Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Oakham, 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
Worcester Co.:  Barre | Hardwick | New Braintree | North Brookfield | Paxton | Rutland | Spencer

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

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

2 Coldbrook Rd, Unit # 4 Oakham, MA 01068 Phone: 508-882-5549 x 305 Fax: 508-882-3060 Email: [mailto:christine.mardirosian@oakham-ma.gov christine.mardirosian@oakham-ma.gov] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. 1905. Worcester, Massachusetts: Published by Franklin P. Rice. Online at: Internal Archive

Births

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

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

 * Oakham Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Worcester County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 1890-1902 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Oakham 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 Oakham at HomeTownLocator
 * Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Oakham at FamilySearch Places
 * Oakham at Google Maps
 * Oakham 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
 * Henry Parks Wright Soldiers of Oakham, Massachusetts in the Great War of 1914-1918Oakham Mass. : Oakham Historical Society, 1919.

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 ($)