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On 1 March 1786, the North
Parish of Shrewsbury became the town of Boylston. Present
neighbors include Clinton, Berlin, Northboro, Shrewsbury,
Worcester, West Boylston, and Sterling--all in Worcester
County, Massachusetts.
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Boylston Births,
Marriages, Deaths 1786-1843. No.
1. 266 pages.
Look for occasional deaths recorded with related births.
Typed indexes reference name to page. Blank pages include
208-221.
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Marriage Index 1786-1835,
pp 1-11
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FICHE 1
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Death Index 1776-1843, pp
1-4
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FICHE 1
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Intentions & Marriages
1786-1808, pp 1-90
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FICHE 2
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Intentions & Marriages
1808-1829, pp 91-144
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FICHE 3
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Intentions & Marriages
1829-1835, pp 245-266
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FICHE 3
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Births 1768-1843; pp
145-202, 206-208
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FICHE 4
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Out-of-Town Marriages
1788-1799, pp 203-205
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FICHE 4
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Deaths 1776-1843, pp
221-244
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FICHE 4
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Births [nil], Marriages
& Deaths Taken from [Shrewsbury/Boylston] Church
Records 1776-[1843]. 73 pages.
In spite of the title, births do not appear in this book.
Further, the index references only the deaths. Note that
the marriages and deaths through February 1786 occurred in
the Shrewsbury North Parish.
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Death Index 1776-1856, pp
1-9; Deaths 1776-1856, pp 1-43
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FICHE 5
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Marriages 1794-1843, pp
50-73
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FICHE 7
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Precinct Records 1785-1786,
pp 198-205 (from below)
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FICHE 5
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Boylston Records [of
Intentions 1835-1929 & Marriages 1835-1843].
Book 2.
230 pages. In this book, the town clerk sometimes
references marriage intentions as "certificates of
marriage." Identify actual marriages by signature of
the minister or terms such as "solemnized" and
"returns". Divorce data appears when submitted
to clear the way for a subsequent marriage. Note that
pages 145-230 do not presently appear in this collection,
and that the index references less than one-quarter of the
book.
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Index of Marriages
1835-1843 & Intentions 1835-ca 1867
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FICHE 6
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Intentions & Marriages
1835-1843, pp 1-27
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FICHE 6
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Intentions 1844-1897, pp
28-85
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FICHE 6
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Intentions 1897-1917, pp
86-144
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FICHE 7
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Marriages 1794-1843, pp
50-73 (from book above)
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FICHE 7
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Records of Second Precinct
in Shrewsbury [1742/43-1786].
205 pages.
Petitions and oaths of office sometimes intersperse these
meeting minutes.
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Precinct Records 1742-1755,
pp 1-67
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FICHE 8
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Precinct Records 1755-1775,
pp 68-137
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FICHE 9
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Precinct Records 1775-1785;
pp 138-173, 164-197
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FICHE 10
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Precinct Records 1785-1786,
pp 198-205
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FICHE 5
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Boylston Town Records
[1787-1814]. No book of this
description could be located for filming.
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Boylston Records
1815-1835. Vol III. 389 pages.
In addition to minutes of town meetings, this book
includes juror lists, fence divisions, perambulations,
reports of stray animals (and their finders), tax
abatements votes, bids for care of poor (p 103), and at
least one record of an indentured servant (p 201). Note
that tax abatements required an affirmative town meeting
vote, and that auctions determined caretakers of the poor.
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Town Records 1815-1819, pp
1-67
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FICHE 11
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Town Records 1819-1822, pp
68-137
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FICHE 12
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Town Records 1823-1827, pp
137-205
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FICHE 13
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Town Records 1827-1830, pp
206-275
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FICHE 14
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Town Records 1830-1833, pp
276-345
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FICHE 15
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Town Records 1833-1835,
1842; pp 346-389
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FICHE 16
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Boylston Records
1835-1855. Vol IV. 556 pages.
Besides town meeting minutes, this book includes militia
records of 1840-1854, juror lists, town accounts,
perambulations, and records of roads and fences.
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Town Records 1835-1838, pp
1-55
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FICHE 17
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Town Records 1838-1840, pp
56-115
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FICHE 18
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Town Records 1840-1843, pp
116-175
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FICHE 19
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Town Records 1843-1846, pp
176-235
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FICHE 20
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Town Records 1846-1849, pp
236-291
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FICHE 21
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Town Records 1849-1851, pp
292-351
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FICHE 22
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Town Records 1851-1853, pp
252-410
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FICHE 23
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Town Records 1853-1854,
1854-1862; pp 411-556
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FICHE 24
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Boylston Records:
[Personal] Mortgages 1838-1885.
