The Franklin Sentinel (1883-1978)
Digitized directly from our microfilm collection.  The collection is searchable, but some of the images are very faded.  If the search feature does not find your query, and if you know the approximate date of the event, it may be worth while to look through the pages. This link will also allow you to search the Franklin Vital Records (1778-2014) and the Franklin Register (1873-1877)

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The Franklin Sentinel At Digital Commonwealth (November 1878-December 1952)

Page by page scans of the original newspaper, much better images than above, but not a great search interface.

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Franklin Town Reports, 2004-Current

The reports include births, marriages and deaths in Franklin for each year.

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Franklin High School Oskey Yearbooks
For the years: 1928-1930, 1933-2017

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Franklin Public Library Digital Collection at the Internet Archive
Historic manuscripts of Franklin, Mass. including Sanborn maps, resident directories, judicial records, social club records, school records, diaries and much more. Hosted at Archives.org.

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Franklin Historical Museum Digital Collection at the Internet Archive

Great collection! Annual Franklin town reports, School Committee reports, resident & business directories, Franklin Sentinel for the year 1900. Hosted at Archives.org.

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Franklin Historical Maps
Franklin Historical Museum collection at Digital Commonwealth: Maps of Franklin for 1832, 1858, 1878, 1888. A map of the Whitney Worsted Company for 1923

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Franklin Federated Church Digital Collection at the Internet Archive

​Very early documents of the town and the Congregational Church, many are pre-Franklin, when what is now the Town of Franklin was Wrentham's "Second Precinct".

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Franklin, Mass. First Congregational Church. Marriages & Baptisms 1737-1827

The First Congregational Church, now the Franklin Federated Church, was both the governing body and the only ecclesiastical institution in Franklin until the early 19th century.  These vital records were digitized by Boston's Congregational Library & Archives.

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Franklin Real Property Assessment Data & Valuations 

This site can provide some basic information on homes in Franklin, including year built, previous owner, etc. A good starting point for researching the history of an ancestral home.

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Record of births, marriages and deaths in the Town of Franklin, from 1778 to 1872 
(these records are also included in the online vital records collection - see Franklin Sentinel)

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Sanborn map collection from the Library of Congress

For all of the U.S. - includes Franklin maps for the years 1884, 1889, 1894, and 1899.

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Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School Yearbooks
For the years 1978-2018

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History of the Town of Franklin, Mass. (2nd March 1878) by Mortimer Blake

A history of the town written for the Centennial Celebration of 1878.  Includes "genealogical notices" for the founding families of Franklin.

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Woonsocket Call 1899-1960
Digitized by the Woonsocket Harris Public Library. Database includes the Woonsocket Call and Evening Reporter, 1908-1960; the Evening Call, 1899-1908; the Evening Reporter, 1906; Providence County Times, 1928. Excellent source for Franklin news & obituaries.
 

Digital records of the Massachusetts State Archive​

Massachusetts census records, vital records, military records, passenger lists, as well as court and legislative records, mostly from the 18th & 19th centuries.

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MACRIS: Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System
Inventory of Historic Assets of the Commonwealth, National
Register of Historic Places nominations, State Register of Historic Places listings, and local historic district study reports.  Hundreds of Franklin homes, churches and public buildings have been researched and added to MACRIS.

Norfolk County Registry of Deeds database
Research the history of a property through deeds and land court records. Registry land records going back to the founding of Norfolk County in 1793 are available for online viewing. The Registry's online index is available from 1793 forward

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