How
to obtain certified copies of marriage
or death certificates:
If you are not able
to come into the office Monday
thru Friday 8:30 am- 4:30 pm, you
can request the record in writing
through the mail.Please send the
request to the Town Clerk’s
Office, 52 Main St., Milford, MA
01757
- List the person(s) name(s)
and the date of occurrence
(marriage or death).
- Each certified copy is $10.00,
please enclose a money order
made payable to the Town of
Milford. (we can not accept
Personal Checks or Debit/Credit
cards).
- Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope
for the return.
**Marriages will
only be recorded in the town you
applied for your marriage license
in-not necessarily in the Town
you were physically married in.**Deaths
will be recorded in the town the
person died, or at the town hall
where the decedent resided (unless
out of state).
How
to obtain birth records :
If you are not able
to come into the Town Clerk’s
Office Monday thru Friday 8:30
am- 4:30 pm ; you can obtain the
record by sending a written request
to the Town Clerk’s Office,
52 Main St. , Milford , MA 01757
. If the parent(s) on the birth
record were NOT married
at the time of birth, this makes
the birth record restricted
to anyone other than those named
on the birth record.
In this case: If you are not
able to come into the office and
show us identification, you would
need to have the request witnessed
by a Notary Public .
The request would have to have
the following:
- Child’s name
- Date of Birth
- Photocopy of the I.D. witnessed
- Signature and official stamp
or seal of Notary Public
If the parents were married,
anyone can obtain the record either
at the window or thru the mail.
Each record requested
is $10.00, paid by MONEY
ORDER (we can not accept
Personal Checks, Credit or Debit
cards) Genealogy: We
have birth, death & marriage
records dating back to 1734, but have incomplete records before
1853. If you are
researching records from the Town
of Milford, we ask you provide
us as much information as possible
(names & dates) in order to
process your request in a timely
manner. If you do not have this
information, there will be a search
fee of $25.00
per hour in addition to $10.00
per certified document.
If we do NOT have
the record you are requesting,
the other places you may contact
are:
- New England Historic Genealogical
Society (617)-536-5740
- National Archives (617)-647-8100
- Massachusetts Registry of
Vital Records (617)-740-2600
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