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

Genealogy

VERMONT-L Genealogical Gazetteer - Bennington County - Shaftsbury

Military Records

Vermont in the Civil War - Towns & Counties - Soldiers Credited to Shaftsbury 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 Shaftsbury 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 For unpublished and other rare sources, any library known to hold the item is listed.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

Daughters of the American Colonists. New Connecticut Chapter (Westlake, Ohio)
[Cemetery records from Coventry, R.I., Shaftsbury, Vt., Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Mahoning County, Ohio]. -- Parma, O. : The Chapter, 1975.
26 p.
Submitted by Raye M. Fisher.
Contents: Three small and ancient cemeteries in Coventry, R.I. -- Shaftsbury, Vt. -- Five Corners Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, O. -- East Goshen Friends Church, Mahoning County, Ohio.

Holdings: Western Reserve Historical Society Library (Cleveland, Ohio)

Elwell, Levi Henry, 1854-1916.
The gravestone records of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont / copied and verified 1908-10 by Levi Henry Elwell. -- Amherst, Mass. : Composition and Press Work, 1911.
vi, 76 p.

Holdings: LDS Family History Library (in paper and on microfilm, LDS FHL microfilm number 0028925); Middlebury College Library; New England Historic Genealogical Society Library; University of Vermont Library

Geography

Shaftsbury. -- Scale ca. 1:42,420. -- [S.l. : s.n., 185-]
1 map ; 40 x 55 cm.
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows residences and landowners.
Includes the town of Glastenbury.

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

South Shaftsbury, Town of Shaftsbury. -- Scale ca. 1:5,708. -- [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 insets of Searsburg and Shaftsbury Centre with a Shaftsbury business directory.

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

History

Levin, Ruth, 1927-
Ordinary heroes : the story of Shaftsbury : with a chapter on the Vermont ghost town of Glastenbury / by Ruth Levin ; edited by Tyler Resch. -- [Shaftsbury, Vt.] : Book Committee of the Shaftsbury Historical Society, c1978.
135 p. : ill., maps (1 folded)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and surname index.

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; Vermont Historical Society Library

The story of Shaftsbury, Vermont : with an account of Jacob Merritt Howard who wrote the resolutions on which the Republican Party was founded. -- Shaftsbury, Vt. : Town Republican Centennial Committee, 1954.
50, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill, maps, port.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [51]).

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

Land Records

Shaftsbury (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Land records, 1779-1851 : with index, 1765-1917. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records in Shaftsbury, Vermont.

Part title, etc.	Dates	LDS FHL microfilm number
Index to land records, v. 1	1765-1917	0028926
Land records, v. 1-5	1779-1810	0028928
Land records, v. 6-7	1810-1822	0028929
Land records, v. 8-9	1822-1831	0028930
Land records, v. 10-12	1831-1842	0028931
Land records, v. 13-14	1841-1848	0028932
Land records, v. 15	1848-1851	0028933

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

Shaftsbury (Vt.). Proprietors' Clerk.
Proprietors' records, 1762-1815. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records in Shaftsbury, Vermont.
Proprietors records include proceedings of meetings, divisions of land, treasurer's accounts, and list of proprietors.
Includes index.

Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm number 0028927)

Maps see Geography

Town Records

Shaftsbury (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Town and vital records, 1766-1906. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records in Shaftsbury, Vermont.
Town records include strays, list of freemen, earmarks for cattle and sheep, and family records (early to 1793) listing births, deaths, and marriages. Vital records include marriages (1785-1867, 1893), births (1784-1874), deaths (1789-1880) and earmarks. School records include school district reports, lists of scholars, and teacher certificates.
Includes index.

Part title, etc.	Dates	LDS FHL microfilm number
Index to vital records	early to 1905	0028923
Index to vital records in v. 1	1767-1868	0028923
Town and vital records, v. 1	1766-1840	0028924
Vital records and earmarks, v. 1	1784-1893
School records, v. 1	1830-1906