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::*Almost 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. | ::*Almost 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. | ||
::*For records after 1841, here should be a second copy with the state which 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 online in a variety of places and forms as listed below. | ::*For records after 1841, here should be a second copy with the state which 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 online in a variety of places and forms as listed below. | ||
=== Pre-1850 and "Tan Books" === | === Pre-1850 and "Tan Books" === | ||