> -----Original Message----- > From: Kathryne Stonecipher [mailto:rvtravelers1@msn.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:05 > To: VTBENNIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VTBENNIN] Birth Records > > > Hi everyone, > > I am trying to find information on my 2nd great-grandfather, > Harvey Barto. He was born 27 July, 1818 in Dorset, Vermont. > Could anyone tell me if there are birth records that far back > and where is the best place to write for them. > Vermont did not require records to be kept prior to about 1870. Some towns did so but not everyone chose to record births. Dorset did keep some records and the BARTO name is among those early records. However, the specific person that you mention is not among them. All these early records are available online in the IGI Search: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_I GI.asp&clear_form=true (You may need to unwrap the URL in order to use it as its fairly long.) In that page enter the Last Name = BARTO only - do not enter a first name. Select the Region = North America. Enter the Batch Number 7450017. Then search with only those three values set up. It will deliver all the BARTO records known to the State before 1870. Experience has shown that the State of Vermont will not have any records except these. The IGI transcribed the early records from the Vermont State microfilms. Dorset Town may have additional records but I suspect its unlikely as they appear to have sent their early records to the State.

Hi everyone, I am trying to find information on my 2nd great-grandfather, Harvey Barto. He was born 27 July, 1818 in Dorset, Vermont. Could anyone tell me if there are birth records that far back and where is the best place to write for them. Thanks Kathy Stonecipher

In the obituary for Edward Munson Clark of Wallingford, Vt, his correct age was 78.

Source,Rutland Vt.Herald--Aug. 7, 1948. WALLINGFORD, Vt. Aug.6--Edward Munson Clark, 7, died at his home here tonight at 9:45. Mr. Clark was born in Wallingford, Vt. August 11, 1879, and lived here most of his life. He is survived by his wife, Margaret (Stapleton) Clark; three sons, Hugh Edward and Donald George Clark of Bennington, Vt., and Robert Munson Clark of Wallingford, Vt.; three daughters, Mrs. Fred J. Bliss and Miss Marion Clark of Wallingford and Mrs. Thomas P. Toomey of Bennington,Vt.; five grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. The body was removed to the Spencer Funeral home in Rutland Vt., where friends may call between 2 and 4 p.m. and 7 and 11 p.m. the funeral will be held here at St.Patrick's church Monday at 9 a.m.

Has anyone ever seen any information of Josiah and Marion Foster in Bennington County? They listed their children at the clerk of Manchester's office, but I have seen no information on what happened to their children after that time. Their daughter, Marion Foster, had the same birth date (February 15, 1783) as Mary Anne Deming. I was wondering if may Josiah died and Mrs. Foster remarried a Deming. I sure could use some help with this one. MaryLu in Minnesota

Source, Rutland Vt.Herald--Thur. Aug.12,1948. GIRL DIES AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT AT SALEM, N. Y. Aug. 11--Molly Bentley, 8, daughter of Justin Bentley of Rupert, Vt., and Mrs. Louise Bentley of Salem, N. Y., died at Mary McClellan hospital, Cambridge, N.Y., about midnight from a broken skull and other injuries suffered when she fell from a bicycle yesterday .The youngster was returning from the Stanley Getty farm on the outskirts of Salem, when the accident occurred. Gerald Getty, 10, brother of the farm owner and companion of the young girl, said the two were returning on a little-used road when he warned Molly not to ride down a sharp incline. He stated he rode down the hill and returned home to wait for the girl. When she did not appear he notified his mother, Mrs. Frank Getty, and the two returned over the route where they found the girl lying unconscious near her bicycle. Surviving besides her parents are two brothers, John and Thomas both of Salem, N.Y.

Source, Rutland Vt.Herald--Mon.Jan.6,1947. BRANDON, Vt. Jan.5--Mrs. Mabel Grace Spencer, 82, died tonight at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Winch of this town. Death attributed to a heart attack, came suddenly as she was sitting in chair in the kitchen of the Winch home. She was the widow of the late Frank C. Spencer. Mrs. Spencer was born November 19, 1864 in Sandgate, Vt.,the daughter of William and Elizabeth J. Armstrong Hurd. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Winch, a brother, David M. Hurd of Manchester, Vt., and a sister, Mrs. Kate Gilmore , also of Manchester,Vt. The body was removed to the Miller and Ketcham funeral home in Brandon. Funeral arrangements will be made later.

