Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Alburgh, Vermont at Wikipedia

Alburgh, founded in 1781, was spelled Alburg from 1891 to 2006.


 * Virtual Vermont Internet Magazine - Alburgh

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

Adjacent Towns
Grand Isle Co.:  Isle La Motte | North Hero | Franklin Co.:  Highgate | Swanton | New York Clinton Co.:  Champlain | Chazy | Quebec Le Haut-Richelieu:  |  |

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

Alburgh Town Clerk
Alburgh Town Office Carol Cleland, Clerk-Treasurer 1 North Main Street Alburgh, VT 05440 TEL: 796-3468 FAX: 796-3939 village@fairpoint.net HRS: M-F 9-12 &amp; 1-5

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Alburgh Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Grand Isle County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

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

Land Records
Deeds in the Alburgh Town Clerk books can be found at FamilySearch in the Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005 database for Alburgh. Browse images, or use the index provided below, under Town Records.

In Town records 1792-1824 vol 1-3, there are numerical listings of the owners of each lot in 1798, 1801 and 1805.

In Town records 1818-1847 vol 4-6, there are numerical listings of the owners of each lot in 1808 and 1813 (no names on the first five lots.)

Local Histories
History, Town of Alburgh, Vermont : An Account of The Discovery, Settlement, And Interesting And Remarkable Events; compiled by Allen L. Stratton. (North Hero, Vt.:1986-2000.)

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Vermont Maps State Page

Alburgh plat map of 1781 (traced in 1967) ''It is recommended to save the map to your computer, and rotate the view clockwise. The first concession (or range) is on the left.''

Military
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

Other Town Records
Vermont Town Records, Alburg, Grand Isle The Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005 data base has not been indexed. These are links to take you to the images with indexes in the town books Vol. 1-3, 1792-1824 Note: generally covers town records from June 1792 to January 1807. Index to Vol 1, 1792-1801 Index to Vol 2, 1801-1803 Index to Vol 3, 1803-1806

Vol. 4-6, 1807-1832 Note: generally covers town records from January 1807 to January 1818. Index to Vol 4, 1806-1808 Index to Vol 5, 1808-1812 Index to Vol 6, 1813-1818

Vol. 7-10, 1818-1847 Index to Vol 7, 1818-1822  Index to Vol 8, 1822-1826   Index to Vol. 9, 1826-1833 Index to Vol. 10, 1827-1847

Tax Records
Tax records 1793-1805 from Vermont Town Records, Alburg, Grand Isle, vol. 1-3 1793, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805

Tax record 1806 from Vermont Town Records, Alburg, Grand Isle, vol. 4-6 1806

Societies
Alburgh Historical Society, Inc. Alburg Public Library, 165 Main Street, Alburgh, VT Mailing Address: PO Box 453, Alburgh, VT 05440 Phone: (802) 796-4144 or (802) 796-3547 Contact: Christine Tepper, (802) 796-4144, or Lorraine Mumley, lpmumley@fairpoint.net or (802) 796-3547 Co-Presidents. Alburgh Town Clerk, 1 North Main Street, Alburgh, VT 05440