Genealogy in Medford
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Newspapers

There are currently two Medford newspapers:

The Medford Transcript
issued on Thursdays
57 High Street
Medford, MA 02155
781-396-1982
Medford Transcript Website
Obituaries for about the last month
Indexed Obits - March 2000 to present
are included in the Obituary Daily Times
Type in surname to search for Obit. The Transcript is abbreviated as Medford Trans
The Medford Daily Mercury
277 Commercial Street
Malden, MA 02148-6708
781-321-8000



History of Newspapers in Medford

c. 1850
The Medford Journal 4 pages - only a few issues published
1870 - 1874 Medford Journal  
1872 - 1882 The Medford Chronicle4 page, 7 columns - issued on Saturdays
1882 merged with The Mercury
1880Medford Mercury 
 Riverside News- transient
1892-1894 Medford City News - lasted 14 months - weekly
on microfilm at BPL May 1893-May 1894
1894Medford Times - 4 page, 8 columns
1901-1902Medford Citizen  
1902Mercury Citizen Mercury and Citizen merge
1904 Medford Mercury Mercury Citizen renamed
1903Medford Leader Dec. 17, 1903 Vol. 1 No.1 - Dec 24, 1908 Vol 5, no 7
on microfilm at BPL
1913 - 1928 Medford Messenger April, 1928 merged with The Mercury


On microfilm at the Medford Public Library

Medford Mercury basically from Dec 18, 1880 to present under variations of the name Medford Citizen Sept. 1991- Oct 1997
Medford This Week Sept. 1981 - May 1989
Medford Transcript Mar 1990 - present (hard copy)

Available at the Boston Public Library Reference Library Microtext Department

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Genealogy in Medford, Massachusetts
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Last Updated: February 28, 2006