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Adoptee Rights Law Center - Massachusetts

Summary of the laws in this state for adoptees and their original birth certificates.

AmericanAncestors - Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 ^FREE

Database from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 $

Original source: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. 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.

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.

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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Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of 1849 (Wayback Machine)

Transcriptions and images of the Massachusetts Town Vital Records "Tan Books" from the early 20th Century.

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.

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.

FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Church Records, 1630-1943 ^FREE

This collection contains Church vital records from 1630-1943. They are from different denominations located in several counties in Massachusetts.

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.

FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910 ^FREE

Name index to death and burial 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 1,545,640 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.