Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States

New England

Massachusetts

Middlesex County

Wayland

Modern town borders of Wayland in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Town Information

Description

• Wayland, 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.: Concord | Framingham | Lincoln | Natick | Sudbury | Weston

Town Records

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

Wayland Town Clerk

41 Cochituate Road
Wayland, MA 01778
Phone: 508-358-3630
Fax: 508-358-1683
Email
Website

Vital Records

• Vital Records of Wayland, Massachusetts to the year of 1850. 1910. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Charge of The Eddy Town-Record Fund. Online at: Internet 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 ($)

Town Reports

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

1883 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 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 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 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

• Wayland Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Wayland 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 ($)
• 1875 Middlesex County Directory, 1875 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1901-1921 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, TOWN 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

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

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

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• 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

• Boston Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
• Franklin Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
• Lynnfield Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
• Marlborough Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
• Mount Hope 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