Genealogy in Bennington County, Vermont
Town of Dorset
Online Sources and Bibliography

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Online Sources

The following online sources may be useful in researching the genealogy and history of families that have lived in the Dorset area. The list is arranged by subject category and alphabetically by title within each category.

Genealogy

VERMONT-L Genealogical Gazetteer - Bennington County - Dorset

Military Records

Vermont in the Civil War - Towns & Counties - Soldiers Credited to Dorset in the War of the Rebellion

Bibliography

The following bibliography lists sources that may be useful in researching the genealogy and history of families that have lived in the Dorset, Vermont. The bibliography is arranged by subject category and alphabetically by author and title within each category. Information on library holdings is recorded in the box following each citation. For published items, only holdings of libraries profiled on the Archives and Libraries page are given when known. For unpublished and other rare sources, any library known to hold the item is listed. Many of the items listed here are also available at other libraries and research centers in New England, New York, and elsewhere.

Original records and other items microfilmed by the LDS Family History Library (also known as the Genealogical Society of Utah) are also listed below. These microfiches and microfilms are available via interlibrary loan through the LDS family history centers. Make a note of the microfiche or microfilm reel number(s) needed in order to place a request at one of the LDS family history centers.

Church History

Congregational Church (Dorset, Vt.)
Yearbook. -- [S.l.] : The Church,
v.
Description based on: 1904.

Holdings: University of Vermont Library

Congregational Church of Dorset and East Rupert, Vermont.
Manual of the Congregational Church of Dorset and East Rupert, Vermont, May, 1812. -- Ayer, Mass. : W.M. Sargent, printer, 1912.
58 p. : ill., ports.

Holdings: No holdings information available

Reprint. Sarasota, FL : Aceto Bookmen, 1996. Includes index.

Holdings: Allen County Public Library; New England Historic Genealogical Society Library

Gilbert, Anna Elizabeth.
A brief history of the United Congregational Church, Inc. of Dorset and East Rupert, Vermont / by Anna Elizabeth Gilbert and Alfred Holley Gilbert. -- [Dorset, Vt.] : United Congregational Church, Inc. of Dorset and East Rupert, Vermont, c1959.
56 p. : ill.
"Prepared on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of its founding (1784-1959), September 22, 1959."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 56).

Holdings: LDS Family History Library; University of Vermont Library

Geography

Dorset. -- Scale ca. 1:42,420. -- [S.l. : s.n., 185-]
1 map ; 40 x 50 cm.
Relief shown by hachures.
Oriented with north towards left.
Shows residences and landowners.
Includes a business directory of Dorset.

Holdings: University of Connecticut Library (Storrs, Conn.)

History

Dorset night entertainment : sketches of Dorset, Vermont from the date of its charter August 20th, 1761 and settlement in the year 1768 : a series of historical, biographical and literary papers pertaining to the development and progress of the town where the corner stone of the independence of Vermont was laid. -- Dorset [Vt.] : William J. Fuller Woman's Relief Corps, No. 23, 1896.
56 p.
Cover title: Dorset, Vermont.

Holdings: Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library

Humphrey, Zephine, 1874-1956.
The story of Dorset / by Zephine Humphrey, Elizabeth Sykes Lee, collaborating ; with occasional drawings by Katherine Field White. -- Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Co., c1924.
288 p. : ill.

Holdings: Allen County Public Library; LDS Family History Library; Middlebury College Library; New England Historic Genealogical Society Library; University of Vermont Library; Vermont Department of Libraries

Reprint. Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Co., 1971.

Holdings: Allen County Public Library; New England Historic Genealogical Society Library; University of Vermont Library; Vermont Department of Libraries

Resch, Tyler.
Dorset : in the shadow of the marble mountain / by Tyler Resch. -- West Kennebunk, Me. : Published for the Dorset Historical Society by Phoenix Pub., c1989.
xvii, 405 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-390) and index.
ISBN 0-914659-44-8.

Holdings: Allen County Public Library; LDS Family History Library; Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library; Vermont Department of Libraries; Vermont Historical Society Library

Land Records

Dorset (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Land records, 1770-1852. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
on 7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records in Dorset, Vermont.
Includes indexes.

Part title, etc.	Dates	LDS FHL microfilm number
Land records, v. 1-2	1770-1799	0028140
Land records, v. 3-5	1799-1815	0028141
Land records, v. 6-7	1815-1826	0028142
Land records, v. 8-9	1826-1833	0028143
Land records, v. 10-11	1833-1840	0028144
Land records, v. 12-13	1840-1848	0028145
Land records, v. 14	1848-1852	0028146 item 1

Holdings: LDS Family History Library (for LDS FHL microfilm numbers, see the table above)

Maps see Geography

Vital Records

Dorset (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Vital records, 1868-1888. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records in Dorset, Vermont.
Includes births, deaths, and marriages.

Holdings: LDS Family History Library (on microfilm, LDS FHL microfilm number 0028146 item 2)