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

Genealogy

Military Records

Societies

Vital Records

Bibliography

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 For unpublished and other rare sources, any library known to hold the item is listed.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

Cemeteries

  • Atkinson, Theodore M.
    Pownal gravestones in 1910 / transcribed by Theodore M. Atkinson. -- 1991.
    84 leaves.
    Unpublished typescript of a list originally created in 1910 or 1911.
    Includes index.

    Holdings: C/W Mars Library (Paxton, Mass.)

  • Derbyshire, Janet H. (Janet Helen), 1926-
    Gardner Cemetery, Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont / by Janet Derbyshire. -- [S.l. : s.n.], 1979.
    8 leaves.
    Copied for the Genealogical Society of Vermont, Apr. 21, 1979; rechecked Apr. 30, 1979.

    Holdings: Vermont Department of Libraries

  • Wilson, Hazel A.
    Bennington, Vermont, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, marriage, birth, burial records, 1835-1871 ; Pownal, Vermont, and vicinity cemetery records / indexed and presented to the Berkshire Athenaeum by Mrs. J.A. Wilson. -- [S.l. : s.n., 194-?]
    12, 7, 39, 16 leaves.
    Includes index.

    Holdings: Allen County Public Library

Geography

  • Pownal. -- Scale ca. 1:42,420. -- [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 an inset of Pownal Centre with a business directory of Pownal.

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

History

  • Browne, William Bradford, b. 1875.
    Over pathways of the past : familiar features of our valley, how they originated, what happened along the way ; Pownal sketches / by William B. Browne. -- 1945.
    39, 20, 5 p.
    Columns appearing in the North Adams transcript between Nov. 4, 1939 and May 20, 1944.
    Includes other related newspaper articles and index.

    Holdings: C/W Mars Library (Paxton, Mass.)

  • Parks, Joseph, 1925-
    Pownal : a Vermont town's hundred years and more / by Joseph Parks. -- [Pownal, Vt.] : Pownal Bicentennial Committee, 1977.
    119 p. : ill.

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

Land Records

  • Pownal (Vt.). Town Clerk.
    Book of surveys, vol. 1-2, 1796-1944. -- Montpelier, Vt. : Filmed by the Vermont Public Records Division, 1975.
    on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
    Contains a record of surveys of land tracts, lots, roads, and division of fences.

    Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm number 1004102 item 1-2)

  • Pownal (Vt.). Town Clerk.
    Land records, 1760-1877. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952, 1975.
    on 9 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
    Indexes are found at the beginning of many volumes.
    Volumes 1 and 2 include proprietors' records, town meeting records, deeds, and records of births, marriages, and deaths.

    Part title, etc.DatesLDS FHL
    microfilm number
    Index to land records vols. 1-23 0028673
    Index to land records vols. 24-44 1004100 item 1
    Land records, v. 1-21760-18000028674
    Land records, v. 3-61788-18080028675
    Land records, v. 7-81808-18210028676
    Land records, v. 9-111821-18310028677
    Land records, v. 12-141831-18400028678
    Land records, v. 15-171840-18500028679
    Land records, v. 18-201849-18611004100 item 2-4
    Land records, v. 21-241861-18771004101

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

Maps see Geography

Military Records

  • Pownal (Vt.). Town Selectmen.
    Enrolled militia, 1862-1865. -- Montpelier, Vt. : Filmed by the Vermont Public Records Division, 1975.
    on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
    Microfilm of original records.
    Contains a list of those liable to do military duty, a list of those medically exempt from duty, and list of volunteers to service.

    Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm number 1004102 item 4)

Town Records

  • Pownal (Vt.). Town Clerk.
    Town records, 1775-1903. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952, 1975.
    on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Contains proceedings of town meetings, records of roads and highways, warnings out of town, earmarks, oaths of office, appointments, other miscellaneous town records. Vol. 1 and 2 contain also records of birth, marriage, and death.
    Indexes are found at the beginning of vols. 1 and 2A.

    Part title, etc.DatesLDS FHL
    microfilm number
    Town records, v. 1-21775-18530028680 item 2-3
    Town records, v. 2A1853-19031004102 item 3

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

Vital Records

  • Pownal (Vt.). Town Clerk.
    Vital records, 1808-1907. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975.
    on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Microfilm of original records by the Vermont Public Records Division.

    Part title, etc.DatesLDS FHL
    microfilm number
    Indexes to births, deaths and marriages vols. 3-61004103 item 1-2
    Record of marriages, births and deaths, v. 21808-19070028680 item 1
    Additional filming1004103 item 3
    Records of marriages, births and deaths, v. 41868-18821004103 item 4

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

  • Shepard, Elmer I. (Elmer Irwin), 1878-1966.
    Elmer I. Shepard Collection : Vermont, Connecticut, and miscellaneous United States marriages and intentions, ca. 1760-1880. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990.
    on 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Microfilm of original records in the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

    Part title, etc.LDS FHL
    microfilm number
    Vermont. Bennington County. Town : Pownal.1684385 item 2-3
    Vermont. Miscellaneous towns.
    Vermont. Bennington County. Towns : Pownal, Bennington1684452
    Connecticut. Hartford County. Town : Granby.1684454 item 2
    United States.1684452 item 3

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

  • Shepard, Elmer I. (Elmer Irwin), 1878-1966.
    Marriages in Pownal, Vermont to 1850 : from books #1 and #2 of the town records / copied and arranged by Elmer I. Shepard. -- Williamstown, Mass. : E.I. Shepard, 1941.
    51 leaves. -- (Berkshire genealogical notes ; no. 3)

    Holdings: LDS Family History Library (in paper and on microfilm, LDS FHL microfilm number 0234583 item 4)

    Reprint. Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, [1997].

    Holdings: No holdings information available

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