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=== State Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths === | === State Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths === | ||
The Family History Library has records of births, marriages, and deaths beginning as early as 1603, although state records start in 1841. They can be found in a [[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] of the Family History Library Catalog under | The Family History Library has records of births, marriages, and deaths beginning as early as 1603, although state records start in 1841. They can be found in a [[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
::MASSACHUSETTS - VITAL RECORDS. | |||
Massachusetts State Archives at Columbia Point<br>220 Morrissey Boulevard<br>Boston, MA 02125<br>Telephone: 617–727–2816<br>Fax: (617) 288-8429<br>Email: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us]'''<br>'''Internet: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm | Most vital records from 1841 to 1910 are online at [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Ancestors], open to members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. You can also obtain copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates for 1841 to 1915 by writing to: | ||
Massachusetts State Archives at Columbia Point<br>220 Morrissey Boulevard<br>Boston, MA 02125<br>Telephone: 617–727–2816<br>Fax: (617) 288-8429<br>Email: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us]'''<br>'''Internet: [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm Massachusetts State Archives] | |||
Writing to the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ELE/eleclk/clkidx.htm town clerk]can be the quickest way to get birth, marriage, and death information. The Family History Library has some of the vital records on microfilm: | Writing to the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ELE/eleclk/clkidx.htm town clerk]can be the quickest way to get birth, marriage, and death information. The Family History Library has some of the vital records on microfilm: | ||
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts. ''Births, Marriages (1841–1895); Indexes to Births and Marriages (1841–1905), Deaths (1841–1971)''. (On 398 rolls of film, beginning with Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=23177&disp=Births%2C+marriages+%281841%2D1895%29%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 961262].) Microfilms of original records are in the Division of Vital Statistics, Massachusetts. | *''Births, Marriages (1841–1895); Indexes to Births and Marriages (1841–1905), Deaths (1841–1971)''. <ref> Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts. ''Births, Marriages (1841–1895); Indexes to Births and Marriages (1841–1905), Deaths (1841–1971)''. (On 398 rolls of film, beginning with Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=23177&disp=Births%2C+marriages+%281841%2D1895%29%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 961262].) </ref> Microfilms of original records are in the Division of Vital Statistics, Massachusetts. | ||
For copies of birth, marriage, and death records from 1916 to the present, write to: | For copies of birth, marriage, and death records from 1916 to the present, write to: | ||
[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions&L3=Department+of+Public+Health&L4=Programs+and+Services+K+-+S&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_vital_records_g_about&csid=Eeohhs2 Registrar of Vital Statistics<br>]150 Mt. Vernon Street, | [http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions&L3=Department+of+Public+Health&L4=Programs+and+Services+K+-+S&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_vital_records_g_about&csid=Eeohhs2 Registrar of Vital Statistics<br>]150 Mt. Vernon Street, Floor<br>Dorchester, MA 02125-3105 <br>Telephone: 617–740–2600 | ||
State your relationship to the individual you want information about and the reason you want the information. | State your relationship to the individual you want information about and the reason you want the information. | ||
The current fees for copies of state records can be found at: [http://www.vitalrec.com/ | The current fees for copies of state records can be found at: [http://www.vitalrec.com/ VitalRecords.com] | ||
[http://www.sec.state.ma.us/vitalrecordssearch/VitalRecordsSearch.aspx Massachusetts State Archives] has put the Death Record Index for the State of Massachusetts on-line, 1841-1910, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Massachusetts_%E2%80%93_Vital_Records_:_On-line_Death_Record_Index_1841-1910 Read more.] | [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/vitalrecordssearch/VitalRecordsSearch.aspx Massachusetts State Archives] has put the Death Record Index for the State of Massachusetts on-line, 1841-1910, [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Massachusetts_%E2%80%93_Vital_Records_:_On-line_Death_Record_Index_1841-1910 Read more.] | ||
Images of certificates are online at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/MASS_BMD/default.asp New England Historic Genealogical Society]<br> | Images of certificates are online at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/MASS_BMD/default.asp New England Historic Genealogical Society]<br> | ||