Milford, MA Town Clerk's office

~Milford, MA Town Clerk~

Town Clerk - General information

Amy Hennessy Neves - Town Clerk

Rosemary Bellacqua - Assistant Town Clerk

Theresa Calcagni - Dept. Clerk - Geneology

Town Hall, 52 Main St., Milford, MA 01757 telephone (508)-634-2307

fax = (508)-634-2324

Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. If you do not speak or understand English, please bring a translator.

2010 Census is Important!

An Introduction to the 2010 census

50 ways to use census data

The official 2010 form - English

General information on the federal census

Census jobs in our area

Milford town government

Campaign finance reports

Town election results, April 5,2010

Town Meeting warrant for June 14, 2010

Town Meeting members

Minutes of the annual town meeting - Monday, June 14, 2010.

Attendance for the annual town meeting - Monday, June 14, 2010.

Summary of the conflict of interest laws for municipal employees

State ethics commission - online training

General town bylaws including occupancy
bylaws (page 152)

Important forms and documents available through the Milford Town Clerk:

Only cash or money orders, made payable to the Town of Milford , are accepted for all transactions. No personal checks are accepted. Debit and credit cards will not be accepted

Fee schedule

Name changes

Constables - List of Milford constables

How to obtain a dog license (Every April 1st - June 30th. $10.00 late fee applied after June 30th.

Dog license form - printable form

Fees for fishing and hunting

For information from Mass Wildlife Dept. of Fish and Game, go to www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/

Genealogy

(Print form & submit with rest of packet & $50.00 payment )

How to file a DBA discontinuance form

DBA discontinuance form

Fuel storage application

Raffle and bazaar permits information sheet

Important information from the Attorney General of Massachusetts regarding soliciting funds for non-profits & charities. Overview of solicitation including, professional fundraiser guide, fundraising for an individual, FAQ's about nonprofit gaming events, and advisory on poker tournaments.

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:

Milford Town Library/the Milford Room (508)-473-2145

New England Historic Genealogical Society (617)-536-5740

National Archives (617)-647-8100

Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records (617)-740-2600