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Andover:
Andover Deeds of Seats 1797-1827. Book 1. About 180 pages. Fiches 169-171.

Beverly:
Beverly Births and Deaths 1777-1843
. Data on Fiches 51-53 transcribed from church records.

Billerica:
Billerica Church of Christ Baptisms [1747-1828]
. Baptismal dates on Fiches 14T-15T are arranged alphabetically by family.

Bolton:
Bolton [Church Certificates] 1817-1833
. 36 pages. In order to avoid the minister tax for the official town church, these residents obtained certificates of membership in other churches; e.g., Baptist, Methodist, Evangelical Congregational, and Universalist. Tax-Exempt Church Members 1817-1833, pp 1-36 on Fiche 76.

Boston:
Boston Church Marriages 1751-1761
. 116 pages. Fiches 131-132.
This book, though worn and torn, is especially valuable because of the lack of 1751-1761 marriages in city records. Further, the marriages here, arranged by church, actually date from 1730-1802. Note that the introduction identifies the churches that existed in 1751, along with the year of their organization.

Charlestown:
Charlestown 1st Church 1632-1789
. Contains data from First Church, index, Second Church and Harvard Church on Fiches 250-258.

Chilmark:
Chilmark General [Church] Record 1819-1905.
About 150 pages. fiches 21-23.
Chilmark Methodist Episcopal Church 1837-1872. Fiches 24,25, 27.
Chilmark Methodist Episcopal Church Records 1842-1888
. Fiches 26-27.

Dunstable:
Dunstable Church Records 1834-1898
. Book C. About 60 pages/fiche.
Records at the beginning of the book include the Confession of Faith and Covenant; as well as such business as rules, discipline for un-Christian acts, baptisms, admissions, and dismissals. News items, such as the 1871 death of a past minister, sometimes appear. The end of the book provides lists of members at time of baptism, marriage and/or death; along with a chronological listing of church admissions and dismissals--perhaps extracted from earlier pages in the book. Two censuses identify church members of 1860-1873 and circa 1879-1897, with dates of church admission ranging from 1813-1897. Dates of death (ranging from 1861-1898), sometimes with age or place of death, and new places of residence, also, often appear in the censuses. Note that 1885 membership consisted of 20 males and 44 females. Fiches 89-93.

Ludlow:
Ludlow [Congregational Church Records 1819-1839]
. About 50 pages + loose papers. These records report baptisms, identify church members, give names (and sometimes residence) of those applying for church admission, provide death notices or new addresses for most removals, reveal some personal confessions, and proclaim the Confession of Faith & Covenant of the church. Fiches 20-21.

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS CHURCH RECORDS
SCITUATE 1695-1887

Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1991
LC 90-814431, ISBN 0-87623-132-6 (ISBN 0-87623-130-X, Set)
30- to 35-frame, double-image format at 25X & 30X reduction
7 volumes on 19 microfiches
Jay Mack Holbrook

FICHES 1-2: First Book of Records 1695-1761
FICHES 3-5: Transcript of First Book 1695-1761
FICHES 6-10: Records of First Parish 1761-1854
FICHES 11-13: First Precinct Accounts 1786-1871
FICHES 14-15: Church Book of Scituate 1707-1791
FICHES 16-17: First Church of Christ 1787-1831
FICHES 18-19: First Church of Christ 1831-1887

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MASSACHUSETTS CHURCH RECORDS
SUTTON 1720-1905

Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1998
LC 90-814431, ISBN 0-87623-170-9 (ISBN 0-87623-130-X, Set)
30- to 35-frame, double-image format at 25X & 30X reduction
9 volumes on 33 microfiches
Jay Mack Holbrook

FICHES 1-3: Church Records 1720-1825
FICHES 4-6: Parish Book of Records 1743-1773
FICHE 6: Inventory of Church Records 1989
FICHES 7-10: Church of Christ Records 1826-1859
FICHES 11-15: Congregational Church Records 1859-1884
FICHES 16-20: Parish/Society Records 1783-1851
FICHES 21-23: Congregational Society Records 1794-1826
FICHES 24-28: Congregational Society Records 1794-1851
FICHES 29-33: Church Register & Record 1854-1948

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MASSACHUSETTS CHURCH RECORDS
WARREN 1791-1869

Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1991
LC 90-814431, ISBN 0-87623-133-4 (ISBN 0-87623-130-X, Set)
30- to 35-frame, double-image format at 25X & 30X reduction
2 volumes on 5 microfiches
Jay Mack Holbrook

FICHE 1: Church & Vital Records 1791-1837
FICHE 2: Church Records & Deaths 1791-1836
FICHE 3: Church Records 1836-1855
FICHE 4: Church Records 1856-1868
FICHE 5: Church & Vital Records 1836-1869

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