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CopyrightŠ 2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 All Rights Reserved.
What's New?
12-5-2005 Links to Census Records were moved
to Vital Statistics section. Old photograph search was added.
02-2-2006 Photos of Town of Barnet Theater Curtains added.
04-03-2006 Links to search Rootsweb databases have been removed. Homeland
Security has made it a possible security violation to make this type of
information available. Sorry, folks. It wasn't my idea.
06-16-2006 Information added for the old
Barnet Schools.
08-17-2006 Added additional links.
09-09-2006 Search site for Vermont Historical Gazetteer added.
11-06-2006 Barnet Civil War Dedication photo added.
03-03-2008 Old Photograph Search Site updated. Town office information updated.
Guest Book
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Requests for information regarding wills should be directed to the Caledonia County Court Clerk whose address is found below. Requests for information regarding vital records, land records, etc should be directed to the Town Clerk's Office as listed below.
Barnet Guest Book
Town Government
It should be noted that Town Clerks as a rule no longer will perform research but will assist researchers when they visit the town offices.
William E. Hoar, Clerk-Treasurer
1743 US Route 5 South
P.O. Box 15
Barnet, VT
05821
Barnet, VT 05821
Tel: 802-633-2256
Fax: 802-633-4315
Website: Town of Barnet
Email: Town of Barnet
Mon - Fri 9:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 4:30
Listers: Same
Zoning: Same
Fees: Certified
Copies - $7.00 each
Non-Certified Copies - $2.00 each
Caledonia Probate Court
P.O. Box 406, 27 Main Street - St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 Phone: (802) 748-6605.
Barnet Library
Barnet Public Library, 147 Church Street, P. O. Box 34,
Barnet, VT 05821
Sherry Tolle, Librarian 802-633-4436
Hours: M, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, Tu, W, Th - 12:30 to 4:30, Sa 10:00
AM - 2:00 PM
Email: barnetpl@charterinternet.com
Barnet School, 163 Kid Row,
Barnet, VT 05821
Mary Prior, mprior@barnet.K12.vt.us 802-633-4978 FAX: 802-633-4497
Hours: M-F 7:45 AM - 4:00 PM; Summer Hours vary
Barnet/McIndoes Academy, 37 Academy Lane, P.O. Box 66,
McIndoe Falls, VT 05050
Cathy Thomas, Librarian
Hours: Tu 1:00 - 7:00 PM, Th 9:00 AM - 12):00
Noon, 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Barnet History
Early History
Excerpt from Child's
1887 Gazetteer
Biographies of Early Settlers
Revolutionary War Soldiers
War of 1812
Mexican War
Barnet Landowners in 1858
Barnet Civil War Volunteers
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korean Police Action
Vietnam Conflict
Barnet Historical Society
Goodwillie House, 26 Goodwillie Road, Barnet Center, VTMailing Address: PO Box 11, Barnet, VT 05821
802-633-4880
Contact Person: Wendy Fearon, President, 802-633-2891
Hours and Admission: Fall Foliage weekends and by appointment.
Barnet Stage Curtains
The O. L. Story Company of Boston produced only eight Painted Stage Curtains. Barnet is fortunate in possessing three of these curtains. The Vermont Painted Theater Curtains, Chris Hadsel of Burlington, Project Director, is a Project of the Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance of Woodstock, VT. They have located 143 painted theater curtains in the State of Vermont. During the winter of 2004-2005, three such curtains were professionally restored by Vermont Painted Theater Curtains The curtains at the Barnet Town Hall and at McIndoes Academy were rehung after restoration. The curtain at the Lakeview Grange in West Barnet is currently in the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, VT but will be returned and rehung at the Grange Hall. The curtain at McIA is the only curtain found in a school.
The curtains may be seen by clicking on one to the following thumbnail photos:
Town Hall McIA Lakeview Grange
Barnet Vital Statistics
1790 Census
1800 Census
1810 Census
1820 Census
1790 Orange County
Census reporting ends with the 1820 census. There were over 50 separate items of data gathered in the 1830 census. That fact and that names are not in alphabetical order make it impractical to report later years.
