Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Norwich, Vermont at Wikipedia

The town of Norwich was established on July 4, 1761. The first settlers reached the area in 1763 and the first town meeting occurred in April 1768. The town was named after Norwich, Connecticut, the state from which the first settlers originated. In the original charter, the name was spelled "Norwhich", but the additional 'h' was dropped shortly after the town was chartered.

In 1819, Alden Partridge, a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, founded the private "American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy" in Norwich. Within six years, the school enrollment reached 500 cadets. The school was moved back to Middletown, Connecticut, in 1825, but returned in 1835 with a charter from the U.S. Congress to found another military academy, which remained in Norwich until 1866 when it burned to the ground. The school then relocated to Northfield, Vermont, where it exists today as Norwich University.

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

Norwich Town Clerk
Norwich Town Clerk 300 Main St. Norwich, VT 05055 Phone: (802) 649-1419 Email: Clerk@norwich.vt.us Website: http://norwich.vt.us/

Vital Records

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Norwich. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windsor County, website at this link.
 * Norwich Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Windsor County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Beaver Meadows Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Fairview Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Four Corners Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hillside Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hogback Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Meeting House Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * New Boston Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Parkhurst Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Podunk - Newton Cemtery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Rogers - Hartshorn Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Union Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Waterman Hill 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 Norwich, 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 Norwich:
 * Congregational Church of Christ records, 1792-1853, are available on microfilm. Church records include minutes of meetings, list of members, covenants, confession of faith, births, baptisms, deaths, and marriages

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

Local Histories

 * A history of Norwich, Vermont (1905), by M. E. Goddard, and Henry V. Partridge - this book is available free of charge online.
 * Norwich University, 1819-1911: her history, her graduates, her roll of honor, by William Arba Ellis - this book can be viewed online free of charge.
 * Norwich, Vermont: A History (2011), by the Norwich Historical Society - *Available at the Norwich Historical Society. Find this book in a library

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


 * 1869 map of Norwich

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

 * The Vermont Standard
 * Rutland Herald Newspaper

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 Norwich town records available online:
 * Digital images of Norwich Town records, 1761-1996, are available online at FamilySearch.
 * Land records, 1761-1908; general index to land records, 1761-1884, and *Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1996.

Probate Records

 * The probate district for Norwich is Hartford. Hartford Probate Court 62 Pleasant Street PO Box 275 Woodstock, VT 05091 Phone: (802) 457-1503
 * 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

 * Norwich Public Library PO Box 290 368 Main St. Norwich, VT 05055 Phone: (802) 649-1184 Website: http://www.norwichlibrary.org/

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Concord New Hampshire Family History Center
 * Lebanon New Hampshire Family History Center
 * Rutland Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Crandall Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Meredith Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library

Societies

 * Norwich Historical Society 277 Main Street P. O. Box 1680 Norwich, VT 05055 Phone: (802) 649-0124 Email: info@norwichhistory.org Website: http://norwichvthistoricalsociety.org/