Rutland County

Genealogy Research in Rutland County, Vermont

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Research in Vermont can be an exciting and rewarding experience. With records available for more than 400 years of the state's history, your family is sure to be found in a variety of records available online and at the many archives and libraries located throughout the state.

African American Genealogy

African American Resources for Vermont - FamilySearch

African-American Vermonters Serving During The Civil War

The Evolution of an Underground Railroad Historic Site - Rokeby Museum

“Judge Jacob and his Dinah”

National Archives - American Slavery, Civil Records

National Museum of African American History and Culture

North of Slavery: African-Americans in Vermont, 1760 - 1860 - Regional Educational Television Network

Preserving Stories of Diversity in Vermont: Monuments and Historic Sites in Rutland County, VT

The Working Lives of African Vermonters in Census and Literature, 1790-1870

Archives and Libraries

Biographies

Biographies - Rutland County Vermont

Genealogy Trails History Group - Rutland County, VT Biographies

Online Biographies - Rutland County, VT

USGenWeb Archives - Holbrook, A. W.

USGenWeb Archives - Lindley, Alanson

Cemeteries

Cemetery Records - Rutland County Vermont

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Cemeteries

Find A Grave - Rutland County, VT

GNIS Search Results - Rutland County, VT Cemetery Records

Histopolis - Rutland County, Vermont Cemeteries

Histopolis - Rutland County, Vermont Graves

Interment.net - Rutland County, VT Cemetery Records

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Cemetery Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Cemetery Records

The Political Graveyard - Rutland County, VT

USGenWeb Archives - Old Cemetery Behind the Town Clerk Office in Benson, Rutland County, Vermont

USGenWeb Archives - Hortonville Cemetery of Hubbardton, Rutland County, VT

USGenWeb Archives - Poultney, Vermont Cemetery Records 1953

USGenWeb Archives - Village Cemetery - Complete Survey

VTGenWeb Project - Rutland County, Vermont Cemeteries

Census Records

Church Records

Congregational Church of Rutland, Vermont - 1788-1877 & 1913

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Churches and Church Parishes

First Congregational Church, Castleton, Vermont - January 1859

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Church Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Church Records

Court Records

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Courthouse

Rutland County, Vermont Courthouse Records

USGenWeb Archives - Rutland County, VT - Bumps, Harvey May 22, 1914

USGenWeb Archives - Hughes, Hugh M. September 25, 1896

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT City Directories

USGenWeb Archives - Rutland, Rutland Co., Vermont 1909

USGenWeb Archives - Rutland, Rutland Co., VT 1891

Disasters

Estate Records

Deeds - Rutland County Vermont

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Probate Records

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Probate Records

USGenWeb Archives - Roberts, Robert J. & Ann Roberts - Rowell, Rodney J. 1881

USGenWeb Archives - Unknown, Unknown - Roberts, Robert J. & Ann 1883

VTGenWeb Project - Rutland County, Vermont Will & Probate Records

Wills - Rutland County Vermont

History

American Ancestors - Rutland County, VT History

Digital Commonwealth - Rutland County, VT Documents

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Histories & Directories

National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutland County, Vermont - Wikipedia

New England Historic Genealogical Society - Rutland County, VT

Open Library - Rutland County, Vermont

People from Rutland County, Vermont - Wikipedia

Rutland County, Vermont - Wikipedia

Rutland County, Vermont History - Wikipedia

Rutland Vermont History and Genealogy - History & Genealogy

USGenWeb Archives - Daniel Shedd Genealogy Of Braintree, MA 1327-1920

USGenWeb Archives - The New Hampshire Grants October 12, 1761

USGenWeb Archives - Pittsfield Town And Vital Records, Vol. 2, 1834-1862, Page 168 March 1850

USGenWeb Archvies - Pittsfield Town And Vital Records, Vol. 2, 1834-1862, Page 170 March 1850

USGenWeb Archives - Pittsfield Town And Vital Records, Vol. 2, 1834-1862

USGenWeb Archives - 1900 - Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont

VTGenWeb Project - Rutland County, Vermont History

VTGenWeb Project - Rutland County, Vermont Historical & Genealogical Societies

Immigration and Naturalization Records

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Immigration Records

Naturalizations of Immigrants from County Meath, Ireland at Rutland, Vermont

Land Records

BLM GLO Records

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Land Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Land Records

Maps

Digital Commonwealth - Rutland County, VT Maps/Atlases

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Maps

Histopolis - Rutland County, Vermont Map

Historic Map Works - Rutland County, VT

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Map Records

Maps of Vermont

VTGenWeb Project - Rutland County, Vermont Maps

Miscellaneous Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Rutland County, VT Past Updates

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Miscellaneous Records

Queries - Rutland County Vermont

Rutland County, Vermont External Links

Rutland County, Vermont Resources

Military Records

Municipalities

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Town Histories

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Cities and Towns

Histopolis - Rutland County, Vermont Cities

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County Records by City/Town

Living Places - Rutland County, VT

New Horizons Genealogy - Rutland County, VT Cities & Towns

Rutland County, Vermont Communities - Wikipedia

VTGenWeb Project - Rutland County, Vermont Towns/ Townships/Villages

Native American Genealogy

American Indian Records in the National Archives - National Archives

The Archaeology of Native People in the Champlain Lowlands

Following the Trail of Vermont's African American Heritage

Chief Don Stevens Keeps Abenaki Legacy Alive - Addison County Independent

Historical Background - Office of the Vermont Attorney General

Indigenous Peoples of Vermont - FamilySearch

National Archives - American Indian Records

Western Abenaki of the Upper Connecticut River Basin

What Is The Status of The Abenaki Native Americans In Vermont Today

Newspapers

Obituaries

Photography

Digital Commonwealth - Rutland County, Vermont Photographs

Digital Commonwealth - Rutland County, Vermont Postcards/Cards

Family Old Photos - Rutland County, Vermont

Old-Yearbooks.com - Vermont

USGenWeb Archives - Penny Postcards from Vermont

School Records

LDS Genealogy - Rutland County, VT School Records

Societies

Chittenden Historical Society

FamilySearch.org - Rutland County, VT Societies and Libraries

Hubbardton Historical Society

Middletown Springs Historical Society

The Mount Holly Community Historical Museum

Pawlett Historical Society

Pittsford Historical Society

Poultney Historical Society

Rutland Historical Society

Shrewsbury Historical Society

Wallingford Historical Society

Vital Records

Vermont County Records

Many Vermont family records can be found online and at large state level archives and libraries. Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, town clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in Vermont. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in Vermont. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in Vermont have changed over the past few hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of Vermont's 14 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

County

Formation Date

1785

1779

1792

1787

1792

1802

1835

1781

1792

1781

1810

1779

1781

County Seat

Middlebury

Bennington, Manchester

St. Johnsbury

Burlington

Guildhall

St. Albans

North Hero

Hyde Park

Chelsea

Newport

Rutland

Montpelier

Newfane

Woodstock

Parent County

Rutland County.

Original county

Orange County

Addison County

Orange County

Chittenden County

Chittenden & Franklin Counties

Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans & Washington Counties

Cumberland County

Chittenden & Orange Counties

Bennington County

Orange, Caledonia, & Chittenden Counties

Original county

Cumberland County

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