Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbe - Austin Bachop - Byxbe Cain - Cutts Dadman - Dyer Eagan - Evans Fairbank - Furber Gaines - Guilder Haberstroh - Hyde Ingersoll - Irving Jackson - Joyce Kearney - Kortebein Ladd - Lynch MacCoy - Muzzy Nash - Nutter O'Brien - Oxford Page - Putnam Rand - Ryan Sackett - Swift Taft - Twomblely Underwood - Upham Videto - Vose Wade - Wright Young - Youngman Unidentified	Aangier - Ayer Babcock - Byxby Cahill - Cuttler Dadman - Dwight Eager - Everett Fairbank - Fulton Gaffrey - Grout Haden - Hyde Ingersol - Ivory Jackman - Joyce Kane - Knowlton Lains - Lyon MacCoy - Myres Nash - Nutt Oakes - Oxford Packard - Putnam Quiggle Ran - Ryn Sabins - Symonds Taber - Tyler Underwood - Usher Valentine - Vorse Wade - Wyman Yonger - Young	Abbott - Arthur Bacon - Byxbe Cain - Cutting Dadman - Dyer Eames - Everett Fabre - Fulton Gaines - Guy Hagar - Hyde Illingsworth - Ingraham Jacobs - Jordan Kellogg - Knowlton Lamb - Lynch MacCoy - Murdock Newton - Nurse O'Brien - Olcott Padleford - Putnam Rand - Rutter Sale - Swift Tarbox - Twitchell Underwood - Upham Vose Waight - Wright Unidentified

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbe - Austin Bachop - Byxbe Cain - Cutts Dadman - Dyer Eagan - Evans Fairbank - Furber Gaines - Guilder Haberstroh - Hyde Ingersoll - Irving Jackson - Joyce Kearney - Kortebein Ladd - Lynch MacCoy - Muzzy Nash - Nutter O'Brien - Oxford Page - Putnam Rand - Ryan Sackett - Swift Taft - Twomblely Underwood - Upham Videto - Vose Wade - Wright Young - Youngman Unidentified	Aangier - Ayer Babcock - Byxby Cahill - Cuttler Dadman - Dwight Eager - Everett Fairbank - Fulton Gaffrey - Grout Haden - Hyde Ingersol - Ivory Jackman - Joyce Kane - Knowlton Lains - Lyon MacCoy - Myres Nash - Nutt Oakes - Oxford Packard - Putnam Quiggle Ran - Ryn Sabins - Symonds Taber - Tyler Underwood - Usher Valentine - Vorse Wade - Wyman Yonger - Young	Abbott - Arthur Bacon - Byxbe Cain - Cutting Dadman - Dyer Eames - Everett Fabre - Fulton Gaines - Guy Hagar - Hyde Illingsworth - Ingraham Jacobs - Jordan Kellogg - Knowlton Lamb - Lynch MacCoy - Murdock Newton - Nurse O'Brien - Olcott Padleford - Putnam Rand - Rutter Sale - Swift Tarbox - Twitchell Underwood - Upham Vose Waight - Wright Unidentified

Framingham was first mentioned in the records of the State in the Tax Act under date of October 13, 1675.

June 25, 1700, the plantation of Framingham was established as Framingham.

July 5, 1700, certain common lands were annexed.

July 11, 1700, part of Sherborn was annexed.

March 7, 1786, a part was annexed to Southboro.

February 23, 1791, a part was annexed to Marlboro.

February 23, 1791, a part was annexed to Marlboro

February 11, 1833, a part of Holliston was annexed.

March 16, 1846, a part was included in the new town of Ashland.

April 22, 1781, a part of Natick was annexed.

Population by Census:

1765,

1,305

1820,

2,037

1870,

4,968

When places other than Framingham and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.

In all records the original spelling is followed.

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

Marriages are printed under the name of both parties. When a marriage appears without the intention, 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, is bracketed.

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 followed 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.