Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Adams - Atherton Bachelder - Burdick Cady - Cummins Dalrymple - Duncan Edwards Fairbanks - Frost Gleason - Green Haily - Hutchins Jenkins - Judd Kellet - Kinney Lamson - Lyman McCracken - Munn Nash - Nye Packard - Putnam Randal - Riddle Sattle - Sweet Tabor - Townsley Wait - Wright Surname missing - Negroes	Abbott - Avery Baldwin - Butler Cady - Cune Danford - Dunn Eddy - Ellison Fairbank - Fuller Gill - Grover Hail - Hunter Ingram Jewett - Judd Kellogg - Knowlton Laken - Lyon McClelland - Munn Naramore - Nite Osgood - Otis Packard - Purrinton Randall - Ryder Safford - Sweet Tabor - Tuttle Underwood - Upton Van Voltenburgh - Vining Wait - Wyles Yaw Surname missing - Negroes	Abbot - Atwood Backwell - Butler Cady - Crossman Davis - Duncan Eddy - Edwards Fairbank - French Gilbert - Gunn Hale - Hurlbert Jenkins - Jones Kellet - Kinsman Lamb - Lyman Macomber - Murdock Narramore - Nims Packard - Pulsifer Randall - Ryan Scott - Sweet Tabor - Tubbs Upton Warren - Wright Surname missing - Negroes

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Adams - Atherton Bachelder - Burdick Cady - Cummins Dalrymple - Duncan Edwards Fairbanks - Frost Gleason - Green Haily - Hutchins Jenkins - Judd Kellet - Kinney Lamson - Lyman McCracken - Munn Nash - Nye Packard - Putnam Randal - Riddle Sattle - Sweet Tabor - Townsley Wait - Wright Surname missing - Negroes	Abbott - Avery Baldwin - Butler Cady - Cune Danford - Dunn Eddy - Ellison Fairbank - Fuller Gill - Grover Hail - Hunter Ingram Jewett - Judd Kellogg - Knowlton Laken - Lyon McClelland - Munn Naramore - Nite Osgood - Otis Packard - Purrinton Randall - Ryder Safford - Sweet Tabor - Tuttle Underwood - Upton Van Voltenburgh - Vining Wait - Wyles Yaw Surname missing - Negroes	Abbot - Atwood Backwell - Butler Cady - Crossman Davis - Duncan Eddy - Edwards Fairbank - French Gilbert - Gunn Hale - Hurlbert Jenkins - Jones Kellet - Kinsman Lamb - Lyman Macomber - Murdock Narramore - Nims Packard - Pulsifer Randall - Ryan Scott - Sweet Tabor - Tubbs Upton Warren - Wright Surname missing - Negroes

June 21, 1768, part of Deerfield established as district of Shelburne.
Aur. 23, 1775, the district made a town by general act.
Feb. 19, 1781, part annexed to Conway.
Mar. 19, 1793, certain common lands between Shelburne and North River annexed.

The population of Shelburne at different periods was as follows:

1790	1,183		1840	1,022		1890	1,553
1800	1,079		1850	1,239		1900	1,508
1810	961		1860	1,448		1910	1,498
1820	1,022		1870	1,582		1920	1,436
1830	995		1880	1,621		1930	1,544

A general guide to how to use these pages.

If you are new to this site, or haven't used the site a lot, please be sure to read the rest of this page. Even if you have used this site a lot, a refresher may be helpful due to the changes that have been introduced.

You can research the records alphabetically or chronologically within surname. Images of the pages from which the transcriptions were done, and the title pages, are available for most towns. A list of abbreviations used is available.

Alphabetic - This is the most common way that the published vital records were presented. All of the same given names were arranged chronologically with names that had middle initials or middle names following the others. Nicknames would appear alphabeticall according to the spelling, i.e. Nabby, the nickname for Abigail, would be with the names beginning with the letter "N."

In this version, the names are sorted based on the most common spelling. Abbie, Abby, Abigail, Knabby, Nabby, etc., will all appear together and will be chronological. Middle initials and middle names have no influence on the order.

Note: There are going to be errors in the indexing of the names. A woman named Abiel may have been recorded as Abby. The indexing will have her with the Abigails. Please notify me with the Contact page about errors and they will be fixed within a couple days.

Chronologic - The chronologic sort will be most helpful with surnames having lots of entries, especially births. Records that had a missing date, or part, have had the missing portions replaced with zeros and will appear ahead of the others.

Page images - The icon at the left of each record is a link to the image of the page from which the transcription was done. The transcriptions are a tool. The image is the source. It is your responsibility to copy the image for your documentation. Also, the title page should be copied. There is a link to the title page in the navigation bar on transcription pages and image display pages.

Abbreviations - Each town had its own abbreviations used in the published records. Most of these are the same. The abbreviations for the headstones (GR), private records (PR), churches (CR), etc. are all different. There is a link to a list of all abbreviations used for the town in the navigation bar of the transcription pages.

Errors - There are two types of errors.

• Errors in the published records - It is known that errors are in the published records. Not many, to be sure, but they are there. Where I have found them, or have been informed and provided sufficient documentation, the records have been annotated. This appears in red at the end of the line.]
• Transcription errors - Even with the best of proofing, errors occur. If you find one, use the Contact link at the top of the page and tell me about the error. I need to have the town name, type of record, page number, what the error is and what it should be. It facilitates matters if you copy and paste the record in error into the e-mail.

Miscellaneous - As the opportunity has provided, I have tried to research names that had only initials or an initial and a surname to find the full names. Where I've been successful I've added the name in red, i.e. J.R. appears as J[ohn] R. or J[ohn] R[ussel].

The alphabetic and chronologic sort orders and many planned improvements require that towns be transcribed. If you can spare two, or more, hours per week to help with the transcribing, write me.

With the exception of the few people helping with transcribing and indexing, I am the only person working on this project. I do all of the technical work. I correct errors. I put transcriptions into final format. I design the pages. This takes a tremendous amount of time and money. If you find this site useful, please donate what you think it is worth to you by going to the donations page.