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Our current Massachusetts CD-ROMs: Blue Book of Newton, 1910248++ pages of names and addresses of
residents, clubs,
businesses, etc. Includes a map of Newton and a street directory.
Communities covered include Chestnut Hill, Auburndale, Newton, Newtonville,
Lower Falls, Newton Highlands, Upper Falls, and Waban. A feature of this
volume: diagrams of all of the major Boston theatres!
Landmarks and Memories of Paxtonby Roxa Howard Bush. 62 pages +
photographs. [1923]. This short book, by a person who clearly knew
far more about the town than virtually anyone alive at that time, was privately printed. It's not
known to us how many copies were created (Paxton today has a population of only
1000), but this history of a small Worcester County locale should be of interest
to many beyond that number, we think. We've added a limited amount of
additional material that will prove useful to some.
Massachusetts titles we currently own but which are not yet in preparation include: History of Ware, Massachusettsby Arthur Chase. 294 pages, including index, plus many good quality photographs of this Hampshire County community. This is an impressive town history, published as it was (in 1911) by the Cambridge University Press and authored at the request of the Town sesquicentennial committee by Chase, who was the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church. It includes lots of source documents, so it's not just one man's opinion. We think getting this one out and available to the history and genealogy community should be a priority -- and so do several others who have told us that we need to publish this one.
The Worcester Directory for 1871by Henry J. Howland. 403+ pages. A standard city directory, with names, addresses and occupations of individuals, a business directory, display advertising, and general material about the city, about State government, etc. The Town of Lincoln 1754 - 1904The full name of this book is "An Account of the Celebration by the Town of Lincoln, Massachusetts April 23, 1904, of the 150th Anniversary of its Incorporation". 230++ pages. A nice town anniversary book, with many very good pictures of houses and other local landmarks. Also includes rolls of veterans of conflicts through the War with Spain. Annual Reports of the Town Officers of Deerfield for 1923, 1926, and 1934Three nice New England town reports. Town officers, jury list, report of finance committee, appropriations voted, Selectmen's report, accountant's report, Collector's and Assessor's reports, Treasurer's report, Town Clerk's report (includes births, marriages, deaths), library reports, community nurse report, police and school reports. Lots of names and specifics in the three books, which number 95, 128, and 128 pages respectively. We'll put these three on one CD-ROM when we republish. History of Fall River, MassachusettsThis interesting little (106 pages) history was compiled in 1911 by the Fall River Merchants Association for the "Cotton Centennial" in that community. It's quite concise, lacking the long lists of veterans, public officials, and organizational heads found in most similar volumes. It does contain, however, a nice two page listing of geographic names within the city that have changed, what they became, and why they were changed. There's also a list of the cotton mills for which the city was noted, and through which many workers passed over the years. This will be of interest not only to local historians but also to industrial archaeologists and students of the textile industry. The History of Massachusetts: The Colonial Period(1855) by John Stetson Barry. 519+ pages. You can certainly find more modern texts on this subject, but this is a wonderful glimpse of the colonial period prepared when it was 150 closer than it is today. Remember also that in early colonial times, settlements in what are now Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut fell into the larger Massachusetts. Thus, the book includes significant mention of all of those areas, particularly details of their settlement.
Additional information available on this website about Massachusetts includes: It may surprise you to hear this, but Suffield, Connecticut, a Connecticut River town south of Springfield, was part of Massachusetts for the first century or so of its existence. We recently completed a project to create a CD-ROM of archival Suffield material.
Please do let us know if you are interested in our efforts in
re-publishing Massachusetts material. We have received indications of
interest in the Berkshire County area, and are currently watching for materials
to become available for acquisition.
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