GRAND ISLE County, Vermont
History <-> Genealogy

Located in Lake Champlain in western Vermont, communities in Grand Isle County include:  Alburgh, Grand Isle, Isle La Motte, North Hero, and South Hero.
Please note:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify the webmaster should an error be found.

  • Current USGenWeb for Grand Isle County, Vermont, by Karima
  • Interactive Census Bureau Map of Grand Isle County, Vermont
  • 1895 Map of Grand Isle County, Vermont, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
  • USGS: Maps of Grand Isle County 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.
  • Native American Nation comprised of descendants of the Alnobak (Abenaki Indians) that have inhabited N'Dakinna, also known as Vermont, Southern Quebec and parts of New York state and New Hampshire for over 12,000 years..." – links page
  • Abenaki Tribal Museum – Swanton, Vermont
  • 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..."
  • Grand Isle County Civil War Resource
  • Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce
  • Champlain Islands Celebration of the Arts, Inc.
       P. O. Box 96, Alburg, VT 05440
  • Grand Isle District Probate Court:    P.O. Box 7 - North Hero, VT  05474  Phone: 802-372-5905 or (802) 372-8350.
  • Grand Isle County Clerk:    P.O. Box 7 - North Hero, VT 05474-0007  Phone: (802) 372-8350.


ALBURGH

  • Alburgh, VT - includes local information, brief history, and more.
  • Alburgh Public Library:  14 S. Main Street - P.O. Box 344 -  Alburg, VT  05440  Phone: (802) 796-6077.
  • Alburgh Town Clerk:  P.O. Box 346 - Alburg, VT 05440  Phone: (802) 796-3468.
  • Alburgh Historical Society

 


GRAND ISLE

  • Grand Isle, VT  - includes local information, brief history, and more.
  • Grand Isle Free Library:  10 Hyde Road - Grand Isle, VT  05458;  Phone: (802) 372-4797.
  • Grand Isle Town Clerk:    9 Hyde Road - Grand Isle, VT 05458  Phone: (802) 372-8830.


ISLE LA MOTTE

  • Isle La Motte, VT
  • Isle La Motte Free Public Library   2238 Main Street - Isle La Motte, VT  05463; Phone: (802) 928-4113.
  • Isle La Motte Town Clerk:    P.O Box 250 - Isle La Mott, VT 05463  Phone: (802) 928-3434.


NORTH HERO

  • North Hero, VT
  • North Hero Public Library:    P.O. Box 187 -  North Hero, VT  05474;   Phone: (802) 372-5458.
  • North Hero Town Clerk:    P.O. Box 38 - North Hero, VT 05474  Phone: (802) 372-6926.


SOUTH HERO

  • South Hero, VT - includes local information, brief history, and more.
  • South Hero Community Library:   75 South Street -  South Hero, VT  05486;   Phone: (802) 372-6209.
  • South Hero Town Clerk:    P.O. Box 175 - South Hero, VT 05486  Phone: (802) 372-5552.


Additional Research Resources:

Return to USGenWeb for Vermont History <-> Genealogy Main Page.

o    NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

§  The Genealogy Page.

§  About Census Records

§  1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

§  1930 Census Microfilm Locator

§  The Soundex Indexing System

§  Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

§  Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

§  Indian Census Rolls

§  Nonpopulation Census Records

§  Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.

§  Native American Records

§  African-American : Introduction to Research 

§  Immigration Records and Naturalization Records

§  "Any woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer 1998)

§  By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada border.

§  Military Records available from the National Archives

§  Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI

§  Civil War Records: An Introduction and Invitation, By Michael P. Musick  (Prologue, Summer 1995)

§  Women Soldiers of the Civil War, by DeAnne Blanton (Prologue, Spring 1993)

§  Sailors, Soldiers, and Marines of the Spanish-American War: The Legacy of USS Maine, By Rebecca Livingston (Prologue, Spring 1998).

§  They Answered the Call: Military Service in the United States Army during World War I, 1917-1919  (Prologue, Fall 1998). -- A guide to looking for information about World War I army veterans - By Mitchell Yockelson.

§  The World War II Army Enlistment Records File and Access to Archival Databases, by Theodore J. Hull (Prologue, Spring 2006).

§  State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) and the Vietnam Conflict , By Theodore J. Hull, (Prologue, Spring 2000).

§  Indian Bounty Land Applications, By Mary Frances Morrow (Prologue,

§  Snakes & Scribes: The Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks, By Kent Carter, in "Prologue" (Prologue, Spring 1997)

§  Genealogical Fallout from the War of 1812, By Ruth Priest Dixon (Prologue, Spring 1992) - "...The impressment of American seamen by the British was one of the causes of the War of 1812. The practice also resulted in the creation of extensive records about merchant seamen that are of great value to genealogists and historians..."

§  Genealogical Records of the War of 1812, By Stuart L. Butler (Prologue, Winter 1991) - "...National Archives records created during and after the War of 1812 offer the genealogist a diverse and fertile ground in which to obtain invaluable family information..."

§  Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops, by Budge Weidman (Prologue, Summer 1997)

§  A Guiding Light: Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives, By Debra Newman Ham (Prologue, Special Issue, Summer 1997).

§  From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in the Civil War Era, By Noralee Frankel (Prologue, Summer 1997)

§  Riding the Rails Up Paper Mountain: Researching Railroad Records in the National Archives, By David A. Pfeiffer (Spring 1997).

§  Prologue Magazine

·         Obtaining Vital Records in Vermont

  ...located at the Redstone building in Montpelier, Vermont. The reading room may be visited between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. each business day.  State Archivist, Greg Sanford, may be contacted at E-mail: gsanford@sec.state.vt.us for details.
   Office of the Secretary of State
     Street address: 26 Terrace Street -  Montpelier, VT   Phone: (802) 828-2397
     Mailing address: 109 State Street - Montpelier, VT 05609-1103

    •  ARCCAT - catalog describing manuscript and archival collections held by various

Vermont institutions.

   P. O. Box 1553 - St. Albans, VT 05478-1006

PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsight, 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 this page 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.

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