Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States

New England

Massachusetts

Middlesex County

Ashby

Modern town borders of Ashby in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Town Information

Description

• Ashby, 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

Middlesex Co.: Townsend | Worcester Co.: Ashburnham | Fitchburg | Lunenburg | Westminster | New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co.: Mason | New Ipswich

Town Records

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

Ashby Town Clerk

895 Main St
Ashby, MA 01431
Phone: 978-386-2424 x 10
Fax: 978-386-2490
Email: tclerk@ci.ashby.ma.us
Website

Vital Records

Births

• 1636-1924 Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Deaths

• 1916-1919 Massachusetts Deaths, 1916-1919 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Town Reports

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

1947 1948

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

• Ashby Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Ashby Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Middlesex County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Middlesex County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

• 1873 Middlesex County Directory,1873 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1875 Middlesex County Directory, 1875 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1938-1953 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ashby at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
• 1906 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Ashby at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
• Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Court Records

• 1643-1674 Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Records, 1643-1674 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Maps

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

• Ashby at FamilySearch Places
• Ashby at Google Maps
• Ashby at Mapcarta
• Boundary Map of Ashby 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
• 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

Newspapers

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

Probate Records

• 1648-1871 Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Research Facilities

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Marlborough Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
• Nashua New Hampshire FamilySearch Center
• Worcester Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
• Billerica Public Library - an affiliate library
• Burlington Public Library - an affiliate library
• Cary Memorial Library - an affiliate library
• Chelmsford Public Library - an affiliate library
• Leominster Public Library - an affiliate library
• Reuben Hoar Library - an affiliate library

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