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United States Vermont  Windham   Brookline

Brief History
Brookline was chartered on November 30, 1794 by the Vermont Legislature. Brookline was created from the southern half of Athens and a small part of the western side of Putney. Subsequently a little piece of Newfane that lay east of West River was added. The name comes from Grassy Brook, which rises over the line in Athens at Lily Pond and flows in an almost straight line through Brookline from north to south.

Town Histories

 * The local history of Brookline, Vt. : The general history of the town (1886) - digital copy available free of charge online.
 * Brattleboro, selected historical vignettes, by John N. Houpis, Jr (1973) - Find this book in a library.

Military Records
Military records, 1860-1866, are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Brookline is Westminster. Westminster Probate Court PO Box 47 Bellows Falls, VT 05101 Phone: (802) 463-3019

Maps
1869 map of Brookline

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

Brattleboro

 * Brattleboro Area Jewish Cemetery
 * Cotton Mill Hill Cemetery
 * King Cemetery
 * Lee Cemetery

Record of deaths made from monuments in the different cemeteries in the town of Brattleboro, that died before 1857 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Churches

 * St. Michael's Church (Brattleboro, Vermont) Parish registers, no. 1-4, 1866-1930 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.
 * Records of marriages in the parish of St. Michael's Church, 1869-1897 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.
 * The history of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1853-1978, by Paul A Carnahan (1982) - find this book in a library.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1795-1850, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Brookline Town Clerk's Office. These include Birth, marriage and death records (1897-2002) and indexes (1857-1904), Land records and deeds, 1795-1923, and Town records, 1795-1915.

Brookline Town Office P.O. Box 403 734 Grassy Brook Rd. Brookline, VT 05345 Phone: (802) 365-4648 Website: http://www.brooklinevt.com/

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer