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.

Acton 1735-1910: Contains town records 1735-1863, military records 1810-1865, and vital records 1734-1915 most of which are not included in FHL collection.

Ashland 1840-1895: Contains all town vital records not in FHL.

Ayer 1871-1915: Contains all town vital records not in FHL.

Becket 1765-1900: Town & Proprietor Records 1765-1856 not in FHL

Berkley 1670-1900: Originals of the Town Records 1670-1838 and Vital Records 1737-1859 not in FHL.

Beverly 1653-1907: Vital records 1891-1907 not in FHL.

Boxborough 17167-1905: Vital Records 1767-1844, Town Records 1775-1918.

Boylston 1742-1905: Marriage Intentions/Marriages 1786-1835, Out-of-Town Marriages 1788-1799, Intentions 1835-1917, Mortgages 1838-1885, Store Accounts 1802-1825,  Taxes 1797-1864, Rebellion Records 1861-1865, & Paupers 1846-1943.

Brewster 1745-1900: Births & Deaths 1753-1892; Deeds 1829-1845; Dogs Registered 1859-1889; Intentions & Index 1847-1916; Marriages/Intent 1802-1826; Marriages/Intent 1829-1846; Militia 1841-1864; Mortgages 1846-1932; Payments 1809-1865; Poor Records 1851-1881; School 1834-1869; Town Records 1871-1918; Valuation List 1890; Vital Records 1769-1829; Births, Marriages, and Deaths Index 1843-1916; Vital Records 1843-1900.

Bridgewater 1641-1908: Purchasers 1645-1847, Accounts 1821-1859, Valuations 1840-1850, Militia 1840-1867, Rebellion 1861-1865, GAR Register 1890-1914, Paupers 128-131, Intentions 1835-1929.

Brighton 1771-1873: Marriages, Intents, Deaths, Baptisms 1771-1817; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1771-1873; Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths 1771-1873; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1771-1874; Births & Deaths 1817-1845; Marriages & Intentions 1817-1858; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1843-1855; Births 1855-1873; Marriage Intentions 1858-1873; Marriages 1855-1873; Deaths 1854-1873.

Brimfield 1696-1893: Property Lists 1798, School Records 1825-1861, Selectmen 1766-1839, Tax Valuations 1831-1854, Town Records 1730-1829, Vital Records 1696-1844.

Brookfield 1700-1895: Town Records 1845-1918; Births, Marriages, Deaths 1700-1860; Intentions 1845-1849, Marriages 1850-1895; Births 1861-1895, Marriages 1722-1895, Deaths 1857-1895, Index to Vital Records 1857-1911.

Buckland 1873-1913: Vital Records 1900-1913

Carver 1733-1905:  Marriage Intentions 1791-1852, Town & Vital Records 1733-1847, Town Records 1790-1856, Vital Records Index 1733-1905.

Charlmont 1765-1899: Militia Soldiers 1840-1904.

Colrain 1741-1915: Births, Marriages, Deaths 1840-1853.

Dana 1801-1893: Index to Births 1843-1915, Index to Marriage Intentions 1801-1915, Index to Marriages 1801-1938, Index to Deaths 1844-1915.

Dartmouth 1650-1912: Marriage Index 1844-1891, Death Index 1850-1915, Birth Index 1843-1915.

Dedham 1635-1915: Vital Records Index 1844-1849, Birth Index 1849-1892, Death Index 1849-1893, Intentions Index 1850-1879, Marriage Index 1849-1892, Deaths 1901-1915, Marriages 1901-1915, Births 1901-1905, Town Accounts 1757-1789, History & Topography 1636-1836, Town Records Index 1773-1875.

Dennis 1710-1890: Births & Deaths 1710-1855, Births & Deaths 1710-1855, Births & Deaths: Early 1700's-1890, Vital Records Index 1863-1915, Births 1862-1890, Marriage Record 1863-1890, Deaths 1863-1890, Vital Records 1855-1862, Vital Records Index 1855-1862.

