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 ==Description of Collections==
+The local history material at the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library focuses on Wakefield, Massachusetts and the surrounding area. Certain collections have been digitized and placed on the Internet Archive thanks to a grant administered by the Boston Public Library and federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Other materials are available for photocopying and staff can send photocopies to individuals who cannot come to Beebe Library in person. Further information about [https://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/local-genealogy/ Beebe Library's local genealogy collection] can be found on the library's website.
+===Digitized===
+*'''Death Records''' – [https://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/local-genealogy/#Search-Records An online database] includes basic death record information for people whose deaths were registered in Wakefield. Information is taken from published town annual reports. The database currently includes almost 31,600 deaths from January 1850 through December 2016.
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+*'''Street Lists''' - Street lists list all residents age 17 and over alphabetically, as well as by street. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Wakefield+%28Mass.%29--Directories%22&sort=-date&page=2 Online copies of the street lists] are available back to 1919 with some gaps.
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+*'''Town Reports''' - [https://archive.org/details/luciusbeebememoriallibrary?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Wakefield+%28Mass.%29--Politics+and+government%22 Online copies of Annual Reports of the Town of Wakefield] are available back to 1875.
+*'''Yearbooks''' - [https://archive.org/details/luciusbeebememoriallibrary?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Wakefield+High+School--Students--Yearbooks%22&sort=date High school yearbooks from Wakefield] are available online from 1907 to 2014 with some gaps.
+*'''Maps''' - Wakefield was the first public library in Massachusetts to add its [https://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/wakefield-maps-images/ historic maps] to the [https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search?f%5Brelated_item_host_ssim%5D%5B%5D=Lucius+Beebe+Memorial+Library+Historic+Maps Boston Public Library’s Norman B. Leventhal Map Collection]. The maps are also included in the [http://wakefield.noblenet.org/ library catalog] with links to online versions.
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