Melrose

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

City of Melrose

City Clerk Office

Researching Sources

Melrose Places

Families from Melrose

Neighboring Towns:

Malden

Revere

Saugus

Stoneham

Wakefield

Middlesex USGenWeb

Middlesex Message Board

MA USGenWeb

This page is still under construction.

If you have any information or links that you think would be helpful to others

doing research in Melrose, please contact Char Mitts.

A Short History of Melrose

more information about Melrose can be found at: Widpedia

Also download from Google Book Search:

The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts By Elbridge Henry Goss – this book was published in 1903, very good for the older history of the area.

Research Sources

Vital Records – see the link for the City Clerk’s Office on the green side bar or the Middlesex Country Court House

Middlesex Country Court House

Land Deeds - Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds – the official site, no online record

Family History Library in Utah has many films relating to Melrose research

Melrose 1885 City Directory through ancestory.com (can be view at many public libraries or Family History Centers)

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

Maps

Newspapers

Melrose Free Press

Ancestry.com - Obituary Collection - Melrose Free Press

Places in Melrose

Melrose Public Library

Malden Public Library – Malden is the parent city of Melrose. The library in Malden has a wonderful local history collection.

Melrose Historical Society, Inc.

131 West Emerson Street

PO Box 301

Melrose, MA 02176

Phone: (617) 665-5010

Wyoming Cemetery, Massachusetts Cemetery Guide

Melrose Historical Society, Inc., 131 West Emerson Street, PO Box 301, Melrose, MA 02176, Phone: (617) 665-5010

Neighboring Towns USGenWeb pages

Malden, Revere, Saugus, Stoneham, & Wakefield

Melrose Families –I am the sixth generation in my family to have lived there, but currently do not live in Melrose. I enjoy returning and visiting the same places that my families lived. Listening to the stories my parents shared about Melrose. (Yes, they grew up down the street from each other.) I visit Wyoming Cemetery where five generations of my family are buried. Studying the history of Melrose plays an important part in my family’s history. I invite all that have families that have lived in Melrose to share their family history also. Share a link so we connect our families together to a community.

Two pictures of Mt. Hood                                        

Left: before 1930’s – Charles T. Ray’s house before construction on Mt. Hood.

Right: 1940’s - Charles T. Ray’s grandson, Tom Ray, on his property, in front of the new country club.

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Last updated 26 Jan 2007