Scope and Contents This series includes several hundred grave registration cards for veterans buried in Southborough who served in the military anytime from the French-Indian War through to the present. Included are the veteran’s name, service details, enlistment dates, burial location, and a description of their headstone if the grave is marked.Note: The Veteran's Grave Card index is a secondary source which was created by the Works Progress Administration at date considerably later than the...

Scope and Contents

This series contains deeds to cemetery plots in Southborough's Rural Cemetery, records related to the maintenance and upkeep of graves, and a plan of the cemetery that was drawn in 1874. Plot deeds are organized alphabetically by the plot owner's surname. Plot deeds provide the date of purchase, name of the lot purchaser and their home address, the lot and range numbers of the purchased plot, and amount paid for the plot in addition to perpetual care.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes several hundred grave registration cards for veterans buried in Southborough who served in the military anytime from the French-Indian War through to the present. Included are the veteran’s name, service details, enlistment dates, burial location, and a description of their headstone if the grave is marked.Note: The Veteran's Grave Card index is a secondary source which was created by the Works Progress Administration at date considerably later than the...

Abstract A series of anecdotal notations provide interesting information relating to decedents, or remarks on their causes of death which cannot be found in the official town death records. Some examples include:1795 - Mr. James Williams, aged 48. Buried 10/22/1795. "What is extraordinary to be remembered about this gentleman, is that he was one of the most corpulent persons, perhaps in the country. He weighed in March last at 430 pounds, and it is altogether likely that when he died he...

Scope and Contents

Cemetery deeds in this volume are organized alphabetically by the plot owner's surname. Contrary to the volume’s names, no plans or diagrams of the plots are included. Plot deeds provide the date of purchase, name of the lot purchaser and their home address, the lot and range numbers of the purchased plot, and amount paid for the plot in addition to perpetual care.

Scope and Contents From the Series: These ledgers provide a record of all tests and inspections performed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965. Each entry includes the name of the business being inspected or it’s proprietor, the type of business (i.e. Ice Delivery, Milk Delivery, Gasoline Station, Dairy, Grocery Store, Bakery, Butcher), and its address. For each business the Sealer recorded the quantity of platform scales over 5,000 pounds, platform scales under 5,000 pounds,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: These ledgers provide a record of all tests and inspections performed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965. Each entry includes the name of the business being inspected or it’s proprietor, the type of business (i.e. Ice Delivery, Milk Delivery, Gasoline Station, Dairy, Grocery Store, Bakery, Butcher), and its address. For each business the Sealer recorded the quantity of platform scales over 5,000 pounds, platform scales under 5,000 pounds,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: These ledgers provide a record of all tests and inspections performed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965. Each entry includes the name of the business being inspected or it’s proprietor, the type of business (i.e. Ice Delivery, Milk Delivery, Gasoline Station, Dairy, Grocery Store, Bakery, Butcher), and its address. For each business the Sealer recorded the quantity of platform scales over 5,000 pounds, platform scales under 5,000 pounds,...

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three ledger books which provide a record of all tests and inspections conducted by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in the Town of Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965.

Scope and Contents Bound ledger book including the name, address, occupation, and age of the afflicted individual, the nature of their illness (i.e. chicken-pox, dog bites, eye infections, mumps, smallpox, measles, meningitis, diphtheria, dysentery, tuberculosis, yellow fever, whooping cough, scarlet fever, influenza, etc.), the date the illness began, the date notice was received by the board of health, the name of the person reporting the case (often a physician or school nurse), entities notified of the...