Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Medfield, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town

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

Adjacent Towns
Norfolk Co.:  Dover | Millis | Norfolk | Walpole | Westwood | Middlesex Co.:  Sherborn

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

Medfield Town Clerk
459 Main St Medfield, MA 02052 Phone: 508-906-3024 Fax: 508-359-6182 Email: [mailto:cmayer@medfield.net cmayer@medfield.net] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1850. 1907. Boston, Mass: Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online at: Internet Archive

Births

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

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

 * Medfield Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Norfolk County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 1914 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Medfield at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
 * 1872-1897 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Medfield at Ancestry - index & images ($), 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 Medfield at HomeTownLocator
 * Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Medfield at FamilySearch Places
 * Medfield at Google Maps
 * Medfield at Mapcarta
 * 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

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


 * Honor Roll of War Veterans of the Town of Medfield - list of names from the Civil War to the Korean War

Newspapers

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

Probate Records

 * 1635-1750 Norfolk County, MA: Index to Probate records, 1793-1900 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Franklin Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Hingham Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Mount Hope Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * David Allen Lambert Library - an affiliate library
 * Thayer Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thomas Crane Public Library - an affiliate library