Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Sharon, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns
Norfolk Co.:  Canton | Foxborough | Norwood | Stoughton | Walpole | Bristol Co.:  Easton | Mansfield

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

Sharon Town Clerk
90 South Main St Sharon, MA 02067 Phone: 781-784-1505 x 1201 Fax: 781-784-1518 Email: [mailto:mchused@townofsharon.org mchused@townofsharon.org] Website

Births

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * 1945-2013 Sharon, MA: Sharon Memorial Park Cemetery, 1945-2013 at American Ancestors — index ($)
 * Sharon Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Norfolk County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * 1917 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Sharon at Ancestry - index and images ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

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

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:
 * Bay Road from Boston, Massachusetts to New Bedford, Massachusetts about 1652

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 ($)

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