Milford separated from Mendon in 1780. Current neighbors include Hopedale, Upton, Hopkinton, Holliston, Medway, and Bellingham. This collection of Milford manuscripts includes minutes of town meetings and miscellaneous records; as well as tax assessments, births, marriages, and deaths. Original vital records before 1843, however, no longer seem to exist--as old volumes A, B, and C (and others) are missing. Accordingly, an extract of some data from the missing volumes provides the only early vital records for the town. Fortunately, transcripts of the missing volumes (including out-of-town marriages and marriage intentions) have been uncovered recently at the Massachusetts State Archives, and are available on fiches from this publisher. The transcripts provide Milford births from about 1732-1855, marriages of 1755-1849, deaths of about 1766-1849, and marriage intentions of 1780-1849.

Milford Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1734-1844.

These records, arranged alphabetically and chronologically in 1890, are extracted mainly from original volumes A, B, and C--with a smattering of 1843 records referenced to books #1 (mostly), 2 and 12. See fiches 53-55 for the original books 1 and 2. As books A, B, and C are now missing, consult fiches of another collection, Milford Transcripts 1732-1855, for a copy of the vital records as they originally were entered (often by family) in the old books.

Births 1732-1845, pp 1-49, Adams-Howard

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Births 1732-1845, pp 50-104, Howard-Wood

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Deaths 1753-1844, pp 251-309

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Marriages 1780-1844, pp 477-527, Adams-Mellen

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Marriages 1780-1844, pp 528-561, Mellen-Wright

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Milford Town Records 1777-1797.

Milford was a part of Mendon until 1780. It is not surprising, therefore, that much of this record is a transcript.

Town Records 1777-1784, pp 1-57

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Town Records 1784-1789, pp 58-117

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Town Records 1790-1795, pp 118-177

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Town Records 1795-1798, pp 178-199

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Warnings Out 1781-1797, pp 200-206

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Marriage Intentions 1780, pp 206-207

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Milford Town Records 1798-1825. Vol 2.

Town Records 1798-1800, 2:1-58

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Town Records 1800-1803, 2:59-116

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Town Records 1803-1808, 2:117-175

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Town Records 1808-1813, 2:176-235

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Town Records 1813-1819, 2:234-293

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Town Records 1819-1821, 2:294-353

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Town Records 1821-1824, 2:354-413

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Town Records 1824-1825, 1821, 1799-1802; 2:414-460

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Milford Town Records 1826-1845. Vol 3.

Town Records 1826-1827, 3:1-29

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Town Records 1827-1829, 3:30-59

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Town Records 1829-1831, 3:60-89

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Town Records 1831-1833, 3:90-118

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Town Records 1833-1834, 3:119-148

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Town Records 1834-1835, 3:149-177

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Town Records 1835-1836, 3:178-207

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Town Records 1837-1838, 3:208-237

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Town Records 1838-1839, 3:238-266

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Town Records 1839-1840, 3:267-295

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Town Records 1840-1841, 3:296-324

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Town Records 1841-1842, 3:325-352

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Town Records 1843, 3:353-382

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Town Records 1843-1844, 3:383-412

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Town Records 1844-1845, 3:413-442

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Town Records 1845, 3:443-446

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Milford Town Records 1844-1861. Vol 4.

Town Records 1844-1846, 4:1-75

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Town Records 1846-1848, 4:76-155

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Town Records 1848-1850, 4:156-233

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Town Records 1850-1852, 4:234-311

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Town Records 1852-1854, 4:312-391

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Town Records 1854-1855, 4:392-470

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Town Records 1855-1857, 4:471-550

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Town Records 1857-1859, 4:551-630

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Town Records 1859-1861, 4:631-710

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Town Records 1861, 4:711-745

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Milford Record of Taxes Assessed 1795-1814. About 200 pages.

Miscellaneous Tax Records 1784-1807

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Tax Assessments 1795-1799

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Tax Assessments 1799-1805

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Tax Assessments 1805-1810

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Tax Assessments 1810-1814, 1807, 1804, 1805

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Tax Exemption 1810

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Milford Record of Taxes Assessed 1815-1833.

