GETTING STARTED (from Family
Search.org.)
1. What do you already know? Talk to other family members. Use a
form to start filling in the information.
2. Start a research log. What else do you want to know? Usually,
pick one person to research.
3. Where to look? Decide where this answer is likely to be found.
Try published family histories, census, local histories, vital records.
4. Contact the library, government office or internet site that
may give you this information. Make notes of who you contacted,
when and what information you found.
5. Add the new information to your pedigree chart, family group
record and personal and family history notes.
Share your information. The Kellogg Hubbard library would like to
have a copy of any local family histories. Call the library at 802-223-3338
SELECTED GUIDES
The best place to start:
Collecting Vermont Ancestors by Alice Eichholz.
Basic Guide to Genealogy by Emily Anne Croom.
Also check under "genealogy" then click on subject for
more items listed in the Library's on-line catalog.
For genealogy forms:
1.family record sheet.
2.Pedigree chart.
3.Pedigree fan chart.
4.Timeline forms.
5.Cemetery records form.
6.Research log sheet.
7.Correspondence log sheet.
Go to:
www.cs.williams.edu/~bailey/genealogy/
www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/charts/
There are also several good software products to use
if you prefer to keep track on your computer.
OUR COLLECTION
The genealogy collection is part of the Vermont collection. The collections consists of Vermont county histories, local city directories, rosters of Vermonters who served in wars, town histories, high school year books, census indexes, some local cemetery inscriptions, some local published marriage lists plus reference books on Vermont history. This is an ever growing list with new titles added all the time. The collection is available for use during library
hours. Most items do not circulate.
COMPUTER SEARCHES (some suggestions)--
Family History Center (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) www.familysearch.org/
Cyndi's list www.cyndislist.com
Vermont Historical Society Web page
www.vermonthistory.org/ (under Genealogy)
Yahoo genealogy
Google genealogy www.google.com
United States Resources: Vermont
www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/vt.html
Vermont Cooperative Catalog: www.arccat.uvm.edu/
1880 Census Index on line:www.familysearch.org
Heritage Quest Online- you'll need your 14-digit patron number from the back of your library card.
Voici Ma Famille / That's My Family (Council of the Provincial and Territorial Archivists CANADA)
---These sites will lead to many more sites.---
CENTRAL VERMONT--The following organizations are located in Central Vermont and are important to know about. Please check the web site or call to be sure times or days open have not changed.
Vital Records Route 2, Middlesex, Vt. Monday - Friday
8:00-4:00 802-828-3286.
http://bgs.state.vt.us/gsc/pubrec/referen/index.html
Vermont Historical Society, 60 Washington Street,
Barre, Vermont, 802-479-8500 Tuesday-Friday, 9-4:30
and the second Saturday of every month. Must be a
member or pay $5.00 per day.
www.vermonthistory.org
Department of Libraries 109 State Street, Montpelier,
Vt. 802-828-3261, Monday-Friday, 7:45 to 4:30.
http://web2.dol.state.vt.us/
Vermont State Archives and Records Administration (VSARA) Secretary of State Office
1078 U.S. Rte. 2, Middlesex, Montpelier, Vt. 05633-7701
Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints. Hersey Road, Montpelier, Vt. .
(Located up the hill from the Wayside Restaurant off
302) (802-229-0482) Wed. 10-4, Thurs.10-4 plus
6:30-9:30 and the third Saturday of the month, 10-3.
www.familysearch.org
ArcCat arccat.uvm.edu/
Catalog of unpublished material found at various
Vermont locations
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation National
Life Building, Montpelier, Vt., 05602, (802-828-3211).
7:45-4:30 www.historicvermont.org
Veterans Affairs Office, 118 State St., Montpelier,
Vt. 05602-4401, (888-666-9844) www.va.state.vt.us
