Genealogy Resources

The Stewart-Swift Research Center provides access to rich resources for Addison County genealogical research. The Reading Room houses county, state, and town histories; census records; birth, marriage, and death records from Middlebury and some surrounding towns; cemetery indexes; lists of marriages and deaths in Middlebury newspapers from 1801 to 1900; church records; the People File, where genealogical inquiries are archived; and more. See also the Sources for Genealogical Research for a list of resources that are available in the Research Center.

Additional resources may be found in the Center’s extensive manuscript collection that includes family and business papers and over 30,000 individually catalogued letters, as well as local maps and newspapers, photographs, books and more. See the Center’s online catalog for more information.

Additional Genealogical Resources Available in Addison County and Vermont:

Addison County, Vermont, Cemetery Indexes

Addison County Town Clerks Offices: Note: each clerk operates independently, some may also have access to church and other records stored at their offices; birth, marriage and death records may be incomplete for earlier years, as Town Clerks were not required to keep such records before 1857.

Addison County Probate Court : 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 · (802) 388-2612

Note: the court may have records of estate settlements of people who died in Addison County after 1824, mainly for the northern part of the County; and after 1852 for the southern districts. Earlier records were destroyed in two separate fires, when the County was divided into two probate districts.

Ilsley Public Library: 75 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 ·(802) 388-4095

Middlebury College: Special Collections and Davis Library

Vermont Historical Society: 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641 · (802) 479-8500