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Local History: Web Resources
South Hadley Town Clerk
Town Hall
116 Main St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Monday-Friday: 8:30 am  4:30 pm
Phone: 413-538-5023
Fax: 413-538-7565
Website:
http://www.southhadley.org/departments/clerk.htm
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South
Hadley Historical Society: The Old Firehouse Museum
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4 North Main Street
South Hadley, MA 01075
413-536-7940
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Website:
http://home.comcast.net/~southhadleyhistoricalsociety
Commonwealth Communities: Town of South Hadley
Compiled by
the Massachusetts Access to Government Network. Links to South
Hadley information from State Agencies.
Website:
http://www.state.ma.us/cc/south_hadley.html
South Hadley Community Profile from the Massachusetts Department
of Housing and Community Development. Provides a wonderful
narrative on the history of the town in addition to a
statistical overview of the town.
Website:
http://www.state.ma.us/dhcd/iprofile/275.pdf
(requires Adobe Reader {free
download})
South Hadley Guide from eCommunityGuide.
Town history provided.
Site appears to still be under development, but it has tons
of potential
Website:
http://www.ecommunity
guide.com/southhadley
Web
directory of South Hadley arranged by category. Includes
both non-profit and businesses.
Website:
http://www.townstuff.com/townhome.cfm?town=276
South Hadley web guide compiled by volunteers from USGenWeb.
Website:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mahampsh/towns/southhadley/
Rootsweb's Hampshire County
message board-post a question on
Website:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&
p=localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.hampshire
Web Resources Genealogy
Sites At the Library
Organizations
Genealogy Sites
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http://www.rootsweb.com/
*The oldest and largest genealogy website. Searches surnames
for records including census, vital records, and military records.
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http://www.ancestry.com/
*Similar to rootsweb, yet more comprehensive. Some searches
are free but most are by paid subscription only.
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http://www.familysearch.org/
*The genealogy website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Includes ancestral file, pedigree resource file and
IGI (international genealogical index). Recently added are 1800
U.S. Census, 1881 British and Canadian Census.
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http://www.cyndislist.com/
*Comprehensive index to genealogy websites. If it is out there,
it's in here. Good way to search for specific areas of genealogy.
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http://www.usgenweb.com/
*This site is hosted by roots web and totally run by volunteers
working on many different projects including census records
and tombstone projects.
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo
*Known as Books We Own. A listing of books owned by volunteers
who are willing to do look-ups. Usually the only cost is for
postage.
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http://raogk.rootsweb.com/
*Known as Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. You can volunteer
to do research in your area for someone outside of your area
or vice-versa.
*The above seven narrative descriptions were provided by the
Plymouth Public Library, http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/history.htm)
Local History Resources: At the Library
Code of the Town of South Hadley
Zoning By-Laws
Master Plan Up-Date, 1979
South Hadley Planning Program, July 1978
South Hadley, A study in Community Life
Know Your Town of South Hadley
Report of the District Merger Program
Proprietors of the Lock and Canals on the Connecticut River
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations
and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers
The Life of Mary Lyon
History of Hadley (Judd)
Judd Genealogy
The Old South Hadley Burial Ground
Historic Dates of South Hadley, since 1630
Lists of Burials and Map of Old Cemetery
Old Cemetery
Canals, Navigation, and Commerce on Connecticut River
The Chapin Diary, 1863
In Old South Hadley
Hadley Falls Company
The Ethnic Contribution to the American Revolution
Historical Journal of Western Massachusetts
Selected Papers From the Sylvester Judd Manuscript
South Hadley's Heritage
A Corner of South Hadley
Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary Celebration- South Hadley
Old Homes of South Hadley
125 Anniversary: 1824-1949-Congregational Church in South Hadley
Falls
200 Anniversary Celebration- Town of South Hadley
Proprietors of Locks and Canals Receipt Book
South Hadley, MA in the World War
Western Massachusetts: A History
Encyclopedia of Biography: Massachusetts
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs (Cutter)
Hampshire Country
Maps at the Library:
1. Plan of dam across Connecticut River at canal in South Hadley,
surveyor's name not given, dated 1800.
2. Plan of South Hadley made by Daniel Paine, dated March 1831.
3. Plan to show that land belonging to G.S. Montague et al ought
not to be set off from Granby to South Hadley, surveyor's name not
given, dated 1869.
4.Blueprint of tract of land in South Hadley, acquired by the U.S.
for a post office site, made by Harrison R. Egge, C.E., dated Dec.
8, 1938
5. Plan of falls and Holyoke Dam on the Connecticut River between
Holyoke and South Hadley. No date given.
6. Plan of South Hadley between Hadley and Springfield, including
farm of Col. Pynchon, granted Hadley, May 1683, made by John Chandler,
dated Oct. 20, 1715, confirmed Nov. 25, 1715.
7. Plan of South Hadley with settler's names, made by Eleazer Nash,
probable date 1767,
8. Plan of South Hadley, surveyor's name not given, dated November
1794.
9.Atlas of the boundaries of the cities of Chicopee and Springfield
and towns of Brimfield, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Holland, Longmeadow,
Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Wales, Wilbraham, Hampden County: Belchertown,
Granby, South Hadley, Ware, Hampshire County: Brookfield, North
Brookfield, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Warren, West Brookfield, Worcester
County [1912].
9.Desk Ref 912.744 Hampshire. County atlas of Hampshire, Massachusetts.
From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers [1873].
