Welcome to
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Worcester County is the middle of Massachusetts.
The county seat is the city of Worcester. Worcester County is bounded on the south by Tolland and Windham Counties CT and Providence County, RI; on the west by Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties MA; on the north by Cheshire Co NH; on the east by Middlesex and Norfolk Counties MA.
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Contact Info for Town Clerks, Libraries, Historical Societies, etc.
How and where to obtain copies of Massachusetts Vital Records - Here or Here
What types of Vital Records are available?
>Worcester County Registry of Deeds, 2 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 798-7713
Worcester County Probate Court,2 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
phone 508-770-0825 - You need the docket # and name(s) - Requests by letter - Copies are $.50/page - 1984 to present the names and docket #s are on computer and can be obtained by phone - all other dates must be looked up in person - once you have this info be advised that 1731 to 1881 records are off site and will take longer to obtain copies - call for current info.>
Worcester County Wills- use the index (free) to find the case and book #s, then go get the will yourself. If you want Sampubco to send a copy of the will to you, there is a fee.
Worcester County Registry of Deeds - Registered Land - 508-798-7721 and Copy Room - 508-798-7737
Worcester County County Courthouse (South), 2 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608-1184
Worcester County Courthouse (North)
Fitchburg Courthouse/ Registry of Deeds
84-100 Elm St., Fitchburg, MA 01420
Worcester County Archives
Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc.
American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 755-5221
Research and Publication Department
Boston To Providence Genealogical Society, 261 South Street, Wrentham MA 02093
Nashaway Genealogical Society
Fruitlands Museum,
Preservation Worcester - preserving the City of Worcester's Historic Properties
Willard Clock Museum
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Western Mass Genealogical
Society
A list of Massachusetts historical societies *note this is NOT a complete listing!!!
Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square
Worcester, MA 01603
(508) 799-1655
Worcester Library has a most of the VR books, many family histories, genealogies, NEHGS Registers, and much more. Through this link to the library you can search the card catalog on line. Once in the catalog you can switch to other libraries in the system (CW-Mars) that are also in Worcester County.
Robert H. Goddard Library
Holy Cross College Library
Worcester County Libraries - Library info for all MA towns
Clark University Archives and Special Collections
Tufts University Digital Library
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Archives and Special Collections
Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
DAR Library search
15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - UPDATED !! - full roster, with a lot of genealogy and
photos.
53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was mostly a Worcester County
regiment
51th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Sons of the American Revolution
Sons of Spanish American War Veterans - Joseph Melvin Leonard Camp No.168 "New England Camp"
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of
the Rebellion, Journal Contents (1861-1865) - type in -Union and Confederate Navies- and check the books and journals button
Civil War Naval Officers
Grafton Soldiers
Boylston Civil War Roster
If you would like to donate Worcester County data to the Archives, please contact the Worcester County coordinator - Betty Thomas -
If you have data for other areas of the United States, please contact the USGenWeb Archives coordinator. Worcester County Archives
Massachusetts GenWeb State Archives - Table of Contents.
Archives and Manuscript Repositories in MA
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Worcester, MA 01608 (508)799-1530
This page is part of theUSGenWeb Project. Modeled after the Kentucky GenWeb Project which was organized by a group of genealogists in March and April 1996, the idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In June 1996, it was decided to expand the project to include all states. It has now expanded to include many countries throughtout the world.
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Betty Thomas -
Worcester County - June 1998
Palmer Award for the Northeast Region.
