Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

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

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

Adjacent Towns
Franklin Co.:  Charlemont | Colrain | Rowe | Vermont: Windham Co.:  Halifax | Whitingham

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

Heath Town Clerk
1 East Main Street Heath, MA 01346 Phone: 413-337-4934 x 6 Fax: 413-337-8542 Email: [mailto:townclerk@townofheath.org townclerk@townofheath.org] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital Records of Heath, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1850. 1915. Boston, Mass.: Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online at: Internet Archive

Births

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

Town Reports
The town of Heath kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Heath 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

 * Heath Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Franklin County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Heath at HomeTownLocator
 * Heath at FamilySearch Places
 * Heath at Google Maps
 * Heath at Mapcarta
 * 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
 * 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

Newspapers

 * 1800-Current Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)

Probate Records

 * 1812-1915 Franklin County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1812-1915 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Albany New York FamilySearch Center
 * Bennington Vermont FamilySearch Center
 * Worcester Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Berkshire Athenaeum - an affiliate library
 * Brooks Memorial Library - an affiliate library
 * Chicopee Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Jones Library Inc. - an affiliate library