Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description
Timeline
 * Agawam, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997),
 * 17 May 1855: Incorporated as a town, from part of West Springfield
 * 2 May 1960: Bounds between Agawam and West Springfield restablished
 * 16 November 1971: Town charter adopted which established city form of government
 * Archiac name: Feeding Hills
 * Section/Villages within the town: Agawam Center, Feeding Hills, Hubbard Corners


 * Agawam, Massachusetts: a town history

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

Adjacent Towns
Hampden Co.:  Longmeadow | Southwick | Springfield | West Springfield | Westfield | Connecticut: Hartford Co.:  Suffield

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

Agawam Town Clerk
Agawam Town Hall 36 Main St Agawam, MA 01001 Phone: 413-786-0400 x 215 Fax: 413-786-9927 Email: [mailto:clerk@agawam.ma.us clerk@agawam.ma.us] Website

Vital Records
Includes records of births in Suffield, Connecticut; South Hadley, Granby, Northampton, West Springfield and Agawam, Massachusetts. Inventory of town and city archives of Massachusetts, no. 7, Hampden County, vol. 1, Agawam
 * Record of cases of midwifery, 1827-1882
 * Vital records [Agawam, Massachusetts], 1855-1905

Births

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

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

Agawam Old North Burying Ground
 * Cemeteries of Agawam and Feeding Hills [Massachusetts] : five cemeteries for public use and two small private cemeteries
 * Agawam Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Hampden County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Agawam Old North Burying Ground
 * Cemeteries of Agawam and Feeding Hills [Massachusetts] : five cemeteries for public use and two small private cemeteries

City Directories

 * Springfield (Massachusetts) suburban directories


 * 1928-1966 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Agawam 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

Compiled Genealogies

 * 1650-1865 Hampden County, MA: Black Families in Hampden County, 1650-1865 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Agawam at FamilySearch Places
 * Agawam at Google Maps
 * Agawam at Mapcarta
 * Boundary Map of Agawam 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
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page


 * USGS GNIS FID 608970

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

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