://www.hartfordhistory.org/

Hartford Library, Inc. 1587 Maple Street P.O. Box 512 Hartford, VT 05047 Phone: (802) 296-2568 Eamil: Hartford@vals.state.vt.us Website: http://www.hartfordvtlibrary.org/