Reading Genealogy (in Middlesex County, MA)

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Reading Birth Records

Births, marriages, and deaths of Reading, Massachusetts WorldCat

Reading Births to the Year 1850 Genealogy Trails online

Reading Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Records of births, marriages, intentions of marriage, and deaths, 1653- 1776, 1640-1846 FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Reading Cemetery Records

Charles Lawn Cemetery Interment online

Charles Lawn Cemetery Cemetery Find online

Charles Lawn Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Forest Glen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Forest Glen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Forest Glen Cemetery Interment online

Forest Glen Cemetery Cemetery Find online

Laurel Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Laurel Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Laurel Hill Cemetery Interment online

Laurel Hill Cemetery Cemetery Find online

Wood End Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wood End Cemetery Cemetery Find online

Reading Census Records

Census 1790 US Gen Web online

Reading Church Records

Honor to the brave : a discourse delivered in the Old South Church, Reading, Mass., August 23, 1863, on the return of Company D, Fiftieth reg., Mass. vols. LDS Genealogy online

Honor to the brave : a discourse delivered in the Old South Church, Reading, Mass., August 23, 1863, on the return of Company D, Fiftieth reg., Mass. vols. Internet Archive online

Reading, Mass. Second Church Records of Christ (1720-1806) Congregational Library and Archives online

The colonial church records of the First Church of Reading (Wakefield) and the First Church of Rumney Marsh (Revere) WorldCat

Reading City Directories

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City Directories, 1890 Census Substitute Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes North Reading 1884, 1896, 1898, 1909, 1913, 1915-7, 1921, 1931, 1934, 1936, and 1938) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Reading 1882, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1896, 1898, 1909, 1913, 1915-7, 1921, 1931, 1934, 1936, and 1938) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Wakefield, Stoneham, Reading, and Lynnfield 1913 and 1917) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Wakefield, Stoneham, and Reading 1890) Ancestry online

Reading City Directories (1869-1941 selected years) Massachusetts State Library

Reading City Directory 1900 MyHeritage online

The Wakefield, Stoneham, Reading, North Reading and Lynnfield directory 1909-1941 LDS Genealogy online

The Wakefield, Stoneham, Reading, North Reading and Lynnfield directory 1909-1941 Internet Archive online

Wakefield (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Reading Death Records

Births, marriages, and deaths of Reading, Massachusetts WorldCat

Reading Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Records of births, marriages, intentions of marriage, and deaths, 1653- 1776, 1640-1846 FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Reading Histories and Genealogies

Ancient Redding in Massachusetts Bay Colony : its planting as a Puritan village and sketches of its early settlers from 1639 to 1652 FamilySearch Library

Genealogical history of the town of Reading, Mass. : including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with chronological and historical sketches, from 1639 to 1874 FamilySearch Library

Genealogical history of the town of Reading, Mass. : including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with chronological and historical sketches, from 1639 to 1874 Genealogy Gophers online

Genealogical history of the town of Reading, Mass., including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with chronological and historical sketches, from 1639 to 1874 LDS Genealogy online

Genealogical history of the town of Reading, Mass., including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with chronological and historical sketches, from 1639 to 1874 Internet Archive online

Historical sketch of ancient Redding, Massachusetts : to which has been added early Reading maps and town grants to early settlers, also an individual historical sketch of the first settlers of Redding, and Middlesex and Essex county deeds and wills from 1638 for about 100 years. FamilySearch Library

Index [to] History of Reading, 1970 FamilySearch Library

The beginnings of Reading and Lynnfield, Massachusetts LDS Genealogy online

The beginnings of Reading and Lynnfield, Massachusetts Internet Archive online

Reading Land Records

Deeds and mortgages, 1832-1864 FamilySearch Library

Record of deeds to pews, 1818-1849 FamilySearch Library

Town records, 1638-1847 FamilySearch Library

Reading Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Dec 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Jun 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, May 1885 Library of Congress online

Reading Marriage Records

Births, marriages, and deaths of Reading, Massachusetts WorldCat

Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850 Ancestry online

Reading Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Records of births, marriages, intentions of marriage, and deaths, 1653- 1776, 1640-1846 FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Reading Miscellaneous Records

