In order to use the relevant part of the FamilySearch collection of Vermont town records -- specifically those from Underhill, Chittenden County -- I have ascertained where the various volumes begin. This collection is browse-only, not indexed. But finding where individual volumes begin and end can make the browsing process far more efficient.
Volume 1, page 1 = image 13 of 649. It is preceded by some handwritten notes, and followed by a table of contents covering the first 64 pages of volume 1. This includes minutes of the first town meeting in 1795.
Either volume 2 is continuously paginated with volume 1, or it is missing.
Volume 3, cover = image 193 of 649. Reportedly 1805-1810.
Volume 4, cover page = image 286 of 649. Reportedly 1808-1814.
Volume 5, page 1 = image 476 of 649. Reportedly 1815-1820. Last entry is February 1820.
Several other off-the-beaten-path indexes are on Midwest Roots: a FamilySearch file of Allegany County, New York, probates; the 1857 assessor's list for Porter County, Indiana; and microfilmed small-town directories from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Since there are no in-book indexes, this is all browsing all the time. I have so many relatives here that I'm just working backwards from the end of volume 5 and have already found some goodies. It appears that most items are deeds. (Volume 1 may be more variable.) There is at least one tax list.
Someday no doubt there will be an every-name index to this collection, but I don't think it would be wise to wait!
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Underhill, Chittenden County, Vermont, on FamilySearch -- and other odd partial indexes
Posted by Harold Henderson at 12:13 PM
Labels: Allegany County New York, Chittenden County Vermont, FamilySearch, Illinois, indexes, Indiana, Michigan, Porter County Indiana, Underhill, Wisconsin
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