Vermont - Marriage Index (1760-1933)

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Place: Vermont

Date: 1760-1933

Type: Marriage Index

Count: 15,000 names

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About the Data

This data set is an index to approximately 15,000 marriages that occurred in the state of Vermont between 1760 and 1933. Information listed in this data set includes the names of the bride and groom, their marriage date, and marriage place (location i.e. church name; town; county). Marriage records are great records because they provide information on one of the key events in individuals' lives and can be used to link individuals and families together.

Note: This index is not comprehensive. Therefore, if you do not find your ancestor in this index it does not necessarily mean that their marriage did not occur in the time and place in which you expected it. It is important that you use the information found in this data set to locate your ancestor in the original records that this index references. Usually more information is available in the records themselves than is found in an index. The exact sources used to compile this index are unknown, but Vermont vital records (older than five years) are available from the Vermont Division of Public Records in Middlesex, Vermont. Microfilmed copies of many of Vermont's vital records can also be found at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Field Example

Name — The name of the bride or groom. In some records, you will find three question marks in place of the given name or surname. This indicates that the name was not listed on the original record. You may also find question marks in place of missing letters.

A question mark after a name indicates that the name spelling was unclear. You may also occasionally find the same record listed in the index under two different name spellings. Please note that not all unusual and uncertain names were noted by question marks, so always be sure to check under various spellings if you are having trouble locating a name.

Marriage date — The date the marriage took place.

Location — The location of where the marriage took place. The "location" is more specific than a town or county name. Generally it is a church name.

Town — The town in which the marriage took place

County — This is the county in which the marriage was recorded. In most cases, this is also the county in which the marriage took place.

More About this Data

The first settlers of Vermont carried on the early New England tradition of recording events at the town level. The vital records are incomplete before mandatory registration began in 1857. It is not uncommon to find an entire family recorded as a family group before 1820. In some cases, although the event was recorded in a particular town, it may have actually occurred in another town or state where the family previously resided. Not all the births were recorded, even for families that did report some. Marriages and deaths in the pre-1857 period were less likely to be recorded. What was recorded, with some exceptions, has been extracted from the originals in the towns and indexed in a central file held by the Vermont Public Records Division.

Taken from Vermont, Ancestry's Red Book by Scott A. Bartley and Alice Eichholz, edited by Alice Eichholz. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992).

Source Information

Index compiled by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Exact original sources unknown.