Otis, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Otis, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns
Berkshire Co.:  Becket | Monterey | Sandisfield | Tyringham | Hampden Co.:  Blandford | Tolland

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

Otis Town Clerk
1 North Main Rd. Box 237 Otis, MA 01253 Phone: 413-269-0100 x 5 Fax: 413-269-0111 Email: [mailto:tclerk.otis@gmail.com tclerk.otis@gmail.com] Website

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Otis Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Berkshire County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 1923-1926 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Otis 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
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
 * Otis at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:


 * Catskill Road from Springfield, Massachusetts to Catskill, New York 1750s
 * Hampden and Berkshire Turnpike  from near Springfield, MA to the Becket Turnpike  at Becket, MA; toll booths open from 1829 to 1852; now I-90.
 * Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800

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