Dighton 1695-1898: Vital Records 1687-1792, Vital Records 1695-1859, Vitals Index 1687-1792, Vitals Index 1695-1859.

Dorchester 1631-1869: First Church Dorchester 1729-1845.

Douglas 1718-1912: Births, Marriages, Deaths and Indexes 1900-1912

Dover 1749-1915: Precinct & District Records 1749-1836; Town Meetings 1836-1897; Treasurers & Tax Records 1749-1854; Payments 1841-1891; Church Records 1812-1904; Rebellion Records 1861-1865; Voters 1877-1920; Birth, Marriage, & Death Index 1753-1915; Vital Records 1753-1844; Out-of-Town Marriages 1785-1799; Intentions 1785-1852; Marriages 1901-1915; Marriage Intentions 1852-1935.

Dracut 1697-1915: Military 1807-1819,1862, Paupers 1855-1900, Marriages & Deaths.

Dudley 1725-1891: Births & Deaths 1725-1849, Vital & Land Records 1725-1887, Marriage Intentions 1788-1882, Index to Intentions 1788-1882.

Dunstable 1679-1900: Town Records 1823-1888, Taxes 1800-1818, Taxes 1819-1858, Accounts 1785-1880, Voters 1884-1915, Church 1834-1898.

Duxbury 1661-1907: Church Records [1661-1973], Births, Deaths, Intentions, & Marriage Index 1843-1915, Vital Records 1843-1854, Births, Marriages, Deaths 1855-1907.

East Bridgewater 1754-1915: Highways 1822-1920,  Mortgages 1837-1858, Intentions & Index 1849-1884, Intentions 1883-1908, Vital Records 1754-1870.

Easton 1693-1900: Marriage Intentions 1836-1869.

Edgartown 1651-1915: Dog Records 1858-1871, Marriage Intentions 1838-1871, Town & Vital Records 1651-1870.

Egremont 1838-1897: Town & Vital Records 1834-1853.

Enfield 1770-1911: Vital Records 1783-1892, 1893-1911; Birth, Marriage, Intentions, & Death Index 1770-1915.

Essex 1819-1892: Vital & Town Records 1819-1843,  Publishments 1839-1849, Town Records 1819-1853.

Fairhaven 1733-1910: Vital Records 1900-1912, Marriage Intentions 1879-1918, Vital Records Indexes 1843-1915.

Fall River 1803-1889: Vital Records 1850-1887.

Falmouth 1768-1892: Church Records 1731, Vital Records 1778-1892.

Florida 1781-1900: Births 1781-1900, Marriages 1810-1901,  Deaths 1806-1914.

Foxborough 1720-1897: Vital Records 1720-1752, Town Records 1849-1869, Boundaries 1834-1927, Voters 1884-1915.

Framingham 1679-1905: Town Records 1679-1700 &1855-1885, Vital Records 1855-1914.

Georgetown 1639-1915: Indexed Births 1639-1888, A-Y; Indexed Marriages 1836-1888, A-Y; Paupers/Accounts 1841-1915; Taxes 1863-1865; Rebellion Records 1861-1865.

Gill 1754-1892: Births & Deaths 1754-1792, Town Records 1793-1824.

Gloucester 1634-1903: Church Records 1703-1835.

Grafton 1693-1915: Marriage Index 1729-1900, Intentions 1858-1900, Births 1905-1909,  Deaths 1906-1911, Marriages 1906-1915.

Granby 1710-1900: Tax Lists 1782-1796.

Granville 1732-1902: Estate Valuations in 1853, Rebellion Records 1861-1865, Marriage Intentions 1906-1915, Vital Records 1811-1842.

Great Barrington 1745-1903: Vital & Church Records 1770-1856, Sheffield North Parish Meetings 1745-1761, Town Minutes 1761-1791.

