Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy

United States

Vermont

Lamoille County

Stowe

Church Records

Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page.

To see the churches in TOWN, visit.

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of TOWN:

Land Records

The following are online land records for the town of TOWN:

Maps

The following are online maps of the town of TOWN:

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of TOWN:

Town Records

In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:

Births Marriages Deaths Burials Cemetery records Appointments Earmarks Estrays (stray animals) Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote) Land records Mortgages Name changes Care of the poor School records Surveys Tax lists Town meeting minutes Voter registrations Warning outs (of town)

The following are TOWN town records available online:

Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Brief History

Stowe was chartered on June 8, 1763.  Maria Von Trapp ("The Sound of Music") came here after escaping from the Nazis  because it reminded her of her native Austria. Lying in the shadow of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, Stowe is known as "the Ski Capital of the East".  The population was 4,314 at the 2010 census.   

Historical Data

• Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont, no. 8, Lamoille County, vol. VIII, towns of Stowe and Mansfield, Stowe Fire District no. 1, Stowe Village - view a digital version of this document.
  
• Inventory of the town, village and city archives of Vermont : extract from no. 8, Lamoille County, part II, Stowe and Stowe Village - view a digital version of this document.
  

Town Histories

• History of Stowe to 1869, History of Stowe to 1869 (1871) - find this book in a library.
  
• History of Stowe, Vermont : from 1763 to 1934, by Walter J. Bigelow (1934) - view a digital copy of this book online.
• Stowe, Vermont history and genealogy : the Susan W. Downer collection, by Stowe, Vermont : Stowe Historical Society (2001) - find this book in a library.
  

Vital Records

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records

The probate district for Stowe is Lamoille.
Lamoille Probate Court
154 Main St.
PO Box 570
Hyde Park, VT 05655
Phone: (802) 888-3306

Maps

1878 map of Stowe

Cemeteries

The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Stowe. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Lamoille County, website at this link.  

• Old Yard Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  
• Riverbank Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
• Sterling Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
• Trapp Family Lodge Grounds - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
• West Branch Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records, 1798-1869, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Stowe, Vermont Cemetery Records (includes records of the Old Yard Center Cemetery, Thomas S. Luce Cemetery, Old Mansfield-Old Lude Hill Cemetery, Riverbank Cemetery, Old Ivory Luce Cemetery, West Branch Cemetery, and Sterling Cemetery) are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Town Records 

• Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1903 -2000, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
  
• The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Stowe Town Clerk's Office. These include Records of births and deaths, 1793-1864, Records of births, marriages, and deaths of Stowe, Vermont, 1857-Feb. 2000, Records of marriages and births, 1800-1856, Town records, 1808-1858, and Deeds, 1795-1850.
  

Stowe Town Clerk
67 Main Street
PO Box 248
Stowe, VT 05672
Phone: (802)253-6133
Website: http://www.townofstowevt.org/townclerk/index.html

Newspapers

Stowe Reporter

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

New and Citizen

Libraries and Historical Societies

Stowe Free Library
90 Pond Street
Stowe, VT 05672
Phone: (802) 253-6145
Website: http://www.stowelibrary.org/

Stowe Historical Society
PO Box 730
Stowe, VT 05672
Phone: (802) 253-1518
Website: http://www.stowehistoricalsociety.org/

References

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