Microfilm at Woburn Public Library
Atlases
1. On one reel:
o Atlas of Woburn, 1875.
o Atlas of Middlesex Co., 1875.
o Atlas of Middlesex Co., 1889.
o Boundary Lines of Woburn, 1899.
2. Atlas of Middlesex County, Walker, 1906, vol. 2.
City Directories
1. Woburn and, in some cases, Winchester, 1868, 1871, 1874, 1877, 1881, 1884, 1886-87.
Local Histories
1. History of Woburn, 1640-1860, by Samuel Sewall.
2. Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Mass., 1629-1818, by Thomas Wyman.
Military Records
1. “Service records” for Woburn soldiers for the following wars: Colonial Wars,
Revolutionary War, Spanish American War, Civil War.
Newspapers
Evening News, The: Feb. 1 – July 18, 1907
Grattan Echo: March 12, 1881 – July 1, 1882
Guide-Post, The: Oct. 22, 1846 – March 30, 1848
Middlesex Journal: April 1, 1854 – Sept.13, 1873 (continued as Woburn Journal)
News, The: Jan. 5, 1895 – July 1, 1899
Stoneham Sentinel: June 18, 1864 – Sept. 3, 1864
Union Weekly, The: May 31, 1884 – April 25, 1885
Weekly Advertiser: Sept. 3 – Oct. 15, 1846
Last updated Jan. 22, 2016
Winchester Transcript: June 17, 1864 – Sept. 2, 1864
Woburn Advertiser: Jan. 20, 1871 – Dec. 27, 1888
Woburn Advocate: Oct. 24, 1991 – December 31, 2009
Woburn Citizen, The: Aug. 17, 1935 – March 21, 1936
Woburn City Press: Nov. 28, 1888 – Feb. 7, 1891
Woburn Daily City Press: Jan. 17, 1891 – July 15, 1892
Woburn Daily Times: Oct. 21, 1901 – Dec. 31, 1981
Woburn Daily Times Chronicle: Jan. 1, 1982 – Present
Woburn Evening News: July 8, 1907 – Dec. 31, 1912
Woburn Gazette: March 15, 1844 – Nov. 8, 1844
Woburn Gazette and Middlesex Advertiser: March 20, 1845 – July 23, 1846
Woburn Journal: Oct. 18, 1851 – March 25, 1854 (continued as Middlesex Journal)
Woburn Journal: Sept. 20, 1873 – Aug. 29, 1913
Woburn News, The: July 19, 1890 – Dec. 29, 1894
Woburn News: July 8, 1899 – Oct. 31, 1907
Woburn Telegram, The: May 2, 1914 – Sept. 25, 1914
Woburn Townsman, The: Feb. 12, 1864 – Sept. 2, 1864
Woburn Weekly Budget: Sept. 18, 1857 – Dec. 18, 1863
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
1. Woburn and some other Middlesex County towns, 1888, 1894, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1918,
1926.
Town Records and Tax Lists
1. “Woburn records, v. 1 (1640-1694). (On loan from City Clerk, Woburn, Jan. 11, 1967).”
2. “Woburn town records and tax records. 1640 1728; 1712 1748; 1717 1766.”
3. “Woburn tax records. 1673 1680. Woburn Selectmen records 1681 1693. Woburn
valuation lists. 1692 1825; 1809 1826.”
4. “Woburn town records (miscellaneous). 1692 1722; 1703 1774; 1705 1777.”
Last updated Jan. 22, 2016
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“Woburn town records and tax records. 1766 1812; 1799 1823.”
“Woburn town records and tax lists. 1779 1790; 1786 1819; 1787.”
“Woburn town records (miscellaneous). 1787 1838; 1800 1841; 1812 1844.”
“Woburn town records and tax records. 1824 1846; 1836 1852.”
“Woburn town records (misc). 1844; 1848.”
“Massachusetts local tax lists through 1776. Town of Woburn, Mass.,” Harvard
University Library. Part of the Harvard collection detailed in Ruth Crandall’s Tax and
Valuation lists of Massachusetts before 1776 (1971).
U.S. Census
1. Schedules for Woburn and some other Middlesex County towns, 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820,
1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, [1880 is not extant, burned in fire], 1890, 1900, 1910,
1920.
 Schedules are organized by enumeration district, not surname.
 Index for 1790 Massachusetts schedules is in book form in Archives.
 Indices for 1800, 1810, 1820 Woburn schedules are available at www.yeoldewoburn.com
 WPL does not have indices for 1830-1920.
Vital Records
“Woburn, MA. Births 1640-1900.”
“Woburn, MA. Marriages 1640-1900.”
“Woburn, MA. Deaths 1640-1900.”
“Transcript of Woburn births, marriages, deaths, marriage intentions 1641, 1643, 1744,
1845.”
5. “Woburn births, marriages, deaths, 1768, 1778, 1844, 1848.”
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Last updated Jan. 22, 2016