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U.S. - Massachusetts
Localities: Counties, Areas & Regions
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The links in the following sections below point to resources for specific localities , counties, areas and regions within this state. This first section contains links to for some of those same resources at the state level.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Massachusetts
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Local History Network
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 Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
1790 ,
1800 ,
1810 ,
1820 ,
1830 ,
1840 ,
1850 ,
Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
1860 ,
1870 ,
1880 ,
1890 Veterans Schedules ,
1900 ,
1910 ,
1920 ,
1930
- Census Links - Massachusetts
- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Massachusetts
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family History Centers in Massachusetts
From the FamilySearch web site . Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog - Massachusetts
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 Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Massachusetts Mailing Lists
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Massachusetts County Facts & Information
Links & information for each Massachusetts county.
- Massachusetts County Formation Maps
Animated map of county boundries which change over time from original county formations to the present. Also shows static maps for each year a county boundary was changed.
- NACO - About Counties
- Peelle's County Recorder Directory
Listing of addresses and phone numbers for all the county recorders.
- The Political Graveyard: Index to Cemeteries in Massachusetts
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- RootsWeb - Massachusetts Resources at RootsWeb
- USGenWeb - Massachusetts
- USGenWeb Archives - Massachusetts
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
When you know a city or geographic feature, but do not know the county, area or region:
Localities within this state are listed alphabetically below:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
General:
Cemeteries:
Census:
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
1790 ,
1800 ,
1810 ,
1820 ,
1830 ,
1840 ,
1850 ,
Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
1860 ,
1870 ,
1880 ,
1890 Veterans Schedules ,
1900 ,
1910 ,
1920 ,
1930
- Ancestry.com - Barnstable County Massachusetts 1855 Census
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Barnstable, Massachusetts Census, 1920
- Ancestry.com - Dennis, Massachusetts Census, 1920
- Census Links
History & Culture:
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
- Cape Cod Times
Daily newspaper for the Cape Cod & Island area in Massachusetts. Includes obituaries archived from 1997-present.
Newspapers:
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
General:
- American Local History Network
- Ancestry.com - Adams and North Adams, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1889-90, 1890-93
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Great Barrington, Massachusetts Directory, 1894
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Lee, Massachusetts Directory 1890
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Marlborough, Massachusetts Directory, 1887-88
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - New Ashford, Massachusetts Land Owners, 1842-1900
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - North Adams, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1890-93
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Pittsfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-93
Searchable database available by subscription.
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Berkshire County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Berkshire
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
- RootsWeb
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Berkshire County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
Cemeteries:
Census:
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
1790 ,
1800 ,
1810 ,
1820 ,
1830 ,
1840 ,
1850 ,
Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
1860 ,
1870 ,
1880 ,
1890 Veterans Schedules ,
1900 ,
1910 ,
1920 ,
1930
- Ancestry.com - Cheshire, Massachusetts Census, 1900-1920
- Ancestry.com - Hancock, Massachusetts Census, 1790-1920
- Ancestry.com - Lanesboro, Massachusetts Census, 1790-1920
- Ancestry.com - Peru, Massachusetts, Census Records, 1790-1920
- Ancestry.com - Williamstown, Massachusetts Census, 1900
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Williamstown, Massachusetts Census, 1910-1920 ,
Census Links
- Census Online
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
General:
- American Local History Network
- Ancestry.com - Easton, Massachusetts Directory, 1889
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Fall River, Massachusetts City Directories, 1889-91
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Mansfield, Massachusetts Directory, 1890
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - New Bedford, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1889-90
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Taunton, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-93
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Bristol County Massachusetts Local History and Genealogy
- City of Fall River Online
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Bristol County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Freemen's Purchase 1659 - Map ~ Fall River
Drawn map; list of first lot owners; deed (typed) from Indians to 26 colonists; miscellaneous information on will, etc., for Jacob HATHAWAY (d. 1759) of Freetown, Massachusetts; some photos.
- The Herald News ~ Fall River
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Bristol
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
- New Bedford, Massachusetts
- NORTON for Genealogists
Includes lists of Assessors and Selectmen from 1711-1857, local addresses, 1855 town census & cemetery listings
- RootsWeb
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Bristol County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
Cemeteries:
Census:
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
1790 ,
1800 ,
1810 ,
1820 ,
1830 ,
1840 ,
1850 ,
Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
1860 ,
1870 ,
1880 ,
1890 Veterans Schedules ,
1900 ,
1910 ,
1920 ,
1930
- Census Links
- Massachusetts, Bristol County 1790 Census , 1800 , 1810 , 1850 , 1860
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
- 1895 U.S. Atlas
- Freemen's Purchase 1659 - Map ~ Fall River
Drawn map; list of first lot owners; deed (typed) from Indians to 26 colonists; miscellaneous information on will, etc., for Jacob HATHAWAY (d. 1759) of Freetown, Massachusetts; some photos.
