Scope and Contents This collection contains lists of paupers and petitions for aid and support from impoverished townspeople, correspondence relating to the disposition of paupers, updates on their care, and the names of their benefactors. Expense books also document accounts of the Overseers of the Poor with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, such as medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Some statewide statistics relating to the care of the poor are also...

Scope and Contents This collection includes minutes, correspondence, and administrative records documenting the Board’s activities, along with copies of licenses and permits issued to both businesses and residents. Importantly, it includes a series of records pertaining to communicable diseases and public health threats in the town, which provides a detailed account of persons afflicted with Influenza during the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918-1920. The majority of licenses relate to the production, sale, and...

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This volume contains: meeting minutes, warrants and agendas, and membership records

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This notebook contains copies of church policies, sermons, and meeting minutes c. 1780-1800, along with membership records and baptisms, marriages and deaths from 1781-1793.

Scope and Contents This collection includes records maintained by the Town Clerk’s Office which relate to the First Church of Southborough (Congregational), and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough. Since there was no separation of church and state in Massachusetts until 1806, the majority of records pertain to the First Congregational Church where the pastor was an employee of the town. The congregation was supported through public taxation in the form of a mandatory “Minister Tax''. Surviving...

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This volume contains: meeting minutes, membership records, baptisms, marriages, and deaths

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records recorded in the Town of Southborough in addition to marriage intentions, burial permits, and corrections and amendments made to vital records. The earliest vital records held in Southborough town date back to 1718 - nine years prior to the town’s separation from Marlborough in 1727. While the format of the records has changed numerous times over the years, there are no known gaps.Massachusetts state law requires town and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records recorded in the Town of Southborough in addition to marriage intentions, burial permits, and corrections and amendments made to vital records. The earliest vital records held in Southborough town date back to 1718 - nine years prior to the town’s separation from Marlborough in 1727. While the format of the records has changed numerous times over the years, there are no known gaps.Massachusetts state law requires town and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records recorded in the Town of Southborough in addition to marriage intentions, burial permits, and corrections and amendments made to vital records. The earliest vital records held in Southborough town date back to 1718 - nine years prior to the town’s separation from Marlborough in 1727. While the format of the records has changed numerous times over the years, there are no known gaps.Massachusetts state law requires town and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records recorded in the Town of Southborough in addition to marriage intentions, burial permits, and corrections and amendments made to vital records. The earliest vital records held in Southborough town date back to 1718 - nine years prior to the town’s separation from Marlborough in 1727. While the format of the records has changed numerous times over the years, there are no known gaps.Massachusetts state law requires town and...