Government by the People: Manuscript Vermont State Papers
10:15–11:30 am Instructor: Desmarais
What stories might you uncover about your New England ancestors interacting with Vermont’s early government? Certainly far fewer, if archivist Mary Greene Nye hadn’t typed every one of their names onto an index card. We’ll learn about the richness of these indexed documents, mostly from the 1760s to 1860s, and how to access them. They may place your ancestors in a specific Vermont location, document patriotic or military service, name the poor not taxed or enumerated by name in censuses, and reveal otherwise undocumented details of their lives.