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<center>'''Adoption Records''' </center> | <center>'''Adoption Records''' </center> | ||
Like most all states, Massachusetts seals the records of adoption that include the original birth certificate with the biological parents. These records stay sealed unless opened by court order. Who can see this sealed information is limited by [http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/state/index.cfm?event=stateStatutes.showSearchForm law]. There is no way a person can know they are adopted without being told by someone. There are several registries online set up to assist adoptees and biological parents help find each other. To order your [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/laws-regs/dph/regs-u-z/public-health-regulations-vital-records.html pre-adoption birth certificate], download the [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/vital-records/pre-adoption-memo.pdf instructions] and [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/vital-records/pre-adoption-app-form.pdf form].<br><br>To learn more about the history of adoption in Massachusetts, see Joseph Ben-Or, "The Law of Adoption in the United States: Its Massachusetts Origins and the Statute of 1851" in ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 130 [1976]: 259-269, and online at [https://www.americanancestors.org/ | Like most all states, Massachusetts seals the records of adoption that include the original birth certificate with the biological parents. These records stay sealed unless opened by court order. Who can see this sealed information is limited by [http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/state/index.cfm?event=stateStatutes.showSearchForm law]. There is no way a person can know they are adopted without being told by someone. There are several registries online set up to assist adoptees and biological parents help find each other. To order your [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/laws-regs/dph/regs-u-z/public-health-regulations-vital-records.html pre-adoption birth certificate], download the [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/vital-records/pre-adoption-memo.pdf instructions] and [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/vital-records/pre-adoption-app-form.pdf form].<br><br>To learn more about the history of adoption in Massachusetts, see Joseph Ben-Or, "The Law of Adoption in the United States: Its Massachusetts Origins and the Statute of 1851" in ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 130 [1976]: 259-269, and online at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/202/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($).<br> | ||
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*Marilyn B. Halter, "Cape Verdean-American Immigration and Patterns of Settlement, 1860-1940," Ph.D. Dissertation, Boston Univ., 1986, xiii, 270 leaves.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39874726 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br> | *Marilyn B. Halter, "Cape Verdean-American Immigration and Patterns of Settlement, 1860-1940," Ph.D. Dissertation, Boston Univ., 1986, xiii, 270 leaves.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39874726 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br> | ||
*Edward W. Hanson, "The Non-English New Englanders" in ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 139 [1985]: 3-20.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|127567|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2ne v. 139}}.<br> | *Edward W. Hanson, "The Non-English New Englanders" in ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 139 [1985]: 3-20.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|127567|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2ne v. 139}}.<br> | ||
*Ruth-Ann M. Harris and Donald M. Jacobs, eds., ''The Search for Missing Friends'' (Boston, 1989–2002), 8v.<br> | *Ruth-Ann M. Harris and Donald M. Jacobs, eds., ''The Search for Missing Friends'' (Boston, 1989–2002), 8v.<br>Searchable database at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/510/boston-pilot-irish-immigrant-advertisements-search-for-missing-friends-1831-1920 American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20489613 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|403971|item|disp=FHL book 974.461 H29s}}.<br> | ||
*Martin E. Hollick, ''New Englanders in the 1600s: A guide to genealogical research published between 1980 and 2010'' (Boston, 2006; expanded ed., 2012), xxvii, 282 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/786187499 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1359885|item|disp=FHL book 974 D22h}} (2006 ed.).<br> | *Martin E. Hollick, ''New Englanders in the 1600s: A guide to genealogical research published between 1980 and 2010'' (Boston, 2006; expanded ed., 2012), xxvii, 282 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/786187499 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1359885|item|disp=FHL book 974 D22h}} (2006 ed.).<br> | ||
*John Camden Hotten, ''The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, etc., Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700'' (London, 1874; rep. New York, 1931+), xxxvi, 580 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2065 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1615006 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1962 ed.); [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Btitle%3AThe%20%2Btitle%3AOriginal%20%2Btitle%3ALists%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3APersons%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3AQuality FHL book 973 W2hot] (many editions).<br> | *John Camden Hotten, ''The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, etc., Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700'' (London, 1874; rep. New York, 1931+), xxxvi, 580 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2065 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1615006 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1962 ed.); [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Btitle%3AThe%20%2Btitle%3AOriginal%20%2Btitle%3ALists%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3APersons%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3AQuality FHL book 973 W2hot] (many editions).<br> | ||
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*New England Historic Genealogical Society, ''English Origins of New England Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' - First Series (Baltimore, 1984), 3v. Second Series (Baltimore, 1985), 3v.<br>FIRST series: Digital version at Ancestry ($) ([http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48555 v. 1], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48085 v. 2], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48086 v. 3])<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10618143 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|323303|item|disp=FHL book 974 D2e}}.<br>SECOND series: Digital version at Ancestry ($) ([http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48556 v. 1], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48087 v. 2], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48088 v. 3])<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11690506 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|164748|item|disp=FHL book 974 D2en}}.<br> | *New England Historic Genealogical Society, ''English Origins of New England Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' - First Series (Baltimore, 1984), 3v. Second Series (Baltimore, 1985), 3v.<br>FIRST series: Digital version at Ancestry ($) ([http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48555 v. 1], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48085 v. 2], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48086 v. 3])<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10618143 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|323303|item|disp=FHL book 974 D2e}}.<br>SECOND series: Digital version at Ancestry ($) ([http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48556 v. 1], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48087 v. 2], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48088 v. 3])<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11690506 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|164748|item|disp=FHL book 974 D2en}}.<br> | ||
