Dover, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy
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Vermont, United States Genealogy Windham Dover
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Brief History[edit | edit source]
Dover was originally a township of Wardsborough. On October 30, 1810, the Vermont Legislative Assembly passed an Act to incorporate Wardsborough and Dover into separate towns; the south district called Dover. Three villages make up historic Dover; Dover, West Dover and East Dover. [1][2]
Historical Data
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Town Histories
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History of Dover, Vermont; 200 years in a hill town by Nell M Kull (1961) - Find this book in a library.
Vital Records
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FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.
Probate Records
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The probate district for Dover is Marlboro.
Marlboro Probate Court
80 Flat St. Suite 104
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone: (802) 257-2898
City Directories
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Maps
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Cemeteries
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The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Dover. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windham County, website at this link.
- Dover Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- East Dover Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Mountain View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Smead Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Snow Cemetery
- West Dover Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
Churches
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1. West Dover Congregational Church
104 Route 100
West Dover, VT 05356
Phone:(802) 258-1143
Town Records
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Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1789-1970, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images).
The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Dover Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records and deeds, 1789-1904; index to deeds, 1789-1972, and Dover,Vermont, vital records 1868-2002.
Town of Dover
102 Route 100
P.O. Box 428
Dover, VT 05356
Phone: (802) 464-5100
Website: http://www.doververmont.com/
Newspapers
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Libraries and Historical Societies
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Dover Historical Society
PO Box 53
East Dover, Vermont 05341
Phone: (802) 464-7351
Website: http://www.doververmont.com/historical-society
Dover Free Library
22 Holland Rd
East Dover, VT 05341
Phone: (802) 348-7488
Website: http://www.doverfreelibrary1913.org/
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Dover Heritage and History - Town of Dover - http://www.doververmont.com/heritage-history
- ↑ History of the Town of Dover, VT, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/WindhamDover.html
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