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Welcome to the Sheffield, 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.

Links to external web sites are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or approval of any of the products, services or opinions contained in any external web site.

What's New?

12-5-2005    Addition of new town to site.
12-15-2005  Addition of links to Mexican War, War of Rebellion, Spanish-American War volunteers.
04-03-2006  Links to search Rootsweb databases have been removed. Homeland Security has made it a possible security violation to make this type of information available. Sorry, folks. It wasn't my idea.
06-18-2006    Old school locations added.
08-17-2006   Added additional links.
09-09-2006   Search site for Vermont Historical Gazetteer added.
02-25-2008 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.
07-16-2009  Maps relinked to TopoQuest for old schools.

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.

    Sheffield 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.

Kathy Newland, Clerk-Treasurer
37 Dane Road                                P. O. Box 165
Sheffield, VT 05866                       Sheffield, VT  05866
Tel: 802-626-8862                          Fax: 802-626-8862
Email:   none 
Town Website:     none
Hours:  M & F   8:00 AM - 2:00 PM;  W  8:00 AM - 2:00 PM & 5:00 - 8:00 PM 
Listers: By appt          Zoning: No Zoning Bylaw
Fees:  Certified Copies     -  
           Non-Certified Copies - 

Caledonia Probate Court

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

Sheffield Library

There are no public libraries listed for Sheffield by the Vermont Department of Libraries.

Sheffield History

   Excerpt from Child's 1887 Gazetteer
   Mexican War
   War of Rebellion
   Spanish-American War
   Sheffield Landowners in 1858
   1887-1888 Business Directory

Sheffield Historical Society

Municipal Building, 37 Dane Road, Sheffield, VT  05866.
Mailing Address: 37 Dane Road, Sheffield, VT 05866
Email: Sheffield Historical Society

Phone: 802-626-8862
Contact Person: Norma L. Williams

The society has displays on Dr S. A. Jones and the Drake family, an early Sheffield family, as well as many pictures and photo albums of the town's history.

Hours and Admission: By appointment

Sheffield Vital Statistics

     1790 Census     1800 Census     1810 Census     1820 Census        Births

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.

Sheffield Schools

Millers Run School, PO Box 154, Sheffield, VT  05866
TEL: 802-626-9755 FAX: 802-626-4316 Hours: M - F 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The names and locations of historic Sheffield schools was derived from old copies of topographical maps.

Sheffield, VT Schools of the Past

Sheffield Churches

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 Sheffield with directions as to how to reach each one. Photos of the cemeteries are also provided. Due to the number of headstones in the larger cemeteries, I have no plans to list each stone individually at this time. Please click on the image to see a full size view.

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

Berry

       

Cass - Heights

           

Dexter

                   

Free Will Baptist

                   

Ingalls

       

Mosher

           

Union House

                   

Other Sheffield Links

    

    Northeastern US Waterfalls -- A list of waterfalls in the Northeastern US among which some may be located in Sheffield.

    Some Old Photos of Sheffield --  Instructions will be shown on that site.

    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

Bibliography

    Sheffield Bibliography

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