04-03-2006 Homeland Security has indicated that to prevent identity theft, vital record information younger than 70 years should not be accessible to the public. For this reason, I have removed the links to search vital record information.
Barnet Schools
Early History
McIndoes Academy
Barnet College Graduates
Locations of Barnet Schools of the Past
Barnet Churches
The First Congregational Church of Barnet
The United Presbyterian Church (Barnet Center)
East Barnet
The McIndoes Falls Congregational Church
The Passumpsic Baptist Church
The Reformed Presbyterian Church ("Walter Harvey")
The First Presbyterian Church of West Barnet
Cemetery Information
Recently two local women accused the town of Sutton of illegal burials. The Vermont State Police investigated the burials and exonerated the town. All burials were found to conform to Title 18 V.S.A. 5319 below. In this case, the women were measuring the distance to the top of the vaults.
(a) The permanent disposition of the remains of the human dead shall be by interment in the earth or deposit in a chamber, vault or tomb formed wholly or partly above the surface of the ground of a cemetery conducted and maintained pursuant to the laws of the state, by deposit in a crypt of a mausoleum or by cremation. However, this shall not be construed to prevent a private individual from setting aside a portion of his premises owned in fee by him, and using the same as a burial space for the members of his immediate family, so long as his use for such purpose is not in violation of the health laws and regulations of the state and the town in which such land is situated.
(b) No interment of any human body in the earth shall be made unless the distance from the bottom of the outside coffin shall be at least five feet below the natural surface of the ground, excepting only infants under four years of age, whose bodies shall be so interred that the bottom of the outside coffin enclosing them shall be at least three and one-half feet below the natural surface of the ground.
(c) No deposit of the remains of the human dead shall be made in a single chamber, vault or tomb wholly or partly above the surface of the ground unless the part thereof below the natural surface of the ground be of a permanent character, constructed of materials capable of withstanding extreme climatic conditions, be waterproof and air tight, and can be sealed permanently so as to prevent all escape of effluvia. That portion of the same above the natural surface of the ground shall be constructed of natural stone of a standard not less than that required by the United States government for monuments erected in national cemeteries, of durability sufficient to withstand all conditions of weather, and of a character to insure its permanence.
(d) The remains of a human body after cremation may be deposited in a niche of a columbarium, in a crypt of a mausoleum, be buried or disposed of in any manner not contrary to law.
Caledonia County Cemeteries Courtesy of Paul DesTroismaisons
Cemetery Listings
Barnet Center
McIndoes Falls
Palmer (County)
Pleasant View (Barnet)
Stevens (Barnet)
Walter Harvey
West Barnet
Other Barnet Links
Northeastern US Waterfalls -- A list of waterfalls in the Northeastern US among which some may be located in Barnet.Some Old Photos of Barnet -- Instructions will be shown on that site.
Somers of Caledonia County, Vermont The information contained in this link has been challenged. The challenger claims there were only
four Somers branches, not five. He also claims that the information contained in Frederick Wells'
History of Barnet, Vermont is inaccurate. John1, b. 1740, is a duplicate of the information for
Claud1 and his children (pages 608-610). John3, b. 1823, belongs on page 611 as son of (5) John3.
Vermont Historical Gazetteer - Courtesy: Rod Skinner Local History for Vermont towns. HomePage for Upper Connecticut River Valley Lots of other genealogical information.
Other Listings of Interest, Courtesy - Janice Boyko
Some More Old Photos
Click on the image to see the expanded image.
The first three photos were taken during February 1934 and show the Barnet Road Crew shoveling the road to the Bogie Farm on Garland Hill. The fourth photo shows the covered bridge at the head of the Stevens Falls sometime prior to its replacement in 1948. The fifth photo shows the results of a lightning strike sometime around September 1966. The sixth photo shows the Barnet Center Schoolhouse sometime before it was demolished. The seventh photo shows the finished croquet set as manufactured at the Roy Brothers Croquet Factory in East Barnet, the final photo was taken about May 30, 1915 at the dedication of the Civil War Monument.
Karme-Choling -- A Shambhala Meditation Center.
Milarepa Center -- A Tibetan Buddhist Center.
Bibliography
Barnet Bibliography
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