Hey, those are the same places we are looking in! What names are you researching? Margrette

Re: Vermont records. I have just returned from a short and quick trip out East to research records in Erie, Pa. Cambridge, NY, Bennington, Vt. and Concord NH. I found wonderful records and efficient and generous help from the librarian and a volunteer at Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vt. Still a novice of sorts I was very impressed by the knowledge of the many records they hold and the ease in which they helped me with my research. I would urge anyone that can, try and visit there and search for records. It was a positive experience for me on a genealogy research trip. Joanne, in Illinois

Hello, I would like to contact Charlie Armstrong who posted several messages on this list in 1999 and 2000. His old address was: cda10@midwest.net <mailto:cda10@midwest.net> but it does not work now. Does anyone know how to reach him? -Tina

Other researchers have told me to look in New Hamshire or NY records if I couldn't find them in VT records. Remember this was the time that VT land was being disputed and fought over by NY and NH. I haven't tried them out yet, but it is on my to-do list. Sandy - ----- Original Message ----- From: <SusiCP@aol.com> To: <VTBENNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 12:54 PM Subject: [VTBENNIN] JONES and MaDISON VT > NOYES JONES b NY census papers say father born VT but since VT was claimed by > NY I am in quandry as to where to look. > > NOyes JONES b 1808 m Susan MADISON supposedly b MA but having little luck > on research. FOUND one PHILIP MADISON in 1790 Census for HAMPSHIRE CO> IS > this PHILIP Madison,,,,related to Susan.?? > > Anyone with knowledge. > > Thanks much > SusiCP@aol.com > > > ==== VTBENNIN Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

At 08:29 AM 10/17/2003, Sandy Childs wrote: >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:28:55 -0700 >From: "Sandy & Jerry Childs" <jschilds@pacbell.net> >To: VTBENNIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VTBENNIN] Haven't heard from this list in 3 days > >Just checking, as I haven't received any emails from this list (or a few >others) in about three days but have had an extraordinarily high incidence >of spam emails. Have there been emails recently? Are you also getting >an inordinate amount of spam emails? Like 75 a day? Sandy in Calif. Unfortunately, posting to this list is likely to CONTRIBUTE to your getting spam. This is because at some point the list started getting archived by Rootsweb. The archives are exposed to the entire web, and the spammers have "spider" programs that crawl the net and harvest email addresses. This has already happened to my "mark@markdionne.com" email address, which you can see here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/VTBENNIN/2002-09/1031970585 Since this archive entry and a few similar entries appeared, I have been getting more and more spam at that email address. Oddly, I have made quite a few postings to this list but only a few seem to have made it into the archive. I sent an email to the list administrator for this list a while ago, and got no response. The normal way to deal with this situation is to type something like "mark at markdionne dot com" to foil the spiders. But we can't do that here because the email address in the mail header has to be in the correct format. You can see what web pages are exposing your email address to the world just by going into Google and entering your email address. Mark Dionne

NOYES JONES b NY census papers say father born VT but since VT was claimed by NY I am in quandry as to where to look. NOyes JONES b 1808 m Susan MADISON supposedly b MA but having little luck on research. FOUND one PHILIP MADISON in 1790 Census for HAMPSHIRE CO> IS this PHILIP Madison,,,,related to Susan.?? Anyone with knowledge. Thanks much SusiCP@aol.com

I am trying to find out what the maiden name of EMORY F JONES wife listed in the 1880 census. I have strong feelings that she may be a daughter of ELAM B CHELLIS. ELAM CHELLIS lived and died in Bennington Co. VT. I have confirmed that 2 of his daughters and 1 son moved to West Springfield, MA and I strongly suspect that this CHARLOTTE is a CHELLIS and followed them. Emory F JONES Self M Male W 38 NY R R Fireman MA MA Charlotte JONES Wife M Female W 36 VT Keeping House CAN CAN Willard JONES Son S Male W 17 VT At Home NY VT Harry JONES Son S Male W 15 VT Work On Farm NY VT Grace JONES Dau S Female W 14 IL At School NY VT Elam JONES Son S Male W 11 VT At School NY VT Mary JONES Dau S Female W 7 VT At School NY VT Nannie JONES Dau S Female W 4 VT NY VT Census Place West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts If any one can confirm her maiden name or prove it wrong I would love to hear from you. Thanks, Margrette

Just checking, as I haven't received any emails from this list (or a few others) in about three days but have had an extraordinarily high incidence of spam emails. Have there been emails recently? Are you also getting an inordinate amount of spam emails? Like 75 a day? Sandy in Calif.

