Alphabetical List -- Vital Records of Massachusetts Towns on CD-RomClick on the town name to link to the CD containing County's of the Massachusetts towns within them. Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester. Link to Towns listed by County *CD: Massachusetts vital records for the starred towns on the 9 CD set: Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to About 1850 CD-ROMs. *POS: "Part of the Official Series." The starred towns have vital records published in the New England Historical Society's series of average size tan books known as the "Official Series" published near the beginning of the last century and included in the 9-CD set PRINTED VITAL RECORDS FOR 2/3 OF STATE Are you searching for names in Massachusetts? If so, maybe you've already looked through the tan books of the old printed series of vital records to 1850. This series, published nearly a hundred years ago for 210 of the 350 or so Massachusetts towns and cities, lists births, marriages, and deaths for the earliest settlers, and continues through 1849. SOURCE OF DATA Most of the data comes from original records safeguarded in town halls, sometimes supplemented with facts from church, cemetery, court, or family bibles. Because the information comes from such a diverse group of sources, many now missing; these books, compiled years ago as a secondary source, sometimes now serve as the only link to primary-source documents. VALUE OF PRINTED RECORDS Not only do these volumes contain valuable data, but they are easy to use; being printed, with names arranged alphabetically, cross-referenced to alternate spellings, and placed in categories of births, marriages, and deaths. Further, though not entirely error free, these records are remarkably accurate. BOOKS SOMETIMES NOT AVAILABLE Though widely accessible for decades, time, acid paper, and heavy use have worked together to wear out many of the vital record books. As a result, it is not unusual for the books to be taken out of circulation if still on the stacks, the pages may tear or fall out when touched, and photocopying may be forbidden.
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Town | Established | Parent Town | County | CD | POS | Abington | 1712 | Bridgewater | Plymouth | * | * | Acton | 1735 | Concord | Middlesex | * | * | Acushnet | 1860 | Fairhaven | Bristol | | | Adams | 1778 | | Berkshire | | | Agawam | 1855 | West Springfield | Hampden | | | Alford | 1773 | Great Barrington | Berkshire | * | * | Amesbury | 1666 | Salisbury | Essex | * | * | Amherst | 1759 | Hadley | Hampshire | * | | Andover | 1646 | | Essex | * | * | Arlington | 1807 | Cambridge | Middlesex | * | * | Ashburnham | 1765 | | Worcester | * | * | Ashby | 1767 | Ashburnham, Fitchburg, & Townsend | Middlesex | * | | Ashfield | 1765 | | Franklin | * | * | Ashland | 1846 | Framingham, Holliston, & Hopkinton | Middlesex | * | | Athol | 1762 | | Worcester | * | * | Attleboro | 1694 | Rehoboth | Bristol | * | * | Auburn | 1778 | Leicester, Oxford, Sutton & Worcester | Worcester | * | * | Avon | 1888 | Stoughton | Norfolk | | | Ayer | 1871 | Groton, & Shirley | Middlesex | | | Barnstable | 1638 | none | Barnstable | * | | Barre | 1753 | Rutland | Worcester | * | * | Becket | 1765 | | Berkshire | * | * | Bedford | 1729 | Billerica & Concord | Middlesex | * | * | Belchertown | 1761 | | Hampshire | | | Bellingham | 1719 | Dedham, Mendon & Wrentham | Norfolk | * | * | Belmont | 1859 | Waltham, Watertown & West Cambridge (now Arlington) | Middlesex | | | Berkley | 1735 | Dighton & Taughton | Bristol | | | Berlin | 1784 | Bolton & Marlborough | Worcester | * | | Bernardston | 1762 | | Franklin | | | Beverly | 1668 | Salem | Essex | * | * | Billerica | 1655 | | Middlesex | * | * | Blackstone | 1845 | Mendon | Worcester | | | Blandford | 1741 | | Hampden | | | Bolton | 1738 | Lancaster | Worcester | * | * | Boston | 1630 | | Suffolk | * | | Bourne | 1884 | Sandwich | Barnstable | | | Boxborough | 1783 | Harvard, Littleton, Stow | Middlesex | * | * | Boxford | 1694 | | Essex | * | * | Boylston | 1786 | Shrewsbury | Worcester | * | * | Bradford | 1675 | | Essex | * | * | Braintree | 1640 | Boston (Mount Wollaston) | Norfolk | * | | Brewster | 1803 | Harwich | Barnstable | * | * | Bridgewater | 1656 | | Plymouth | * | * | Brighton | 1821 | Cambridge | Suffolk | | | Brimfield | 1714 | | Hampden | * | * | Brockton | 1821 | Bridgewater | Plymouth | * | * | Brookfield | 1673 | | Worcester | * | * | Brookline | 1705 | Boston | Norfolk | * | * | Buckland | 1779 | No Town Plantation" & Charlemont | Franklin | * | * | Burlington | 1799 | Woburn | Middlesex | * | * | Cambridge | 1631 | | Middlesex | * | * | Canton | 1797 | Stoughton | Norfolk | * | * | Carlisle | 1780 | Acton, Billerica, Chelmsford & Concord | Middlesex | * | * | Carver | 1790 | Plympton | Plymouth | * | * | Charlemont | 1765 | | Franklin | * | * | Charlestown | 1630 | | Suffolk | * | | Charlton | 1754 | Oxford | Worcester | * | * | Chatham | 1712 | none | Barnstable | * | | Chelmsford | 1655 | | Middlesex | * | * | Chelsea | 1739 | Boston | Suffolk | * | | Cheshire | 1793 | Adams, Lanesborough, Windsor & New Ashford District | Berkshire | | | Chester | 1765 | | Hampden | * | * | Chesterfield | 1762 | | Hampshire | | | Chicopee | 1848 | Springfield | Hampden | | | Chilmark | 1694 | | Dukes | * | * | Clarksburg | 1798 | | Berkshire | | | Clinton | 1850 | Lancaster | Worcester | | | Cohasset | 1770 | Hingham | Norfolk | * | * | Colrain | 1761 | | Franklin | * | * | Concord | 1635 | | Middlesex | * | * | Conway | 1767 | Deerfield | Franklin | * | * | Cummington | 1779 | NO. 5" Plantation | Hampshire | * | | Dalton | 1784 | | Berkshire | * | * | Dana | 1801 | Greenwich, Hardwick & Petersham | Worcester | * | * | Danvers | 1752 | Salem | Essex | * | * | Dartmouth | 1652 | | Bristol | * | * | Dedham | 1636 | | Norfolk | * | * | Deerfield | 1677 | | Franklin | * | * | Dennis | 1793 | Yarmouth | Barnstable | * | | Dighton | 1712 | Taunton | Bristol | * | | Dorchester | 1630 | | Suffolk | * | | Douglas | 1746 | | Worcester | * | * | Dover | 1784 | Dedham | Norfolk | * | * | Dracut | 1702 | | Middlesex | * | * | Dudley | 1732 | Oxford | Worcester | * | * | Dunstable | 1673 | | Middlesex | * | * | Duxbury | 1637 | | Plymouth | * | * | E. Bridgewater | 1823 | Bridgewater | Plymouth | | * | E. Brookfield | 