Town Records
| Pawlet
Town Clerk
Joanne G.
Waite |
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| Vermont uses the town system of government extensively. Probate records are found in probate districts (not entirely concurrent with county lines), but a trip to town hall was the essential step in recording vital events and land records, as well as numerous other aspects of local government: taxes, dog licenses, etc. For many reasons, vital, land, and probate records in the state are not entirely complete. After 1857 statewide recording of vital records became mandatory with the town maintaining the "original" records. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The town form of government is the essential unit in Vermont and each town recorded their yearly proceedings in what is called "Town Meeting Records." They usually contain many interesting aspects of our ancestors' lives. Also contained are tax records, elections of town officials, lists of children of school age, warnings out to poor families, church disputes, ear marks for cows or pigs, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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of the town records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library:
Land records, 1762-1878; index to land records, 1762-1938 Microfilm of original records filmed in Pawlet, Vermont.Additional indexes are found within some volumes. Vol. 1 includes also a few records of town meetings, births, deaths, marriages, strays, earmarks, other miscellaneous town records.
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| Note: These microfilms are available for ordering at your local Family History Library. |
