Vermont Archives and Libraries

United States Vermont  Archives and Libraries

Many archives and libraries have resources such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids to help you locate information about Vermont. They may have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state.

Archives
Vermont State Archives 1078 Route 2, Middlesex Montpelier, Vermont 05633-7701 Telephone: 802-828-3700

National Archives at Boston 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452-6399 Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov] Internet: National Archives at Boston


 * Collects Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings.

Libraries
Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library Vermont History Center 60 Washington Street Barre, VT 05641 Telephone: 802-479-8500 Internet: Vermont History Center


 * VHS is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders.
 * Brigham, Loriman S. Guide to the "Miscellaneous File" of Uncatalogued Material in the Vermont Historical Society: With a Supplementary Index to the Guide. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p.,1969. ; . This card index of persons, places, and subjects includes family histories and court, business, and land records. The family histories listed may have genealogies, pictures, military records, financial family papers, and correspondence.
 * Brigham, Loriman S. A Calendar of Manuscripts in Certain Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1970. ; . This is a continuation of the above guide.
 * Brigham, Loriman S. A Calendar of Manuscripts in Document Boxes at the Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont: n.p., 1972. ; This is a continuation of the above guide.

Vermont Department of Libraries 109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609 Telephone: 802-828-3261

Special Collections Bailey/Howe Library University of Vermont 538 Main Street Burlington, VT 05405-0036 Telephone: 802-656-2138

Bennington Museum Research Library 75 Main Street Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885 Telephone: 802-447-1571 Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society PO Box 65128 Burlington, Vermont 05406-5128 Founded in 1996, they publish Links, a semiannual journal. They have a library and research facilities at Dupont Hall at the Fort Ethan Allen complex, Colchester, Vermont.

New England Historic Genealogical Society Library 99 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116-3007 Telephone: 617-226-1231

The Research Library is national in scope. Learn more.

Family History Library 35 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Telephone: 801-240-2584

The Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints houses a collection of genealogical records that include names of more than three billion deceased people. It’s the largest collection of its kind in the world. Collections include digitized historical records, microfilms and microfiche, books, maps, and much more. Explore at FamilySearch.org.

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy. You may search your address for a center near you on the FamilySearch site. These local centers are staffed by volunteers and have varying hours and resources so call to verify their hours in advance.

Some Vermont Family History Centers:


 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center 224 Hersey Road Berlin, Vermont Telephone: 802-229-9247


 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center 113 LDS Land South Royalton, Vermont Telephone: 802-763-7784


 * Essex Vermont Family History Center 73 Essex Way Essex, Vermont Telephone: 802-879-9517


 * Rutland Vermont Family History Center 637 N Shrewsbury Road North Clarendon, Vermont Telephone: 802-773-8346

Repository Guides

 * A Guide to Vermont’s Repositories. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont State Archives, 1986.  This guide gives addresses, phone numbers, brief descriptions of holdings, years covered, hours, copying facilities, and whether they accept mail-in requests. It includes an index.
 * Basic Sources for Vermont Historical Research. Montpelier, Vermont: Secretary of State, 1981? (Family History Library no.44.)  This guide provides names of officers, addresses, telephone numbers, hours, and brief descriptions of collections and services at six repositories in Vermont.
 * Leclerc, Michael J., editor. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.