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In-Library Collection:

Our local history collection is on the second floor of the library. Fragile and one-of-a-kind items are kept in our secure, climate-controlled archive and can be viewed by appointment.

• American Ancestors - New England Historic Genealogical Society online records
• Ancestry.com - Premium collection of worldwide genealogy records
• Books, resources, and article clippings relevant to Natick history and genealogy
  
• Directories of local businesses
• Historical Boston Globe - Articles from 1872 - 1927
• Maps and atlases
• Natick High School Sassamon Yearbooks
• Natick Veterans Oral History DVD Collection (on first floor)
• Town documents such as vital records, annual reports, resident lists, school information, committee reports, and business filings

Online Collection

Access these local history and genealogy resources anywhere with your Natick library card!

• America's Obituaries & Death Notices - Obituaries and death records from newspapers and the Social Security Death Index
• HeritageQuest - Census data and documents for genealogy research
• Massachusetts History Online - Magazine and newspaper articles about Massachusetts history

Recommended Free eBooks and Records

The following historical works about Natick and Massachusetts are freely available online:

• Epitaphs From Graveyards in Wellesley (Formerly West Needham), North Natick and Saint Mary's Churchyard in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts - By George Kuhn Clarke, 1900
• The Genealogical History of Dover, Massachusetts - By Frank Smith, 1854
• A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants and History of the Towns of Sherborn and Holliston - By Abner Morse, 1856
• Historic Natick Photograph Slide Show - Natick photographs from the 1800s and early 1900s.
• History of Framingham, Massachusetts - By J.H. Temple, 1887
• A History of Natick, Volume 1 - By Oliver Bacon, 1856
• A History of Natick, Volume 2 - By Oliver Bacon, 1856
• History of the Town of Natick, Mass - By William Biglow, 1830
• Natick Dictionary - By James Hammond Trumbull, 1903
• National Archives Military Records
• Nonantum and Natick - By Sarah S. Jacobs, 1853
• The Pioneers of Massachusetts - By Charles Henry Pope, 1900
• Addresses Delivered at the Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Dedication of the First Unitarian Church - By J.P Sheafe & Horatio Alger, 1879