>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >Subject: re: Lynda Mc's message about Vermont records etc. >Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 13:14:19 -0400 > >In response to Lynda McGinnis's message: > >Actually, I have found Vermont records surprisingly easy to >access. The vital records are all centralized at Public Records >in Middlesex. Sometime in the middle 1850's, Vermont passed a >vital records law. It required all town clerks to send in, on >cards, their information on births, deaths and marriages. To the >extent that these vital records are recorded in the towns, they are >quite well consolidated in Middlesex. I have heard that it is not >perfect -- that sometimes the towns have records that the state >does not. Also, of course, not all births, deaths and marriage got >recorded. I have transcribed all of the Rublee names from 1760 to >at least 1954, and that information is reflected in my database. >I am pretty sure -- but not absolutely sure -- that I transcribed >any name variations I found, but I need to go back and make check. >I did this very early on in my research, and I am not sure that, >at that time, I was clued into the variety of names we all know now >to be related. As I have had time, I have also looked up birth >records for all of the Rublee spouses, and children for the first >generation of Rublee daughters. > >Not only are the vital records consolidated in Middlesex, but that >office also has microfilmed versions of early Vermont town records. >This includes the land records. Next, public records has >microfilms of all of the probate court indices. They have >microfilms of the actual probate records - wills and estate records >- to about 1850. This is where I transcribed some of the early >Rublee wills. The later ones are in the individual courts. > >Middlesex is actually the next town over from where I work. >Unfortunately, they are open the same hours I work. > >The Vermont census records are also available both in Montpelier >and in Burlington. All in all, records are pretty consolidated. > >Lynda -- I have heard that the Bennington Museum has a nice >genealogical collection. If you are planning a trip to Bennington >Co. this summer, you might want to check it out. I have that on >my list of things to do, along with a trip to Albany. > >Cindy Walcott > > >e-mail: [email protected] >