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Local History & Online Resources
Links to Online Collections of Local History and State Documents
A Collection of online, local history resources
Somerset History
Sketches of the Early History of Somerset Village by Avery P. Slade (1884)
The Brayton Homestead: 1714-1914 by Elizabeth H. Brayton (1914)
Vital Statistics from the Annual Somerset Town Reports.
Search Somerset Cemeteries through Find-A-Grave
Bourn Cemetery John Anthony Cemetery
Bowers Cemetery Jonathan Slade Cemetery
Brown-Simmons Cemetery Nathan Slade Cemetery
Charles Slade Cemetery Palmer Street Cemetery
Edward Slade Cemetery Perry Deardon Cemetery
Friends Cemetery Purinton-Pierce Cemetery
Gibbs Cemetery Saint Patrick's Cemetery
Hathaway-Chace Cemetery
Historical Documents for the Town of Somerset's Cemeteries
Compiled by Diane Goodwin, former Director of the Somerset Historical Society
Part 1: Cemeteries North of Buffington (North End of Somerset)
* Brown Edwards Cemetery Photo
* Cemeteries North of Buffington, Part 1.
* Cemeteries North of Buffington, Part 2
* Cemeteries North of Buffington, Part 3
* Cemeteries North of Buffington, Part 4
* Cemeteries North of Buffington, Part 5
* Division of Land Maps
* Easement of Slade-Wilbur Map
* Edward Slade Cemetery
* Palmer Guided Tour Book
Quaker Meeting House
New Bedford & Fall River City Directories
New Bedford City Directory
1904 1916
1910 1917
1912 1918
1914 1919
1915 1923
King Philip's War
Soldiers in King Philip's War: Containing lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts Colony, who served in the Indian war of 1675-1677
Swansea Annual Report
1921 - with tax list and school report
1926 - with tax list and school report
Western Massachusetts: A History, 1636 - 1925
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4