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Records Of The Family History Library
Familysearch™
Familysearch™ Internet Genealogy Service
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Locating Cemeteries And Cemetery Records
Internet Tombstone Transcripts And Index
Cemetery Transcripts
Census
Federal Censuses
Church Records
Baptist
Congregational
Episcopal
Methodist
Roman Catholic
Universalist And Unitarian
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
People
Records
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Nationwide Indexes
Statewide And Regional Collections
History
State Histories
Local Histories
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
War Of 1812 (1812–1815)
Spanish-american War (1898–1899)
World War I
World War II
Additional Records
Minorities
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Index
Newspapers
Inventory On The Internet
Published Index And Guide
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Societies
Lineage And Heritage Societies
Genealogical And Historical Societies
Family Associations And Surname Societies
Clubs Or Other Organizations
Taxation
Town Records
Vital Records
Birth, Marriage, And Death Records
Indexes
Divorce Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
NEWSPAPERS Newspapers publish marriage, divorce, death, and funeral notices, and obituaries. Notices include names, dates, and places. Marriage and death notices may contain maiden names and names of parents and other living relatives.
Newspapers also publish articles of local interest that often cover religious and social events in the community and include the names of people involved. Some newspapers serve several communities and devote columns to the everyday happenings in the area. Newspapers also include legal notices, estate sales, and advertising for local businesses.
Some cities in Vermont began publishing newspapers in the 1780s and 1790s. The Vermont Department of Libraries has a large collection of newspapers.
Over 900 Vermont newspapers are cataloged in:
McShane, Daniel. Vermont Newspaper Project [database on-line]. N.p.: Vermont Newspaper Project, 23 August 1999 [cited 24 August 1999]. Available at http://danalib.uvm.edu/vtnp/vnphome.html; INTERNET. This site briefly lists newspaper title, town, life span, and repositories so that researchers can contact repositories for further details and obtain copies through interlibrary loan.
The Family History Library has not acquired copies of Vermont newspapers. There is an index to the Burlington Free Press:
Historical Records Survey (Vermont). Index to the Burlington Free Press in the Billings Library, University of Vermont. 6 vols. Montpelier, Vt.: Historical Records Survey, 1940–41. (FHL book 974.317 B32h; on 2 FHL films beginning with 844896, item3; computer number 77859.) This index covers the years 1848–1865 and indexes news items, advertisements, and vital records. Copies of this newspaper are available through the Vermont Department of Libraries and the University of Vermont.
A guide to help locate indexes to newspapers is:
New England Library Association. Bibliography Committee. A Guide to Newspaper Indexes in New England. Holden, Mass.: New England Library Association, 1978. (FHL book 974 B32n; fiche 6051391; computer number 5148.) The newspapers are listed by state, town, and then by the name of the newspaper. It includes the dates the indexes cover, the frequency of the newspapers, what type of items in the newspaper are indexed, and the name and address of the library where the indexes are located.
See the “Newspapers” and “Obituaries” sections of the United States Research Outline (30972) for help in locating other newspapers published in Vermont.
Many periodicals publish information from newspapers. These are referenced in the “Places” section of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) described in the “Periodicals” section of this outline.
More resources regarding local newspapers for Vermont can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:
Most family history periodicals publish transcriptions of local sources used in genealogical research. Information published in periodicals may include family histories, genealogies, historical background, maps, information about local records and archives, queries, census indexes, transcripts of family Bibles, church records, court records, cemetery records, land records, military records, obituaries, and wills. Often published by genealogical or historical societies, they typically focus on the records of a particular county, while a few may specialize in records of a particular ethnic group or religion.
Periodicals Across the Border. Carlton Place, Ontario: Diana Hibbert Bailey, 1988. (FHL book 971.4 D25ab; computer number 436253.) This quarterly contains abstracts of census, vital, church, and cemetery records for the northern Vermont counties of Essex, Lamoille, Chittenden, Caledonia, Grand Isle, Franklin, Washington, and Orleans and the eastern townships of Quebec. There is a surname index in each volume.
Branches and Twigs. 1972–1995. Published by the Genealogical Society of Vermont, P.O. Box 1553, St. Albans, VT 05478. (FHL book 974.3 B2br; computer number 77629.) This quarterly published queries; abstracts of census, marriage, Bible, cemetery, and church records; diaries; genealogies; and ancestor and submitter lists. An all-name index is planned. This source is continued by Vermont Genealogy.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 1847–. Published by the Society, 101 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116. (FHL book 974 B2ne; on 43 FHL films beginning with 845443, item2; computer number 231574; FHL compact disc 33 pts. 1–9; computer number 748811.) There are cumulative indexes to volumes 1–50 and volumes 51–148. Part 9 of the compact disc version has a cumulative index to 1995. This quarterly includes genealogies, abstracts of vital and church records, local genealogical histories, and New England source material.
Vermont Genealogy. St. Albans, Vt.: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1996–. (FHL book 974.3 D25v; computer number 770515.) This quarterly includes queries, genealogies, book reviews, family histories, and abstracts of Bible, church, and marriage records. There is a name and place index. This source continues in part in Branches and Twigs.
Vermont History. 1954–. Published by the Vermont Historical Society, Pavilion Office Building, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. (FHL book 974.3 H25vaa; computer number 154214.) This quarterly magazine was called Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society from 1860 to 1943 and the Vermont Quarterly from 1944 to 1953. It has book reviews and articles on the history and development of Vermont.
Indexes. Some of the periodicals listed above have annual indexes in the final issue of the year. For nationwide indexes to these and other family history periodicals, see:
Periodical Source Index (PERSI). 31+vols. Ft. Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1986–. (FHL book 973D25per 1847–1985; fiche 6016863 [set of 40] (1847–1985); computer number 444407; book 973 D25per (1986–1997); fiche 6016864 [set of 15] (1986–1990); computer number 658308.) This guide indexes over 1.1 million articles in over 5,000 English-language and French Canadian family history periodicals. For further instructions, see the Periodical Source Index Resource Guide (34119). For easier-to-use, more complete computer editions of the index, see:
Periodical Source Index. Ancestry™ (Ancestry is a trademark of Ancestry, Inc.) and the Allen County Public Library Foundation, Orem, Utah, 1997. (FHL compact disk no.61; computer number 808087.) This does not circulate to Family History Centers. It merges all 31+ volumes into one index.
“Periodical Source Index Search.” In Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, 1999. Available at www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3165.htm; INTERNET. This on-line database is available only to Ancestry.com members. Ancestry is a trademark of Ancestry, Inc.
More periodicals can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:
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