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Records of the Quaboag Historical Society 1895 – 1947
North Brookfield Historical Society
New Braintree Historical Society
Massachusetts Historical Society
American Antiquarian Society
New England Historical Society
Mass History Commons Directory
Associations
Quaboag Quacumquasit Lake Association
Public Records
Indian Deeds of Hamden County (Including Brookfield and Surrounding Areas), Edited by Harry Andrew Wright, 1905.
Hamden County Land Deed Indexes and Land Deeds, 1636 – 1909 – Family Search
Worcester County Deeds (1722-1866) and Indexes to Deeds (1731-1889) – Family Search
Mass Land Records – Worcester County Recorded and Registered Land
Handwritten Copies of Brookfield Town Records
Vital records of Brookfield, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849
West Brookfield Vital Records 1848-1916 – Family Search
Parish records, 1754-1826, First Congregational Church in West Brookfield, Mass.
Brookfield First Parish Death Records 1809-1863
Brookfield Massachusetts Warnings 1737-1788
Church records, 1756-1818, First Congregational Church in West Brookfield, Mass.
Federal Census Records 1790-1950 – Family Search
Assorted Tax Ledgers – Poll and Real Estate
Church records, 1819-1867, First Congregational Church in West Brookfield, Mass.
North Brookfield – First Congregational Church Records, 1752-1965 – Family
Libraries
Merrick Public Library – Brookfield
Merriam-Gilbert Public Library – West Brookfield
Haston Free Public Library - North Brookfield
East Brookfield Public Library
Leroy Pollard Memorial Library - New Braintree
Warren Public Library
Digital Commonwealth - Massachusetts Collections Online
West Warren Library Association
Library of Congress
Worcester Public Library
Digital Public Library of America
State Library of Massachusetts
The Plantation Town Churches
Military Resources
Grand Army of the Republic – Personal War Sketches – Alanson Hamilton Post 160 – West Brookfield, including those from other wars.
Grand Army of the Republic – Personal War Sketches – Ferdinand Dexter Post No. 38 – Brookfield
Massachusetts in the Civil War - Family Search
15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry – Civil War
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War : a compilation from the archives
National Archives – Rev. War Pension, Bounty-Land-Warrant Applications – List of Journals, Diaries, Record Books
Letters Home
Military - Civil War - Henry Emerson Bullard – 1861
Civilian - West Brookfield Female Classical Seminary - Letters Written by Betsey Wheeler
Books, Magazines, Historical Papers, and Other Publications
Non-Fiction Books and Histories
Vintage Local Histories
Journals and Diaries
Historical Fiction Books
Historical Discourses, Sermons, Broadsheets, and Politics
Available on Google Books
ArchiveGrid: West Brookfield - Archie Jay Collection
American Archives – Peter Force
Poetry & Plays
Quaboag Plantation Magazine
Quaboag Plantation 300th Anniversary
New Braintree Sesquibicentennial Celebration
World Agriculture article on West Brookfield Farmer’s Club 1919
History of West Brookfield Farmer's Club
Brookfield Tercentenary Program - 1973
North Brookfield 175th Birthday - 1987
Contemporary Papers
Local Cemeteries
Genealogical Resources
Historical Newspapers 1872 – 1953
Scrapbooks, Daybooks and Account Books
Grace Allen Scrapbook
The Daybook of Eldad Ruggles of Brookfield
Robert Wilson Scrapbook
2018 Lucy Stone Bicentenial Celebration
Related Research Sites
Massachusetts DCR Reconnaissance Reports
Wikipedia Entries
Maps
Worcester County Maps
Rufus Putnam Map 1785
Worcester County Map -1844 – Borden
Worcester County Maps – 1857 – Henry F. Walling
Worcester County Map – 1866 – Dockham
Brookfield Maps
Brookfield 1665 – Remick
1719 Survey Map of Brookfield – Timothy Dwight
Brookfield 1794 – Hale
Brookfield – 1828 – Stebbins
Brookfield-1830-Stebbins
Brookfield 1857 – Walling
South Brookfield 1857 – Walling
Town of Brookfield 1870 – Beers
Brookfield 1880 Railroad Station Plat
1885 Atlas of the Brookfields – George H. Walker – PDF format
