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''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] > Massachusetts Vital Records'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] > Massachusetts Vital Records'' | ||
= Maine Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online = | = Maine Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online = | ||
== Maine Vital Records Online Links == | |||
== Websites == | |||
The New England Historic Genealogical Society has vital records of 351 Massachusetts towns from their inception [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/Vital_records.asp to 1850], statewide vital records from [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/Mass_Bmd.asp 1841-1910], and vital records [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/mass_bmd1915.asp 1911-1915]. This is a subscription website. | |||
The [http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ Massachusetts Vital Records Project] has transcribed many of the vital records of Massachusetts to 1850. | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=10&as_brr=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_libcat=0&as_brr=1&lr=&as_vt=Vital+Records+of+Massachusetts+to+the+Year+1850&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb=c&as_miny=&as_maxy=&as_isbn= Google Online Books: Vital Records of Massachusetts to the Year 1850] 571 online books with full preview and fully searchable. | |||
The [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/vitalrecordssearch/vitalrecordssearch.aspx Massachusetts Archives] has a free online search of the indexes for vital records for many towns in Massachusetts for 1841-1910. After finding the record you desire from this index, you can find the applicable microfilm at the Family History Library to see the actual record.[http://www.massachusetts-genealogy.com/Massachusetts-Vital-Records.cfm <br>] | |||
= Introduction to Vital Records = | = Introduction to Vital Records = | ||
= Birth Records = | = Birth Records = | ||
=== Early Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths === | === Early Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths === | ||
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Images of certificates are online at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/MASS_BMD/default.asp New England Historic Genealogical Society]<br> | Images of certificates are online at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/MASS_BMD/default.asp New England Historic Genealogical Society]<br> | ||
== Adoption Records == | == Adoption Records == | ||
= Marriage Records = | = Marriage Records = | ||
Many '''eloping couples '''went to Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to be married avoiding the waiting period between the time of issuing a license and the performance of the marriage. | Many '''eloping couples '''went to Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to be married avoiding the waiting period between the time of issuing a license and the performance of the marriage. | ||
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Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth. ''Divorce Index, 1952–1970''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=76413&disp=Divorce+index%2C+1952%2D1970%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 959804-5.)] | Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth. ''Divorce Index, 1952–1970''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=76413&disp=Divorce+index%2C+1952%2D1970%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 959804-5.)] | ||
= Death Records = | = Death Records = | ||
= Substitute Records = | |||
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[[Maine Cemeteries|Maine Cemetery Records]] | |||
[[Maine Census|Maine Census]] | |||
[[Maine Newspapers|Maine Newspapers]] | |||
[[Maine Military Records|Maine Military Records]] | |||
[[ | [[Maine History|Maine History]] | ||
= Lost or Missing Records = | |||
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= Analyzing Records = | |||
= Archives, Libraries and Societies = | |||
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[[Maine Societies|Maine Societies]] | |||
[[Category:Massachusetts]] | [[Category:Massachusetts]] | ||