Site Map

  1. Historical Resources of Southampton – Home Page
    1. A Short History of Southampton
    2. Available on Flash Drive at the Library 
    3. History of Southampton (1500-1940)
  2. Cemetery Records
    1. Cemetery Sections of Center Cemetery
    2. Gridley Private Cemetery
    3. Index 1
    4. Index 2
    5. Marked Graves in the Center and West Part Cemeteries
    6. West Part Cemetery
  3. Church Records
    1. First Congregational Church Records -1743-1832
    2. In Memoriam: Congregational Church of Southampton, Mass. – Excerpt
    3. Southampton Methodist Episcopal Church Records – 1842-1924 – Index
    4. Southampton Sons of the Ministry – Excerpt
    5. The Old Meeting House – Excerpt
  4. Education
    1. “Graduate” Recalls Those One-room School Days
    2. History of Southampton Kindergarten
  5. Edwards Public Library
    1. A Selection of Books by Southampton Authors
    2. History of the Planning and Building of the New Edwards Library
    3. Librarians of the Edwards Public Library
    4. Ode on a Southampton Librarian
    5. Rev. Henry Luther Edwards, Donor of the Edwards Library – Excerpt
  6. Family Genealogies and Memoirs
  7. Historical Houses and Districts
    1. “A History of Old Houses” Guide to Names Mentioned
    2. Guide to the Locations of “Houses”
    3. Historic Districts – Southampton Center Historic District and the Lockville Historic District
    4. Howes Brothers
    5. Howes Brothers Photographs and Descriptions
  8. Jonathan Judd, Jr.
    1. Jonathan Judd, Jr. Diaries – Excerpts
  9. New Haven-Northampton Freight Canal
  10. Samuel L. T. Wright – Local Historian
    1. Extracts from “My History of Homesteads
  11. Southampton at War
    1. Excerpt Concerning Raids in Southampton During King George’s French and Indian War
    2. Five Years to the Day: Memories of World War II 1940-1946 – Excerpt
    3. Home From War, With New Resolve
    4. Lt. Samuel F. Edwards – Excerpt and Photographs
    5. Pearl Harbor Survivor – Edward Borucki
    6. Remember Pearl Harbor
    7. Seeing the end of Two World Wars from Southampton
    8. Soldiers of the Civil War From or Attributed to Southampton
    9. Three Years and Three Days:  A Memoir of World War II – Excerpt
    10. World War Two Through the Eyes of One Marine Veteran
  12. Town Life
    1. Gazeteer of Hampshire County, Mass. 1654-1887 – Excerpt
    2. Lyman Mill Pond and Manhan River – Excerpt
    3. Old Schoolhouse Becomes Fire Department
    4. Old Home Daze – By Dorothy Parsons Howland
    5. Selected Papers from the Sylvester Judd Manuscript – Excerpt
    6. Southampton Cornet Band 1875-1933 – Excerpt
    7. Stories of Life and War
    8. The Manhan Silver Lead Mining Company
    9. The Story of Joel Lyman’s Pig 
    10. The Way it Was – Excerpt
  13. Town Records
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