1920 | Brookfield | Worcester | * | | E. Longmeadow | 1894 | Longmeadow | Hampden | | | Eastham | 1646 | none | Barnstable | * | | Easthampton | 1785 | Northhampton & Southhampton | Hampshire | | | Easton | 1725 | Taunton's North Purchase & Norton | Bristol | | | Edgartown | 1671 | | Dukes | * | * | Egremont | 1760 | | Berkshire | | | Enfield | 1816 | Belchertown/Greenwich | Hampshire | | | Erving | 1838 | | Franklin | | | Essex | 1819 | Ipswich | Essex | * | * | Everett | 1870 | Malden | Middlesex | | | Fairhaven | 1812 | New Bedford | Bristol | | | Fall River | 1803 | Freetown | Bristol | | | Falmouth | 1694 | | Barnstable | * | | Fitchburg | 1764 | Lunenburg | Worcester PMV | * | | Florida | 1805 | Barnardstone's Grant" & Part of "Bullock's Grant" | Berkshire | | | Foxborough | 1778 | Stoughton, Walpole, Wrentham, & Stoughtonham (Now Sharon) | Norfolk | * | * | Framingham | 1675 | | Middlesex | * | * | Franklin | 1778 | Wrentham | Norfolk | * | * | Freetown | 1683 | | Bristol | | | Gardner | 1785 | Ashburnham, Templeton, Westminster, & Winchendon | Worcester | * | * | Gay Head | 1855 | | Dukes | | | Georgetown | 1838 | Rowley | Essex | * | * | Gill | 1793 | Greenfield | Franklin | * | * | Gloucester | 1642 | | Essex | * | * | Goshen | 1781 | Chesterfield | Hampshire | * | | Gosnold | 1864 | Chilmark | Dukes | | | Grafton | 1735 | | Worcester | * | * | Granby | 1768 | South Hadley | Hampshire | | | Granville | 1754 | Hampden | Hampden | * | * | Great Barrington | 1761 | Sheffield | Berkshire | * | * | Greenfield | 1753 | Deerfield | Franklin | * | * | Greenwich | 1754 | | Worcester | * | | Groton | 1655 | | Middlesex | * | * | Groveland | 1850 | Bradford | Essex | | | Hadley | 1661 | | Hampshire | * | | Halifax | 1734 | Middleborough, Pembroke | Plymouth | * | * | Hamilton | 1793 | Ipswich | Essex | * | * | Hampden | 1878 | Wilbraham | Hampden | | | Hancock | 1776 | | Berkshire | | | Hanover | 1727 | Abington & Scituate | Plymouth | * | * | Hanson | 1820 | Pembroke | Plymouth | * | * | Hardwick | 1739 | | Worcester | * | * | Harvard | 1732 | Groton, Lancaster & Stow | Worcester | * | * | Harwich | 1694 | | Barnstable MD | * | | Hatfield | 1670 | Hadley | Hampshire | * | | Haverhill | 1641 | | Essex | * | * | Hawley | 1792 | | Franklin | * | | Heath | 1785 | Charlemont | Franklin | * | * | Hingham | 1635 | | Plymouth | | | Hinsdale | 1804 | Partridgefield (Now Peru) | Berkshire | * | * | Holbrook | 1872 | Randolph | Norfolk | | | Holden | 1741 | Worcester | Worcester | * | * | Holland | 1783 | South Brimfield (now Wales) | Hampden | | | Holliston | 1724 | Sherborn | Middlesex | * | * | Holyoke | 1850 | West Springfield | Hampden | | | Hopedale | 1886 | Milford | Worcester | | | Hopkinton | 1715 | | Middlesex | * | * | Hubbardston | 1767 | Rutland | Worcester | * | * | Hudson | 1866 | Marlborough & Stow | Middlesex | | | Hull | 1644 | | Plymouth | * | * | Huntington | 1773 | Murrayfield | Hampshire | | | Ipswich | 1634 | | Essex | * | * | Kingston | 1726 | Plymouth | Plymouth | * | * | Lakeville | 1853 | Middleborough | Plymouth | * | | Lancaster | 1653 | | Worcester | * | * | Lanesborough | 1765 | | Berkshire | * | | Lawrence | 