How early were birth records made in Vermont? I need one for 1844, which I sent for. As yet have gotten no answer. Maybe records weren't kept this early. Can someone tell me about this? I figured that the County Clerk or Recorder would have these, am I right? Thanx, Janis in Wyo.___________________________________________________________ Get more from your time online. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Aloha Janis in Wyo, The State of VT vital records are divided into two major time categories: 1760-1870; and 1870-1908. So the there is the answer to your question. Go to http://www.vitalrec.com/vt.html which will tell you al= lot about vital records in VT. Jerry Lesperance, Aiea, Hawaii ----- Original Message ----- From: Janis Dawson <kennethdawson@msn.com> To: <VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 1:22 PM Subject: [VTFRANKL] Early birth records > How early were birth records made in Vermont? I need one for 1844, which I sent for. As yet have gotten no answer. Maybe records weren't kept this early. Can someone tell me about this? I figured that the County Clerk or Recorder would have these, am I right? > Thanx,> Janis in Wyo.___________________________________________________________

> -----Original Message----- > From: Janis Dawson [mailto:kennethdawson@msn.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 6:22 PM > To: VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VTFRANKL] Early birth records > > > How early were birth records made in Vermont? I need one for > 1844, which I sent for. As yet have gotten no answer. Maybe > records weren't kept this early. Can someone tell me about > this? I figured that the County Clerk or Recorder would have > these, am I right? > In southern VT records are much earlier than northern VT. Franklin county stuff seems to start in the late 1860s although a few isolated records exist that go back much earlier. All B-M-D records are available from the State of Vermont records office in Middlesex VT. These are microfilm copies of file cards that each town submitted to the state. The originals are still in the appropriate town hall and looked after by the town clerk. [I have found occasional transcription errors between what the state has and what the town has.] Your local LDS also has copies of the microfilms so you can order them and go thru every town. They microfilms are arranged in alphabetical order of surname which makes it very easy to search for an individual.