Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States

New England

Massachusetts

Worcester

Oakham

Modern town borders of Oakham in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Town Information

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

Deaths

• 1916-1919 Massachusetts Deaths, 1916-1919 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1972-Onward Massachusetts, Worcester, Worcester Deaths at MyHeritage — index ($)

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.)

1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881a 1881b 1882 1883a 1883b 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923a 1923b 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930a 1930b 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937a 1937b 1937c 1938 1939a 1939b 1940 1941 1942a 1942b 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976a 1976b 1977 1978 1979 1980a 1980b 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

• Oakham Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Oakham Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Worcester County Cemeteries 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 ($)

Research Facilities

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Marlborough Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
• Worcester Massachusetts FamilySearch Center

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