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The Society
will investigate your research query upon receipt of a written request.
Please include a self-addressed and stamped envelope. Also please
share with us as much pertinent information as you may have. Our
researchers are all volunteers so we cannot guarantee a quick response.
We will charge five cents per page for any pertinent pages copied.
The society will do up to an hour of research for a free will donation.
If your request requires more than an hour of time we will advise
you. In many cases you will be directed to other sources.
We strongly
suggest that you first make use of our free message board
that can be found on this web site. Although the Society does not
take responsibility for answering the message board queries, many
of our members and non-members may offer their assistance.
RESEARCH TIP # 1
Have you made use of the SEARCH function? We recommend that you use only a last name in your search. It, of course, will bring up many items that will not fit your search, but will avoid missing the person you want because that person used initials rather than a full first name. You may also find brothers, sisters,or cousins that may help your search.
RESEARCH TIP #2
A great aid in finding people in 18th century (1700's) Vermont are Volumes 8 - 11 of the State Papers of Vermont, which contain local petitions from the years 1778-1799. The State Papers of Vermont can be found in most major libraries.
Each volume has a name index and each petition is dated. Thus, you can place a person (mostly adult males) in a certain town at a certain time. In many cases this is the only existing record which can give this information.
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