Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Springfield, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Mason Arnold Green. Springfield, 1636-1886 : history of town and city, including an account of the quarter-millennial celebration at Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 26, 1886. Springfield, Massachusetts : C.A. Nichols, 1888.

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

Adjacent Towns
Hampden Co.:  Agawam | Chicopee | East Longmeadow | Hampden | Longmeadow | Ludlow | West Springfield | Wilbraham

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

Springfield Town Clerk
Election Commission 36 Court St, Ground Floor Room 8 Springfield, MA 01103 Phone: 413-787-6190 Fax: 413-787-6186 Email: [mailto:goyola@springfieldcityhall.com goyola@springfieldcityhall.com] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital records of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1638-1887

Births

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

Deaths

 * Springfield. Records of deaths 1880-1897 and indexes 1870-1924

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Springfield Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Hampden County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Church Records

 * 1789-1920 Massachusetts: (Image only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 at American Ancestors - images ($)

City Directories

 * 1867-1868 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1846-1965 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Springfield at Ancestry - index and images ($), some years may be missing
 * 1854-1966 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Springfield at Ancestry - index and images ($), 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 Springfield 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
 * Springfield at FamilySearch Places
 * Springfield at Google Maps
 * Springfield at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:
 * Connecticut River a navigable river stretching from the border of Quebec, New Hampshire, and Vermont flowing south to through Connecticut into Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean at Old Saybrook, Connecticut
 * Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Ancram (NY) Turnpike 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Connecticut to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Road 1750s from Springfield,_Massachusetts to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Turnpike  (aka Susquehannah Turnpike ) from Catskill, NY to Unadilla, NY; route travelled by Europeans by 1792; toll booths opened by 1804.
 * Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Great Barrington and Aford (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Greenwood Road 1799 from Hartford, Connecticut to Albany, New York
 * Hampden and Berkshire (MA) Turnpike 1826
 * Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike 1805 from Alford, Massachusetts to Albany, New York
 * Housatonic River (MA) Turnpike 1809
 * King's Highway, also known as the upper fork of the Boston Post Road, from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina 1650s
 * Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800
 * Massachusetts 12th Turnpike 1812
 * Old Connecticut Path  1630 from Boston, Massachusetts to Hartford, Connecticut
 * Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Salisbury and Canaan (CT) Turnpike 1801-1829
 * Ulster and Delaware Turnpike 1802 from Salisbury, Connecticut to Bainbridge, New York

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


 * A Record of officers and soldiers enlisted from Springfield during the Rebellion commenced April 12th, 1861 Includes discharges 1865-1866
 * Walter W. Ward. Springfield in the Spanish American war. Easthampton, Massachusetts : Enterprise Print. Co., 1899.

Newspapers

 * 1800-Current Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1847 Springfield (MA) Republican: Marriages and Deaths, 1847 at American Ancestors - index ($)

Other Town Records

 * Town records, 1636-1859 (approx.)
 * Selectmen's records, ca. 1636-ca. 1857
 * Proceedings of town meetings, 1664-1852 (approx.)
 * Various civil records from the city of Springfield, Mass.

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Hartford Connecticut FamilySearch Center
 * Manchester Connecticut FamilySearch Center
 * Worcester Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Berkshire Athenaeum - an affiliate library
 * Chicopee Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Jones Library Inc. - an affiliate library
 * Thomas J. O'Connell Memorial Library-New England Civil War Museum and Research Center - an affiliate library