Addison, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Addison, Vermont at Wikipedia

Addison was chartered on October 14, 1761. The town was organized and the first town meeting held March 29, 1784. Addison is exclusively an agricultural township. Though one of the oldest and in a historical point of view one of the most important towns in the State, the only settlement within its limits at all approaching the dignity of a village is a small cluster of houses in the northeastern part of the town, and known as “The Corners.”

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Addison Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Addison Town Clerks Office 65 VT Route 17 West Addison, VT 05491 Phone: 802 759 2020 Website

Vital Records
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Addison Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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


 * Advent-Smith Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Congregational Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Eaton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Grand View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hanks Yard Cemtery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hindes Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Lake View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Payne Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Southard Cemetery- inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Church Records
Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page. To see the churches in TOWN, visit. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of TOWN:

City Directories

 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Local Histories
History of the town of Addison, 1609-1976, by Erwin S. Clark (1976) - find this book in a library.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Addison at FamilySearch Places
 * Addison at Google Maps
 * Addison at Mapcarta
 * Boundary Map of Addison at HomeTownLocator
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of Addison at Vermont.org
 * Vermont Maps State Page
 * 1871 map of Addison Township

Military
Searchable by Town Enrolled militia, town of Addison, January 1863, records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library and some Family history centers.

Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Other Town Records
In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following: The following are Addison town records available online: Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1761-1977, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Addison Town Clerk's Office. These include Town records and deeds, 1761-1858; deeds index, 1761-1950, and [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/691331 Records of births, marriages, and deaths of Addison Vermont, 1857-Mar. 1999; indexes, 1760's-Feb. 1999].

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Addison:


 * 1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Vermont Probate Records
 * Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: 802-388-2612

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * Rutland Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Societies
Addison Town Historical Society 3968 VT Route 22A, Addison, VT 05491 Phone: (802) 759-2380