1847 | Andover & Methuen | Essex | * | * | Lee | 1777 | Great Barrington | Berkshire | * | * | Leicester | 1714 | | Worcester | * | * | Lenox | 1767 | Richmont (Now Richmond) | Berkshire | | | Leominster | 1740 | Lancaster | Worcester | * | * | Leverett | 1774 | Sunderland | Franklin | | | Lexington | 1713 | Cambridge | Middlesex | * | * | Leyden | 1784 | Bernardston | Franklin | | | Lincoln | 1754 | Concord, Lexington & Weston | Middlesex | * | * | Littleton | 1715 | | Middlesex | * | * | Longmeadow | 1783 | Springfield | Hampden | * | | Lowell | 1826 | Chelmsford | Middlesex | * | * | Ludlow | 1774 | Springfield | Hampden | | | Lunenburg | 1728 | Turkey Hills" & Land belonging to Woburn & Dorchester & Boardman's Farm | Worcester | * | | Lynn V1 | 1635 | | Essex | * | * | Lynnfield | 1782 | Lynn | Essex | * | * | Malden | 1649 | | Middlesex | * | * | Manchester | 1645 | Salem | Essex | * | * | Mansfield | 1770 | Norton | Bristol | * | * | Marblehead | 1633 | | Essex | * | * | Marion | 1852 | Rochester | Plymouth | * | | Marlborough | 1660 | | Middlesex | * | * | Marshfield | 1640 | | Plymouth | * | | Mashpee | 1763 | | Barnstable | | | Mattapoisett | 1857 | Rochester | Plymouth | * | | Maynard | 1871 | Stow & Sudbury | Middlesex | | | Medfield | 1650 | Dedham | Norfolk | * | * | Medford | 1630 | | Middlesex | * | * | Medway | 1713 | Medfield | Norfolk | * | * | Melrose | 1850 | Malden | Middlesex | | | Mendon | 1667 | | Worcester | * | * | Merrimac | 1876 | Amesbury | Essex | | | Methuen | 1725 | Haverhill | Essex | * | * | Middleborough | 1669 | | Plymouth | * | | Middlefield | 1783 | Hampshire | * | * | Middleton | 1728 | Andover, Boxford, Salem & Topsfield | Essex | * | * | Milford | 1780 | Mendon | Worcester | * | * | Millbury | 1813 | Sutton | Worcester | * | * | Millis | 1885 | Medway | Norfolk | | | Millville | 1916 | Blackstone | Worcester | | | Milton | 1662 | Dorchester | Norfolk | * | * | Monroe | 1822 | Rowe and "The Gore" | Franklin | | | Monson | 1760 | Brimfield | Hampden | | | Montague | 1754 | Sunderland | Franklin | * | * | Monterey | 1847 | Tyringham | Berkshire | | | Montgomery | 1780 | Westfield Norwich (now Huntington) & Southhampton | Hampden | * | * | Mount Washington | 1779 | | Berkshire | | | N. Attleborough | 1887 | Attleborough | Bristol | | | N. Brookfield | 1812 | Brookfield | Worcester | * | | N. Reading | 1853 | Reading | Middlesex | | | Nahant | 1853 | Lynn | Essex | * | | Nantucket | 1687 | | Nantucket | * | * | Natick | 1650 | | Middlesex | * | * | Needham | 1711 | Dedham | Norfolk | * | | New Ashford | 1781 | | Berkshire | * | * | New Bedford | 1787 | Dartmouth | Bristol | * | * | New Braintree | 1751 | Hardwick & Brookfield | Worcester | * | * | New Marlborough | 1759 | | Berkshire | | | New Salem | 1753 | | Franklin | * | * | Newbury | 1635 | | Essex | * | * | Newburyport | 1764 | Newbury | Essex | * | * | Newton | 1691 | | Middlesex | * | * | Norfolk | 1870 | Franklin, Medway, Walpole, and Wrentham | Norfolk | | | North Adams | 1878 | Adams | Berkshire | | | North Andover | 1855 | Andover | Essex | | | Northampton | 1656 | | Hampshire | * | | Northborough | 1766 | Westborough | Worcester | * | * | Northbridge | 1772 | Uxbridge | Worcester | * | * | Northfield | 1714 | | Franklin | | | Norton | 1710 | Taunton | Bristol | * | * | Norwell | 1849 | Scituate | Plymouth | * | | Norwood | 1872 | Dedham & Walpole | Norfolk | | | Oak Bluffs | 1880 | Edgartown | Dukes | | | Oakham | 1762 | Rutland | Worcester | * | * | Orange | 1783 | Athol, Royalston, Warwick, & "Ervingshire tract" | Franklin | * | | Orleans | 1797 | Eastham | Barnstable | * | | Otis | 1773 | Tyringham Equivalent | Berkshire | * | * | Oxford | 1693 | | Worcester | * | * | Palmer | 1752 | | Hampden | * | * | Paxton | 1765 | Leicester & Rutland | Worcester | * | | Peabody | 1855 | Danvers | Essex | | | Pelham | 1743 | | Hampshire | * | * | Pembroke | 1712 | Duxbury | Plymouth | * | * | Pepperell | 1753 | Groten | Middlesex | * | | Peru | 1771 | | Berkshire | * | * | Petersham | 1754 | | Worcester | * | * | Phillipston | 1786 | Athol & Templeton | Worcester | * | * | Pittsfield | 1761 | | Berkshire | * | | Plainfield | 1785 | Cummington | Hampshire | * | | Plainville | 1905 | Wrentham | Norfolk | | | Plymouth | 1620 | | Plymouth | * | | Plympton | 1707 | Plymouth | Plymouth | * | * | Prescott | 1822 | Pelham & New Salem | Worcester | * | | Princeton | 1759 | Rutland | Worcester | * | * | Provincetown | 1727 | | Barnstable | * | | Quincy | 1792 | Braintree & Dorchester | Norfolk | | | Randolph | 1793 | Braintree | Norfolk | * | | Raynham | 1731 | Taunton | Bristol | * | | Reading | 1644 | Lynn | Middlesex | * | * | Rehoboth | 1645 | | Bristol | * | * | Revere | 1846 | Chelsea | Suffolk | * | | Richmond | 1765 | | Berkshire | * | * | Rochester | 1686 | | Plymouth | * | * | Rockland | 1874 | Abington | Plymouth | | | Rockport | 1840 | Gloucester | Essex | * | * | Rowe | 1785 | | Franklin | | | Rowley | 1639 | | Essex | * | * | Roxbury | 1630 | | Suffolk | * | * | Royalston | 1765 | | Worcester | * | * | Russel | 1792 | Westfield & Montgomery | Hampshire | | | Rutland | 1714 | | Worcester | * | * | S. Hadley | 1753 | Hadley | Hampshire | | | Salem | 1630 | | Essex | * | * | Salisbury | 1639 | | Essex | * | * | Sandisfield | 1762 | | Berkshire | * | * | Sandwich | 1638 | none | Barnstable | * | | Saugus | 1815 | Lynn | Essex | * | * | Savoy | 1797 | | Berkshire | | | Scituate | 1633 | | Plymouth | * | * | Seekonk | 1812 | Rehoboth | Bristol | * | | Sharon | 1765 | Stoughton | Norfolk | * | | Sheffield | 1733 | | Berkshire | | | Shelburne | 1768 | Deerfield | Franklin | * | * | Sherborn | 1674 | | Middlesex | * | * | Shirley | 1753 | Groten | Middlesex | * | * | Shrewsbury | 1720 | | Worcester | * | * | Shutesbury | 1761 | | Franklin | | | Somerset | 1790 | Swansea | Bristol | | | Somerville | 1842 | Charlestown | Middlesex | | | Southampton | 1753 | Northampton | Hampshire | | | Southborough | 1727 | Marlborough | Worcester | * | * | Southbridge | 1816 | Charlton, Dudley, Sturbridge | Worcester | * | | Southwick | 1770 | Wheatfield | Hampden | | | Spencer | 1753 | Leicester | Worcester | * | * | Springfield | 1641 | | Hampden | * | * | Sterling | 1781 | Lancaster | Worcester | * | | Stockbridge | 1739 | | Berkshire | | | Stoneham | 1725 | Charlestown | Middlesex | * | * | Stoughton | 1726 | Dorchester | Norfolk | * | | Stow | 1683 | | Middlesex | * | * | Sturbridge | 1738 | | Worcester | * | * | Sudbury | 1639 | | Middlesex | * | * | Sunderland | 1673 | | Franklin | | | Sutton | 1714 | | Worcester | * | * | Swampscott | 1852 | Lynn | Essex | | | Swansea | 1667 | Rehoboth | Bristol | * | | Taunton | 1639 | | Bristol | * | * | Templeton | 1762 | | Worcester | * | * | Tewksbury | 1734 | Billerica | Middlesex | * | * | Tisbury | 1671 | | Dukes | * | * | Tolland | 1810 | Ipswich | Hampden | | | Topsfield | 1648 | | Essex | * | * | Townsend | 1732 | | Middlesex | * | | Truro | 1709 | none | Barnstable | * | * | Tyngsboro | 1789 | Dunstable | Middlesex | * | * | Tyringham | 1762 | | Berkshire | * | * | Upton | 1735 | Hopkinton, Mendon, Sutton & Uxbridge | Worcester | * | * | Uxbridge | 1727 | Mendon | Worcester | * | * | West Boylston | 1808 | Boylston, Holden & Sterling | Worcester | * | * | West Bridgewater | 1822 | Bridgewater | Plymouth | * | * | West Brookfield | 1848 | Brookfield | Worcester | | | West Newbury | 1819 | Newbury | Essex | * | * | West Springfield | 1774 | Springfield | Hampden | * | * | West Stockbridge V2 | 1774 | Stockbridge | Berkshire | * | * | West Tisbury | 1892 | Tisbury | Dukes | | | Wakefield | 1812 | Reading | Middlesex | * | * | Wales | 1762 | Brimfield | Hampden | | | Walpole | 1724 | Dedham | Norfolk | * | * | Waltham | 1738 | Watertown | Middlesex | * | * | Ware | 1761 | | Hampshire | | | Wareham | 1739 | Plymouth | * | | Warren | 1742 | Brimfield, Brookfield, & Kingsfield | Worcester | * | * | Warwick | 1763 | | Franklin | | | Washington | 1777 | | Berkshire | * | * | Watertown | 1630 | | Middlesex | * | | Wayland | 1780 | Sudbury | Middlesex | * | * | Webster | 1832 | Dudley & Oxford | Worcester | * | | Wellesley | 1881 | Needham | Norfolk | | | Wellfleet | 1763 | Eastham | Barnstable | * | | Wendell | 1781 | Shutesbury & "Ervingshire" | Franklin | | | Wenham | 1643 | | Essex | * | * | Westborough | 1717 | Marlborough | Worcester | * | * | Westfield | 1669 | Springfield | Hampden | | | Westford | 1729 | Chelmsford | Middlesex | * | * | Westhampton | 1778 | Northhampton | Hampshire | | | Westminster | 1759 | | Worcester | * | * | Weston | 1713 | Watertown | Middlesex | * | * | Westport | 1787 | Dartmouth | Bristol | * | * | Westwood | 1897 | Dedham | Norfolk | | | Weymouth | 1635 | | Norfolk | * | * | Whately | 1771 | Hatfield | Franklin | * | | Whitman | 1875 | Abington & East Bridgewater | Plymouth | * | | Wilbraham | 1763 | Springfield | Hampden | * | | Williamsburg | 1771 | Hatfield | Franklin | * | | Williamstown | 1765 | | Berkshire | * | * | Wilmington | 1730 | Reading & Woburn | Middlesex | * | * | Winchendon | 1764 | | Worcester | * | * | Winchester | 1850 | Medford, Woburn & West Cambridge (now Arlington) | Middlesex | | | Windsor | 1771 | | Berkshire | * | * | Winthrop | 1846 | Chelsea | Suffolk | | | Woburn | 1642 | | Middlesex | * | | Worcester | 1684 | | Worcester | * | * | Worthington | 1768 | | Hampshire | * | * | Wrentham | 1673 | | Norfolk | * | * | Yarmouth | 1639 | none | Barnstable | * | |
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