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Guide to Bennington County Vermont genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Bennington County, New Hampshire | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of New Hampshire | |
 Location of New Hampshire in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | February 11, 1779 |
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| County Seat | Bennington |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Bennington County Courthouse 207 South Street, Bennington, VT 05201-2247 Phone: 802-442-8528 802.447.2700 Bennington County Website |
Contents |
County Courthouse
Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records; County Clerk has divorce records from 1899 and court records from 1861; Probate Judge has probate records
Towns Organized before 1800:
Arlington 1761,
Bennington 1749,
Dorset 1761,
Glastenbury 1761,
Landgrove 1780,
Manchester 1761,
Peru 1761,
Pownal 1760,
Rupert 1761,
Sandgate 1761,
Shaftsbury 1761,
Sunderland 1761,
Winhall 1761[1]
Quick Facts
Parent County
Created 11 February 1779 from the Colonial lands.[1]
Boundary Changes
- Windham County was set off 22 February 1781.
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Towns:
Extinct Town: Glastenbury (incorportation ended 1937)[2]
Neighboring Counties
Rutland | Windsor | Windham | Massachusetts Counties: Berkshire | Franklin | New York Counties: Rensselaer | Washington
Resources
Archives and Libraries
Cemeteries
- List of Bennington County Cemeteries
- List of Pownal Cemeteries: Includes some transcriptions
Census
Federal
1790 US Census, Bennington County, Pownal Town Transcription
State
1785
Church Records
Courtesy of the Pownal Historical Society, Inc.:
Court Records
Gazetteers
History
Land and Property
Courtesy of The Pownal Historical Society, Inc.:
Maps
Courtesy of the Pownal Historical Society, Inc.
Military Records
Courtesy of Pownal Historical Society, Inc.:
- Green Mountain Boys from Pownal | About the Green Mountain Boys
- American Revolution: Soldiers buried in Vermont
- Civil War: Vermont Volunteers
Newspapers
- Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has North Adams, MA newspapers (1895-1977) covering local news that included Windham County residents.
Probate Records
There are two Bennington County Probate Districts
- Bennington District - Bennington, Glastenbury, Pownal, Readsboro, Searsburg, Shaftsbury, Stamford and Woodford.
- Manchester District - Arlington, Dorset, Landgrove, Manchester, Peru, Rupert, Sandgate, Sunderland and Winhall.
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Vermont, Bennington County Manchester District, Probates (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Taxation
Vital Records
Courtesy of the Pownal Historial Society, Inc.
Societies, Libraries and Museums
Family History Centers
Websites
- The Bennington County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project
- The USGenWeb Archives Project
- The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 698. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 394. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974 D27g 2012.
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