FRANKLIN County, Vermont History and Genealogy

 

Located in the northwestern corner of Vermont, communities in Franklin County include:  Bakersfield, Berkshire, Enosburg, Fairfax, Fairfield, Fletcher, Franklin, Georgia, Highgate, Montgomery, Richford, Sheldon, St. Albans and Swanton.
Please note:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify the Ann Mensch should an error be found.

 

+ TOWNS + Vital Records + History + Maps + Cemeteries + Census + General + Queries + Mailing Lists + Printed Resources +

 

 

If you would like to volunteer to maintain a VTGenWeb web page, provide resources or assist with one of the Franklin County towns, please e-mail Ann Mensch.

 

 

VITAL RECORDS

Early Birth, Marriage and Death records may be requested from the town clerk of the town in which an event occurred.  Please contact the specific clerk for current instructions and fees.  Select a town from the towns’ table for contact information and links.

For more recent records and alternate resources for Vermont Vital Records, visit this link.

HISTORY

• History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of the Prominent Men and Pioneers, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich, Syracuse, N. Y. : D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1891. 
• Successful Vermonters; a modern gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin and Grand Isle counties, containing an historical review of the several towns and a series of biographical sketches .., by Jeffrey, William H. Jeffrey (William Hartley), East Burke, Vt.: The Historical Publishing Company, 1907. (online book)
• Swanton Historical Society - "At the Library" - Swanton, VT 05488.
• Lake Champlain and Lake George: America's Historic Waterways, by Jim Millard
• Table of Contents - includes the following and much more!!!
• Lake Champlain and Lake George Area MAP and Historic sites
• Historic TOUR! A Trip through the Lake Champlain Islands South from the Quebec border...Alburg, Vermont.
• Historic TIMELINEs!
• "...Some of the conflicts that the lakes were to play a significant role in are:..." Algonquin/ Iroquois Wars, King William's War (1689-1697), Grey Lock's War/Dummer's War (1723-1727), Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), King George's War (1744-1748), The French and Indian War (1755-1763), The American Revolution (1775-1783), and The War of 1812 (1812-1815)
• The Battle of Plattsburg, NY (11 SEP 1814).
• Crown Point, NY: An Outline History by Gregory T. Furness.
• His Majesty's fort at Crown Point
• Fort Carillon/Ticonderoga "...Fort Carillon Built 1756 by French partially destroyed by French in 1759 Rebuilt as Fort Ticonderoga 1759-60 by British..."
• The Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society
• Vermont State Historic Sites
• Historical Markers
• Abenaki Nation - "...The St. Francis/Sokoki Band is part of Vermont's Abenaki community. Our home for thousands of years has centered on the Masipskiwibi (Missisquoi, "Crooked River") River in Northwestern Vermont. Our tribal headquarters is located in Swanton, Vermont..."
• Abenaki History
• Native Languages of the Americas:  Abenaki (Abanaki, Abenakis, Alnombak) - with history, information and links
• Native Settlement Locations in the Northeast
• St. Albans Area Chamber of Commerce:
• Franklin County Brochure
• Once Upon a Time - includes a map of Franklin County Towns

 

MAPS

·         Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.

·         1895 Map of Franklin County, Vermont, online by Pam Rietsch.

·         Map of the Franklin County, Vermont area (modern-day)

CEMETERIES

• Fairfax, Vermont Cemeteries (online at the Fairfax Historical Society website)
• Find A Grave for Franklin County, Vermont cemeteries and inscriptions (may be partial)

 

