The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.
There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But much of this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.
As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of links to free online digital archives for the state. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit.
Types of Information Available in Digital Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Diaries
- Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
- Letters
- Oral Histories
- Maps
- Bulletins and Newsletters
- Corporate Collections
- Local Community and County Histories
- Photographs and Postcards
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Government Publications and Documents
- And yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes
The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below:
Vermont Archives
- Access Genealogy – Vermont
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Vermont
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Bennington College Digital Collections
- Bennington Museum Research Library
- Brattleboro Historical Society
- Brooks Memorial Library
- Champlain College Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – Vermont
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Cyndi’s List – Vermont
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Vermont
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Public Library of America – Vermont
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Vermont Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Vermont
- FindAGrave
- Genealogical Society of Vermont
- Genealogy Trails – Vermont
- Google Books – Vermont
- Halton Hills Public Library
- HathiTrust – Vermont
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Vermont
- Internet Archive – Vermont
- Landmark College Digital Collections
- LDS Genealogy – Vermont
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Vermont
- Marlboro College Digital Collections
- Martha Canfield Library Russell Collection
- Middlebury College Digital Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Boston
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Vermont
- Norwich University Digital Collections
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Patriot and Grave Registry
- Rutland Free Library
- Saint Michael’s College Digital Collections
- Sanborn Maps – Vermont
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- The Official Land Records Site
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Vermont Digital Collections
- University of Vermont Libraries Special Collections
- US GenWeb – Vermont
- US GenWeb Archives – Vermont
- Vermont Folklife Center
- Vermont Genealogy Library
- Vermont Historical Society
- Vermont State Archives
- Vermont State Library
- Vermont State University Digital Collections
- Vermont Technical College Digital Collections
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!