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The original record still is found with the clerk of the town or city. All these records back to the earliest settlement of a town can always be viewed at the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleclk/clkidx.htm town or city clerk’s office]. Most all town and city vital records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library and microfiched by the Holbrook Research Institute of Oxford, Mass. [now Archive Publishing of Provo, Utah]. This tends to be the most complete record of the event. Since 1841, there should be a second copy with the state and sometimes has abbreviated information from the original. This second copy is the most widely available source for researchers. It has been preserved by the same two vendors listed above and can be found on online in a variety of places and forms as listed below.<br> | The original record still is found with the clerk of the town or city. All these records back to the earliest settlement of a town can always be viewed at the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleclk/clkidx.htm town or city clerk’s office]. Most all town and city vital records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library and microfiched by the Holbrook Research Institute of Oxford, Mass. [now Archive Publishing of Provo, Utah]. This tends to be the most complete record of the event. Since 1841, there should be a second copy with the state and sometimes has abbreviated information from the original. This second copy is the most widely available source for researchers. It has been preserved by the same two vendors listed above and can be found on online in a variety of places and forms as listed below.<br> | ||
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This is the history of the court system. It is broken up into historical periods and then a discussion of special courts, records, legal definitions, and bibliography. Realize that except for the upper courts, all records and actions were on the county level. To find detailed information regarding a particular county's courts, see that county page from the [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide#Counties|links provided above]]. | This is the history of the court system. It is broken up into historical periods and then a discussion of special courts, records, legal definitions, and bibliography. Realize that except for the upper courts, all records and actions were on the county level. To find detailed information regarding a particular county's courts, see that county page from the [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide#Counties|links provided above]]. | ||
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*Emory Washburn, ''Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775'' (Boston, 1840), 407 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/sketchesofjudici00washuoft Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpssAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681506733 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br><br> | *Emory Washburn, ''Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775'' (Boston, 1840), 407 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/sketchesofjudici00washuoft Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpssAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681506733 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br><br> | ||
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=== Cemeteries === | |||
Cemeteries are operated privately or by the town or city government. Massachusetts is fortunate to have a statewide guide for all known cemeteries within the state:<br> | |||
*David Allen Lambert, ''A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries'' (Boston, 2002, 2nd ed., 2009), xvii, 345 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318339243 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1567884|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 V34L}} (both for 2nd ed.).<br> | |||
=== Census === | === Census === | ||