Vermont Archives and Libraries

United States Vermont  Archives and Libraries

Many archives and libraries have resources such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids to help you locate information about Vermont. They may have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state.

Archives
Vermont State Archives 1078 Route 2, Middlesex Montpelier, Vermont 05633-7701 Telephone: 802-828-3700

National Archives Northeast Region (Boston) 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399 Telephone: 781-663-0144 or toll free: 866-406-2379 Fax: 781-663-0154

The National Archives—Northeast Region (Boston) has records created by federal agencies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The archives has microfilms of all available federal census records, many naturalization records, passenger arrival lists, military records, and other historical resources. Learn more.

Libraries
Vermont History Center Vermont Historical Society 60 Washington Street Barre, VT 05641 Telephone: 802-479-8500

Guides to the manuscript and miscellaneous collections of the Vermont Historical Society:


 * Brigham, Loriman S. Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969.  This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.
 * Brigham, Loriman S. A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970.  This is a continuation of the above guide.
 * Brigham, Loriman S. A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. This is a continuation of the above guide.

Vermont Department of Libraries 109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609 Telephone: 802-828-3261

Special Collections Bailey/Howe Library University of Vermont 538 Main Street Burlington, VT 05405-0036 Telephone: 802-656-2138

Bennington Museum Research Library 75 Main Street Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885 Telephone: 802-447-1571 Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society PO Box 65128 Burlington, Vermont 05406-5128 Founded in 1996, they publish Links, a semiannual journal. They have a library and research facilities at Dupont Hall at the Fort Ethan Allen complex, Colchester, Vermont.

New England Historic Genealogical Society Library 99 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116-3007 Telephone: 617-226-1231

The Research Library is national in scope. Learn more.

Family History Library 35 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Telephone: 801-240-2584

The Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints houses a collection of genealogical records that include names of more than three billion deceased people. It’s the largest collection of its kind in the world. Collections include digitized historical records, microfilms and microfiche, books, maps, and much more. Explore at FamilySearch.org.

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy. You may search your address for a center near you on the FamilySearch site. These local centers are staffed by volunteers and have varying hours and resources so call to verify their hours in advance.

Some Vermont Family History Centers:


 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center 224 Hersey Road Berlin, Vermont Telephone: 802-229-9247


 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center 113 LDS Land South Royalton, Vermont Telephone: 802-763-7784


 * Essex Vermont Family History Center 73 Essex Way Essex, Vermont Telephone: 802-879-9517


 * Rutland Vermont Family History Center 637 N Shrewsbury Road North Clarendon, Vermont Telephone: 802-773-8346

Repository Guides

 * A Guide to Vermont’s Repositories. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont State Archives, 1986.  This guide gives addresses, phone numbers, brief descriptions of holdings, years covered, hours, copying facilities, and whether they accept mail-in requests. It includes an index.
 * Basic Sources for Vermont Historical Research. Montpelier, Vermont: Secretary of State, 1981? (Family History Library no.44.)  This guide provides names of officers, addresses, telephone numbers, hours, and brief descriptions of collections and services at six repositories in Vermont.
 * Leclerc, Michael J., editor. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.

Web Sites
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from New Jersey in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Much of the information is available at little or no cost. Addresses on the Internet are subject to frequent changes. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:

FamilySearch - At this site you can access digitized historical records, the FamilySearch Catalog, lists of Family History Centers, and other resources related to family history.

VTGenWeb - a cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country

CyndisList - a major portal linking to a variety of family history sites