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...

Scope and Contents This collection contains documentation relating to two cemeteries in Southborough: the Old Burying Ground on Saint Marks Street, and Southborough Rural Cemetery on Cordaville Road. The Old Burying Ground is the town’s oldest cemetery and was utilized from the town’s inception in 1727 through 1843 when it became too crowded to accommodate further burials. Southborough Rural Cemetery was opened in 1842 and remains active. The majority of cemetery records held by the town are...

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Financial records relating to the care and upkeep of plots in Southborough cemeteries. Records are organized by date, and an index to plot owners is included at the front of the volume.

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Records in this volume are organized by family and chronologically. Volume is incorrectly identified on its spine as “Births, 1718-1787”, but it includes marriages and deaths for that period as well.

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 This volume contains alternative copies of the town's vital records that occasionally provide additional information not found in the vital records book that covers 1762-1836. The volume is composed of 10 small notebooks that were disassembled and post-bound together in mylar sleeves. Notebooks include: Lucy Sanger’s Book of Deaths 1804-1827, Martha (Temple) Bridges journal 1812-1820, Original Marriage Banns 1779-1792, Marriages 1792-1835, Marriages 1806-1863, Foreign Deaths 1822-1863...

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...

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This ledger is the primary source of birth records for 1843-1892. Birth Returns and Certificates start in 1878, but few exist prior to 1893.

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This ledger is the primary source of birth records for 1843-1854. Marriage Certificates start in 1855.

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This ledger is the primary source of death records for 1843-1880. Death Returns and Certificates start in 1857, but few exist prior to 1881.