These indexes are available at the Family History Library and many libraries with family history collections. For another nationwide index important to Vermont research, see:

American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Vols.1–198+. Middletown, Conn.: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–. (FHL book 973 D22am; on 31 FHL films beginning with 1698167; computer number 49554.) This is a continuing series. An earlier edition of 48 volumes was published as The American Genealogical Index, 1942–1951. The expanded edition consists of 198+ volumes indexing over 12 million brief citations (name, date, and source) to over 1,150 manuscripts, periodicals, or books. This index is also available through:

“American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI).” Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, 1999. Available at www.ancestry.com/agbi.htm; INTERNET. Ancestry is a trademark of Ancestry, Inc. This online database is available only to Ancestry.com members. It also available on CD-ROM.

To help interpret citations and locate the original sources, use the colored pages in some volumes, or

Key Title Index to the American Genealogical Biographical Index: Register of Family History Library Call Numbers. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (FHL book 973 D22am index; film 1698167, item4; fiche 6088377; computer number 491052.) This shows which sources are at the Family History Library and gives their call numbers.

Statewide and Regional Collections

Heppman, John A. “A Bibliography for Vermont Genealogy.” Vermont Genealogy 3 (1998): 17–27, 79–89, 128–36, and 4 (1999): 17–30, [plus one or two more installments]. (FHL book 974.3 D25v v.3–4; computer number 770515.)

The Family History Library has many collections of genealogies and family histories. Those dealing mostly with Vermont families can be found in the following sources:

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont. 2vols. New York: Lewis Pub., 1903. (FHL book 974.3 D3cg; film 496892, item2; fiche 6046680; computer number 166268.) This source contains the genealogies and achievements of some of the leading men of Vermont and includes an index.

Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial. 4vols. New York: Lewis Historical Pub., 1913. (FHL book 974.D2c 1913; films 164686–89; computer number 268103.) These volumes relate the achievements of the citizens of Vermont. They contain biographical information on the head of a family and genealogical data on the family members. These are complete with names, places and dates of events. Each volume is indexed.

Greenlaw, William Prescott. The Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 2vols. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall, 1979. (FHL book Q 974 D22g; computer number 40822.) This is an index to many local histories and genealogies published between 1900 and about 1940. It is arranged by family name and carries each family through three or more generations.

English Origins of New England Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. First Series, 3vols., 1985. Second Series, 3vols., 1985. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing. (First series FHL book 974 D2e; fiche 6047919–21; computer number 282008.) (Second series FHL book 974 D2en; fiche 6047922–24; computer number 343700.) These family genealogies are taken from the original multi-volume work of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. The information is complete for several generations in each family. All sources are cited, and each volume has a detailed index.

Vermont Families in 1791. Special Publication / Genealogical Society of Vermont, v.1. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992. (FHL book 974.3 D2v; computer number 663536.) This is an ongoing series of alphabetical lists of the pioneer families of Vermont. Each family shows several generations with detailed information, including dates and places of events. Sources are cited for all information and an index is included. Volume 2 (1997) is not yet available at the Family History Library. For a combined index of both volumes, see the author’s Internet site:

Bartley, Scott Andrew. “Name Index.” In Scott Andrew Bartley [database on-line]. Boston, Mass.: S.A. Bartley, 3 July 1999 [cited 13 September 1999]. Available at www.yourgenealogist.com/names_index.htm ; INTERNET. This also indexes the state copy of the Baltimore and Springfield 1850 federal census schedules which lists each person’s town of birth.

Barden, Merritt Clark. Vermont, Once No Man’s Land. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1928. (FHL book 974.3 D2b; film 1033810, item11; computer number 104188.) This book is a genealogical summary of the families who lived along the New York border in Vermont and their connection with those who lived over the line in New York.

Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692. 4vols. 1860–62. Reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1981. (FHL book 974 D2s; fiche 6019972; computer number 218421; film 0001351–53; computer number 270809.) This source includes brief sketches of the families and where they lived when they arrived in this country. The families are arranged alphabetically through the four volumes.

Daughters of the American Revolution (Vermont). Genealogical Collection. Washington D.C.: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. (FHL films 850109–22; computer number 100976.) Transcripts of Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and will records. Arranged by county and town. Many volumes are indexed. The records are also available at the Vermont Historical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

More information about the resources for genealogical records in Vermont can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:

VERMONT- GENEALOGYVERMONT, [COUNTY]- GENEALOGYVERMONT, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- GENEALOGY