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
General:
Cemeteries:
- Abel's Hill Cemetery, Chilmark, MA - Photos and Transcripts
Photographs, transcripts, and biographical information on 18th century gravestones at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark, Dukes Co., Mass. on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
- Cemeteries of Martha's Vineyard
Links to photographs, transcripts, and notes on gravestones at Company Place Cemetery, West Chop Cemetery, Christiantown, and other sites on Martha's Vineyard.
- ePodunk - Cemeteries
Listing of cemeteries in the county.
- GNIS County Cemetery Locations
- The Political Graveyard
- Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, MA, Photos and Transcripts
Photographs, transcripts, and biographical notes on all of the pre-1750 gravestones located at Tower Hill Cemetery (aka "Old Burying Ground").
- West Tisbury Village Cemetery Photos and Transcripts
Selected 17th and 18th century gravestones of some of the early settlers of Tisbury and West Tisbury, MA. Includes early families of ALLEN, ATHEARN, EDDY, HANCOCK, MANTER, MAYHEW, TORREY, WEST, and others.
Census:
- The 1880 Census of Chilmark and Gay Head, Mass.
Transcript of the 1880 census of the town of Chilmark, Mass. (including the future town of Gay Head and the island of Nomans Land.) Includes age, occupation, birthplace, race, and other notes.
- The 1880 Federal Census of Edgartown, Mass.
Transcript of the 1880 Federal Census of Edgartown, Dukes Co., Mass. Includes House, Family, Name, Age, Occupation, Birthplace, Race, and other notes.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
1790 ,
1800 ,
1810 ,
1820 ,
1830 ,
1840 ,
1850 ,
Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
1860 ,
1870 ,
1880 ,
1890 Veterans Schedules ,
1900 ,
1910 ,
1920 ,
1930
- Census Links
- Census Online
- Historical Records of Tisbury, Massachusetts
- 1790 Federal Census of Tisbury, Dukes Co., Mass.
- 1800 Federal Census of Tisbury, Dukes Co., Mass.
- The 1850 Census of Chilmark, MA
- The 1850 Census of Edgartown, MA
- The 1850 Census of Tisbury, MA
- 1865 Census of East Parish Tisbury, Mass.
- The 1880 Census of Tisbury, Mass.
- Index to the 1850 Census of Dukes County, MA
- Index to the 1860 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
- Index to the 1870 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
- Name Extract of the 1910 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
- Surname Index to the 1910 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
- Ancestry.com - Early Vital Records of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, MA to about 1850
CD-ROM review by Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS, CGL.
- Historical Records of Tisbury, Massachusetts
- Deaths in Tisbury 1850 - 1875
- Every Name Index to Town Marriage Records in Tisbury, MA 1850 - 1875
- Index of Death Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1850 - 1875
- Index to Death & Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1884-1939 A - K and L - Z
- Index to Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette, 1850-1863
Index to marriage notices in the Vineyard Gazette by bride and groom - mainly covers marriages on Martha's Vineyard and Dukes County, Mass. Covers years 1850-1863. Includes names, residences, date and place of marriage, and newspaper issue.
- Marriages in Tisbury, 1850 - 1853
Transcript of the town marriage register for the town of Tisbury, Mass., covering the years 1850-1853.
- Marriages in Tisbury, 1853 - 1875
Transcript of town marriage register for the town of Tisbury, Mass. for the years 1853-1875. An every-name index to marriages in Tisbury for 1850-1875 is also available at http://history.vineyard.net//tmindex.htm.
- Tisbury Deaths to the Year 1850: Adams to Linton and Part Two: Look - Yale
Transcribed from pp. 195 - 219 of "Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850" published by the New England Historic Genealogy Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund. Boston, Mass., 1910. Part two, Look through Yale (pp. 219 - 244) is also available at http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/tvrd2.htm.
- Town Marriage Records in Tisbury, 1850 -1875: An Index of Recorded Names
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
- Vital Records Offices in Dukes County
General:
- American Local History Network
- Amesbury High School - Local Connections History - Genealogy - Research - Resource & Exhibition Site
Dedicated to presenting information about historical people, places, and events in and around Northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts including the communities of Amesbury, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Salisbury, and West Newbury. Reference links, resources, and student project postings will continually be added as this site grows.
- Ancestry.com - Amesbury, Massachusetts Directory, 1891
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Bradford, Massachusetts Directory 1889
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Part 1
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Supplement
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Essex, Massachusetts Directory 1888-89
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1638-1840
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Gloucester, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-91
Searchable database available by subscription |
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