Vertical Files at the Library:
Complete collection of Irene Cronin's "Through The Years" articles
that were originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Each
article provides a full page of well-researched information dealing
with South Hadley topics ranging from prominent people, places,
and events. Additionally the vertical file has a small collection
of articles, reports, and pamphlets that have been collected over
the past thirty years (not indexed).
Bibliography of the Multi-Purpose Room Collection:
Title
Description
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200th Anniversary Celebration,
Town of South Hadley 1755 – 1955
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Historical review and complete
celebration program.
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Biographical Review
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The volume contains biographical sketches
of the Leading Citizens of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
Indexed. Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company (1896).
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Biographical Review
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Biographical sketches of ‘leading
citizens of Hamden County’. Boston (1895)
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Chicopee Directory
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Years 1970, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981,
1984, 1986, 1987, l989, 1991
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Chicopee, Chicopee Falls Directory
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Years 1950, 1952, 1954 through 1959
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Connecticut Nutmegger
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Connecticut Society of Genealogists Inc.
(1968). Volume 1
through 18 (1985)
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Encyclopedia of Biography, Massachusetts
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Biographical – Genealogical. American Historical Society (1916). 6 volumes with some duplicates. Not a complete set.
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Genealogical and Personal Memories
Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts
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Prepared under the editorial supervision
of William Richard Cutter, A.M. assisted by William Frederich
Adams. New York Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910).
Four volumes set with the index, by name, in volume 4. NOTE: There
are two copies, one is very old and falling apart another in
OK condition (rebound 1971)
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Hampden County 1636 – 1936
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Clifton Johnson.
American Historical Society Inc. New York (1936).
Three volume set with a table of contents and an index.
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History of St. Jeromes’ Parish,
Holyoke, Mass.
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Issued in connection with the observance
of its Diamond Jubilee in 1931.
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Holyoke and South Hadley Falls Directory
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Years – 1884, 1892, 1904 through 1916,
1918 through 1292.
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Holyoke, South Hadley Directory
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Years 1950 through 1972, 1974 through
1979
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Holyoke, South Hadley Falls and Chicopee
Directory
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Years – 1922 through 1949.
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Massachusetts Soldier, Sailors of the
Revolutionary War
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Compilation from the Archives (1896).
Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Wright & Potter Printing Co. 17 Volumes, no index. Introduction includes the Revolutionary War Legislation of
the Province and Commonwealth.
Listings are alphabetical by name, rank unit,
enlistment date, discharge date.
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Massachusetts Soldier, Sailors, and
Marines in the Civil War.
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Compiled by Adjutant General (1937).
Wright & Potter Printing Co., 8 Volumes plus index.
Compiled by unit. Data includes name, rank, residence
and trade.
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Messages and Papers of the Presidents
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James D. Richardson, Representative from
the state of Tennessee. Published
by the authority of congress (1900)
Copyright 1897. Ten
volume set with a supplement.
Volume ten is an appendix and contains the index for
the set.
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Our County and Its People
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Alfred Minot Copeland editor. A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts.
Century Memorial Publishing Co. (1902).
Three volume set with table of contents and an index in
volume III.
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Photographic History of the Civil War
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Francis Trevelyan Miller Editor-in-Chief,
Robert S. Lanier, Managing Editor.
New York The Review of Review Co., (1911).
Ten volumes with an index in volume 10.
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Pictorial History of the Second World War
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Veterans of Foreign Wars edition.
Published 1948 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States. No
index – data organized in chronological order.
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Springfield Suburban
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Years 1966, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978
through 1980.
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Springfield, West Springfield,
Longmeadow, Chicopee Directory
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Years 1924, 1935 through 1942, 1949,
1950, 1953, 1970 through 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980.
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The War of the Rebellion
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Compilation of the Official Records of
the Union and Confederate Armies.
Washington: Government Printing Office (1880).
The volumes are individual reports from participants
and is organized around action in the war (i.e. ‘Operations
in Charleston Harbor, S.C.’).
Indexed by name mentioned in the location. Volume I to
LII, some volumes are subdivided: Part I reports, Part II Correspondence.
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Organizations
Gaylord
Memorial Library
47
College St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Phone: (413) 538-5047
Email: shgaylord@attbi.com
Hours: Thursday
1pm – 8pm; Friday 10am – 5pm; Saturday 10am – 12noon.
Holyoke
Public Library and Museum
Holyoke
History Room
335 Maple Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
Phone: (413) 332-5640
Email: library@ci.holyoke.ma.us
Website: http://www.holyokelibrary.org/local%20hisotry.htm
Hours: Open 20
hours/week. Call for
hours and/or appointment.
National
Archives
& Record Administration
10 Conte Drive
Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230
Phone:
(413) 236-3600
Fax: (413) 236-3609
Email:
pittsfield.archives@nara.gov
Website:
http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/
Hours:
see website.
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
220 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 1-800-625-7738
Email:
cvhmgen@springfieldmuseums.org
Website:
http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/museums/history/
Hours: Tues. through Sunday, 11:00 till 4 p.m.
Go for free by using the Library's Museum Pass. Any South Hadley
Public Library cardholder can borrow a pass for the day. Call the
Library for details or to make a reservation, 538-5045.
Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 80206
Forest Park Station
Springfield, MA 01108-0206
Meetings are held the first Wed. of Sept., Oct., Nov., Mar., Apr.,
and May at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
Meeting at 7pm
Research Time 5 - 7 pm
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