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Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts WorldCat 49562661 ▲ FS Catalog Collection

Parent Towns

  • 16 July 1709: Established as a town, formerly a tract of land called "Pawmett", to "... be called by the name of Truroe..." (Prov. Laws, Vol. I, p. 642)
  • Archiac name: Dangerfield, Meeshaum, Pawmett, Tashmuit

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Beach Point, Castle Village, Corn Hill, Dyer's Hollow, Harding's Hollow, Head Pamet, Higgins Hollow, High Head Highland, Highland Light, Hogsback, Neck, North Truro, Pond Village, South Truro, The Castle, Truro Center, Truro Station, Whitmanville.

Boundary Changes

  • 21 October 1714: Bounds between Truro and Province Lands established.
  • 12 June 1813: Part annexed to Provincetown and bounds established.
  • 2 March 1829: Part annexed to Provincetown and bounds established.
  • 30 March 1836: Part annexed to Provincetown.
  • 22 February 1837: Bounds between Truro and Wellfleet established.

Adjacent Towns

Provincetown | Wellfleet | Cape Cod Bay to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the east

Town Records

In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Truro Town Clerk

24 Town Hall Rd,
PO Box 2012
Truro, MA 02666-2012
Phone: 508-349-7004 x 14
Fax: 508-349-5505
Email: caslade@truro-ma.gov
Website

Vital Records

  • Mayflower descendant legacy FS Catalog Collection
    Note: the record is available online if visiting FamilySearch Library. Mayflower Descendant Magazine, vols. 1-34 (1899-1937) -- Pilgrim notes and queries, vol. 1-5 (1913-1917) -- Bowman's vital records of Brewster (Barnstable Co.), Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's vital records of Halifax (Plymouth Co.), Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's vital records of Truro (Barnstable Co.) Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's Yarmouth cemetery records -- B.N. Derick's cemetery records of Dennis, Ma. -- Falmouth, Ma. vital records index -- Wellfleet cemetery records.
  • Town records, births, marriages and intentions, and deaths, ca. 1771-1847 FS Catalog Collection
  • Truro, Massachusetts computer printout, births early to 1850 FS Catalog Collection
  • Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 FS Catalog Collection book
  • Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. By George Ernest Bowman. Boston, Mass.: Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library and Ancestry ($); Also at: FamilySearch Catalog

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

Resources

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Biographies

Cemeteries

  • Ball (1923)

in the woods at the end of Higgins Hollow Rd

  • Cobb Family (1779)

in the woods off Old County Rd
South Truro

  • H. Doane Grave Site (1781)

off Savage Rd

Town Hall Rd

Bridge and Meetinghouse Rds

Old County Rd

  • Old North aka First Church of Christ (1713)

Rte. 6 and Aldrich Rd, near Provincetown town line

off County Rd
South Truro

in the woods off Holsberry Rd

  • T. Ridley Gravesite (1776)

in the woods off Rte. 6

near Pilgrim Lake

  • Sacred Heart (1868)

Bridge and Meetinghouse Rds

Bridge Rd

South Pamet Rd

Census

Church Records

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Land Records

Local Histories

Maps

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Military

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Civil War, 1861-1865

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World War I, 1917-1918

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World War II, 1941-1945

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Newspapers

Obituaries

Other Town Records

Probate Records

School Records

Tax Records

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Museums

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