Available Resources

An alphabetical list of resources available in the Bishop-Barclay Local History Room.

• Architectural inventory
• Books on Reading History
• Genealogical Resources – Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Maps (1647 earliest), Map List (pdf file)
• Official Meeting Minutes, that are not online, for the past two years
• Photograph index
• Plans and Proposals for current development projects in Reading
• Reading Chronicle 1854 – Present (Indexed 1974 – Present)
• Real Estate Valuations – current and past year
• Recreation Studies
• RMHS Yearbooks 1892 – present(with gaps)
• School Committee Agendas and Budget proposals
• School information
• Street Lists 1907 – Present (with gaps)
• Town Budget Proposals
• Town government information, by-laws, and committee members
• Town Meeting Warrants
• Town Reports 1847 – Present
• Vertical files, including population records and people file
• Vital Records 1644 – 1975
• Vital Records of many MA towns