Franklin County, Vermont Genealogy

Guide to Franklin County, Vermont ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Vermont  Franklin County

County Courthouse
County clerk has divorce and court records from 1900; town clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial and land; probate judge has probate records.

Towns Organized Before 1800: Bakersfield 1791, Berkshire 1781, Enosburg 1780, Fairfax 1763, Fairfield 1763, Fletcher 1781, Franklin 1789, Georgia 1763, Highgate 1763, Montgomery 1789, Richford 1780, Sheldon 1763, Swanton 1763, St. Albans 1763

Parent County

 * Created 5 November 1792 from Chittenden County.

Boundary Changes
9 November 1802, Grand Isle County set off.

For animated maps illustrating Vermont County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Vermont County Boundary Maps" (1764-1895) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places / Localities
Towns and City:

Extinct Town:  •

Villages:  • Enosburg Falls   • Swanton

Neighboring Counties

Chittenden | Grand Isle | Lamoille | Orleans | Quebec counties: Brome | Missisquoi

Cemeteries

 * List of Franklin County Cemeteries

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Franklin County for European settlers included:


 * Hudson River pre-historic
 * Lake Champlain pre-historic
 * Lake Champlain Trail pre-historic
 * Champlain Canal 1823
 * Erie Canal 1825
 * Chambly Canal and the Richelieu River 1843

Civil War
Regiments and Companies:


 * - 2nd Regiment, Vermont Infantry
 * - 13th Regiment, Vermont Infantry
 * - 5th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Company A and C

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1749 – 1999 Vermont Wills and Probate Records 1749-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1800 – 1921 at FamilySearch — images

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Vermont, Franklin County Probates (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Vital Records
See also How to order Vermont Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for the following Vermont certificates: Downloadable applications from Vermont Department of Health.
 * Birth Certificate,
 * Marriage Certificate ,
 * Divorce Certificate,
 * Civil Union Dissolution Certificate, or
 * Death Certificate

Societies, Libraries and Museums
See also a List of Vermont Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical and Genealogical Societies

Historical Societies
Franklin Historical Society Log Cabin Museum Hanna Road, Franklin, VT Phone: 802) 285-6472

Berkshire Historical Society 2520 Richford Road, Richford, VT 05476 Phone: (802) 848-3459 Email Address:[mailto:jagljoweld@yahoo.com jagljoweld@yahoo.com]

Enosburgh Historical Society PO Box 98, 239 Main Street, Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 Phone:(802) 933-4421

Fairfax Historical Society PO Box 145, Fairfax, VT 05454 Phone: (802) 849-6638 Website

Fairfield Historical Society PO Box 5 Fairfield, VT 05455 Phone: (802) 309-5076

Bakersfield Historical Society Museum in former St George's Catholic Church, VT Route 36 & VT Route 108 Bakersfield, VT Mailing Address: PO Box 70 Bakersfield, VT 05441 Phone: (802) 827-3042 or (802) 827-4418 Website

Georgia Historical Society Brick Museum, Georgia Center Gordon's Mill Ag Museum Georgia Plain Georgia Library US Rte 7 @ I-89 Exit 18 Mailing Address:PO Box 2072 Georgia, VT 05468 Website

Highgate Historical Society Museum 3181 VT Route 78 Highgate Center, VT Mailing Address: PO Box 222 Highgate Center, VT 05459 Phone: (802) 868-4619

Isle La Motte Historical Society Main Street and Quarry Road Isle La Motte, VT PO Box 18 Isle La Motte, VT 05463 Email:[mailto:gloilm@yahoo.com gloilm@yahoo.com] Phone:802-928-3077

Montgomery Historical Society Pratt Hall VT Route 118 MOntgomery Village, VT 05470 Mailing address: PO Box 47 Montgomery, VT 05470 Email:[mailto:pratthall@gmail.com pratthall@gmail.com] Website

Franklin and Grand Isle Counties Historical Societies Website

Websites

 * Franklin County, VT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Franklin County VTGenWeb Project, a member of The VTGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project