Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Adams - Arnold Babcock - Butler Cain - Cutting Dailey - Dutton Eager - Errickson Fairbank - Fuller Gaffney - Gurtin Hahn - Hunting Ingerson - Inman Jacobs - Jones Kallom - Knight Larkin - Loyd Macavely - Murray Newell - Nourse O'Connor - Otterson Paine - Puffer Rand - Ross Saltmarsh - Sykes Taylor - Tyler Underwood - Upham Valcour - Vinals Waitt - Wyman	Abbott - Ayers Babcock - Butler Caldwell - Cutting Dadman - Dyar Eager - Evans Fairbank - Fuller Gage - Gwinn Hadley - Huntington Ingalls Jackson - Jopson Kallom - Koon Lamb - Lyman Macavely - Murray Nash - Nurse O'Brien - Otterson P___ - Putnam Ramsdell - Russell Sage - Symns Tabor - Tyler Upham Van Slyke - Vose Walcott - Wright Yates - Young	Allen - Annala Babcock - Buttrick Cain - Cutting Dailey - Dutton Eager - End Fairbanks - Fuller Gage - Gunnison Hakesy - Hunting Jacobs - Jones Kallom - Knight Lamb - Lynch McBride - Morse Newhall - Nurse Osgood - Otterson Paine - Puffer Rand - Ross Salisbury - Sullivan Taft - Tyler Upham Vinals - Vose Wallis - Wright Young

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Adams - Arnold Babcock - Butler Cain - Cutting Dailey - Dutton Eager - Errickson Fairbank - Fuller Gaffney - Gurtin Hahn - Hunting Ingerson - Inman Jacobs - Jones Kallom - Knight Larkin - Loyd Macavely - Murray Newell - Nourse O'Connor - Otterson Paine - Puffer Rand - Ross Saltmarsh - Sykes Taylor - Tyler Underwood - Upham Valcour - Vinals Waitt - Wyman	Abbott - Ayers Babcock - Butler Caldwell - Cutting Dadman - Dyar Eager - Evans Fairbank - Fuller Gage - Gwinn Hadley - Huntington Ingalls Jackson - Jopson Kallom - Koon Lamb - Lyman Macavely - Murray Nash - Nurse O'Brien - Otterson P___ - Putnam Ramsdell - Russell Sage - Symns Tabor - Tyler Upham Van Slyke - Vose Walcott - Wright Yates - Young	Allen - Annala Babcock - Buttrick Cain - Cutting Dailey - Dutton Eager - End Fairbanks - Fuller Gage - Gunnison Hakesy - Hunting Jacobs - Jones Kallom - Knight Lamb - Lynch McBride - Morse Newhall - Nurse Osgood - Otterson Paine - Puffer Rand - Ross Salisbury - Sullivan Taft - Tyler Upham Vinals - Vose Wallis - Wright Young

Mar. 16, 1784. Parts of Bolton and Marlborough established as the district of Berlin.

Feb. 8, 1791. Part of Lancaster annexed to the district of Berlin.

Feb. 15, 1806. Bounds between Berlin and Northborough established and part of each town annexed to the other town.

Feb. 6, 1812. The district of Berlin made the town of Berlin.

The population of Berlin at different periods was as follows:

1790	512		1840	763		1890	884
1800	590		1850	866		1900	1,003
1810	591		1860	1,106		1910	904
1820	625		1870	1,016		1920	868
1830	692		1880	977		1930	1,075

The following records of births, marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books kept by the town clers; in the church records; in the cemetery inscriptions; in private records found in family Bibles, ets.; in church admissions and dismissals; also those for the years prior to 1784 found in the Berline town clerks' books, being copies of the records from that portion of Bolton now a part of Berlin. No record of marriages were kept from 1821 to 1824.

The town records from 1854 to 1874 were badly faded on the original books and had been traced by the town clerk of a later period, presenting some difficulties to the compiler.

These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a married woman, and to show variations in the spelling of a name in the same entry.

When places other than Berlina dn Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. 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 when a marriage appears without the intention being recorded, it is designated by an asterisk. In all records the original spelling of names is followed, and the various forms of family names have been placed in on alphabetical arrangement.

Ball Hill, Carterville, Wheeler Hill, Sawyer Hill, New Worcester and Barnes Hill are sections of Berlin.

Feltonville is now Hudson.

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 alphabetically 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.