Genealogy in Bennington County, Vermont
Town of Manchester
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 Manchester area. The list is arranged by subject category and alphabetically by title within each category.

Genealogy

• VERMONT-L Genealogical Gazetteer - Bennington County - Manchester

Military Records

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

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Bibliography

The following bibliography lists sources that may be useful in researching the genealogy and history of families that have lived in the Manchester area. 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 For unpublished and other rare sources, any library known to hold the item is listed.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

• Brown, Joseph S.
  Historical sketch of the First Baptist church in Manchester, Vt. / by Joseph S. Brown. -- [Vermont] : Vermont Baptist Historical Society, 1916.
  7 p.
  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library (on microfiche, LDS FHL microfiche number 6019130); Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library



• Congregational Church (Manchester, Vt.)
  Exercises at the dedication of the new Congregational Church, Manchester, Vermont, August 23, 1871. -- Manchester [Vt.] : D.K. Simonds, job printer, 1871.
  20 p.
  
  

  Holdings: University of Vermont Library



• Congregational Church (Manchester, Vt.)
  Exercises in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of Rev. James Anderson as pastor of the Congregational Church, Manchester, Vt., August 12, 1879. -- Manchester [Vt.] : D.K. Simonds, printer, 1879.
  52 p.
  
  

  Holdings: University of Vermont Library



• Congregational Church (Manchester, Vt.)
  Manual of the Congregational Church in Manchester, Vermont. -- Manchester [Vt.]: Printed by C.A. Pierce & Co., 1867.
  32 p.
  "Printed by order of the church."
  
  

  Holdings: University of Vermont Library



• Zion Episcopal Church (Manchester, Vt.)
  Jubilate, a history of the Zion Episcopal Church, 1782-1982. -- [Manchester, Vt.] : The Church, 1982.
  ix, 109 p. : ill., facsims., ports.
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 105) and index.
  
  

  Holdings: Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library

Church Records

• Zion Episcopal Church (Manchester, Vt.)
  Parish record book of Zion Church, 1869-1923. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987.
  on 1 microfilm reel ; 16 mm.
  Microfilm of original records in the Episcopal Diocesan Center, Burlington, Vermont.
  High reduction (42x) microfilm.
  Includes index.
  Contains historical notes, records of families, baptisms 1869-1922, confirmations, communicants, marriages 1876-1922, burials, 1869-1923, and offerings.
  Photocopying not allowed.
  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm number 1509416 item 9)

Geography

• Manchester. -- Scale ca. 1:48,738. -- [S.l. : s.n., 185-]
  1 map ; 35 x 28 cm.
  Relief shown by hachures.
  Oriented with north towards left.
  Shows residences and landowners.
  Includes a business directory of Manchester.
  
  

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

History

• Bigelow, Edwin L.
  Manchester, Vermont, 1761-1961 : a pleasant land among the mountains / Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis. -- Manchester, Vt. : Town of Manchester, 1961.
  xiii, 317 p., [25] p. of plates : ill, map.
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-306) and index.
  
  

  Holdings: LDS Family History Library; Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library

  
  Reprint. Manchester, Vt. : Rod and Reel Pub. Co., 1981, c1961.
  
  

  Holdings: Allen County Public Library; University of Vermont Library; Vermont Department of Libraries



• Chapin, Carl M. (Carl Mattison), 1879-1938.
  Manchester in Vermont history / by Carl M. Chapin. -- [Manchester, Vt. : Manchester Historical Society, 1932]
  30 p.
  
  

  Holdings: Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library



• City pups and true mules : true reflections of yesterday. -- Manchester Center, Vt. : Northshire Senior Center, [1982?]
  iii, 47 p. : ill.
  
  

  Holdings: Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library



• Munson, Loveland, 1843-1921.
  The early history of Manchester : an address delivered in Music Hall, Manchester, Vt., on Monday evening, December 27, 1875 / by Munson Loveland. -- Manchester, Vt. : Journal Print, 1876.
  63 p.
  
  

  Holdings: Allen County Public Library; LDS Family History Library (in print and on microfiche, LDS FHL microfiche number 6046918); Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library; Vermont Department of Libraries



• Town of Manchester, Vermont, 1776-1976. -- Manchester, Vt. : Manchester Historical Society, [1976]
  [64] p. : ill., facsims., map, ports.
  
  

  Holdings: Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library; Vermont Department of Libraries

Land Records

• Manchester (Vt.). Town Clerk.
  Land records, 1766-1850. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
  6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
  Microfilm of original records in Manchester, Vermont.
  Includes index.
  
  

  Part title, etc.	Dates	LDS FHL microfilm number
  Land records, v. 1-5	1766-1800	0028548
  Land records, v. 6-7	1800-1810	0028549
  Land records, v. 8	1810-1813	0028550
  Land records, v. 9-10	1813-1828	0028551
  Land records, v. 11-12	1828-1837	0028552
  Land records, v. 13-14	1837-1850	0028553

  
  

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

Maps see Geography

Military Records

• Bennett, Alice E.
  Record of the soldiers of the Civil War, Spanish American War, and the World War from the town of Manchester, Vermont / compiled by Alice E. Bennett. -- [Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Co.], 1925.
  139 p.
  Includes index.
  
  

  Holdings: Allen County Public Library; LDS Family History Library (in print and on microfilm, LDS FHL microfilm number 1415263 item 11); Middlebury College Library; University of Vermont Library

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Related Pages

• Genealogy in Bennington County, Vermont

• Genealogy in Bennington County, Vermont - Town of Manchester

• Genealogy in Bennington County, Vermont - Town of Manchester - Genealogical Resource Guide

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