A wonderful resource from the "Geneabios" web site. http://www.geneabios.com/ Biographical Notes from the 1902 Vermont Legislative Directory [contains information for all VT counties] http://www.geneabios.com/vermont/vermont.htm "The 1902 Vermont Legislative Directory contained biographical information about a large number of people who held positions in the state. These included Federal Officers, Congressional Delegates, Judges, Members of the Executive Department, State Senate and House of Representatives." Enjoy! Karima --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 10/9/2003

I have seen posted that Polly Millington, d/o Samuel, Sr. and wife, Sarah (Reynolds) married a Joseph Stone. There is a Joseph Stone with a wife Polly shown in Bennington Co. on the 1850 census records. The info found corresponds with Joseph Stone found in Bennington Co. on the 1830 and 1840 census records. I found an IGI record on Family search that said this was Polly Stiles. I would appreciate any help from the group clearing this up. Linda Garrett

Seeking info on death/burial of Ambrose HULBERT 1780, in/around Bennington VT. He m. Jain GILMORE 4 JAN 1777 in Conway, MA and was "of Bennington" at that time, perhaps living with his brother, Benjamin, also of Bennington.  Family lore indicates he died in the Revolutionary War, however I have found no record of military service. He may have been a "camp follower" plying his trade as a blacksmith. Inventory of his estate (Bennington probate records, Book 1, pages 28-31) reflect a note for 2s/6p from Col. Ethan Allen.  I find no death records or burial in Bennington. He left 2 infant children, Lucinda, b. 1779 and Ambrose, b. Feb. 1881.  His widow remarried to Eri DENSMORE 9 Oct. 1782. Eri was also a blacksmith as his shop was destroyed by fire 16 Oct. 1791. The family relocated about 1798 to Burlington, Otsego County, NY probably with Capt. Gad Chapin's family.

On page 26 "[Capt. Elijah Dewey's Company] [Furnished by Mr. H. C. Day of Bennington through Col. Frank L. Greene] Roster of Capt. Elijah Dewey's Company as it was formed at the time of the battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777: Thomas HENDERSON, etc." On page 632 "[First Company of Militia in Bennington] Muster Roll of the first Company of Militia in the town of Bennington, organized October 24th, 1764: Thomas Henderson, etc. [From Henry Stevens Papers v. 180] On page 633 [Capt. Elijah Dewey's Company Warned] To Sergeant Daniel Harmon These are to desire you to warn the men whose names are hereunto annexed belonging to my Company, to appear at the parade ground, at the Meeting House, in Bennington, on the first day of November next at one o'clock in the afternoon; with Arms complete for Exercising-Given under my hand at Bennington this 24th day of Oct. 1775. Elijah Dewey ~Edward Henderson ~Thomas Henderson [From Henry Stevens Papers, v. 180]." Source is "Rolls of Vermont Soldiers in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775-1783", prepared and published under the direction of Major General Martha T. Rainville, The Adjutant General, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, Volumes I and II. Transcribed by Jan Jordan

On page 27 "[Capt. Samuel Robinson's Roll] [From Hiland Hall's History of Bennington, Vt. Hist. Mag. I., 158] August 16, 1777,-were in battle Edward HENDERSON, etc." On page 411 "[301.dupl 269] A Pay Roll of Capt. Shadrach Phelps' Company, Col. Cornelius Douty's Regiment of Foot of the State of Vermont, from the first day of August to the fourth, in the alarm, at Saratoga, 1781. Name: Lt. Edward Henderson Days: 3 Pr day: 4.3 Miles 30 Pr mile 4d Total 1.2.9 [1 pound, 2 shillings, 9 pence]. Treasurer's Office, Sunderland, July 16, 1782. Recd. of I. Allen, Treasurer, the contents of this order... Saml. Safford." On page 505 "[59] A Pay Roll of Capt. Shadrach Phelps' Company, Col. Cornelius Doughty's Regiment in a Regiment of foot of the State of Vermont, from the 23d day of October to the 3d of November in the Alarm at Castleton. [1781] Name and Rank: Lt. Edward Henderson Days in service 14 Pay per day and rations: 4/3 Miles travel: 40 Pay per mile: 4d Amount: 3.12.10. Recd. of the Treasurer the contents of the above order in behalf of Capt. Shadrach Phelps and by his order. 9th March 1782. Simeon Harmoner." Source is "Rolls of Vermont Soldiers in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775-1783", prepared and published under the direction of Major General Martha T. Rainville, The Adjutant General, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, Volumes I and II. Transcribed by Jan Jordan