Tolland, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Tolland, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns
Hampden Co.:  Blandford | Granville | Berkshire Co.:  Otis | Sandisfield | Connecticut: Hartford Co.:  Hartland | Litchfield Co.:  Colebrook

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

Tolland Town Clerk
241 W Granville Rd Tolland, MA 01034 Phone: 413-258-4794 x 102 Fax: 413-258-4048 Email: [mailto:townclerk@tolland-ma.gov townclerk@tolland-ma.gov] Website

Births

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Hampden County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 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 Tolland 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
 * Tolland at FamilySearch Places
 * Tolland at Google Maps
 * Tolland at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:


 * 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
 * Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800
 * Massachusetts 12th Turnpike 1812
 * 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

Newspapers

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

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