Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbot - Ayres Babbit - Byram Campbell - Cutler Danforth - Durant Eager - Erol Far - Furbush Gale - Griffeth Hale - Hunt Jackson - Jourdin Keeley - Knox Lamb - Lyscomb Maccluer - Munroe Newcomb - Nye Oaks - Orcutt Packard - Putnam Queen Ramsdel - Russell Sabin - Sumner Taylor - Tyler Upham - Utley Wadkins - Wyman	Abbot - Ayres Babbit - Byram Caldwell - Cutler Damons - Dwight Eager - Evans Fairbanks - Furnace Galland - Gunn Hack - Hutchinson Ide - Ingram Jackson - Jurden Keith - Korey Lamb - Lyscomb Maccoye - Myrick Nash - Nye Oakes - Ovaitt Packard - Pynchon Ramsdal - Rutledge Sabin - Swift Taber - Tyler Underwood - Utley Veneca - Vokes Wadkins - Wyman Yarrington Negroes	Abbot - Ayres Bacon - Butterfield Calhoon - Cutler Danforth - Dunsmoor Eager - Evans Farr - Furbush Gale - Gunn Hale - Hunter Jackson - Jurden King - Knowlton Lamb - Lyscom Magrath - Munroe Newcomb - Nye Oliver - Orcutt Paige - Prouty Ramsdell - Ruggles Safford - Sumner Taft - Tyler Utley Veal - Vokes Waite - Wright

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbot - Ayres Babbit - Byram Campbell - Cutler Danforth - Durant Eager - Erol Far - Furbush Gale - Griffeth Hale - Hunt Jackson - Jourdin Keeley - Knox Lamb - Lyscomb Maccluer - Munroe Newcomb - Nye Oaks - Orcutt Packard - Putnam Queen Ramsdel - Russell Sabin - Sumner Taylor - Tyler Upham - Utley Wadkins - Wyman	Abbot - Ayres Babbit - Byram Caldwell - Cutler Damons - Dwight Eager - Evans Fairbanks - Furnace Galland - Gunn Hack - Hutchinson Ide - Ingram Jackson - Jurden Keith - Korey Lamb - Lyscomb Maccoye - Myrick Nash - Nye Oakes - Ovaitt Packard - Pynchon Ramsdal - Rutledge Sabin - Swift Taber - Tyler Underwood - Utley Veneca - Vokes Wadkins - Wyman Yarrington Negroes	Abbot - Ayres Bacon - Butterfield Calhoon - Cutler Danforth - Dunsmoor Eager - Evans Farr - Furbush Gale - Gunn Hale - Hunter Jackson - Jurden King - Knowlton Lamb - Lyscom Magrath - Munroe Newcomb - Nye Oliver - Orcutt Paige - Prouty Ramsdell - Ruggles Safford - Sumner Taft - Tyler Utley Veal - Vokes Waite - Wright

January 10, 1739, the plantation called Lambstown.

January 31, 1751, part of Hardwick and the precinct of New Braintree made a district.

June 8, 1756, bounds between Hardwick and Greenwich established.

February 1, 1765, part annexed to Greenwich.

February 18, 1801, part included in the new town of Dana.

June 10, 1814, part of New Braintree annexed.

February 7, 1831, certain common lands annexed.

February 6, 1833, certain common land called Hardwick Gore annexed.

February 4, 1842, part annexed to Dana.

Population.

No population data.

When places other than Hardwick or Massachusetts are given in the original record they are given in the printed text.

In all items from the records the original spelling of the name is given and any additions made to the spelling of the record are enclosed in brackets.

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

The birth of a married woman is recorded under her maiden name when it is known. If the maiden name is unknown the entry appears under the husband's name.

In taking records from gravestones it is often the case that the family name of a woman as given on the stone is not that under which she was born, so therefore many births may appear under a married name instead of the original, which is not shown on the stone. In many cases names are evidently those of wives, though not so specified.

Marriages and intentions are printed under the names of both parties. When both the marriage and intention are recorded, only the marriage record is printed, and the date of the intention is not given, except when needed to make more clear the date of the marriage. When the marriage appears without the intention recorded it is designated with an asterisk.

Additional information which does not appear in the original town record, i.e., any difference shown in other records of the same person, is enclosed in parentheses, with the source of the information indicated.

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.