***Greenwich 1741-1900: Vital Records 1741-1915, Vital Records Indexes 1741-1937, Marriages/Intentions 1868-1919, Intentions Index 1750-1919, Relocation of Voter Registrations 1938.

Groton 1640-1900: Boundaries 1828-1829; Paupers 1854-1902; Dogs 1858-1869; Taxes 1863, 1879; Veterans 1861-1883; Birth, Death, and Marriage Indexes 1843-1901; Vital Record Registers 1843-1901.

Halifax 1703-1902: Town Records 1857-1908.

Hamilton 1714-1910: Vital Records 1714-1793, Rebellion Records 1861-1865.

Hancock 1767-1896: Town Records 1776-1873.

Hanover 1712-1895:  Town Records 1780-1857, Vital Records 1774-1857, Vital Records Index 1727-1857, Marriage Intentions 1815-1905, Births 1843-1895, Marriages 1732-1895,
Deaths 1857-1895.

Hanson 1820-1908: Birth, Marriage, & Death Index 1820-1970, Births, Marriages, & Deaths 1852-1900.

Harvard 1732-1900: Indexed Vital Records 1723-1848, Intentions 1766-1795, Intent/Marriages 1825-1848, Militia 1840-1890, Out-of-Town Marriages 1732-1798, Perkins Family 1765-1880, Dog Licenses 1862-1876, Mortgage/Misc 1838-1893, Military 1822-1865, Paupers 1832-1909, Voters 1877-1884, Intentions 1848-1906.

***Harwich 1673-1895: Vital Records 1673-1850; Vital Records & Index 1796-1845; Marriage Intentions 1808-1849; Births, Marriages, Deaths & Index 1848-1895.

Hawley 1727-1892: Civil War Records 1861-1865.

Heath 1763-1899: Soldiers 1863,  Poor 1901-1904.

Hingham 1635-1900: First Settlers 1635-1650; Town Records 1635-1700; Land Records 1635-1677; Proprietors 1720-1769;  Valuation in 1749; Town Records 1642-1651; Selectmen Books 1661-1859; Mortgages 1825-1846; Town Records 1635-1858;  Town Meetings 1819-1866; Rebellion Record 1861-1866; Out-of-Town Deaths 1844-1890; Intentions 1700-1823, 1853-1897.

***Hingham Cemetery Records 1600-1989: Cemetery Records 1600-1989.

Hubbardston 1747-1914: Town Records 1857-1876, Church Records 1821-1835, Accounts 1829-1850, Paupers 1820-1874,  Valuations 1836-1855, Town Orders 1831-1863, Veterans Aid 1884-1945, Town Farm 1868-1885, Mortgages 1832-1905, Vital Records 1911-1914.

***Hudson 1816-1915: Vital Records 1816-1915

Huntington 1773-1910: Town Meetings 1773-1885, Intents & Marriages 1773-1796, Births & Deaths 1764-1805, Vitals & Index 1781-1846, Vital Records 1844-1876, Intentions 1854-1904, Tax Lists 1795-1847, Chattels & Index 1848-1861, Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865, Paupers 1869-1899, Census of Sick 1884-1908, Voters 1884-1916, School Records 1855-1911, Deaths 1865-1912, Marriages 1858-1911, Births 1876-1908.

Hyde Park 1868-1892: Marriages 1868-1892, Vital  Record Index 1868-1889.

Ipswich 1634-1913: Vital Records 1867-1892, Intentions 1860-1910, Deaths 1892-1921, Marriages 1892-1913.

Kingston 1683-1911: Town Records 1838-1858, School Records 1838-1858, Taxes & Voters 1864-1884, Rebellion Records 1861-1865.

Lancaster 1647-1905: Roads 1729-1862, Land Records1659-1818.

***Lawrence 1847-1907: Vital Records 1847-1907.

Lee 1844-1915: Vital Records 1900-1915.

