Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Worcester, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Adjacent Towns
Worcester Co.:  Auburn | Boylston | Grafton | Holden | Leicester | Millbury | Paxton | Shrewsbury | West Boylston

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Worcester Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office

City Clerk-Elections Div. 455 Main St Rm 208 Worcester, MA 01608 Phone: 508-799-1134 Fax: 508-799-1137 Email: [mailto:clerk@worcesterma.gov clerk@worcesterma.gov] Website

Births

 * 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Town Reports
The town of Worcester kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Worcester kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * [Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Worcester Cemeteries List] at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Worcester County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Church Records
Lutheran
 * 1789-1920 Massachusetts: (Image only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 at American Ancestors - images ($)
 * Records of Worcester Highland Street American Lutheran Church, Worcester, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

City Directories

 * Various Dates (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1842-1962 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Worcester at Ancestry - index and images ($), some years may be missing
 * 1842-1965 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Worcester at Ancestry - index and images ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Worcester at HomeTownLocator
 * Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
 * Worcester at FamilySearch Places
 * Worcester at Google Maps
 * Worcester at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945