*Michael Joseph O'Brien, "Some Traces of Irish Settlers in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay" in ''The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society'', 18 [1919]: 145-162.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/journalamerican94socigoog#page/n154/mode/2up Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480088 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|988453|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 327}} (no hard copy).<br> | *Michael Joseph O'Brien, "Some Traces of Irish Settlers in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay" in ''The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society'', 18 [1919]: 145-162.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/journalamerican94socigoog#page/n154/mode/2up Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480088 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|988453|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 327}} (no hard copy).<br> | ||
*Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger Lists, 1635-1637" in ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 75 [1921]: [http://books.google.com/books?id=88sUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 217-226 | *Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger Lists, 1635-1637" in ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 75 [1921]: [http://books.google.com/books?id=88sUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 Google Books], pgs. 217-226, [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/202/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|127567|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2ne}}.<br> | ||
*Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ''Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700'' (Baltimore, 2003), xviii, 379 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49372 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54931461 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1137216|item|disp=FHL book 974 V2t supp. 3}}.<br> | *Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ''Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700'' (Baltimore, 2003), xviii, 379 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49372 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54931461 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1137216|item|disp=FHL book 974 V2t supp. 3}}.<br> | ||
*James Savage, ''A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England'' (Boston, 1860-1862; rep. Baltimore, 1965+), 4v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic02savarich v. 2], [http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich v. 3], [http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic04savarich v. 4]), Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=HWEblLuls8kC v. 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=PDkPAAAAYAAJ v. 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=5yeOnSfbehcC v. 3], [http://books.google.com/books?id=lZqoaqjEpWsC v. 4]), and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3124 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/679086 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1st ed.); [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Btitle%3AA%20%2Btitle%3AGenealogical%20%2Btitle%3ADictionary%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3Athe%20%2Btitle%3AFirst%20%2Btitle%3ASettlers%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3ANew%20%2Btitle%3AEngland FHL book 974 D2s] (many editions and formats).<br> | *James Savage, ''A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England'' (Boston, 1860-1862; rep. Baltimore, 1965+), 4v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic02savarich v. 2], [http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich v. 3], [http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic04savarich v. 4]), Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=HWEblLuls8kC v. 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=PDkPAAAAYAAJ v. 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=5yeOnSfbehcC v. 3], [http://books.google.com/books?id=lZqoaqjEpWsC v. 4]), and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3124 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/679086 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1st ed.); [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Btitle%3AA%20%2Btitle%3AGenealogical%20%2Btitle%3ADictionary%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3Athe%20%2Btitle%3AFirst%20%2Btitle%3ASettlers%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3ANew%20%2Btitle%3AEngland FHL book 974 D2s] (many editions and formats).<br> | ||
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*Michael Tepper, ''Passengers to America: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" ''(Baltimore, 1977+), xii, 554 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48605 Ancestry] ($) (1980 ed.)<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3205345 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|287914|item|disp=FHL book 973 W3t}}.<br> | *Michael Tepper, ''Passengers to America: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" ''(Baltimore, 1977+), xii, 554 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48605 Ancestry] ($) (1980 ed.)<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3205345 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|287914|item|disp=FHL book 973 W3t}}.<br> | ||
*Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, "The Immigrants (1830-1929)" in Albert Bushnell Hart, ''Commonwealth History of Massachusetts'' (New York, 1927-1930), 4: 142–171.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1543273 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|656150|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2ha}}.<br> | *Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, "The Immigrants (1830-1929)" in Albert Bushnell Hart, ''Commonwealth History of Massachusetts'' (New York, 1927-1930), 4: 142–171.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1543273 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|656150|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2ha}}.<br> | ||
*Clarence Almon Torrey, ''New England Marriages Prior to 1700'' (Baltimore, 1985+), xvi, 1009 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3824 Ancestry] ($) (2004 ed.)<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11838492 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|146171|item|disp=FHL book 974 V2t}}.<br>Based on original manuscript at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (no catalog record for original), microfilm of manuscript at NEHGS, 12v. on 7 reels, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57267744 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] and {{FHL|290345|item|disp=FHL film 929494-929500}}.<br>Transcript on CD (Boston, 2001), 1 Disc, Not on WorldCat; {{FHL|1022869|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 1261}}, | *Clarence Almon Torrey, ''New England Marriages Prior to 1700'' (Baltimore, 1985+), xvi, 1009 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3824 Ancestry] ($) (2004 ed.)<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11838492 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|146171|item|disp=FHL book 974 V2t}}.<br>Based on original manuscript at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (no catalog record for original), microfilm of manuscript at NEHGS, 12v. on 7 reels, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57267744 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] and {{FHL|290345|item|disp=FHL film 929494-929500}}.<br>Transcript on CD (Boston, 2001), 1 Disc, Not on WorldCat; {{FHL|1022869|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 1261}}, searchable database at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1568/new-england-marriages-to-1700 American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($).<br>New edition with bibliographic references and index (Boston, 2011), 3v., [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/712802027 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1918903|item|disp=FHL book 974 V2tc}}.<br> | ||
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