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Welcome to the Barnet, Vermont web site. Please note that this site is designed primarily for use by genealogists and is not intended to be the official town site.

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What's New?

12-05-2005  Links to Census Records were moved to Vital Statistics section. Old photograph search was added.
02-02-2006  Photos of Town of Barnet Theater Curtains added.
04-03-2006  Links to search Rootsweb databases have been removed.
06-16-2006  Information added for the old Barnet Schools.
08-17-2006  Added additional links.
09-09-2006  Search site for Vermont Historical Gazetteer added.
11-06-2006  Barnet Civil War Dedication photo added.
03-03-2008  Old Photograph Search Site updated. Town office information updated.
12-16-2008  Links to Topozone maps changed to TopoQuest.
01-14-2009  Historical Society information updated.
04-03-2009  New Town Clerk added, replacing William Hoar who retired after more than 30 years service.
06-15-2009  Vital indexes search reinstated.
07-16-2009  Maps changed to TopoQuest.

Guest Book

Your comments and suggestions will be most welcome and will help me improve the site. Please restrict your postings to topics relative to genealogy.

Requests for information regarding wills should be directed to the Caledonia County Court Clerk whose address is found below. Requests for information regarding vital records, land records, etc should be directed to the Town Clerk's Office as listed below.

    Barnet Guest Book

Town Government

It should be noted that Town Clerks as a rule no longer will perform research but will assist researchers when they visit the town offices.

Benjamin Heisholt, Clerk-Treasurer
1743 US Route 5 South                 P.O. Box 15
Barnet, VT  05821                         Barnet, VT  05821
Tel: 802-633-2256                         Fax: 802-633-4315
Website: Town of Barnet
Email: Town of Barnet
Mon - Fri   9:00 - 12:00   and     1:00 - 4:30
Listers: Same             Zoning: Same
Fees:  Certified Copies     -  $7.00 each 
           Non-Certified Copies -  $2.00 each

Caledonia Probate Court

    P.O. Box 406, 27 Main Street - St. Johnsbury, VT 05819    Phone: (802) 748-6605.

Barnet Library

    Barnet Public Library, 147 Church Street, P. O. Box 34, Barnet, VT  05821
    Sherry Tolle, Librarian    802-633-4436
    Hours: M, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, Tu, W, Th - 12:30 to 4:30, Sa 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

    Email: barnetpl@charterinternet.com   

    Barnet School, 163 Kid Row, Barnet, VT  05821
    Mary Prior, mprior@barnet.K12.vt.us    802-633-4978   FAX: 802-633-4497
    Hours: M-F 7:45 AM - 4:00 PM; Summer Hours vary

    Barnet/McIndoes Academy, 37 Academy Lane, P.O. Box 66, McIndoe Falls, VT  05050
    Cathy Thomas, Librarian

    Hours: Tu  1:00 - 7:00 PM, Th  9:00 AM - 12):00 Noon, 3:00 - 6:00 PM

Barnet History

   Early History
   Excerpt from Child's 1887 Gazetteer
   Biographies of Early Settlers
   Revolutionary War Soldiers
   War of 1812
   Mexican War
   Barnet Landowners in 1858
   Barnet Civil War Volunteers
   Spanish-American War
   World War I
   World War II
   Korean Police Action
   Vietnam Conflict

Barnet Historical Society

Goodwillie House, 26 Goodwillie Road, Barnet Center, VT
Mailing Address: 802 Warden Road, Barnet, VT 05821
Phone: 802-633-2325

Contact Person: Barbara Warden, President
Email: Barnet Historical Society
Hours and Admission: Fall Foliage weekends and by appointment.

The museum is located in a house reputedly used as a station for the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. Many of the items were made and used in Barnet. There are quilts, clothing, 19th-century household furnishings, tools, and photographs.

