Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Dalton, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Dalton, Massachusetts Archive.org

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

Adjacent Towns
Berkshire Co.:  Cheshire | Hinsdale | Lanesborough | Pittsfield | Washington | Windsor

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

Dalton Town Clerk
462 Main Street Dalton, MA 01226-1677 Phone: 413-684-6103 x 14 Fax: 413-684-6129 Email: [mailto:daltonmc@bcn.net daltonmc@bcn.net] Website

Births

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

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

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

City Directories

 * 1725-1885 Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1725-1885 (1885) at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1896-1957 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Dalton at Ancestry - index & images ($), 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 Dalton at HomeTownLocator
 * Dalton at FamilySearch Places
 * Dalton at Google Maps
 * Dalton 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
 * F.L. Couch, Dalton and the World War : being the story of the service rendered their country by the people of Dalton, Massachusetts in the world war of 1917-1918Dalton, Massachusetts :, 1922

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 ($)

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

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