Local History and Genealogy

Medford Public Library Resources

Historical Photograph Collection

The Library owns a large collection of historical photographs of Medford places, events, and people. Click here to download a list of the images or view it in a browser.

Medford History Collection

The Library maintains a large collection of materials related to Medford and its citizens. This collection includes:

City Directories/Voters Lists 1869 - Present
Medford Mercury 1880 - Present (on microfilm)
Index of Medford newspapers from the 1890's to the 1980's
Town/City reports from 1838-present
Maps and atlases of Medford from the 17th to the 20th centuries
Medford Historical Register (published 1898-1940)
Copies of all the existing histories of Medford
Medford High School Year Books 1915 - Present
School directories and reports
Materials related to businesses, clubs, fraternal organizations, and other groups
Vertical file of clippings, articles, and other publications about Medford history and residents
Medford Author collection

To search the Medford history collection, go to the Minuteman Library catalog and enter a keyword or subject search for Medford.

Subscription Databases at the MPL

Ancestry.Com
Thousands of family history databases, including vital records, census records, ship passenger lists, military records and lots more. In-library use only.

HeritageQuest Online
Digital resource that combines searchable images of U.S. federal genealogical census records with digitized books containing family and local histories from around the country.

New England Historical Genealogical Society
Dozens of genealogical data bases from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, including full text of the New England Historical and Genealogical Record, The Search for Missing Friends, and Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910. In-library use only.

Medford Genealogy Site

This is the Medford page of the US Genweb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org/)