Woburn (Mass.) Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages From 1640 to 1873, Vols. I-III

In 1886, while attempting to compile the full genealogy of a Woburn family, Edward F. Johnson found that no index existed for Woburn town records prior to 1843. He subsequently spent many long hours examining all town books of births, deaths, and marriages. It must have made a strong impression on him, as he spent nearly twenty years compiling the ten volumes in his Woburn Records series. The first three volumes, published in 1890 and 1891, are included in this database. Johnson copied nearly thirteen thousand birth records, over six thousand deaths, and over seven thousand marriages for these three volumes, arranging them alphabetically and chronologically. In 1889 Edward F. Johnson became the first mayor of Woburn, and later was appointed Justice of the Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex County.

This original text may be found in the NEHGS Research Library, call number F74.W89 W81.

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