CENSUS

• 1800 Census Vermont Federal Population Census Schedules – (Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Orange, and Orleans Counties)
• 1810 Census Vermont Federal Population Census Schedules – (Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Orange, and Orleans Counties)
• 1820 Census Vermont Federal Population Census Schedules – (Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Orange, and Orleans Counties)  
• 1830 Census of Franklin County, Vermont (Franklin, Orleans and Washington Counties) – actual images on internet archive
• 1840 Census of Franklin County, Vermont (Franklin and Grand Isle Counties) – actual images on internet archive
• 1850 Census of Franklin County, Vermont (Franklin and Grand Isle Counties) – actual images on internet archive
• 1860 Census of Franklin County, Vermont – actual images on internet archive
• 1870 Census of Franklin County, Vermont – actual images on internet archive
• 1880 Census of Franklin County, Vermont – actual images on internet archive
• 1900 Vermont Federal Population Census Schedules [in two parts] – (Reel 1691 includes: Chittenden (cont'd: ED 76--87), Essex, Grand Isle, and Franklin (part: EDs 102-106 and ED 107, sheets 1-6) Counties) and (Reel 1692 includes: Franklin (cont'd: ED 107, sheet 7-end), Lamoille, and Orange Counties)
• 1910 Vermont Federal Population Census Schedules [in two parts] – (Reel 1614 includes: Chittenden (ED's 75-88), Essex, and Franklin (ED's 100-116) Counties.) and Reel 1615 includes: Franklin (ED's 117, 118), Grand Isle, Orange, and Orleans Counties.)

 

GENERAL

• VTLiving.com:  Champlain Valley
• Map of Franklin County, Vermont
• Tour Franklin County, Vermont
• (old) USGenWeb for Franklin County, Vermont, by MaryLynne Ellis
• Franklin County, Vermont, by Jan Cortez
• Franklin County Once Upon a Time - with photos of 15 Franklin County Communities.
• Local Vermont Historical Societies in:  Franklin & Grand Isle Counties Historical Societies.
• St. Albans Area Chamber of Commerce:
• Franklin County Brochure
• Once Upon a Time - includes a map of Franklin County Towns
• St. Albans Messenger - Online Franklin County, VT news, from "Vermont's Oldest Evening Newspaper".
• The County Courier newspaper, published weekly in Enosburg Falls, Vermont
• Montgomery - The Covered Bridge Town of the Green Mountains
• St. Alban's (and area) – Vermont’s Northern Treasure
• State of Vermont
• Maps of Vermont
• Obtaining Vital Records in Vermont
• Franklin District Probate Court

   17 Church St. - St. Albans, VT  05478; Phone: (802) 524-7948.

• Franklin County Clerk:

   Church Street - St. Albans, VT 05478; Phone:  (802) 828-3286.

QUERIES
Would you like to post a query related to Franklin County, Vermont?  Visit the Rootsweb message board for Franklin County, Vermont.

 

MAILING LISTS

An index to RootsWeb’s genealogy mailing lists

 

A mailing list for genealogical research and information exchange in Franklin County, Vermont, as well as the migration of Franklin county families that came in from Canada. This is a highly research structured list, chatroom atmosphere is discouraged.

 

 Archives. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them, going from one message to another. Some list archives are not available; if there is a link here to an archive but the link doesn't work, it probably just means that no messages have been posted to that list yet.

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Would you like to volunteer to assist with lookups in a Franklin County, Vermont resource?  A volunteers’ page has been posted, and is awaiting your assistance.  Visit the Volunteers and Families page for Franklin County, VT.

BAKERSFIELD - founded in 1791 (aka Knoulton's Gore)

Communities include:  Bakersfield, Egypt

• H.F. Brigham Free Public

   P.O. Box 5 - Bakersfield, VT  05441; Phone (802) 827-4414.

• Bakersfield Town Clerk:

   P.O Box 203 - Bakersfield, VT 05441; Phone:  (802) 827-4495.

BERKSHIRE - founded in 1781

• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish, East Berkshire, Vermont
• Berkshire Town Clerk:  RFD #1 - Enosburg Falls, VT 05450; Phone:  (802) 933-2335.

 

ENOSBURGH - founded in 1780

Communities include: Bordoville, Enosburg Center, Enosburg Falls, East Enosburg, West Enosburg, North Enosburg, and Samsonville

• The County Courier newspaper, published weekly in Enosburg Falls, Vermont
• Enosburg Public Library

   P.O. Box 206 - Enosburg Falls, VT  05450; Phone (802) 933-2328.

• Enosburgh Town Clerk:

   P.O Box 465 - Enosburg Falls, VT 05450; Phone:  (802) 933-4421.

