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Words printed in italics are marked with underlines: _italics_. Words
Letters printed in superscript are enclosed in curly braces: { th}
The West Burial Ground listing contain two different names numbered 6 and no number 66.
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With the INSCRIPTIONS from the OLD BURIAL GROUNDS.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS: PUBLISHED BY FRANKLIN P. RICE, Trustee of the Fund.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES PRINTED AND NUMBERED.
"_In this work of bringing original material into form for quick reference and practical use, the list of Births, Marriages and Deaths of a place should first be secured and printed, as personal records are the real and important foundation of local history._"
--Extract from letter conferring Trusteeship of Systematic History Fund.
The Records of Auburn have a close and important relation to those of Worcester, Leicester, Sutton and Oxford, towns prominent in the history of the early settlement of central Massachusetts. Especially are these Records supplementary to the Town Records of Worcester, which have been edited and printed in full by the Trustee of the Systematic History Fund, and they may be considered in reality a continuation of the work which was comprehended in a plan formed by him for the practical development of the original historical material of this section.
With the exception of brief sketches in narrative form, comprised in certain general works, nothing in the shape of a town history of Auburn has been printed. Its Records are in a fair state of preservation, but accessible only to those who are on the ground. This first publication presents the full personal record (which in every case is the true foundation of local history) so far as it can be gathered from the town books, and added to this are the inscriptions from the two older burial grounds in the town, all in systematized form for reference.