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

Genealogy

VERMONT-L Genealogical Gazetteer - Bennington County - Stamford

Military Records

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 For unpublished and other rare sources, any library known to hold the item is listed.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

History

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Stamford, Vermont, 1753-1953. -- North Adams, Mass. : Elder's Printing Co., 1953.
[12] p. : ill.

Holdings: University of Vermont Library

Lawrence, Marion Blood, 1908-1986.
An early Vermont sampler : true stories, anecdotes, historical shorts, and miscellaneous / by Marion B. Lawrence. -- [Stamford, Vt.] : Lawrence, 1979 (Bennington, Vt. : Pennysaver Press)
118 p. : ill., map, ports.

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

Land Records

Stamford (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Land records, 1777-1850 : with index, 1780-1952. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records in Stamford, Vermont.
Volumes 1 and 3 include a few records of town meetings; births, marriages and deaths; earmarks, other miscellaneous town records.

Part title, etc.	Dates	FHL microfilm number
Index to land records, v. 1-25	1780-1952	0028915
Land records, v. 1-4	1777-1802	0028916
Land records, v. 5-6	1802-1816	0028917
Land records, v. 7-9	1816-1839	0028918
Land records, v. 10-12 (p. 1-125)	1839-1850	0028919

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

Town Records

Stamford (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Miscellaneous records, vol. 1, 1798-1812. -- Montpelier, Vt. : Public Records Division, 1961.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Microreproduction of original records at the Vermont Public Records Division.

Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm number 0506446)

Stamford (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Town and vital records, 1812-1867. -- Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records in Stamford, Vermont.
Town and vital records include marriages, earmarks for cattle and sheep, and famiy records of the Finney and Raze families listing marriages, births and deaths.

Part title, etc. Dates LDS FHL
microfilm number

Marriages, v. 1 1812-1867 0028920 item 1

Earmarks (1788-1816, 1830) with Finney and Raze family records (1760-1805) 0028920 item 2

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

Stamford (Vt.). Town Clerk.
Town meeting proceedings and other miscellaneous town records, 1798-1842. -- Montpelier, Vt. : Vermont Public Records Division, 1961.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Microreproduction of ms.
Marriages are recorded in the 1st and last parts of the volume.
Births are recorded in the last section of the volume.

Holdings: LDS Family History Library (LDS FHL microfilm number 0865407)