Every city and town generates many types of records for and from its citizens. Historic Newton at the Jackson Homestead has created a chart listing each type of record and where it can be found in the city. The chart is three pages long in pdf format. If you have a question about what city records are available, this is the place to check, especially when you need an answer quickly. Click Local History Resources to see the chart.
Since the chart does not have links to the various departments and sources cited, I am including them below. I give the records in the same order as the chart with links.
A number of items are located here at the Newton Free Library. The library is one department of the City of Newton and is located across Homer Street from City Hall.
Assessed Polls
Newton Election Commission
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/election/index.htm
Available at the Newton Free Library
N MICROFICHE 350.724 A84A 1889-1891,1894,1899-1918, 1920-1921,1923-2002
N MICROFILM 350.724 ANNUAL 2003, 2004, 2005
Atlases
Newton Free Library
http://library.minlib.net/search/X?SEARCH=Newton+Mass.+Atlases&searchscope=31
Newton History Museum/Historic Newton
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/Hands_On_History/HoH03%20MAPS%20and%20ATLASES.pdf
Department of Planning and Development
http://www.newtonma.gov/MIS/GIS/maplist/HistoricMaps.htm#atlas
Newton Blue Book
Newton Free Library
http://library.minlib.net/search~S31?/XNewton+Blue+Book&searchscope=31&SORT=DZ/XNewton+Blue+Book&searchscope=31&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBKEY=Newton%20Blue%20Book/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=XNewton+Blue+Book&searchscope=31&SORT=DZ&1%2C1%2C
Newton History Museum/Historic Newton
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/Hands_On_History/HoH04%20CITY%20DIRECTORIES.pdf
Building Permits
Newton Inspectional Services at Newton City Hall
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/Inspect/index.htm
Church Directory
Newton Free Library
http://library.minlib.net/search~S31/X?SEARCH=(Newton%20Mass.%20Church%20directory)&searchscope=31&SORT=D&m=a
http://library.minlib.net/search~S31/X?SEARCH=(Newton%20Mass.%20Churches%20)&searchscope=31&SORT=D&m=a
Deeds
Registry of Deeds, Middlesex County Courthouse
Middlesex County — South
http://www.masslandrecords.com/malr/controller
Directories
Newton Free Library
http://library.minlib.net/search~S31/?searchtype=X&searcharg=Newton+City+Directory&searchscope=31&SORT=DZ&extended=0&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=XNewton+Directories
Newton History Museum/Historic Newton
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/Hands_On_History/HoH04%20CITY%20DIRECTORIES.pdf
Guidebooks and Published Histories
Newton Free Library
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/Hands_On_History/HoH08%20PUBLISHED%20HISTORIES.pdf
Historic Property Survey, National Register of Historic Places Nominations
Newton History Museum/Historic Newton
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/Hands_On_History/HoH09%20HISTORIC%20PROPERTY%20FILES%20etc.pdf
Maps
Newton Free Library
http://library.minlib.net/search~S31/X?SEARCH=(Maps%20%20Newton%20Mass.)&searchscope=31&SORT=D&m=e
Newton History Museum/Historic Newton
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/Hands_On_History/HoH03%20MAPS%20and%20ATLASES.pdf
Newton Planning and Development Department
http://www.newtonma.gov/MIS/GIS/maplist/index.htm
For “Historic Maps” click on link at the very bottom
Maps, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Newton Free Library
http://library.minlib.net/search~S31/X?SEARCH=(Sanborn%20Maps)&searchscope=31&SORT=D&m=e
Newton History Museum/Historic Newton
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/Hands_On_History/HoH03%20MAPS%20and%20ATLASES.pdf
Photographic Files
Newton Free Library
http://library.minlib.net/search/X?SEARCH=Newton+Mass.+photographs&searchscope=31
Newton History Museum/Historic Newton Free Library
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/research/collections/index.asp
United States Census Records 1790-1930
www.ancestry.com
Subscription database available free of charge at the Newton Free Library
Vital Records
City Clerks Office at Newton City Hall
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/city%20clerk/index.htm
Birth certificates: http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/city%20clerk/birth.html
Death certificates: http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/city%20clerk/death.html
Genealogical Research/Birth, Death, and Marriage Indexes: http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/city%20clerk/genealogy.html
Newton Free Library owns the book Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905. 521pp. N 312 V83V
Water Records
Newton Engineering Department Located at Newton City Hall
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/dpw/engin/index.htm
vea/28 September 2010 (updated)
Newton Free Library
Newton, Mass
Library website: http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net
Genealogy blog: https://thecuriousgenealogist.wordpress.com
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