Vol 2. 420 pages.
Though the index on the first pages continues to the back
of the book, it does not index all mortgages, especially
those on the last pages.
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Index to Personal Mortgages
1838-1884, A-Z
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FICHE 25
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Personal Mortgages
1838-1845, pp 1-52
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FICHE 25
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Personal Mortgages
1845-1853, pp 53-112
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FICHE 26
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Personal Mortgages
1853-1861, pp 113-172
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FICHE 27
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Personal Mortgages
1861-1872, pp 173-231
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FICHE 28
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Personal Mortgages
1872-1878, pp 232-291
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FICHE 29
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Personal Mortgages
1876-1881, pp 292-350
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FICHE 30
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Personal Mortgages
1881-1884, pp 351-405
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FICHE 31
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Personal Mortgages
1884-1885, 1935; pp 406-412, 420
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FICHE 32
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Index to Personal Mortgages
1838-1884; B, F, H, W
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FICHE 32
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School Expenses &
Budget 1933-1937
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FICHE 32
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Day Book: Aaron White
Store, Boylston, Mass., August 7, 1802 to June 25, 1804.
Identifies customers and their purchases of staple foods,
spirits, tobacco, and dry goods. Note business as usual on
25 December 1802 (p 111) and several different pages
numbered as 449.
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Store Customers 1802, pp
1-85
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FICHE 33
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Store Customers 1802-1803,
pp 86-171
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FICHE 34
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Store Customers 1803, pp
172-261
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FICHE 35
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Store Customers 1803, pp
262-350
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FICHE 36
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Customers & Sales
1803-1804, pp 351-440
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FICHE 37
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Customers & Sales 1804,
pp 441-467+
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FICHE 38
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Accounts 1804-1805,
1823-1825 (from book below)
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FICHE 38
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John Andrews' Account
Book, Boylston, Mass., Beginning Feb. 11, 1803.
This seems to be an account of goods and services,
including lottery tickets, sold to customers in Boylston
and surrounding towns. Reading is difficult.
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Accounts 1802-1810
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FICHE 39
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Accounts 1809-1817
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FICHE 40
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Accounts 1815-1824
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FICHE 41
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Accounts 1804-1805,
1823-1825
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FICHE 38
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Boylston [Invoices &
Taxes 1797-1812].
"Records of Invoice of the Estates, real &
personal, of the rateable Polls; and of the Taxes assessed
on the said Polls and Estates of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Boylston."
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Tax Assessments 1797-1801
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FICHE 42
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Tax Assessments 1801-1806
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FICHE 43
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Tax Assessments 1806-1810
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FICHE 44
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Tax Assessments 1810-1812
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FICHE 45
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Tax Assessments 1840 (from
book below)
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FICHE 45
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Boylston Assessors
Records 1812-1840.
Note 1934 deed of William H. Hastings to Calvin R.
Hastings misplaced at beginning of 1827 taxes.
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Tax Assessments 1812-1817
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FICHE 46
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Tax Assessments 1817-1821
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FICHE 47
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Tax Assessments 1822-1826
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FICHE 48
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Tax Assessments 1826-1830
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FICHE 49
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Tax Assessments 1830-1835
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FICHE 50
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Tax Assessments 1835-1839
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FICHE 51
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Tax Assessments 1840
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FICHE 45
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Assessors of Boylston
1841-1860.
Beware of occasional light ink, especially for records of
1855.
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Tax Assessments 1841-1845
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FICHE 52
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Tax Assessments 1845-1849
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FICHE 53
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Tax Assessments 1849-1853
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FICHE 54
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Tax Assessments 1854-1858
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FICHE 55
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Tax Assessments 1858-1859
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FICHE 56
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Tax Assessments 1860
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FICHE 61
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Boylston [Taxes
1861-1864].
Identify town residents with this record of poll and
highway taxes, as well as taxes on real estate and
personal property.
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Tax Assessments 1861
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FICHE 57
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Tax Assessments 1861-1862
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FICHE 58
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Tax Assessments 1862-1863
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FICHE 59
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Tax Assessments 1863-1864
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FICHE 60
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Tax Assessments 1864
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FICHE 61
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Tax Assessments 1860 (from
book above)
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FICHE 61
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Boylston Rebellion
Record 1861-1865. 103 pages,
many blank.
