Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Wayland, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town

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

Adjacent Towns
Middlesex Co.: Concord | Framingham | Lincoln | Natick | Sudbury | Weston

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

Wayland Town Clerk
41 Cochituate Road Wayland, MA 01778 Phone: 508-358-3630 Fax: 508-358-1683 [mailto:bklein@wayland.ma.us Email] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital Records of Wayland, Massachusetts to the year of 1850. 1910. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Charge of The Eddy Town-Record Fund. Online at: Internet Archive

Town Reports
The town of Wayland kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Wayland kept town reports. The years before 1914 do not have vital statistics, but they do list the name and age of those who died over 70 years of age. (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

 * Wayland Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Middlesex County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 1901-1921 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, TOWN 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 Wayland 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
 * Wayland at FamilySearch Places
 * Wayland at Google Maps
 * Wayland 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