Barre City, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Barre City, Vermont at Wikipedia

Originally the village of Barre within Barre Town until the Legislature made the division on November 23, 1894. Four villages, Thwingsville, Gospel Village, Factory Village, and Jockey Hollow were initially separate entities within the city limits.

Although the separate village identities have long since disappeared into the city, you can still hear old-timers using them as area designations.

Barre is the center of Vermont's granite industry, home to the Rock of Ages quarries. ;

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

Adjacent Towns

 * Washington Co.:  Barre Town | Berlin

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

Barre City Town Clerk

 * Barre City Clerk PO Box 418 Barre, VT 05641 Phone: (802) 476-0242 Email: cdawes@barrecity.org Website

Vital Records

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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


 * Elmwood Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hope 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 Barre City, 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 Barre City:

City Directories

 * 1890-1961 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Barre at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1891-1898 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images, some years may be missing
 * 1896-1942 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1918 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre City at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1931 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre and Montpelier at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1942 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Barre, Montpelier at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) 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

Local Histories

 * Barre in retrospect : 1776-1976, Friends of the Aldrich Public Library - find this book in a library

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


 * 1873 map of Barre

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
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 Barre City town records available online:

Probate Records

 * The probate district for Barre City 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

Libraries

 * Aldrich Public Library 6 Washington St. Barre, VT 05641 Phone: (802) 476-7550 Email: aldrichlibrary@charter.net Website: http://www.aldrichpubliclibrary.org/

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

 * Barre Historical Society Old Labor Hall 46 Granite Street Barre, VT 05641 Phone: (802) 331-0013 Website: http://www.oldlaborhall.com/barre_historical_society