Hi, Phillipp, A few e-mails ago, I told about the microfilms of the vital records, but I'll do it again. They start with 1760-1870, then 1871-1908, then 1909-1942 [I think], I can't remember how far they go. Probably if you look at the LDS online catalog you can see what they have available. The first section doesn't include all the vital record events that happened in VT, as people didn't always have them recorded. I'm not sure the LDS has them as far as they are available in Middlesex. Back in the early 1900s, town clerks were asked to copy their vital records onto cards which were sent to the state. When I first started doing genealogy about 1970, the cards themselves were available in Montpelier. But for a long time now, all that is available is the microfilm of the cards. Joann Nichols Phillipp Steffon wrote: > Hello People , Please clarify this ' stuff ' , As in What Index Cards > ?? , What time frame do they cover ? , What towns ? Are they For ALL Towns > in Vermont ?? , I need to find the Potter family that was in Vermont 1800 > , I KNOW NOT The town !!!, Phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joann H. Nichols" <jnichols1930@verizon.net> > To: <vermont@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 6:12 AM > Subject: [VERMONT] Vermont Vital Records > > > >> The VT records are not in Montpelier; they are in Middlesex, the next >> exit from Montpelier off I-89. The same films are available through an >> LDS library as well. However, these are not original records; the >> original records would be at the town clerk's office. Some of the town >> clerk's records have also been microfilmed and would be at Middlesex as >> well, and available through the LDS. The microfilmed birth, death and >> marriage records are copies of the cards the towns sent to the state. >> Many times whoever was copying the cards could not read the old >> handwriting [they weren't genealogists!] and there will be errors. The >> good thing about the cards is that you can discover in what town the >> event occurred, and if you need real proof, you can contact the town for >> a copy of the original record. >> >> Joann >> >> Vernon and Betty wrote: >> >>> Just for general information, the birth, death, & marriage records are >>> also >>> on microfilm in Montpeliar, Vt and they have several readers there for >>> you >>> to use. A little better than having to go to every town clerk in the >>> state >>> for records. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VermontWelcome.html >> Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VermontWelcome.html > Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hello Joann and listers , My question was : In other words :: Do this index cards cover ALL of the towns in the state ??? , Are they by towns ??? , ARE ALL Towns in the cards files ?? , Please note this , I Do NOT have a town , I do not have a given name ! I have one thing , On the 1900 census ( for St Joseph MO ) my ggggrany said her father was from Vermont , I need to locate ALL those people living in Vermont BEFORE 1829 Then I can try to find them same people in NEW YORK in 1830 , I have extracted EVERY Potter person Out of the 1830 census who had a child of less that one year of age my granny was born Feb 17 1829 in NY , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joann H. Nichols" <jnichols1930@verizon.net> To: <vermont@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Vermont Vital Records > Hi, Phillipp, > > A few e-mails ago, I told about the microfilms of the vital records, but > I'll do it again. They start with 1760-1870, then 1871-1908, then > 1909-1942 [I think], I can't remember how far they go. Probably if you > look at the LDS online catalog you can see what they have available. > The first section doesn't include all the vital record events that > happened in VT, as people didn't always have them recorded. I'm not > sure the LDS has them as far as they are available in Middlesex. Back > in the early 1900s, town clerks were asked to copy their vital records > onto cards which were sent to the state. When I first started doing > genealogy about 1970, the cards themselves were available in > Montpelier. But for a long time now, all that is available is the > microfilm of the cards. > > Joann Nichols > > Phillipp Steffon wrote: >> Hello People , Please clarify this ' stuff ' , As in What Index >> Cards >> ?? , What time frame do they cover ? , What towns ? Are they For ALL >> Towns >> in Vermont ?? , I need to find the Potter family that was in Vermont >> 1800 >> , I KNOW NOT The town !!!, Phil >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joann H. Nichols" <jnichols1930@verizon.net> >> To: <vermont@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 6:12 AM >> Subject: [VERMONT] Vermont Vital Records >> >> >> >>> The VT records are not in Montpelier; they are in Middlesex, the next >>> exit from Montpelier off I-89. The same films are available through an >>> LDS library as well. However, these are not original records; the >>> original records would be at the town clerk's office. Some of the town >>> clerk's records have also been microfilmed and would be at Middlesex as >>> well, and available through the LDS. The microfilmed birth, death and >>> marriage records are copies of the cards the towns sent to the state. >>> Many times whoever was copying the cards could not read the old >>> handwriting [they weren't genealogists!] and there will be errors. The >>> good thing about the cards is that you can discover in what town the >>> event occurred, and if you need real proof, you can contact the town for >>> a copy of the original record. >>> >>> Joann >>> >>> Vernon and Betty wrote: >>> >>>> Just for general information, the birth, death, & marriage records are >>>> also >>>> on microfilm in Montpeliar, Vt and they have several readers there for >>>> you >>>> to use. A little better than having to go to every town clerk in the >>>> state >>>> for records. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ************************************************* >>> List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VermontWelcome.html >>> Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VermontWelcome.html >> Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VermontWelcome.html > Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The microfilms (births, deaths, marriages for all towns in VT) at Middlesex, VT, include 1942-1954, and 1955-1979. Records after 1979 are also available, but the methods for searching them are different, as I think the year ranges are much smaller, perhaps even year by year, with an index to each year. One would have to look in the year index for the name being searched, find the record number, then look on another film for the actual record. I haven't used the more recent films at all, so I don't know exactly how it works, and I don't know how many years these later records cover. Emily