West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * West Springfield, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns
Hampden Co.:  Agawam | Chicopee | Holyoke | Springfield | Westfield

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

West Springfield Town Clerk
26 Central St West Springfield, MA 01089 Phone: 413-263-3012 Fax: 413-263-3046 Email: [mailto:ofrizzell@west-springfield.ma.us ofrizzell@west-springfield.ma.us] Website

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

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

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

Migration

 * [[Image:NY MA CT.png|right|400px|NY MA CT.png]]Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:
 * Catskill Road from Springfield, Massachusetts to Catskill, New York 1750s
 * King's Highway, also known as the upper fork of the Boston Post Road, from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina 1650s
 * Old Connecticut Path from Boston, Massachusetts to Hartford, Connecticut 1630
 * Hampden and Berkshire Turnpike  from near Springfield, MA to the Becket Turnpike  at Becket, MA; toll booths open from 1829 to 1852; now I-90.
 * Connecticut River ancient pathway

Military
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