Church records are often a reliable source for vital records. The Congregational, Baptist, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches predominated in Vermont. The library has published histories of some individual congregations as well as some denominations. Some volumes such as the History of the Baptists in Vermont (Vt. Coll. BX6248 V4 C7) provide a list of the founding date of all of their congregations in Vermont and list many prominent members. The Inventory of the Town, Village and City Archives of Vermont (Vt. Coll. CD3550 H47) include a directory of churches in Vermont, and an inventory of Protestant Episcopal churches in the diocese of Montpelier. Other surveys were made but not published. These were placed at the Vermont Historical Society in Montpelier. They include surveys of churches in the various counties.