Vital Records of the town Bedford, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Volume 1

The city of Bedford is a town located in central Middlesex County that was established in 1729. The approximately 5,000 births within this book are arranged in alphabetical order. Data to be gleaned from these records: Birth person’s name, date of birth, names of parents including Mother’s maiden name, whether parent was widowed, parents’ occupation, type of record that the birth record came from public, private or gravestone, and along with other types of useful information. The author has even included a section devoted to African American births during this time frame.

Henry Erenest Woods

(1903), 2025, 142 pp.

ISBN: 9781639146413

117-MA7