Tax Assessments 1885, 1882, 1815-1819

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Tax Assessments 1819-1821

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Tax Assessments 1821-1823, 1826

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Tax Assessments 1826, 1828-1837

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Tax Assessments 1836-1838

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Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths 1843-1849. Book 1.

Births as early as 1826 are found in this record, but some ink is light.

Births 1826-1849, 1:1-27

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Births 1828-1849, 1:28-34

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Marriages 1843-1849, 1:35-42

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Deaths 1843-1850, 1:43-57

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Milford Births, Marriages & Deaths 1849-1853. Books 2, 3 & 4.

The dates in the title, 1849-1853, are registration dates, and most marriages and deaths occurred during those years. Most births, however, occurred earlier--some much earlier. Additionally, see volumes below for more births of 1853 (and earlier), as well as more 1853 marriages.

Births 1783-1851, 2:1-12

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Marriages 1848-1851, 2:13-22

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Deaths 1850-1852, 2:23-28

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Births 1800-1852, 3:1-10

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Marriages 1845, 1851-1853, 3:11-18

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Deaths 1852-1853, 3:19-22

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Births 1803-1853, 4:1-12

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Marriages 1853, 4:13-15

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Milford Deaths 1854-1869. Vol 5.

Some ink is very light.

Deaths 1854-1860, 5:1-28

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Deaths 1860-1862, 5:29-58

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Deaths 1863-1865, 5:59-88

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Deaths 1865-1867, 5:89-118

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Deaths 1867-1869, 5:119-143

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Milford Deaths 1869-1891. Vol 6.

Deaths 1869-1874, 6:1-28

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Deaths 1874-1880, 6:29-58

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Deaths 1880-1886, 6:59-88

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Deaths 1886-1889, 6:89-118

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Deaths 1889-1891, 6:119-134

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Milford Deaths 1892-1907. Vol 7. 143 pages.

Deaths 1892-1895, 7:1-28

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Deaths 1895-1898, 7:29-58

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Deaths 1899-1902, 7:59-88

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Deaths 1902-1905, 7:89-118

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Deaths 1905-1907, 7:119-143

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Milford Marriages 1853-1871. Vol 5.

These records extend from October 1853 through July 1871.

Marriages 1853-1857, 5:1-28

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Marriages 1857-1860, 5:29-58

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Marriages 1860-1864, 5:59-88

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Marriages 1864-1868, 5:89-118

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Marriages 1868-1871, 5:119-143

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Milford Marriages 1871-1898. Vol 6.

These records extend from August 1871 through December 1898.

Marriages 1871-1877, 6:1-29

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Marriages 1877-1883, 6:30-58

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Marriages 1884-1889, 6:59-88

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Marriages 1889-1894, 6:89-117

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Marriages 1894-1898, 6:118-141

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Milford Births 1853-1866. Vol 5. 137 pages.

Recording occurred between 1853-1866, but births as early as 1793 and 1795 are registered. Most births before 1853 were in Ireland. Some ink is very light.

Births 1793-1852, 1853-1857; 5:1-28

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Births 1857-1860, 5:29-58

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Births 1860-1862, 5:59-88

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Births 1862-1864, 5:89-117

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Births 1864-1866, 1853-1855; 5:118-137

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Milford Births 1867-1889. Vol 6.

Births 1867-1870, 6:1-28

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Births 1870-1873, 6:29-58

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Births 1874-1879, 6:59-88

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Births 1879-1885, 6:89-117

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Births 1885-1889, 6:118-142

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Milford Births 1889-1909. Vol 7. 159 pages

Except for four births in 1889, entries in this volume begin with 1890.

Births 1889-1895, 7:1-29

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Births 1895-1899, 7:30-59

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Births 1899-1900, 7:60-79

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Milford Index to Births 1849-1909+. Book I.

Births in this index are taken from books 1-4 and volumes 5-8. Interestingly, births earlier than 1849 are not included from Book 1, but may be taken from numbers 2-5. Further, some pages in Volume 7 may be omitted from the index.

Birth Index 1849-1909+, A-C

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Birth Index 1849-1909+, C-G

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Birth Index 1849-1909+, H-M

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Birth Index 1849-1909+, M-R

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Birth Index 1849-1909+, R-W

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Birth Index 1849-1909+, W-Z

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Milford Index to Marriages 1843-1898+.

