FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
The 1790 census in Vermont is
unique to other 1790 census as it was actually
taken in 1791 when Vermont first became a state.
This may complicate one's attempt to research the
1790 census as an individual recorded in Vermont
during the 1791 census may have already been
recorded in another state during 1790.
The 1810 and 1820 census for some Vermont
towns include various tallies such as for the
lumber milled and yards of material available
on the premise.
Early in it's
history as a state, Vermont was a collection
of various nationalities. As such, researchers
should take care in researching foreign names
in census taken after 1850. Springfield,
Vermont for instance had a large collection of
To my knowledge there are no missing
census enumerations in Vermont except for the
country wide 1890 census.
