With AtoZ Maps Online, you have approximately 145,000 maps at your fingertips. This combination of proprietary maps and maps from other reputable sources gives you a “one-stop shop” for content that can be downloaded and used without any copyright restrictions. Notable categories include:
-World Maps -Continent Maps -Country Maps -State Maps -Antique Maps -Historical Maps -Outline Maps -U.S.Topographic Maps -Geography Quiz Games
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Geography
AmericanAncestors.org by the New England Historic Genealogical Society is one of the most widely used online genealogical resources in the world. Browse hundreds of unique searchable online databases, offering more than 1.4 billion searchable records.
This resource may only be accessed within the Chicopee Public Library buildings.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Genealogy
Access to this resource is available only in the library. It cannot be accessed remotely with your library card. Please call the library for more information. 594-1800 x3
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Genealogy
Record Information:
Birth Record – Date of birth, name of child, sex, address, child’s birthplace, father’s occupation (certain years), father’s birthplace, mother’s birthplace and date of record and registered number.
Marriage Record – Date of marriage, place of marriage, groom’s name, brides name, ages, which marriage this is, residences, occupations, birthplaces, date of record.
Death Record – Date of death, name of the deceased, sex, marital status, date of birth, age, cause of death, spouse, residence, occupation, place of death, place of burial, place of birth, name of father and mother and their birthplaces. Current death records will have social security number and veteran information.
More Information: Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History and Archives. They may be able to provide information on ship records and immigration.
Provider: City of Chicopee
Subject: Chicopee, Local History, Genealogy
City of Chicopee Public Cemeteries (for more information visit the city’s website):
- Fairview Cemetery: Located on Armory Street and off of Abbey Memorial Drive, it has cemetery lots for sale and accepts burials for residents and non-residents.
- East Street Cemetery: East Street and first constructed in 1825
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 45 Auburn Street. Originally called the Cabotville Burying Ground, it was established in 1836.
Private Cemeteries:
- Calvary Cemetery: Located on Hampden Street, Chicopee (Marble Ave at Hampden St.) established in 1836 in association with Holy Name of Jesus Church (Catholic).
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery: 800 Montgomery Street. Established in 1924 by St. Stanislaus Catholic Church (Polish Catholic).
- St. Patrick’s Cemetery: Located on Fuller Road (Irish Catholic).
- Rodphey Sholom Cemetery: Located on Pendleton Rd. (Jewish Cemetery).
- St. Rose de Lima Cemetery: Located on Olsen Street and Christopher Street. Associated with the St. Rose de Lima Parish on Grattan Street and St. George Church on Maple Street (French Catholic).
- Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery: 1 Bennett Street. Purchased from Chicopee on June 26 1897 from a portion of the land of Fairview Cemetery. It belongs to the Holy Mother of the Rosary Church which is a Polish National Church in Chicopee.
Access to America’s historic newspapers. This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Provider: Library of Congress
Subject: History, Newspapers
FamilySearch is a free collaborate family tree that provides access to civil and church records when you create a free account. The Chicopee Public Library is a Family Search affiliate library, which provides extra access to records when in the library building.
Provider: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Subject: Genealogy
World’s largest gravesite collection. Over 250 million memorials created by the community since 1995.
Provider: Open Access
Subject: Genealogy
Online access to military records, census data, historic newspapers, and other history and genealogy resources.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Genealogy, History
A database to search for ancestors and relatives. Includes searches of census information, local history, selected Revolutionary War records and Freedman’s Bank (1865-1874) which was founded to serve African Americans.
Provider: MBLC
Subject: History, Genealogy
Cemetery Records Online. This website contains 25+ million cemetery records, transcripts, and burial registers, from tens of thousands of cemeteries across the world, all contributed by genealogists, cemeteries, government agencies, and private organizations.
Provider: Open Source
Subjects: Genealogy
Complete full text content of Massachusetts newspapers including: North Adams Advocate, Amherst Bulletin, Berkshire Eagle, Daily Hampshire Gazette, North Adams Transcript, Greenfield Recorder, Springfield Republican, Springfield Advocate, Springfield Examiner, Sunday Republican, Springfield Union News, Easthampton Valley Advocate. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Current Events, Genealogy, Newspapers
Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive consisting of 300+ million pages of historical newspapers from 11,100+ newspapers from around the United States and beyond, with a special focus on full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles in addition to small local newspapers. The collection includes a broad range of dates, mostly covering the 19th and 20th centuries.
Provider: Chicopee Public Library
Subject: Current Events, Genealogy, Newspapers