This eighth edition (2000) of the Bibliography of
Massachusetts Vital Records 1620-1905 annotates over 400 microfiche
collections of primary-source documents that provide vital and other
public records for over 300 towns. Filming will continue until the
completion of the project, with periodic updates of the Bibliography.
Additionally, the Bibliography catalogues 194 towns (290 microfiches)
included in the old printed series of Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
BOSTON
BEGINNINGS 1630-1699
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1980
LC 79-65952, ISBN 0-931248-05-1
320 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Looking for someone who lived in Boston for a while
before 1700? Perhaps someone who left no record of birth, marriage, or
death. This book may pinpoint him--or her. Over 16,000 listings,
arranged alphabetically, associate names with records of church, estate,
indenture, land, allegiance, occupation, petition, residence and taxes.
CONNECTICUT 1670 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1977
LC 77-1523420, ISBN 0-931248-04-3
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
84 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
An actual 1670 census exists for the towns of Hartford, Windsor,
and Wethersfield. Data for 20 other towns in Connecticut is
reconstructed from landowner, church, and freeman lists. Discover from
this census population and household size, what towns were first
settled, and how many males had the right to vote in early CT.
CONNECTICUT COLONISTS 1635-1703
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1986
LC 84-080146, ISBN 0-931248-40-X
317 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Where were your New England ancestors before 1704? Have you looked
yet for them in Windsor, one of the most significant towns on the
Connecticut River? This book will simplify your search because it
compiles all available public documents for Windsor from 1635-1703;
including three different sets of vital records; church, census, and
probate records; and lists of freemen, ratables, and petitioners. Some
of the best-recognized surnames in America spread from this town. Fully
documented.
GUIDE
TO MICROFICHE INDEXES OF
MASSACHUSETTS BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS 1841-1895
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1989
LC 89-83921, ISBN 0-87623-099-0
Paper, 24 pages, $5
Jay Mack Holbrook
Unsure of how to tackle the task of finding an
elusive, post-1840 Massachusetts resident? With a choice of 350 towns,
where do you start? We suggest our microfiche edition of the state-wide,
1841-1895 indexes located at the Massachusetts State Archives. For every
name listed, the indexes gives the date and place of the birth,
marriage, or death. With this information, you can consult town records
for complete dates and the names of parents or spouse. To determine
which index fiches contain the names you need, buy this GUIDE now.
Birth Index 1841-1895, 54 volumes on
417 fiches
Death Index 1841-1895, 39 volumes on 310 fiches
Marriage Index 1841-1895, 42 volumes on 327 fiches
Massachusetts Town & Vital Records 1620-1910
by Jay Mack Holbrook. Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 2002. ISBN 0-87623-418-X. CD format with titles
announced as issued.
Massachusetts Vital Record Transcripts to 1850
by Jay Mack Holbrook. Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute,
1994-2000.
LC 94-75008, ISBN
0-87623-158-X. 30-frame, double-image format at 24X reduction.
Includes 179 town collections on 2300 microfiches.
Massachusetts Vital Records 1620-1910
by Jay Mack Holbrook. Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook
Research Institute, 1982-2002, LC
82-81851, ISBN 0-931248-23-X.
30-frame, double-image format at 25X & 30X reduction. Includes over
275 town and city collections on over 20,000 microfiches.
THE
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT 1620-1937:
PILGRIM GENEALOGY & HISTORY
By George Ernest Bowman
Boston: The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899-1937
Re-published in Microfiche Format:
Oxford, Massachusetts: Microform Books, 1994
LC 93-79840, ISBN 0-87623-192-X
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
34 volumes, + new topical index, on 35 microfiches, $66.
For vital records of southeastern Massachusetts,
including Plymouth Colony and Cape Cod--most not included in the old
series to 1850, we offer on microfiches those printed in the first 34
volumes of the Mayflower Descendant.
Additionally, you will find in the Mayflower
Descendant cemetery and church records for towns in the Plymouth
vicinity and Cape Cod; as well as wills, probates, and estate
inventories for many who died in that area--regardless of which ship
they sailed to America.
Further, the Mayflower Descendant contains
autographs, Bible records, depositions, diaries, indentures, and lists
of Plymouth people in 1623 & 1627, along with many other documents;
e.g., marriage records from the archives of Amsterdam and Leyden,
Holland.
Click
here for Table of Contents of Volumes 1, 2, & 3.
TOPICAL
INDEX TO MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT 1620-1937:
NEW SAILS FOR AN OLD SHIP
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1994
LC 93-79840, ISBN 0-87623-192-X
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
157 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
This index arranges names and documents topically,
with references to every volume and page where they appear. In fact, the
index cites under every family name in the Mayflower Descendant (MD),
all associated articles. To name just a few, the index locates: nineteen
articles about the Brewster family, five about Francis Cooke, six about
Isaac Allerton, and twenty about the William White family.
Additionally, this fiche identifies, in one place,
all Mayflower passengers, along with each one's age in 1620 and at
death. An essay and accompanying tables give an overview of selected
passengers, together with the documents that illuminate them. With these
tables, you can separate the Leiden passengers from the London
passengers. Also, you can learn the names of the eighteen married
couples, the ten married men sailing without their wives, the
twenty-three single men, the sixteen servants--and the families who
brought them, the three pregnant women, and the seven passengers who
returned to England.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE 1732 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute,1981
LC 81-80038, ISBN 0-931248-10-8
75 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
At last you can examine this colony in the early
18th-century! More than 3,000 household heads appear in this compilation
based on the previously unused, unknown, and unpublished 1732 manuscript
of New Hampshire ratables. Besides name and town of residence, most
entries show number of males aged 16 and older in the household or
indicate other items of interest. Each entry is documented to its
original source.
