WHAT was GGGGRANNYs name? Her fathers name? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillipp Steffon" <bstevens27@verizon.net> To: <vermont@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Vermont Vital Records > 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 > > > > ************************************************* > 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 >