FAIRFAX - founded in 1763 NH; 1787 VT

Communities include:  Buck Hollow, Fairfax, Fairfax Falls, North Fairfax, Huntsville and Sanderson Corner

• Fairfax, Vermont Community Guide – Fairfax - Past, Present, & Future
• Fairfax Historical Society – includes several, wonderful resources for Fairfax research!!!
• Fairfax Community Library

   75 Hunt Street - Box 168 - Fairfax, VT  05454; Phone (802) 849-2420.

• Fairfax Town Clerk:  P.O Box 27 - Fairfax, VT 05454; Phone:  (802) 849-6111.
• Cemeteries include:
• Fairfax, Vermont Cemeteries (online at the Fairfax Historical Society website)
• Carroll Hill Cemetery, aka Orton Cemetery

 

FAIRFIELD - founded in 1763 NH; 1773 NY

Communities include: Fairfield, Fairfield Station, St. Rocks and East Fairfield

• Town of Fairfield, Vermont
• Bent Northrop Memorial Library

   57 Park Street - Fairfield, VT  05455; Phone (802) 827-6639.

• Fairfield Town Clerk:  P.O Box 5 - Fairfield, VT 05455; Phone:  (802) 827-3261.

 

FLETCHER - founded in 1781

Communities include:  Binghamville, East Fletcher, Fletcher, West Fletcher

• Fletcher and Cambridge, Vermont family and town records, 1780s-1890s – are among the resources held at the Vermont Historical Society’s Library
• Fletcher Town Clerk:

   RR 1 Box 1550 - Cambridge, VT 05444; Phone:  (802) 849-6616.

FRANKLIN - founded in 1789

Communities include: Beattys Four Corners, East Franklin, Franklin and South Franklin

• Franklin Town Clerk:  P.O Box 82 - Franklin, VT 05457; Phone:  (802) 285-2101.

 

GEORGIA - founded in 1763 NH

Communities include: East Georgia, Georgia Center, Georgia Plains, Hubbard Corner, Melville Landing, West Georgia

• VirtualVermont: Georgia, Vermont
• Georgia Public Library

   1697 Ethan Allen Hwy. - Fairfax, VT  05454; Phone (802) 524-4643.

• Georgia Town Clerk:  RD 2 Box 319 - St. Albans, VT 05478; Phone:  (802) 524-3524.

 

HIGHGATE - founded in 1762 NH

Communities include:  East Highgate, Highgate Center, Highgate Falls, Highgate Springs

• Highgate Public Library

   P.O. Box 76 - Highgate Center, VT  05459; Phone (802) 868-3970.

• Highgate Town Clerk:

   P.O Box 67 - Highgate Center, VT 05459; Phone:  (802) 868-4697.

MONTGOMERY - founded in 1789

Communities include:  Hectorville, Hutchins, Montgomery, Montgomery Center

• Montgomery Town Library

   P.O. Box 448 - Montgomery Center, VT  05471; Phone: (802) 326-3113.

• Montgomery Town Clerk:

   P.O Box 356 - Montgomery Center, VT 05471; Phone: (802) 326-4719.

RICHFORD - founded in 1780

Communities include:  East Richford, Richford, South Richford, Stevens Mill

• Arvin A. Brown Public Library

   88 Main Street - Richford, VT  05476; Phone: (802) 848-3313.

• Richford Town Clerk:  P.O Box 236 - Richford, VT 05476; Phone:  (802) 848-7751.

 

SHELDON - founded in 1763 NH

Communities include: East Sheldon, North Sheldon, Shawville, Sheldon, Sheldon Junction, Sheldon Springs

• Sheldon Poor House (From St. Albans Weekly Messenger, Thursday, February 4, 1897)
• Sheldon Town Clerk: Box 66 - Sheldon, VT 05483; Phone:  (802) 933-2524.

 

ST. ALBANS - St. Albans Town founded in 1763 NH; St. Albans City founded 1902

Communities include:  Saint Albans City, Saint Albans Bay

• City of St. Alban's
• St. Albans Area Chamber of Commerce:
• Franklin County Brochure
• Once Upon a Time
• St. Albans Messenger - Online Franklin County, VT news, from "Vermont's Oldest Evening Newspaper".
• St. Albans Historical Society Museum

   P.O. Box 722 - St. Albans, VT 05478; Phone: (802) 527-7933.

