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Massachusetts Vital Records

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Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are available only for relatively recent periods. These records, despite their recent creation in the United States, are critically important in genealogical research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century. The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.

Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon St., 1st Fl.
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
Main Telephone: (617) 740-2600

The cited fee is for mail requests; other requests may be less expensive. Check or money order should be made payable to Registry of Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (617) 753-8600. This will be a recorded message.

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Birth Cost: $18.00

State office has records beginning 1901. For earlier records, write to The Massachusetts Archives.

Death Cost: $18.00

State office has records beginning 1901. For earlier records, write to The Massachusetts Archives.

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The Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia

Divorce  Cost: Varies

Index only beginning 1952. Certified copies are not available from State office, which will direct inquirer where to send request. Records may be requested directly from the Registrar of Probate Court where divorce was granted.

Marriage  Cost: $18.00

State office has records beginning 1901.

Attleboro, Massachusetts - The Sun Chronicle

Online Vital Records

Vital & Church Records (paid database, free search)
This collection contains records from the following towns: Abington, Acton, Arlington, Ashburnham, Ashfield, Bellingham, Boston, Bradford, Brimfield, Brockton, Carver, Chester, Dartmouth, Dover, Dracut, Ebridge, Essex, Framingham, Gill, Granville, Groton, Holden, Holliston, Hopkinten, Hummards, Lawrence, Lexington, Lincoln, Lynn, Medford, Medway, Middlefield, Montgomery, New Ashford, New Bedford, New Braintree, Pembroke, Rehobeth, Richmond, Shelburne, Shrewsbury, Shirley, Sturbridge, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Tisbury, Tyringham, Wayland, Washington, Watertown, Westminster, Westport, West Springfield, Winchendon, Windsor, and Worthingham.

Barnstable County

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Dukes County

  • Edgartown
    Index to Death and Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1884 - 1939
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Essex County

Franklin

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Hampshire

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Worcester County

Ancestry.com Boston Vital Records, 1630-99
Believed to contain all the birth, marriage, and death records of the first seventy years of Boston, this work was intended to be comprehensive. As a result this database contains over thirty thousand vital records as reported to the Records Commission between 1630 and 1699. In addition to these vital records, baptisms in the Boston First Church for the same time period are included. The database is organized by year and category (i.e. birth, marriage, and death, respectively) and nearly every entry includes parents (in births) and spouses (in marriage and deaths) along with the date of the event.  (Requires Ancestry.com Membership) Get 14 Days Free Access!!!

Ancestry.com Massachusetts State Database
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Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon St., 1st Fl.
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
Main Telephone: (617) 740-2600
Barnstable County
3195 Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02630
(508) 375-6648
Hampshire County
33 King St.
Northampton, MA 01060-3298
(413) 584-3637
Berkshire County
76 East Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201-5369
(413) 448-8424
Middlesex County
40 Thorndike St.
E. Cambridge, MA 02141
(617) 494-4003
Bristol County
PO Box 208
Taunton, MA 02780-0208
(508) 824-9681
Nantucket County
Broad Street
Nantucket, MA 02554
(508) 228-7229
Dukes County
P.O. Box 190
Edgartown, MA 02539-0190
(508) 627-5535
Norfolk County
PO Box 310
Dedham, MA 02026-0310
(781) 326-1600
Essex County
36 Federal St.
Salem, MA 01970
(508) 741-0200
Plymouth County
11 South Russell Street
Plymouth, MA 02367-3909
(781) 830-9100
Franklin County
P.O. Box 1495
Greenfield, MA 01302-1495
(413) 772-0239
Suffolk County
1 City  Hall Square
Boston, MA 02201
(617) 635-3068
Hampden County
50 Stable St.
Springfield, MA 01102-0559
(413) 748-8600
Worchester County
455 Main Street, Room 206
Worchester, MA 01608
(508) 799-1126

 

 

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