"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. Membership records tell stories of people traveling from and to distant cities who made ...
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"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. Membership records tell stories of people traveling from and to distant cities who made Spencer their home for a while. 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"--
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