This brief Historical Memorandum and Genealogical Register covers the period up to 1868, marking fifty years since the town of West Boylston was established and 138 years since its earliest settlement.
This volume includes a list of births, marriages and deaths recorded in the Town Books of West Boylston, covering the earliest entries through the end of 1849. Additional records have been incorporated from other sources, with each addition clearly marked by appropriate references.
This is a collection of free vital records books, most of them known by “Tan Books” for Massachusetts towns. Generally, these records go up to 1849/1850 at which, the genealogist can use the census records to assist in identifying the family connections further. They’re called “tan books” because they were bound by tan cloth. Included with this article is an account of why and how these manuscripts were published along with links to all 205 Massachusetts vital records pdfs which can be freely read or downloaded.
The manual of the West Boylston Congregational Church can serve as a brief genealogical glimpse into the lives of its early members. This book provides a chronological list of members in which brief genealogical details of early members can be found.
A brief genealogical sketch of Thomas Keyes of West Boylston, Massachusetts