Leicester 1706-1897: Vital Record Registers 1843-1897.

Leverett 1736-1912: Vital Records 1900-1912.

Lincoln 1732-1915: Vital Records 1844-1916.

Littleton 1689-1907: Fences & Strays 1721-1898, Militia Records 1840-1883, Proprietors 1714-1755, Town & Church Records 1795-1847,  Voters 1877-1913.

Longmeadow 1784-1895: Vital Records 1844-1854.

Lowell 1778-1907: Marriage Index 1826-1935; Vital Records 1639-1879, Book A; Vital Record Registers 1845-1859; Birth Index 1637-1825.

Ludlow 1745-1915: Vital Records 1906-1915; Church Records 1806-1849,1885-1893; Real Estate Deeds 1770-1838; Bargains & Sales 1836-1865; Vital Records Index 1844-1915.

Lunenburg 1707-1900: Town Records 1763-1796, Treasurer Records 1745-1836.

Manchester 1624-1892: The completeness of the FHL records for this town is difficult to determine without dates of records for the period before 1844. The single microfilm reel at the FHL may not include all of the 12 volumes on microfiches for that time period.

Mansfield 1703-1895: Accounts 1783-1809.

Marblehead 1638-1915:  Proprietors 1638, Town Payments 1811-1853, Jurors 1732-1842, Voters 1877-1884, Marriage Intentions 1834-1903, Vital Record Indexes 1900-1915, Vital Records 1850-1915.

Marion 1852-1910: Town Records 1852-1912, Vital Records 1905-1910.

Marshfield 1631-1905: Vital Record Registers 1844-1905, Marriage Intentions 1883-1910.

Maynard 1871-1915
Town Meetings & Militia 1871-1903, Wage Assigners 1880-1882, Voters 1877-1920 & Taxpayers 1892, Vital Records 1806-1915.

Medford 1673-1910
Vital Records 1852-1910; Payments, Taxes, & Accounts 1729-1837; Civil War Records; Church Records 1823-1876; Bible Records 1755-1912; Family Records 1635-1858; Graves & Funerals 1683-1924; Selectmen Records 1735-1832
Voters 1877-1893; Volunteers Aid 1865-1880; Overseers of Poor 1811-1851; Marriages/Intents 1795-1845.

Medway 1712-1900
Vital Records 1712-1844, Vital Records Index 1850-1897.

Mendon 1660-1900
Tax Lists 1815-1842,  Accounts 1748-1856, School Accts 1837-1872, Selectmen 1817-1844, Paupers 1845-1910, Scholars 1875-1887, Mortgages 1837-1847, Rebellion 1861-1865.

Methuen 1714-1915
Voters 1884-1911, Town Meetings Index 1831-1917, Military 1840-1841, 1861-1865, Vital Records 1858-1915, Vital Records Index 1844-1905.

Middleborough 1666-1915
Selectmen 1736-1789, Accounts 1799-1823, School Records 1837-1900, Rebellion 1861-1864, Militia 1850-1872, Sales 1832-1862, Accounts 1795-1850, Pauper Burials 1829-1953,
Paupers 1885-1900.

Middleton 1704-1905
Militia Lists 1845-1848; Tax Assessments 1729-1813; Property & Tax Valuations 1798, 1827, 1846; Taxes & Military 1862-1863; School Meetings 1808-1867;  Mortgages 1844-1877; Church Records 1729-1855; Rebellion Records 1861-1866, Vital Records & Indexes 1823-1905.

Millford 1732-1900
Assessments 1784-1885.

Millbury 1761-1899
School Records 1813-1836. Town Account 1840-1889. Civil War 1861-1865. GAR Sketches 1861-1865.

Millis 1995-1910
Vital Records 1901-1910.

Monroe 1777-1896
Town Records 1869-1906.

Montgomery 1739-1899
Vital Records 1739-1899.

Mount Washington 1745-1903
Proprietor's Records 1778-1839.

