The following local sites may be helpful in finding information on families of Dudley.
http://theblacktavern.com/ The Black Tavern Historical Society meets on Dudley Hill in the tavern built by Hezekiah Healy in 1804.
http://www.dudleyma.gov/townclerk.htm There is a vault of old Dudley records at the Town Offices. Also, vital records of births, deaths and marriages can be requested from the town clerk.
http://www.dudleyma.gov/library/
Among the holdings of the Pearle Crawford Memorial Library are the following titles:
Historical collections: containing I. The Reformation in France; the rise, progress and destruction of the Huguenot Church. II. The histories of seven towns, six of which are in the south part of Worcester County, Mass.,namely: Oxford, Dudley, Webster, Sturbridge, Charlton, Southbridge, and the town of Woodstock, now in Connecticut, but originally granted and setled by people from the province of Massachusetts and regarded as belonging to her for about sixty years.
By Holmes Ammidown, New York: 1877.
http://www.archive.org/details/historicalcollec01ammi [online version of the above history of southern Worcester County by holmes ammidown]
Vital records of Dudley, Massachustts to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, Mass., F.P.Rice, trustee of the fund, 1908.
Town records of Dudley, Massachusetts, 1732-1754. Pawtucket, RI.: Adam Sutcliffe, 1893.
Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Dudley, Massachusetts. Webster, Mass.: The Town, 1879-
The book of Dudley: published as an official souvenir of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of incorporation of the town. Webster, Mass.: Times pub. Co., 1932.
The doctors of Dudley and Webster Massachusetts. Bragg, Leslie R. [s.l.:s.n.,1952?]
Valley of the Nipmucks: tales retold regarding the Webster-Dudley-Oxford area of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Donlin, Thomas M. Webster, Mass.: Times Publishing Co., 1968
Early history of Webster, Dudley, and Oxford. Macek, Paul J. Webster, MA.: Privately printed, 2001.
Johnson-Foskett House Circa 1856. Hubbard, Edwin Lawrence. 2000
Nichols Academy: the spring on the hill, 1815-1931. Conrad, James Lawson. Dudley, MA : Nichols College, 2008.
The Nichols College Library holds many titles of interest to Dudley historians.
There are at least 5 books on Samuel Slater, including, Drive That Branch Samuel Slater, the power boom and the writing of America's Textile Industry. Conrad, James Lawson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Among the College Archives are: "some 300 books, c. 1809 - 1920, from Nichols Academy's early library collection; financial records from the H. Conant Real Estate Company; and the Goodell Collection (sermons and published works of Methodist clergyman and author, Charles L. Goodell [1854 - 1937])."
Articles from the Webster Times, particularly those written by William Penn Eddy, Ed Patenaude and Linda Braniff.
http://theblacktavern.com/ The Black Tavern Historical Society meets on Dudley Hill in the tavern built by Hezekiah Healy in 1804.
http://www.dudleyma.gov/townclerk.htm There is a vault of old Dudley records at the Town Offices. Also, vital records of births, deaths and marriages can be requested from the town clerk.
http://www.dudleyma.gov/library/
Among the holdings of the Pearle Crawford Memorial Library are the following titles:
Historical collections: containing I. The Reformation in France; the rise, progress and destruction of the Huguenot Church. II. The histories of seven towns, six of which are in the south part of Worcester County, Mass.,namely: Oxford, Dudley, Webster, Sturbridge, Charlton, Southbridge, and the town of Woodstock, now in Connecticut, but originally granted and setled by people from the province of Massachusetts and regarded as belonging to her for about sixty years.
By Holmes Ammidown, New York: 1877.
http://www.archive.org/details/historicalcollec01ammi [online version of the above history of southern Worcester County by holmes ammidown]
Vital records of Dudley, Massachustts to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, Mass., F.P.Rice, trustee of the fund, 1908.
Town records of Dudley, Massachusetts, 1732-1754. Pawtucket, RI.: Adam Sutcliffe, 1893.
Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Dudley, Massachusetts. Webster, Mass.: The Town, 1879-
The book of Dudley: published as an official souvenir of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of incorporation of the town. Webster, Mass.: Times pub. Co., 1932.
The doctors of Dudley and Webster Massachusetts. Bragg, Leslie R. [s.l.:s.n.,1952?]
Valley of the Nipmucks: tales retold regarding the Webster-Dudley-Oxford area of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Donlin, Thomas M. Webster, Mass.: Times Publishing Co., 1968
Early history of Webster, Dudley, and Oxford. Macek, Paul J. Webster, MA.: Privately printed, 2001.
Johnson-Foskett House Circa 1856. Hubbard, Edwin Lawrence. 2000
Nichols Academy: the spring on the hill, 1815-1931. Conrad, James Lawson. Dudley, MA : Nichols College, 2008.
The Nichols College Library holds many titles of interest to Dudley historians.
There are at least 5 books on Samuel Slater, including, Drive That Branch Samuel Slater, the power boom and the writing of America's Textile Industry. Conrad, James Lawson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Among the College Archives are: "some 300 books, c. 1809 - 1920, from Nichols Academy's early library collection; financial records from the H. Conant Real Estate Company; and the Goodell Collection (sermons and published works of Methodist clergyman and author, Charles L. Goodell [1854 - 1937])."
Articles from the Webster Times, particularly those written by William Penn Eddy, Ed Patenaude and Linda Braniff.
Consider also the Webster-Dudley Historical Society, http://wdhs.webs.com/
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