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Town Records

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• Miscellaneous Massachusetts Town Records
• Miscellaneous Vermont Town Records
• Miscellaneous New Hampshire Town Records

Town Records

• Category:Towns in Connecticut
• Category:Towns in Maine
• Category:Towns in Massachusetts
• Category:Towns in New Hampshire
• Category:Towns in New York
• Category:Towns in Rhode Island
• Category:Towns in Vermont

Background

Many town records have been kept by town clerks, especially in New England and New York. These records may contain information about births, marriages, deaths, burials, appointments, earmarks (brands on animals), estrays (stray animals), freemen's oaths (men eligible to vote), land records, military enrollments, mortgages, church records, name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, tax lists, town meeting minutes, voter registrations, and “warnings out” (of town). Town records generally begin with the founding of the town and are kept to the present.

Many of the original town records are in the town clerks' offices. Many have also been published and indexed, especially in genealogical periodicals. New England town records are at the state archives and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library (see the state Wiki articles for the New England states and New York).