Nanatucket 1662-1910
Vital Records 1876-1910. Town Records 1853-1884. Census 1860, 1865, 1870, 1880, 1895.  Accounts 1827-1837. Voters 1884-1892. Mortgages 1830-1908. Dog Owners 1852-1885.

Natick 1650-1910
Indians & Vitals 1650, 1700-1832. Taxes, Fences, Strays 1786-1869. Accounts 1756-1852. Chattel Mortgages 1832-1868. School Records 1811-1856. Civil War 1861-1865, 1868-1895. Tax Payers 1867. Paupers 1870-1889. Voters 1877-1884.

New Ashford 1755-1910
Personal Property 1833-1855. Records 1858-1906. Accounts 1828-1875. Accounts 1875-1896. Taxes 1846-1863. School 1876-1910.

Newbury 1635-1915
Accts/Warnings Out 1734-1793. Selectmen 1689-1732. Roads 1719-1914. Pews1805-1852. Church Records 1707-1772.
Accts/Warnings Out 1727-1811. Tax Records 1792-1860.
Town Payments 1821-1848. Fence, Tax, Military 1831-1897.
Licensed Dogs 1859-1878. Registered Voters 1893-1902. Pauper Records 1829-1937. WPA Vitals 1636-1706. Birth Indexes 1630-1851. WPA Birth/Death 1635-1790.

Newburyport 1635-1915
Selectman Records 1778-1829. Payments & Paupers 1776-1843. Militia Rolls 1840-1868. Birth Index 1850-1902. Births 1850-1914. Intentions 1695-1821. Intentions Index 1764-1851. Marriage Index 1645-1903+. Marriages 1849-1915.
Deaths & Index 1635-1762, 1844-1914.

New Salem 1742-1894
Baptisms & Marriages 1742-1782. Baptisms 1807-1843. Marriages 1748-1782, 1808-1868. Church Business 1809-1858.
Parish Records 1788-1848. Parish Records 1864-1962. Church Trustees Records 1820-1909. Church Treasurers Records 1823-1963. Ladies Society Treasurers Records 1856-1866. Birth Index 1857-1856. Marriage Index 1748-1799.
Births 1769-1856. Marriages 1748-1799.

Newton 1621-1915
Town Records 1850-1873.  Selectmen’s Records 1827-1857.  Town Accounts 1734-1857. Militia Rolls 1850-1877.  Rebellion Records 1861-1866.  Deeds & Mortgages 1709-1840.  Fences & Strays 1789-1892. Tax Lists 1786-1819. Paupers 1819-1889.  Voters 1876-1883. Family Register 1631-1846. Out-of-Town Marriages 1686-1800. Birth Index 1621-1892.

North Adams 1878-1906
Vital Records 1901-1906. Vital Records Index 1878-1916. Town Records 1878-1888. Voters 1891-1899.

Northampton 1650-1893
Town Records 1653-1801. Birth Index 1654-1883. Marriage Index 1654-1883. Death Index 1654-1883. Vital Records 1873-1893.

North Andover 1854-1915
Vital Records 1911-1915. Vital Records Index 1843-1915.

Northborough 1716-1892
Town Records 1643-1866. Voters 1884-1892. Burials 1798-1904.

Northbridge 1748-1900
Church Records 1782-1834. Vital Records Indexes 1848-1913. Vital Records 1850-1909. Town Meetings 1869-1938.

Northfield 1717-1919
Vital Records 1900-1915. Vital Records Index 1717-1922.  Marriages 1856-1902.

Norton 1688-1900
Militia 1857-1902.

Norwell 1633-1900
Vital Records Indexes 1888-1940. Scituate Vital Records 1636-1799. Scituate Town & Vital Records 1659-1795. Scituate Town & Vital Records 1736-1845. Scituate Land Records 1633-1707+. South Scituate Rebellion Records 1861-1865