Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Babbit - Burbank Carpenter - Cole Dean - Dewy Farington - Foot Galusha - Guilford Hall - Hurd Ingraham - Inman Jordan Kent - Keyes Lewis - Lowell Malery - Mudge Oakley - Owins Phelps Roberts - Russell Saunders - Streeter Thompson - Tyler Waters - Williams Young	Arnold - Austin Babbit - Butler Cambel - Comstock Darwin - Dorwin Eaton - Eton Farington - Fox Garleck - Gregory Hale - Hoxy Ingraham - Inman Jackson - Jordon Kent Ladd - Lyon McFarlin - Murril Nash - Newton Osbon Palmer - Putney Robbinson - Roys Scoville - Symmons Thompson - Tyler Warren - Worron Young Unidentified	Babbit - Blair Clothier - Cornish Dean - Dodge Farington - Fisher Galusha - Gregory Harmon - Hurd Ingraham Jackson - Jourdan Kent - Kirby Lewis Mallery - Mudge Owins Powel Roys Smith - Stills Thompson - Tyler Waters - Whitman

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Babbit - Burbank Carpenter - Cole Dean - Dewy Farington - Foot Galusha - Guilford Hall - Hurd Ingraham - Inman Jordan Kent - Keyes Lewis - Lowell Malery - Mudge Oakley - Owins Phelps Roberts - Russell Saunders - Streeter Thompson - Tyler Waters - Williams Young	Arnold - Austin Babbit - Butler Cambel - Comstock Darwin - Dorwin Eaton - Eton Farington - Fox Garleck - Gregory Hale - Hoxy Ingraham - Inman Jackson - Jordon Kent Ladd - Lyon McFarlin - Murril Nash - Newton Osbon Palmer - Putney Robbinson - Roys Scoville - Symmons Thompson - Tyler Warren - Worron Young Unidentified	Babbit - Blair Clothier - Cornish Dean - Dodge Farington - Fisher Galusha - Gregory Harmon - Hurd Ingraham Jackson - Jourdan Kent - Kirby Lewis Mallery - Mudge Owins Powel Roys Smith - Stills Thompson - Tyler Waters - Whitman

The town of New Ashford, Berkshire County, was established as a district February 26, 1781, from land called New Ashford, lying between Adams, Hancock, Lanesborough, and Williamstown.
March 14, 1793, part of the district of New Ashford was included in the new town of Cheshire.
February 6, 1798, another part of the district of New Ashford was annexed to Cheshire.
June 26, 1798, part of Hancock was annexed to the district of New Ashford.
November 4, 1835, the district was made a town by chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes.
May 20, 1851, bounds were established between New Ashford and Hancock.
May 28, 1912, bounds were established between New Ashford and Cheshire.

Population by Census:

1776	215		1830	285		1880	203
1790	460		1840	227		1890	125
1800	390		1850	186		1900	107
1810	411		1860	239		1910	92
1820	358		1870	208

The fact that a birth, marriage, or death is recorded in New Ashford does not prove that it occurred in this town; but when places other than New Ashford and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.

In all items from town records the original spelling is followed, and no attempt is made to correct errors appearing in the records.

The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual may be found under different spellings.

A baptism is not printed, if it occurs within one year after the recorded date of birth of a child of the same name and parents or if it is clear that the child baptized is identical with the child of the birth record; but variations found in the baptismal record are added to the birth record.

The birth of a married woman is recorded under her maiden name, if it is known. But if the maiden name cannot be determined, the entry appears under the husband's name. If it is not known whether the surname is that of a married or unmarried woman, ? m. is placed in brackets after the Christian name.

Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed; and where a marriage appears without the intention being recorded, it is designated with an asterisk.

Additional information which does not appear in the original text of an item, i.e., any explanation, query, inference, or difference shown in other entries of the record, is bracketed. Parentheses are used to show variations in the spelling of a name in the same entry, to indicate the maiden name of a wife, to enclose an imperfect portion of the original text, and to separate cluuses in the original text.

A general guide to how to use these pages.

If you are new to this site, or haven't used the site a lot, please be sure to read the rest of this page. Even if you have used this site a lot, a refresher may be helpful due to the changes that have been introduced.

You can research the records alphabetically or chronologically within surname. Images of the pages from which the transcriptions were done, and the title pages, are available for most towns. A list of abbreviations used is available.

Alphabetic - This is the most common way that the published vital records were presented. All of the same given names were arranged chronologically with names that had middle initials or middle names following the others. Nicknames would appear alphabeticall according to the spelling, i.e. Nabby, the nickname for Abigail, would be with the names beginning with the letter "N."

In this version, the names are sorted based on the most common spelling. Abbie, Abby, Abigail, Knabby, Nabby, etc., will all appear together and will be chronological. Middle initials and middle names have no influence on the order.

Note: There are going to be errors in the indexing of the names. A woman named Abiel may have been recorded as Abby. The indexing will have her with the Abigails. Please notify me with the Contact page about errors and they will be fixed within a couple days.

Chronologic - The chronologic sort will be most helpful with surnames having lots of entries, especially births. Records that had a missing date, or part, have had the missing portions replaced with zeros and will appear ahead of the others.

Page images - The icon at the left of each record is a link to the image of the page from which the transcription was done. The transcriptions are a tool. The image is the source. It is your responsibility to copy the image for your documentation. Also, the title page should be copied. There is a link to the title page in the navigation bar on transcription pages and image display pages.

Abbreviations - Each town had its own abbreviations used in the published records. Most of these are the same. The abbreviations for the headstones (GR), private records (PR), churches (CR), etc. are all different. There is a link to a list of all abbreviations used for the town in the navigation bar of the transcription pages.

Errors - There are two types of errors.

• Errors in the published records - It is known that errors are in the published records. Not many, to be sure, but they are there. Where I have found them, or have been informed and provided sufficient documentation, the records have been annotated. This appears in red at the end of the line.]
• Transcription errors - Even with the best of proofing, errors occur. If you find one, use the Contact link at the top of the page and tell me about the error. I need to have the town name, type of record, page number, what the error is and what it should be. It facilitates matters if you copy and paste the record in error into the e-mail.

Miscellaneous - As the opportunity has provided, I have tried to research names that had only initials or an initial and a surname to find the full names. Where I've been successful I've added the name in red, i.e. J.R. appears as J[ohn] R. or J[ohn] R[ussel].

The alphabetic and chronologic sort orders and many planned improvements require that towns be transcribed. If you can spare two, or more, hours per week to help with the transcribing, write me.

With the exception of the few people helping with transcribing and indexing, I am the only person working on this project. I do all of the technical work. I correct errors. I put transcriptions into final format. I design the pages. This takes a tremendous amount of time and money. If you find this site useful, please donate what you think it is worth to you by going to the donations page.