3 Brookfields 1898 – Richards
Town of Brookfield 1898 – Richards
Sanborn Insurance Maps – Brookfield – 1893-1928
Brookfield Cemetery Map
North Brookfield Maps
North Brookfield Land Grants
North Brookfield Land Grants Overlay on Google
North Brookfield 1830
North Brookfield 1857 – Walling
North Brookfield Town Center 1857 – Walling
North Brookfield 1870 – Beers
North Brookfield Center 1870 – Beers
West Brookfield Maps
West Brookfield 1857 – Walling
West Brookfield 1870 – Beers
West Brookfield Center 1857 – Walling
West Brookfield Center 1870 – Beers
West Brookfield Train Station Plat
East Brookfield Maps
East Brookfield Land Grants – History of East Brookfield – Dr. Louis E. Roy
East Brookfield Land Grants – Roy – North – Overlaid on Google
East Brookfield Land Grants – Roy – South – Overlaid on Google
East Brookfield 1857 – Walling
East Brookfield 1870 – Beers
East Brookfield Railroad Station Plat
Warren (Western) Maps
The Village of West Warren, Massachusetts
Warren 1857 – Walling
New Braintree Maps
New Braintree 1857 – Walling
New Braintree Center 1857 – Walling
New Braintree Reconnaissance Report
Online GIS Services
MassMapper
Historical Topo Map Explorer - USGIS
The National Map - USGS
Historic Maps Available Online
1785 Manuscript Map of Worcester County - Rufus Putnam
1885 Walker Atlas of Brookfield etc.
Ward Maps LLC - Historic Maps
David Rumsey Map Collection - Brookfield, MA
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library
The Digital Commonwealth
Photos and Videos
Photo Albums
West Brookfield 1976 Quilt Blocks
Merrick Public Library Digital Collection – Vintage Photos Part 1
Merrick Public Library Digital Collection – Vintage Photos Part 2
Merrick Public Library Digital Collection – Vintage Photos Part 3
Alfred E. Stoddard Photo Album 1920’s
Historic Photos
1936 Flood in Brookfield
1938 Hurricane in Brookfield
1955 Flood
300th Anniversary of Quaboag Plantation – 1960
Published Historical Photograph Collections
The Brookfields: From the Collection of William Bullard (Images of America) Paperback – May 26, 2011, by Dennis LeBeau (Amazon.com)
Brookfield (Images of America) Paperback – May 28, 2012, by Brenda Metterville (Author), Kate Simpson (Author), Andrea Faugno (Author), (Amazon.com)
West Brookfield (Images of America) Paperback – May 11, 2015, by Brenda Metterville (Author), William Jankins (Author), (Amazon.com)
Historic Photos
Slide Show – Quaboag/Quacumquasit Lake Association
New Braintree – Pictures From the Past – National Bicentennial – 1976
Merrick Public Library Blog, Brookfield
Videos
Bob Wilder Videos
1990 Mathiew’s Mills Tour with Bob Wilder
Wheeler’s Surprise
Exodus from Enfield
The Destruction of Brookfield – 1675
Madame Jumel
Changes in New England Geology
The Conflict in the Brookfield Churches
2014 Preservation Award to Bob Wilder
The Ponds – Quaboag and Quacumquasit
The Boston Post Roads – North Brookfield Historical Society
1993 QHS Tour - Foster Hill & Slab City Road
1992 QHS Tour - New Location for Wheeler's Surprise
1994 DAR Dedication of Plaque - Old Indian Cemetery
Historic Presentations by Bill Jankins
History of West Brookfield – Video
100 Years of Lake Wickaboag – Video
Street Railways - Spencer, Brookfields, Warren and Ware - Video
History of the West Brookfield Common - Video
History of Quaboag Plantation - presented by North Brookfield Historical Society
Videos From the Plantation Towns
Reinstallation of West Brookfield Common Franklin Mile Marker - 2016
Ragged Hill Memories - Paul and Bob Beauregard - 2016
Discussion of Wheeler's Surprise with author Jeff Fiske, Dick Reavey, and Joe Salvatore - 2009 From the New Braintree Historical Commission.
Documentaries by Kevin Parker
Jeff Samuelson - A New Hope
Jeff Samuelson - The Second Chapter
Ward Hollow: The Story of North Brookfield, MA - Official Trailer
Ward Hollow: The Story of North Brookfield, MA - Sample Clip
Documentaries by Tyler Nickerson
North Brookfield and George M. Cohen
Duncan Block, North Brookfield, MA
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