Major Features:
- Map of 1732 New Hampshire
- Settlement dates of New Hampshire towns
- A colony-wide, reconstructed census of resident
town records, land ownership lists, and petitions
- Place of residence for each household head
- Number of males age 16 & over in each
household
- Every entry documented to a primary source
NEW
HAMPSHIRE 1776 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1976
LC 76-151110, ISBN 0-931248-82-7
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
170 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Have you ever wondered if your ancestors supported
the Revolutionary War? This census tells what over 9,000 New Hampshire
residents thought in 1776 about the War for Independence. The volume
also distinguished those who could write from those who used an
"X" for a signature. Further, town and county of residence are
given for each individual. In all, this completely indexed census
represents the most inclusive list of New Hampshire names available for
the Revolutionary War period.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS 1633-1699
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1979
LC 79-88038, ISBN 0-931248-01-9
234 pages on 1 microfiche, $6.
Jay Mack Holbrook
Do you suppose any of your ancestors ventured into
New Hampshire before 1700? Look here to learn if they owned land, paid
taxes, attended church, signed petitions, pledged allegiance, disputed
boundaries, or left estates at death.
Compiled from more than 100 original records, with
each item completely documented, this book provides the most inclusive
list available of New Hampshire residents in the 1600's.
QUEBEC,
CANADA 1825 CENSUSES
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute,1976
ASCOTT/ASCOT:
paper, 14 pages, $5.00
ISBN 0-931248-06-X, LC 80-117991
SHIPTON:
paper, 15 pages, $5.00,
ISBN 0-931248-07-8, LC 76-364055
Did your ancestor migrate into Canada for political
or economic reasons? The 1825 census of Quebec shows about 20,000
residents of New England stock in some 57 English-speaking townships.
For two of these towns, Ascott/Ascot (near Sherbrooke) and Shipton (now
Danville and Richmond), buy these completely indexed census records and
find data on any of the following family names.
RHODE ISLAND 1782 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1979
LC 78-78163, ISBN 0-931248-00-0
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
241 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Where did your Rhode Island ancestor live in 1782?
This volume names over 8,500 household heads, identified from a state
census and tax lists. Size of family and approximate age of each member
is usually given.
In 1782 a census of Rhode Island was taken by the
direction of the General Assembly. Unfortunately, the document fell into
obscurity and the returns for some towns lost. This book, based upon the
original manuscript, uses tax lists of the same time period to
reconstruct lost records.
For anyone searching for specific persons, a
dictionary arrangement of all names enhances the usefulness of the
census. The book also lists alphabetically all persons within each
community and the first 1782 listing for the towns of Barrington,
Johnston, Richmond, and New Shoreham.
SOUTHBRIDGE
MASSACHUSETTS VITAL
RECORDS TO 1850
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1981
LC 80-83873, ISBN 0-931248-09-4
333 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
This fully-documented volume is a new addition to
the printed series of Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Taken from
the original town records, the book alphabetizes births, marriages, and
deaths--and usually identify parents or spouse, marriage age and
occupation, or death age and cause.
VERMONT
1771 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1982
LC 81-836773, ISBN 0-931248-11-6
130 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Is your ancestor missing in Vermont?
Perhaps you have been looking in the wrong places. In 1771, Vermonters
were enumerated in a New York census. Most of the settlers, however,
thought of the area as the New Hampshire Land Grants. With this newly
reconstructed census you will find some 5,000 early Vermont household
heads collected from over 70 New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont
documents. Each listing includes name of household head, date, town of
residence, a biographical note, and a reference to the original source.
Major Features:
-
Map of 1776 Vermont
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Listing of Vermont towns settled by 1771
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Origins of Vermont counties
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First publication of Cumberland County census
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Extraction of all VT names up to 1775 from
O'Callahan's, History of New York, Volume 4
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Listing of 1766 NH Land-Grant Petitioners to
King George, including lost petition #7
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Names collected form over 70 documents
-
Population growth statistics 1768 to 1791
Microfiche: $6
Book : $25
VERMONT
LAND GRANTEES 1749-1803
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1986
LC 86-81163, ISBN 0-87623-029-X
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
276 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
How ambitious were your colonial ancestors? Did any
of them gain or lose wealth through land speculation? A quick check of
this fiche may uncover a familiar name from Connecticut, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, or Rhode Island--a grantee who received land under the
Vermont Charters or the New Hampshire Land Grants.
You will find in this publication the names of over
14,000 persons granted land in early Vermont by the New Hampshire Land
Grants and Vermont Charters along with an annotated bibliography of the
boundary disputes between New Hampshire and Vermont.
The New Hampshire Land Grants (1749-1764)
distributed 58% of present-day Vermont to early New England settlers.
The Vermont Charters (1763-1803) allotted the
remaining 42% of the state to other New Englanders, mostly Connecticut
migrants.
VIRGINIA'S
COLONIAL SCHOOLMASTERS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1990
LC 90-81620, ISBN 0-87623-118-0
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
248 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Find out how education before the Revolutionary War
differed from today. Learn why and what early schoolmasters taught and
the methods they used. Many aspiring ministers and apprenticed servants
became teachers. This documented account of all known schoolmasters from
1660-1776 tells who they were, and when and where they taught. Over 300
identified.
WEBSTER
MASSACHUSETTS VITAL
RECORDS TO 1850
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1980
LC 78-060365, ISBN 0-931248-08-6
333 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
This fully-documented volume is a new addition to
the printed series of Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Taken from
the original town records, the book alphabetizes births, marriages, and
deaths--and usually identify parents or spouse, marriage age and
occupation, or death age and cause.
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