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Our goal is to help you track your
ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and
historical data and placing it online for the free use of all
researchers. We're new at providing data for states other than
Illinois, but if we're able to help even a few people by our
efforts, it will be worth it!
Until this site has a
permanent host, we'll be adding data to this site as we are
able. You can help us to get this site growing by sending in
your
family's data
We're looking for folks who share
our dedication to putting data online and are interested in
helping this project be as successful as our Illinois websites are. If you are interested in hosting
this site, visit our Volunteer Information
Page and contact
Kim at Genealogy Trails.
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Adjacent
Counties
Cheshire Co., NH - north
Hillsborough Co., NH - north/northeast
Middlesex Co., Mass. - east/northeast
Norfolk Co., Mass. - east/southeast
Providence Co., RI - south/southeast
Windham Co., Conn. - south
Tolland Co., Conn. - south/southwest
Hampden Co., Mass. - west/southwest
Hampshire Co., Mass. - west
Franklin Co., Mass. - west/northwest |
The county
seat is the city of Worcester.
When the government of
Worcester County was established on April 2, 1731, Worcester
was chosen as its shire town (later known as a county seat).
From that date until the dissolution of the county government,
it was the only county seat. Because of the size of the
county, there were fifteen attempts over 140 years to split
the county into two counties, but without success. Initially,
Lancaster was proposed as the seat of the northern county;
later, Petersham was proposed once and Fitchburg was proposed
repeatedly, most recently in 1903. Perhaps as a concession, in
August 1884, the Worcester County Registry of Deeds was split
into two, with the Worcester Northern registry placed in
Fitchburg.
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