Reading Town Reports (1842-2010 selected years) Massachusetts State Library

Records, 1663-1852 FamilySearch Library

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1871-1872 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1871-1872 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1872-1873 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1872-1873 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1873-1874 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1873-1874 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1874-1975 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1874-1975 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1875-1876 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1875-1876 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1876-1877 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1876-1877 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1877-1878 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1877-1878 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1878-1879 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1878-1879 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1879-1880 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1879-1880 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1880-1881 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1880-1881 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1881-1882 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1881-1882 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1882-1883 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1882-1883 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1883-1884 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1883-1884 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1884-1885 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1884-1885 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1885-1886 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1885-1886 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1886-1887 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1886-1887 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1887-1888 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1887-1888 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1888-1889 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1888-1889 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1889-1890 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1889-1890 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1890-1891 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1890-1891 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1898 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1898 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1899 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1899 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1900 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1900 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1901 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1901 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1902 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1902 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1903 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1903 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1904 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1904 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1905 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1905 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1906 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1906 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1907 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1907 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1908 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1908 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1909 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1909 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1910 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1910 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1911 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1911 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1912 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1912 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1913 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1913 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1914 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1914 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1915 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1915 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1916 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1916 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1917 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1917 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1918 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1918 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1919 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1919 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1920 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1920 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1921 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1921 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1922 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1922 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1923 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1923 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1924 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1924 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1925 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1925 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1926 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1926 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1927 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1927 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1928 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1928 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1929 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1929 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1930 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1930 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1931 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1931 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1932 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1932 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1933 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1933 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1934 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1934 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1935 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1935 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1936 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1936 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1937 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1937 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1938 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1938 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1939 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1939 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1940 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1940 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1941 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1941 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1942 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1942 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1943 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1943 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1944 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1944 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1945 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1945 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1946 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1946 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1947 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1947 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1948 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1948 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1949 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1949 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1950 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1950 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1951 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1951 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1952 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1952 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1953 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1953 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1954 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1954 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1955 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1955 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1956 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1956 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1957 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1957 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1958 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1958 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1959 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1959 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1960 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1960 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1961 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1961 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1962 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1962 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1963 LDS Genealogy online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1963 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1964 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1965 Internet Archive online

Town of Reading, Massachusetts : 1988 annual report, executive summary FamilySearch Library

Treasurer's records, 1745-1855 FamilySearch Library

Reading Newspapers and Obituaries

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Daily Times & Chronicle (1982) Boston Public Library

Daily Times and Chronicle (1980-1982) Boston Public Library

Observer-Advocate 06/05/2019 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Reading Advocate (1998-2006) Boston Public Library

Reading Advocate 12/22/2005 to 05/31/2019 Genealogy Bank online

Reading Chronicle (1870-1876) Boston Public Library

Reading Chronicle (1881-1980) Boston Public Library

Reading Chronicle, Wakefield/n. Reading/wilmington News (1880-1881) Boston Public Library

Reading Weekly News & Chronicle (1876-1880) Boston Public Library

Offline Newspapers for Reading

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Reading Chronicle. (Reading, Mass.) 1870-1876

Reading Chronicle. (Reading, Mass.) 1881-1980

Reading Reporter. (Reading, Mass.) 1876-1877

Reading School Records

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Austin Preparatory School yearbooks, 1983, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Austin Preparatory yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Austin Preparatory yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998 Classmates online

Austin Preparatory yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1997, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Reading High School yearbook, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1972 Classmates online

Reading High School yearbook, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Reading High School yearbook, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA), 1892, 1896, 1937, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 E Yearbook online

Reading Memorial High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Reading Memorial High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1984 Classmates online

Reading Memorial High School yearbooks, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Reading Memorial High School, The Pioneer yearbook, 1892-1896, 1900-1901, 1903-1906, 1907-1909, 1912-1913, 1916-1918, 1926-1927, 1928-1929, 1930-1931, 1932-1933, 1934-1935, 1936-1938, 1937, 1938-1941, 1939-1941, 1940-1942, 1943, 1944, 1945-1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Internet Archive online

Reading Tax Records

Reading Tax Valuations, 1664-1703; 1756-1776 Massachusetts State Library

Street list of persons assessed for poll taxes, Reading, Massachusetts Genealogy Gophers online

Street list of persons assessed for poll taxes, Reading, Massachusetts, 1919 LDS Genealogy online

Street list of persons assessed for poll taxes, Reading, Massachusetts, 1919 Internet Archive online

Tax list, 1663-1705, 1750-1803 [Reading, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Tax records, 1773-1811 FamilySearch Library

Town of North Reading; Valuation of real and personal estate with the taxes assessed upon the same, 1890 LDS Genealogy online

Town of North Reading; Valuation of real and personal estate with the taxes assessed upon the same, 1890 Internet Archive online



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