Sandra Goodwin

The Records of the Universalist Church of Spencer, Massachusetts, 1876-1911 Sandra Goodwin

Baptism, marriage, death, and membership records from the Spencer, Massachusetts, Universalist Church were transcribed by members of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists. When the Universalist Church in Spencer, Massachusetts, closed its doors for good in the early 1940s, it sent its records to the town clerk. They remained on the top shelf of "the vault," in a box wrapped in brown paper and twine, until opened in the mid-2000s. What will you find in these records? Membership records tell stories of people traveling from and to distant cities and who made Spencer their home for a while. They came from places such as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. They left Spencer for places like Denver and D. C. They died in Cuba and Chicago. Many of Spencer's well-known families are in these records such as the Bemises, Proutys, and Sibleys. These records present a snippet of the town's religious history.