This indexes the marriages in books #1-4 and volumes 5-8. Note that the pages are bound sideways.

Marriage Index 1843-1898+, A-F, pp 1-54

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Marriage Index 1843-1898+, F-M, pp 55-98

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Marriage Index 1843-1898+, M-T, K; pp 99-153

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Marr Index 1843-1898+; N,U-W,M,C,Y,D,Z,O; pp 154-174

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Milford Index to Deaths 1843-1907+.

This indexes the deaths in books 1-3 and volumes 5-10. Note that the pages are bound sideways.

Death Index 1843-1907+, A-D

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Death Index 1843-1907+, E-L

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Death Index 1843-1907+, L-S

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Death Index 1843-1907+; S-W, C, Y, C, Z, C

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Milford Index to Marriage Intentions of about 1780-1900+.

This is an index to marriage intentions in volumes 3-11, as well as to those in an earlier book or two--books A and B, no doubt. Volumes 3, 8, 9 and 10 each have nearly 200 pages of marriage intentions; while volumes 5, 6 and 7 each have about 100 pages of intentions. Fewer intentions are found in Book 4 (about 45 pages) and books A and B (about 60 pages). The search for these marriage intentions is on-going, and they will be filmed if found. Indeed, copies of books A and B have been filmed already as part of our Milford Transcripts collection.

Intentions Index 1780-1900+, A-C

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Intentions Index 1780-1900+, C-H

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Intentions Index 1780-1900+, H-M

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Intentions Index 1780-1900+, M-S

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Intentions Index 1780-1900+; N, T-W, D, C, M, Y-Z

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Marriages 1780-1826, pp 5-40 (1-30)

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Marriage Intentions 1811-1822, pp 41-51 (29-37)

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Marriage Intentions 1822-1828, pp 52-60 (37-44)

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Marriage Intentions 1780-1811, pp 60-92 (1-28)

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Births 1732-1812, pp 92-111 (54-69)

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Births 1793-1814, pp 112-117 (69-73)

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Births 1734-1798, pp 117-171 (1-47)

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Births 1778-1801, pp 172-178 (48-53)

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Deaths 1766-1837, pp 178-225 (1-37)

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Milford Marriages 1826-1844; Marriage Intentions 1829-1860. Book B.

The marriage intentions in this book extend only from 1831-1849.

Marriages 1829-1830, pp 229-231 (1-3)

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Marriages 1830, pp 232 (3)

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Marriage Intentions 1831-1849, pp 232-265 (4-29)

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Marriages 1826-1842, pp 266-291 (1-20)

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Marriages 1842-1844, pp 292-301 (20-28)

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Milford Births 1815-1843, Deaths 1837-1843. Book C.

Births 1802-1836, pp 305-351 (1-34)

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Births 1765-1844, pp 352-405 (35-72)

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Deaths 1817-1842, pp 405-411 (1-5)

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Deaths 1805-1844, pp 412-424 (5-15)

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Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1844-1850. Book 1.

Births 1826-1847, pp 426-471

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Births 1821-1849, pp 472-531

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Births 1846-1848, pp 532-533

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Marriages 1843-1849, pp 534-557

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Deaths 1843-1849, pp 558-591

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Deaths 1849, pp 592-598

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Milford Vital Records 1798-1850. Vol 2. Births previous to 1850 and marriages in 1849.

Births 1798-1850, pp 602-625 (1-12)

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Marriages 1849, pp 626-635 (13-21)

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Milford Vital Records 1800-1849. Vol 3. Births previous to 1850, but recorded after 1850.

Births 1800-1849, pp 638-640 (1-5)

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Marriage 1845, p 640 (18)

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Milford Vital Records 1813-1851. Vol 4. Births previous to 1850, but recorded after 1850.

Births 1813-1851, pp 644-651 (1-6)

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Births 1791-1853, pp 652-661 (7-12)

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Milford Vital Records 1793-1849. Vol 5.

Births 1793-1849, pp 664-667 (1-9)

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Out-of-Town Marriages 1755-1800, pp 670-672

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