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United States Vermont  Chittenden   Burlington 

Brief History
Burlington was chartered on July 7, 1763 (New Hampshire Grant) and was incorporated as a city on November 22, 1864 by act of the Legislature. The original town was split into what is now the City of Burlington and a new town of South Burlington. A portion of the original acreage had already been drawn off to form Williston. Burlington is Vermont's largest city.

Town Histories

 * Orange History, by Elsie Beard.
 * Orange, Vermont town history, 1781-1981, by Vivian L Rogers Freeman (1985) - 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 Burlington is Chittenden. Chittenden District Probate Court 175 Main St. PO Box 511 Burlington VT 05402 Phone: (802) 651-1518

Maps
1877 map of Orange

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


 * Brock Haven Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Clement Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Cutler Corner Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hutchinson Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Orange Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Cemetery records of the town of Orange, 1736-1879, - available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Town Records.
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1789-2000, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Burlington City Clerk's Office. These include Index to births, 1800-1850, Deeds, 1796-1852; index to deeds,1796-1906, and Land records, 1852-1890; land index, 1904-1970.

Orange Town Clerk P.O. Box 233 East Barre, Vermont 05649 Email: kfelch@orangevt.org Website: http://www.orangevt.org/

Newspapers
The Herald of Randolph