Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Leicester, 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
Worcester Co.:  Auburn | Charlton | Holden | Oxford | Paxton | Spencer | Worcester

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

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

3 Washburn Square Leicester, MA 01524 Phone: 508-892-7011 Fax: 508-892-7070 Email: [mailto:davisd@leicesterma.org davisd@leicesterma.org] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849. 1903. Worcester, Massachusetts: Published by Franklin P. Rice. Online at: Internet Archive

Births

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Leicester Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Worcester County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 1890-1958 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Leicester at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Leicester at HomeTownLocator
 * Leicester at FamilySearch Places
 * Leicester at Google Maps
 * Leicester 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 ($)