by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Oct 28, 2013 | Vermont Church Records, Vermont Genealogy, Vermont Historical Society, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Vermont Town Records
Church records are probably one of the most under-utilized sources by Vermont historians and genealogists. (Court records would also be in contention for the title of most under-utilized, but that’s a topic for another day.) The relative inaccessibility of...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Oct 5, 2012 | professional genealogy, Public Records Access, Vermont Genealogy, Vermont Town Records
Breaking news… Family Search has added over 50% more Vermont Vital Records images! I dashed onto the Family Search website today to quickly look up a birth record, and saw something I didn’t expect. Two groups of Vermont Vital Records? If you are not...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | May 5, 2012 | My research projects, Public Records Access, Vermont Genealogy, Vermont Town Records
I’ve heard other researchers talk about being denied access to records, but I hadn’t encountered this myself. Until yesterday, that is. I was planning to drive to a local courthouse to search for 19th-century divorce records for a client, but after the...
by Catherine Desmarais, CG | Apr 28, 2012 | Vermont Genealogy, Vermont Town Records
What can be found in 18th- and 19th-century Vermont town records? One never knows until one looks! That’s the thrill of the hunt. There was no standard format used to record a town’s business; there are 246 incorporated towns and cities in Vermont and the...