Barnet Stage Curtains

The O. L. Story Company of Boston produced only eight Painted Stage Curtains. Barnet is fortunate in possessing three of these curtains. The Vermont Painted Theater Curtains, Chris Hadsel of Burlington, Project Director, is a Project of the Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance of Woodstock, VT. They have located 143 painted theater curtains in the State of Vermont. During the winter of 2004-2005, three such curtains were professionally restored by  Vermont Painted Theater Curtains  The curtains at the Barnet Town Hall and at McIndoes Academy were rehung after restoration. The curtain at the Lakeview Grange in West Barnet is currently in the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, VT but will be returned and rehung at the Grange Hall. The curtain at McIA is the only curtain found in a school.

The curtains may be seen by clicking on one to the following thumbnail photos:

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Town Hall                McIA                Lakeview Grange

Barnet Vital Statistics

    1790 Census
    1800 Census
    1810 Census
    1820 Census
    1790 Orange County
    Barnet Births to year 2001
    Barnet Burials to year 2001
    Barnet Marriages to year 2001
    Barnet Deaths to year 2001
    Barnet Civil Unions to year 2001

Census reporting ends with the 1820 census. There were over 50 separate items of data gathered in the 1830 census. That fact and that names are not in alphabetical order make it impractical to report later years.

04-03-2006    Homeland Security has indicated that to prevent identity theft, vital record information younger than 70 years should not be accessible to the public. For this reason, I have removed the links to search vital record information.

Barnet Schools

    Early History
    McIndoes Academy
    Barnet College Graduates
    Locations of Barnet Schools of the Past

Barnet Churches

The First Congregational Church of Barnet
The United Presbyterian Church (Barnet Center)
East Barnet
The McIndoes Falls Congregational Church
The Passumpsic Baptist Church
The Reformed Presbyterian Church ("Walter Harvey")
The First Presbyterian Church of West Barnet

Cemetery Information

Digging Deep Unearthing the Mysteries of Burial and Cemetery Laws

Caledonia County Cemeteries Courtesy of Paul DesTroismaisons

Following is a list of all cemeteries in Barnet with directions as to how to reach each one. Photos of the cemeteries are also provided. Please click on the image to see a full size view. Full listings of gravestones in each cemetery is on my list of things to do.

Topozone has been bought by Trails.com and no longer has the level of free map viewing you deserve. The links to the Topozone maps have been changed to TopoQuest to provide you with the capabilities you previously enjoyed.

Cemetery Listings

Barnet Center

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McIndoes Falls

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Palmer (County)

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Pleasant View (Barnet)

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Stevens (Barnet)

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Walter Harvey

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West Barnet

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Other Barnet Links

   Northeastern US Waterfalls -- A list of waterfalls in the Northeastern US among which some may be located in Barnet.
   Some Old Photos of Barnet --  Instructions will be shown on that site.
   Somers of Caledonia County, Vermont    The information contained in this link has been challenged. The challenger    claims there were only four Somers branches, not five. He also claims that the information contained in Frederick Wells'
 History of Barnet, Vermont is inaccurate. John1, b. 1740, is a duplicate of the information for Claud1 and his children (pages 608-610). John3, b. 1823, belongs on page 611 as son of (5) John3.
   Vermont Historical Gazetteer - Courtesy: Rod Skinner    Local History for Vermont towns.

   HomePage for Upper Connecticut River Valley    Lots of other genealogical information.
   Other Listings of Interest, Courtesy - Janice Boyko

Some More Old Photos

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Click on the image to see the expanded image.

The first three photos were taken during February 1934 and show the Barnet Road Crew shoveling the road to the Bogie Farm on Garland Hill. The fourth photo shows the covered bridge at the head of the Stevens Falls sometime prior to its replacement in 1948. The fifth photo shows the results of a lightning strike sometime around September 1966. The sixth photo shows the Barnet Center Schoolhouse sometime before it was demolished. The seventh photo shows the finished croquet set as manufactured at the Roy Brothers Croquet Factory in East Barnet, the final photo was taken about May 30, 1915 at the dedication of the Civil War Monument.

Karme-Choling -- A Shambhala Meditation Center.

Milarepa Center -- A Tibetan Buddhist Center.

Bibliography

    Barnet Bibliography

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