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Adoptee Rights Law Center - Massachusetts
Summary of the laws in this state for adoptees and their original birth certificates.
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Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Massachusetts
Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
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Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 $
Original source: State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. Boston, MA, USA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, 2005. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Town Marriage Records $
Original source: Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904; Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914; Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926; Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908; Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913; Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 $
Original source: With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 $
Original source: Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904; Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914; Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926; Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908; Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913; Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 $
Original source: Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904; Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914; Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926; Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908; Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913; Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 $
Original source: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Including baptisms, christenings, divorces, burials, cemeteries and obituaries. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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Massachusetts Centinal Marriage Notices
Original source: American Antiquarian Society. Index to Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784-1840, Vol. 1 A-D. Boston, MA, USA: G.K. Hall, 1961.
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Massachusetts Deaths, 1844: Vol. 8, Barnstable to Hampshire; Volume 9, Middlesex to Worcester
Original source: Boston, MA, USA: Boston State Archives, 1844.
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Massachusetts Marriages to 1800
Original source: Bailey, Frederic W.. Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800. 3 vol.. New Haven, CT, USA: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1897-1914.
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Massachusetts Town Marriage Records
Original source: Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.; Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.; Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926.; Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908.; Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913.; Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918.; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
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Archives.com - Massachusetts Birth Records, 1569 - 1850 $
946,779 Records. Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.
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Archives.com - Massachusetts Death Records, 1569 - 1850 $
402,516 Records. Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.
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Archives.com - Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1569 - 1850 $
711,926 Records. Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.
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Archives.com - Search For Massachusetts Birth Records $
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Archives.com - Search For Massachusetts Death Records $
Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.
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Archives.com - Search For Massachusetts Divorce Records $
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Archives.com - Search For Massachusetts Marriage Records $
Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.
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Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of 1849
Transcriptions and images of the Massachusetts Town Vital Records "Tan Books" from the early 20th Century.
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FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 FREE
Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Massachusetts. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 4,639,049 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
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FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915 FREE
Name index and images of state birth records from 1841-1915. The registers of births are first arranged in volumes by year. Within the volumes the birth entries are arranged by town then numerically by the number it was entered into the registers. May include a few births for 1840.
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FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003 FREE
Index of deaths from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services in Boston. Index provided by Ancestry.com.
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Statewide recording of vital records is as follows.
The Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics has:
See more detailed information, including what is available at the county or city levels: Ancestry.com Wiki - Massachusetts Vital Records
Based on Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
The Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics has:
- Birth records since 1 January 1896
- Marriage records since 1 January 1896
- Divorce index since 1952
- Death records since 1 January 1896
See more detailed information, including what is available at the county or city levels: Ancestry.com Wiki - Massachusetts Vital Records
Based on Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources