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Abington $12 ...
Acton $6 ...
Alford $6
... Amesbury $12
... Andover $18 ...
Arlington $6
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Ashburnham $6
... Ashfield $6
... Athol $6
... Attleboro $12
... Auburn $6
Barre $6
... Becket $6
... Bedford $6
... Bellingham
$6 ...
Beverly $18 ...
Billerica $6
... Bolton $6
... Boston Vitals
1630-1699 $6 ...
Boston Births 1700-1800
$6 ...
Boston Marriages
1700-1756 $12 …
Boxboro $6
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Boxford $6
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Boylston $6
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Bradford $6
... Braintree $18
... Brewster $6
... Bridgewater
$18 ... Brimfield $6
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Brockton $6
... Brookfield
$12 ... Brookline $6
... Buckland $6
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Burlington $6
Cambridge $30 ...
Canton/Stoughton $6
... Carlisle $6
... Carver $6
... Charlemont
$6 ...
Charlton $6
... Chelmsford
$12 ... Chelsea $12 ...
Chester $6
... Chilmark $6
... Cohasset $6
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Colrain $6
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Concord $12 ...
Conway $6
Dalton $6
... Dana $6 ...
Danvers $18 ...
Dartmouth $18 ...
Deerfield $6
... Douglas $6
... Dover $6
... Dracut $6
... Dudley $6
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Dunstable $6
... Duxbury $12
East Bridgewater
$6 ...
Edgartown $6
... Essex $6
Fitchburg $18 ...
Foxboro $6
... Framingham
$12
Gardner $6
... Georgetown
$6 ...
Gill $6
... Gloucester
$30 ... Grafton $6
... Granville $6
... Great
Barrington $6 ...
Greenfield $6
... Groton $12
Halifax $6 ...
Hamilton $6 ...
Hanson $6
... Hardwick $6
... Harvard $6
... Haverhill $12
... Heath $6
... Hinsdale $6
... Holden $6
... Holliston $6
... Hopkinton $12
... Hubbardston $6
... Hull $6
Ipswich $18
Kingston $6
Lancaster $12 ...
Lawrence $6
... Lee $6
... Leicester $6
... Leominster
$6 ...
Lexington $12 ...
Lincoln $6
... Lowell $30 ...
Lynn $18 ...
Lynnfield $6
Malden $6
... Manchester
$6 ...
Mansfield $6
... Marblehead
$24 ... Marlboro $6
... Medfield $6
... Medford $12 ...
Medway $6
... Mendon $12 ...
Methuen $6
... Middlefield
$6 ...
Middleton $6
... Milford $6
... Millbury $6
... Milton $6
... Montague $6
... Montgomery
$6
Nantucket $42 ...
Natick $6 ...
New Ashford $6 ...
New Bedford $24 ...
New Braintree
$6 ... Newbury $24 ...
Newburyport $24 ...
New Salem $6
... Newton $12 ...
Northbridge $6 ...
Norton $6
Oakham $6
... Otis $6
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Oxford $6
Palmer $6 ...
Pelham $6 ...
Pembroke $12 ...
Peru $6 ...
Petersham $6 ...
Phillipston $6 ...
Plymouth $12 ...
Plympton $12 ...
Princeton $6
Reading $12 ...
Rehoboth $18 ...
Richmond $6 ...
Rochester $12 ...
Rockport $6 ...
Rowley $12 ...
Roxbury $18 ...
Royalston $6 ...
Rutland $6
Salem $42 ...
Salisbury $12 ...
Sandisfield $6 ...
Saugus $6 ...
Scituate $18 ...
Sharon $6 ...
Shelburne $6 ...
Sherborn $6 ...
Shirley $6 ...
Shrewsbury $6 ...
Southboro $6 ...
Spencer $6 ...
Stoneham $6 ...
Stoughton/Canton $6 ...
Stow $6 ...
Sturbridge $6 ...
Sudbury $6 ...
Sutton $12
Taunton $18 ...
Templeton $6
... Tewksbury $6
... Tisbury $6
... Topsfield $6
... Truro $12 ...
Tyngsboro $6
... Tyringham $6
Upton $6 ...
Uxbridge $6
Wakefield $6
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Walpole $6 ...
Waltham $6
... Warren $6
... Washington
$6 ...
Wayland $6
... Wenham $6
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Westboro $6
... West Boylston
$6 ...
West Bridgewater
$6 ...
Westford $6
... Westminster
$6 ...
West Newbury $6
... Westport $6
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West Springfield $12 ...
West Stockbridge $6
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Weymouth $12 ...
Williamstown $6
... Winchendon $6 ...
Windsor $6 ...
Worthington $6
... Wrentham $12
PRINTED
VITAL RECORDS FOR 2/3 OF STATE
Are you searching
for names in Massachusetts? If so, maybe you've already looked
through the tan books of the old printed series of vital records to
1850. This series, published nearly a hundred years ago for 210 of
the 350 or so Massachusetts towns and cities, lists births,
marriages, and deaths for the earliest settlers, and continues
through 1849.
SOURCE
OF DATA
Most of the data
comes from original records safeguarded in town halls, sometimes
supplemented with facts from church, cemetery, court, or family
bibles. Because the information comes from such a diverse group of
sources, many now missing; these books, compiled years ago as a
secondary source, sometimes now serve as the only link to
primary-source documents.
VALUE OF
PRINTED RECORDS
Not only do these
volumes contain valuable data, but they are easy to use; being
printed, with names arranged alphabetically, cross-referenced to
alternate spellings, and placed in categories of births, marriages,
and deaths. Further, though not entirely error free, these records
are remarkably accurate.
BOOKS
SOMETIMES NOT AVAILABLE
Though widely
accessible for decades, time, acid paper, and heavy use have worked
together to wear out many of the vital record books. As a result, it
is not unusual for the books to be taken out of circulation if still
on the stacks, the pages may tear or fall out when touched, and
photocopying may be forbidden.
BOOKS
ON MICROFICHES
Now, however,
most of these old books can be yours on fiches, with up to 325 or
420 pages per fiche; which is three to four times as many pages as
the typical filming. This makes it possible for all the births,
deaths, and marriages of most towns to fit on just one fiche.
Further, you can buy just the records of the towns you select; you
donąt have to pay for extra records you don't need or want.
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