• The St. Albans Free Library -

   11 Maiden Lane - St. Albans, VT 05478; Phone: (802) 524-1507.

• St. Albans Town Clerk:

   P.O Box 37 - St. Albans Bay, VT 05481; Phone: (802) 524-2415.

SWANTON - founded in 1763 NH

Communities include:  Greens Corners, Swanton, Swanton Suburbs, West Swanton

• Swanton Historical Society
• An Outline of Swanton History
• Swanton Chamber of Commerce
• History of Swanton, Vermont
• Swanton Village – within the larger township/town of Swanton
• Swanton Public Library

   1 First Street - Swanton, VT  05488; Phone: (802) 868-7656.

• Swanton Town Clerk: P.O Box 711 - Swanton, VT 05488; Phone:  (802) 868-4421.

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.  Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.

 

Printed resources for Franklin County, Vermont research include:

• The Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer.  Eighth Edition, Third Printing.  Freeport, Maine:  Delorme.  1988.
• School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.
• The Carman family of Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont : a Carman genealogy. [United States : s.n., c2001. 48 p. : ill. (part col.) ; 29 cm.
• A centennial history of St. Albans, Vermont. Organized July 28th, 1788. By Henry K. Adams. St. Albans, Vt., Wallace printing company, 1889. vii, [1], 149 p. 19 cm.
• Enosburgh, Vermont, compiled by Janice Fleury Geraw ; other writers include Harland Benoit ... [et al.]. Enosburgh Falls, Vt. : Enosburgh Historical Society, c1985. xiii, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
• Extracts from "The Repertory", 9 March 1826-29 December 1831, published at St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont : these extracts from the Repertory include marriages, deaths, legal notices, and news items of interest to the family historian compiled by Diana Hibbert Bailey Bloomington, Minnesota : Claudette Maerz, 1991
• Gazetteer and business directory of Franklin and Grand Isle counties, Vt., for 1882-83, compiled and published by Hamilton Child. Syracuse, N. Y. : Journal Office, 1883.
• The History of St. Albans, Vt., civil, religious, biographical and statistical. Hemenway, Abby Marie, 1828-1890, ed. St. Albans, Vt., S. E. Royce, 1872. 1 p.l., [289]-382, [1] p. front. (port.) 25 cm.
• History of Franklin and Grand Isle counties, Vermont : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich. Syracuse, N. Y. : D. Mason & Co., 1891.
• The History of Swanton, Vermont, compiled and edited by Rodney R. Ledoux.
• Swanton, Vt. : Swanton Historical Society, c1988. xii, 243 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
• McLellan collection of Vermont cemetery inscriptions, Compiled by Hugh McLellan, Charles Woodberry McLellan, and Hulda B. McLellan, Contains inscriptions from cemeteries in Addison, Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties v. 21-41. Franklin County
• Patriots in blue : Civil War letters of the Mark E. Rogers family of Fairfax, Vermont, by Mark Curtis Wilson. West Lafayette, Ind. : M.C. Wilson ; Fairfax, Vt. : Copies available from Fairfax Historical Society, 1987. viii, 88 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
• Richford, Vt. area cemeteries : an index to grave stone inscriptions, compiled by Marlene Simmons. Pointe-Claire, Quebec : Quebec Family History Society, c1994. 247 p. ; 29 cm.
• Richford, Vermont, frontier town : the first hundred and fifty years, by Jack C. Salisbury. Canaan, N.H. : Published for the Richford Historical Society by Phoenix Pub., c1987. ix, 171 p. : ill., maps ; 32 cm.
• St. Albans : the first hundred years, the St. Albans Railway Centenary Committee. St. Albans, Vic. : The Committee, 1986. iv, 74 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
• Some early records of Fairfield, Vermont, selected and edited by Gilbert Harry Doane. Burlington, Vt. : Free Press Interstate Print. Corp., 1938. 56 p. ; 24 cm.
• Windows on St. Albans & Franklin County, Vermont, [researched, written and edited by Richard Ewald  St. Albans, Vt. : St. Albans Area Chamber of Commerce : St. Albans Historical Society, 199-]
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