Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Vital and town records acquired from local town clerk offices. Some entries contain birth dates earlier than their date of recording. Additional images and indexed records will be published as they become available. Some of these records have been indexed and are searchable.
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Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of vital and town records acquired from local town clerk offices for the years 1626 to 2001. Some of these records have been indexed and are searchable. Additional images and indexed records will be published as they become available. The counties included in this collection are as follows:
- Barnstable
- Berkshire
- Bristol
- Dukes
- Essex
- Franklin
- Hampden
- Hampshire
- Middlesex
- Nantucket
- Norfolk
- Plymouth
- Suffolk
- Worcester
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
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Birth
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Marriage
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Death
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Collection Content
Sample Images
1876 Birth Records
1877 Marriage Records
1864 Death Records
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Collection Details
Location of Original Records
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 19 March 2026. Citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
