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Peabody Essex Museum
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[[Image:Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG|right|250px|Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG]]'''Berkshire Athenaeum'''<br>1 Wendell Ave<br>Pittsfield, MA 01201<br>Telephone: 413-499-9480<br>Fax: 413-499-9489<br>E-mail: [mailto:pittsref@cwmars.org pittsref@cwmars.org]<br>Internet: http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/ <br><br>  
[[Image:Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG|right|250px|Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG]]'''Berkshire Athenaeum'''<br>1 Wendell Ave<br>Pittsfield, MA 01201<br>Telephone: 413-499-9480<br>Fax: 413-499-9489<br>E-mail: [mailto:pittsref@cwmars.org pittsref@cwmars.org]<br>Internet: http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/ <br><br>  


:Best genealogical respository in western Massachusetts, including newspapers, books, and family histories. Now includes the former '''''Pittsfield Federal Records Center''''''s 60,000 microfilms of censuses, Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrants, service records 1784-1901, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, New England naturalizations, 1791-1966, passenger arrivals at Boston, New York, Philadelphia and east coast ports, Canadian border crossings, Indian enrollment cards, and Russian Consular records.<ref name="Pitts" /> <ref name="DB59" /> <ref name="DB12425">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124-25.</ref><br><br>
:Best genealogical respository in western Massachusetts, including newspapers, books, and family histories. Now includes the former '''''Pittsfield Federal Records Center''''''s 71,000 microfilms of censuses, Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrants, service records 1784-1901, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, New England naturalizations, 1791-1966, passenger arrivals at Boston, New York, Philadelphia and east coast ports, Canadian border crossings, Indian enrollment cards, Russian Consular records, Barbour Collection for Connecticut, and Vermont vital records index.<ref name="Pitts" /> <ref name="DB59" /> <ref name="DB12425">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124-25.</ref><br><br>


[[Image:Boston Public Library Johnson building bpl.jpg|right|250px|Boston Public Library Johnson building bpl.jpg]]'''Boston Public Library'''<br>700 Boylston St.<br>Boston, MA 02116<br>Phone: (617) 536–5400<br>Fax: (617) 536–4306<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@bpl.org info@bpl.org]<br>Internet: http://www.bpl.org/ <br><br>  
[[Image:Boston Public Library Johnson building bpl.jpg|right|250px|Boston Public Library Johnson building bpl.jpg]]'''Boston Public Library'''<br>700 Boylston St.<br>Boston, MA 02116<br>Phone: (617) 536–5400<br>Fax: (617) 536–4306<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@bpl.org info@bpl.org]<br>Internet: http://www.bpl.org/ <br><br>  
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:10,000 family folders for northeastern families.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br>
:10,000 family folders for northeastern families.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br>


[[Image:Peabody Essex Museum.JPG|right|250px|Peabody Essex Museum.JPG]]'''Peabody Essex Museum'''<br>East India Square<br>161 Essex Street<br>Salem, MA 01970-3783 USA<br>Telephone: 978-745-9500, or 866-745-1876<br>For the Hearing Impaired: 978-740-3649<br>Internet: http://www.pem.org/ <br><br>  
[[Image:Plummer Hall of Phillips Library (Peabody Essex Museum) Salem, Massachusetts.JPG|right|250px|Peabody Essex Museum.JPG]]'''Peabody Essex Museum'''<br>Phillips Library<br>132 Essex Street<br>Salem, MA 01970-3783 USA<br>Telephone: 978-745-9500, or 866-745-1876<br>For the Hearing Impaired: 978-740-3649<br>Internet: http://www.pem.org/ <br><br>  


:Can often help find trans-Atlantic ship logs, and ship images.<br><br>
:Essex County books, manuscripts, and government records such as probate records, customs records, and maritime records. Can often help find trans-Atlantic ship logs, and ship images.<br><br>


'''Plymouth Public Library'''<br>132 South Street<br>Plymouth, MA 02360<br>Telephone: 508-830-4250<br>E-mail: [http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/contact-us/ Contact Us]<br>Internet: http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/ <br>  
'''Plymouth Public Library'''<br>132 South Street<br>Plymouth, MA 02360<br>Telephone: 508-830-4250<br>E-mail: [http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/contact-us/ Contact Us]<br>Internet: http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/ <br>  
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