Includes index to and list of soldiers and officers
1861-1865; as well as the history of the town as it
related to the Civil War, and the story of Francis M.
Harrington's sacrifice for a wounded comrade (pp 80-81).
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Rebellion Record 1861-1865
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FICHE 62
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Boylston General
Register of (Male) Voters [1884-1940].
95 pages.
Register on pages 1-94 gives age, place of birth,
occupation and, usually, signature of the voter.
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Male Voters ca 1885-1939,
pp 1-68
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FICHE 63
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Male Voters ca 1884-1939,
pp 69-94
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FICHE 64
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Male & Female Voters of
Undetermined Year
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FICHE 64
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Boylston Settlements
& Overseers of Poor 1847-1883.
Records often provide age, date of death, former
residence, or relatives. Most ink is bright enough to
read.
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Pauper Records 1846-1862
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FICHE 65
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Pauper Records 1862-1879
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FICHE 66
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Pauper Records 1879-1883
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FICHE 67
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Pauper Deaths Register
1847-1879
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FICHE 67
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Overseers Receipts/Expenses
1885-1886 (book below)
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FICHE 67
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Boylston Journal [Accounts
of] Overseers of Poor 1847-1886.
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Overseers Receipts &
Expenses 1847-1856
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FICHE 68
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Overseers Receipts &
Expenses 1856-1865
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FICHE 69
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Overseers Receipts &
Expenses 1856-1878
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FICHE 70
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Overseers Receipts &
Expenses 1878-1883
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FICHE 71
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Overseers Receipts &
Expenses 1883-1885
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FICHE 72
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Overseers Receipts &
Expenses 1885-1886
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FICHE 67
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Boylston [Almshouse
Inventories & Valuations] 1850-1919.
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Almshouse Inventories &
Valuations 1850-1864
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FICHE 73
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Almshouse Inventories &
Valuations 1864-1893
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FICHE 74
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Almshouse/Town Farm
Inventories & Valuations 1894-1912
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FICHE 75
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Town Farm/Almshouse
Inventories/Valuations 1913-1919
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FICHE 76
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Overseers Records 1939, pp
140-141 (from below)
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FICHE 76
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Boylston [Overseers of
the Poor 1883-1939]. 141 pages.
These records include agreements regarding various
paupers, individual case reports, and expenditures of the
overseers.
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Overseers Records
1883-1900, 1914-1930, pp 3-69
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FICHE 77
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Overseers Records
1931-1938, pp 70-139
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FICHE 78
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Overseers Records 1939, pp
140-141
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FICHE 76
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Boylston Pauper Register
[1907-1912].
These two separate registers differentiate paupers
receiving total support from those receiving partial
support; either may provide paupers age, date &/or
place of birth, nationality of parents, name of spouse, or
death date.
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Pauper Register 1907-1912,
1909-1912
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FICHE 79
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Pauper Register 1943 (book
below)
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FICHE 79
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Boylston Pauper Register
[1913-1942].
Records may provide paupers age, marital status, date
&/or place of birth, or birthplace of parents.
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Pauper Register 1913-1931
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FICHE 80
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Pauper Register 1932-1942
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FICHE 81
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Pauper Register 1943
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FICHE 79
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Boylston Births, Marriages,
Deaths 1844-1866. Vol 2.
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Birth, Marriage & Death
Indexes 1844-1866
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FICHE 82
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Births 1843-1866, pp 1-14
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FICHE 82
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Marriages 1844-1866, pp
1-7; Deaths 1844-1866, pp 1-12
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FICHE 83
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Boylston Death Register
1867-1939. Vol 3. 130 pages.
Index references name to page.
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Index to Deaths 1867-1939;
Deaths 1867-1890, pp 1-23
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FICHE 84
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Deaths 1891-1910, pp 24-49
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FICHE 85
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Marriages 1903-1906, pp
23-24 (from book below)
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FICHE 85
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Boylston Marriage Register
1867-1939. Vol 3. 48 pages.
Index references name to page.
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Index to Marriages
1867-1939
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FICHE 86
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Marriages 1867-1903, pp
1-22
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FICHE 86
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Marriages 1903-1906, pp
23-24
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FICHE 85
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Boylston Birth Register
1867-1939. 38 pages.
Index references name to page.
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Index to Births 1867-1939;
Births 1867-1905, pp 1-20
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FICHE 87
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Birth Depositions 1877,
1880-1903
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FICHE 87
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BOYLSTON
VITAL RECORDS TO 1850
Worcester: F. P. Rice, 1900; 124
printed pages on 1 fiche, $6.
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