Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Winchendon, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns
Worcester Co.:  Ashburnham | Gardner | Royalston | Templeton | New Hampshire: Cheshire Co.:  Fitzwilliam | Rindge

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

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

109 Front St, Dept. 3 Winchedon, MA 01475 Phone: 978-297-2766 Fax: 978-297-2769 Email: [mailto:clerk@town.winchendon.ma.us clerk@town.winchendon.ma.us] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the end of 1849. 1909. Worcester, Massachusetts: Published by Franklin P. Rice. Online at: Internet Archive

Town Reports
The town of Winchendon kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Winchendon 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.)
 * If you do not find your Ancestor in Winchendon, Massachusetts, check out Troy, Cheshire, New Hampshire Town Reports. Winchendon, Massachusetts are scattered throughout these journals.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

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

City Directories

 * 1938-1953 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Winchendon 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 Winchendon 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
 * Winchendon at FamilySearch Places
 * Winchendon at Google Maps
 * Winchendon 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