Our Vermont Genealogy Library is located in the Pinewood Plaza at 57 River Road (Rt 117), Essex Junction, Vermont.
The library has a growing collection of reference books, manuscripts, periodicals and microfiche. We continue to purchase published “repertoires” of church records pertaining to marriages, baptisms and burials.
There are over a dozen computers with free access to 7 major genealogy databases including Ancestry, FindMyPast and MyHeritage. Volunteers will help guide your research into many ethnic groups.
A wide array of genealogy classes are held at the library and via Zoom.
Members may use our library any time it is open for research. Visitors are welcome and non-members may use our library for a fee of $10.00 a day.
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Transitioning to TinyCat
The Vermont Genealogy Library is reclassifying the entire library to the Library of Congress Classification System. We are starting to use a new catalog, TinyCat, which can be searched by keyword. We are not only putting new call numbers on the old books, but adding new books too. Check out the new catalog, which is still a work in progress:
The Library has been physically re-arranged. Most books are now in the approximate place they will be shelved long term. Briefly, the locations of US and Canada have flip-flopped. Some sections of books have new call numbers and some do not.
Here are some changes you should know about, pertaining to US states:
— For each state, books are in this general order — Gazetteers and place names, collective biography/genealogy, general history by time period, books covering Counties (alpha order by county) and Towns (alpha order by town regardless of county).
— With the exception of VT-FCGS repertoires (which are shelved as a set), other repertoires are shelved in the town they cover.
— City directories and cemetery books are also with the town they cover.
— If a book covers more than one town, it will be shelved with the first town mentioned in the title.
Events and Closings
Visitors from out of the area may call us at our library phone number (802-871-5647) to make arrangements to visit the library during non-scheduled hours, and we will do our best to accommodate them. You may contact a librarian via email. (library@vtgenlib.org) Check our Events Calendar here for current events and library closings.