Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy
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Town Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
- Springfield, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
- Mason Arnold Green. Springfield, 1636-1886 : history of town and city, including an account of the quarter-millennial celebration at Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 26, 1886. Springfield, Massachusetts : C.A. Nichols, 1888.
Parent Towns[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places:
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
Adjacent Towns[edit | edit source]
Hampden Co.: Agawam | Chicopee | East Longmeadow | Hampden | Longmeadow | Ludlow | West Springfield | Wilbraham
Town Records[edit | edit source]
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office
Springfield Town Clerk[edit | edit source]
Election Commission
36 Court St, Ground Floor Room 8
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413-787-6190
Fax: 413-787-6186
Email: goyola@springfieldcityhall.com
Website
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Births[edit | edit source]
- 1636-1924 Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
Marriages[edit | edit source]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- 1916-1919 Massachusetts Deaths, 1916-1919 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
- Springfield. Records of deaths 1880-1897 and indexes 1870-1924
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Town Reports[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
For more County and State resources see:
Biographies[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Springfield Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
- Hampden County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
- Hampden County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
Census[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1789-1920 Massachusetts: (Image only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 at American Ancestors - images ($)
City Directories[edit | edit source]
- 1867-1868 Springfield City Directory and Business Advertiser(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1930 Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow, Chicopee Directory : numerical directory, streets, householders and business(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1846-1965 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Springfield at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
- 1854-1966 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Springfield at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
- Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing
Compiled Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Immigration[edit | edit source]
Land Records[edit | edit source]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
- Boundary Map of Springfield 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
- Springfield at FamilySearch Places
- Springfield at Google Maps
- Springfield at Mapcarta
- Massachusetts Maps State Page
Migration[edit | edit source]
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy included:[1]
- Connecticut River a navigable river stretching from the border of Quebec, New Hampshire, and Vermont flowing south to through Connecticut into Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean at Old Saybrook, Connecticut
- Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike[2] 1812
- Ancram (NY) Turnpike[3] 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Connecticut to Catskill, New York
- Catskill Road 1750s from Springfield,_Massachusetts to Catskill, New York[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
- Catskill Turnpike (aka Susquehannah Turnpike ) from Catskill, NY to Unadilla, NY; route travelled by Europeans by 1792; toll booths opened by 1804.[9] [6] [10] [11]
- Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
- Great Barrington and Aford (MA) Turnpike[12] 1812
- Greenwood Road[13] 1799 from Hartford, Connecticut to Albany, New York
- Hampden and Berkshire (MA) Turnpike[14] 1826
- Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike 1805 from Alford, Massachusetts to Albany, New York
- Housatonic River (MA) Turnpike[15] 1809
- King's Highway, also known as the upper fork of the Boston Post Road, from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina 1650s
- Massachusetts 10th Turnpike[16] 1800
- Massachusetts 12th Turnpike[17] 1812
- Old Connecticut Path[18] [19] [20] 1630 from Boston, Massachusetts to Hartford, Connecticut
- Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
- Salisbury and Canaan (CT) Turnpike[21] 1801-1829
- Ulster and Delaware Turnpike 1802 from Salisbury, Connecticut to Bainbridge, New York
Military[edit | edit source]
Some Records are Searchable by Town
Revolutionary War, 1775-1783[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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
- A Record of officers and soldiers enlisted from Springfield during the Rebellion commenced April 12th, 1861 Includes discharges 1865-1866
- Walter W. Ward. Springfield in the Spanish American war. Easthampton, Massachusetts : Enterprise Print. Co., 1899.
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
- 1800-Current Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1847 Springfield (MA) Republican: Marriages and Deaths, 1847 at American Ancestors - index ($)
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Other Town Records[edit | edit source]
- Town records, 1636-1859 (approx.)
- Selectmen's records, ca. 1636-ca. 1857
- Proceedings of town meetings, 1664-1852 (approx.)
- Various civil records from the city of Springfield, Mass.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
School Records[edit | edit source]
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Museums[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
- Hartford Connecticut FamilySearch Center
- Manchester Connecticut FamilySearch Center
- Berkshire Athenaeum - an affiliate library
- Chicopee Public Library - an affiliate library
- Jones Library Inc. - an affiliate library
- Thomas J. O'Connell Memorial Library-New England Civil War Museum and Research Center - an affiliate library
Societies[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. WorldCat entry; FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Frederic J. Wood, The Turnpikes of New England and the Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland (Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919), map between 56 and 57, and 168. Internet Archive version online.
- ↑ Isaac Huntting, History of the Little Nine Partners of North East Precinct and Pine Plains, New York, Dutchess County (Amenia, NY: Chas. Walsh, 1897), 99-101. Google Book edition.
- ↑ List of turnpikes in New York in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 6 November 2014).
- ↑ Ancram Turnpike in Routes in the Northeastern United States: Historic Trails, Roads and Migration Routes (accessed 6 November 2014). The Ancram Turnpike went from Springield, MA to Catskill, NY; and was called the Catskill Road.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Almira E Morgan, The Catskill Turnpike: A Wilderness Path (Ithaca, N.Y.: DeWitt Historical Society of Thompkins County, 1971), 5. Online digital copy.
- ↑ Catskill Turnpike in Routes in the Northeastern United States: Historic Trails, Roads and Migration Routes (accessed 6 November 2014). The Catskill Turnpike went west from Catskill, NY to Bath, NY; the east part was called the Susquehanna Turnpike.
- ↑ Huntting, 97-99.
- ↑ List of turnpikes in New York in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 1 November 2014).
- ↑ Anastassia Zinke, The Susquehanna Turnpike and America's Frontier History in Catskill Mountain Foundation (accessed 1 November 2014).
- ↑ Joan Odess, The Susquehanna Turnpike (pdf accessed 1 November 2014).
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 186-88.
- ↑ Wood, map between 330 and 331, and 348-49.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 203-205.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 166-67.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 76-78.
- ↑ Wood, map between 56 and 57, and 79-80.
- ↑ Old Connecticut Path in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 October 2014).
- ↑ Wood, 25.
- ↑ Boston Post Road in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 October 2014).
- ↑ Wood, map between 330 and 331, and 363-64.
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