Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Genealogy

Vermont

Washington

Waitsfield

Brief History

Waitsfield was created by Vermont charter on February 25, 1782. It was granted to militia Generals Benjamin Wait and Roger Enos and others, and named for Wait.  The primary villages in the town are Waitsfield and Irasville.    

Town Histories

• Historical address delivered August 7, 1889, at the centennial celebration : commemorating the first settlement of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, by General Benjamin Wait - view a digital copy of this book online.
  
• History of the town of Waitsfield : incl. an engraving of Bethany Church at Montpelier, and papers from Marshfield and Middlesex (1882) - view a digital copy of this book online.
  
• History of the Town of Waitsfield1782-1908, with Family Genealogies, by Matt Bushnell Jones (1909).
  

Vital Records

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

Probate Records

The probate district for Waitsfield is Washington.
Washington District Probate Court
10 Elm St. #3
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 828-3405

Church Records

Records of the Congregational Church in Waitsfield, 1796-1876, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Maps

1873 map of Fayston and Waitsfield, Irasville

Cemeteries

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

• Common Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  
• Irasville Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  
• Wait Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
• Watisfield Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
  

Town Records

Town Clerk Vital Records, 1918 -1988, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images)

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Waitsfield Town Clerk's Office. These include:

• A book of records for births, deaths, and marriages for the town of Waitsfield, ca. 1780-1856
• Deaths as occurred in Waitsfield, Vt. since 1872, 1872-1910
• Record of marriage certificates, 1852-1876
• Records of births, deaths, and marriages, 1868-1911; index to births, deaths, and marriages, 1857-1908
• Records of births, v. 1-5, 1903-1929; card index to births, 1903-1997
• Records of deaths, 1909-1997
• Records of marriages, v. 1-7, 1905-1941
• Deeds, 1795-1856.

Waitsfield Town Office
9 Bridge Street
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Phone: (802) 496-2218
Website: http://www.waitsfieldvt.us/clerk/

Newspapers

Burlington Free Press

The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus

Libraries and Historical Societies

Joslin Memorial Library
4391 Main St.
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Phone:(802) 496-4205
Website: http://www.joslinmemoriallibrary.com/

Waitsfield Historical Society
PO Box 816
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Website: http://www.waitsfieldhistoricalsociety.com/

References

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