West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * West Springfield, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office

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

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

Cemeteries

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

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