Massachusetts Online Vital Records Research Guide

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This page collects links to online transcriptions of pre-1850 vital records for all Massachusetts cities and towns.

For most Massachusetts towns, the New England Historical & Genealogical Society or the Salem Institute published the records up to 1850. In addition, a good portion of the records Early Massachusetts marriages prior to 1800 by Frederick W. Bailey have been transcribed on Ray Brown's site. These are the most common sources of the records listed below.

To avoid repetition, only one link to a set of records is provided, although other transcriptions may exist elsewhere. Preference is given to free content, and to images (i.e. Google Books) over transcriptions. Links to extracted records in the International Genealogical Index (IGI) have been added where no other free transcriptions have been found. Some of the sites listed cover a substantial number of towns, and some have one cental search. See Statewide Databases and Resources.

Contents:
By Town: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U W Y
Statewide Databases | Resources


Note: Something has changed on the FamilySearch site such that the IGI links do not always bring up the correct search form. If that happens, look at the URL and copy the number that follows "batch_number=" into the Batch Number field, and change the region to North America.

A

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Abington 1712 Marriages to 1789

VR to 1850 (M/D only) (Google Books)
IGI: VR to 1850 B M
IGI: Early Sudbury Recs: B

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Scanned/Ancestry)

Acton 1735 VR to 1850

VR to 1850 (Ancestry Images)

Acushnet 1860 Old Colonial Burial Ground 1710-1879
Pre 1850, see Fairhaven
 
Adams 1778 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)  
Agawam 1855 See Ipswich, West Springfield  
Alford 1773 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Amherst 1759 IGI: VR to 1891 B M  
Amesbury 1668 VR to 1849 (includes images)
Andover 1646 VR to 1849
Marriages 1647-1700
 
Aquinnah 1855 Formerly Gay Head  
Arlington 1807 VR to 1850 (Google Books)
Pre-1807, see Cambridge
 
Ashburnham 1765 IGI: VR to 1849 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

Ancestry Index B M D

Ashby 1767    
Ashfield 1765 IGI: VR to 1850 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Scanned/Ancestry)
Ancestry Index B M D

Ashland 1846 See Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton  
Athol 1762 IGI: VR to 1850 B (incomplete)

Marriages to 1786

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Attleboro 1694 VR to 1850
VR to 1850 (Images only)
Marriages to 1794 (Bailey)
VR to 1850 (Scanned/Ancestry)
Auburn 1778 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Avon 1888 See Stoughton  
Ayer 1871 See Groton  

B

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Barnstable 1638 IGI: Mayfl. Desc. Births 1641-1784

IGI: Town Records 1765 to 1855 B M

IGI: BMD 1816-1898 Marriages

 
Barre 1753 Early County Marriages (Bailey)

IGI: VR to 1849 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1849 (Scanned/Ancestry)

Becket 1765 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Bedford 1729 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Belchertown 1761    
Bellingham 1719 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Belmont 1859 See Waltham, Watertown, W. Cambridge
Berkley 1735 IGI: VR 1735-1867 Males Females Marriages  
Berlin 1784 IGI: VR to 1850: B M

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

Bernardston 1762 IGI: Town Recs 1743-1825 B

IGI: Various recs 1743-1882 B M

 
Beverly 1668 VR to 1849 (includes images)
Early Records 1650-1722
 
Billerica 1655 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1694 (Bailey)

 
Blackstone 1845 See Mendon  
Blandford 1741    
Bolton 1738 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Boston 1630 To 1662

1680 to 1699
Marriages to 1806

 
Bourne 1884 See Sandwich
Boxborough 1783 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Boxford 1783 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  
Boylston 1786 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Bradford 1675 VR to 1849 (includes images)

Marriages 1671-1795

 
Braintree 1640 VR to 1793
Brewster 1803 Church Records 1700-1792

IGI: VR to 1849 B M

 
Bridgewater 1656 VR to 1850

Marriages to 1789 (Bailey)

 
Brighton 1807 IGI: Town Recs Births 1771-1874

Annexed to Boston 1874

 
Brimfield 1714 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

Ancestry Index B M D

Brockton 1821 VR to 1850  
Brookfield 1673 IGI: VR to 1850 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Brookline 1705 IGI: VR to 1849B  
Buckland 1779 IGI: VR to 1850 B M  
Burlington 1799 VR to 1850  

C

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Cambridge 1630 VR to 1850
Marriages to 1717 (Bailey)
 
Canton 1797 IGI: Town Recs 1797-1845 B  
Carlisle 1780 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Carver 1790 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Charlemont 1765 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Charlestown 1630 IGI: First Church Births 1632-1789 1789-1832

IGI: Birth Index 1829-1873
Marriages to 1717 (Bailey)

 
Charlton 1754 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Chatham 1712 IGI: Mayf. Desc. Births 1696-1770  
Chelmsford 1655 IGI: VR to 1850 B M

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

Ancestry Index B M D

Chelsea 1739 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Cheshire 1793 IGI: Unlabeled recs B M

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 
Chester 1765 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Chesterfield 1762 No published VRs  
Chicopee 1848 See Springfield  
Chilmark 1694 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Clarksburg 1798 No published VRs  
Clinton 1850 See Lancaster  
Cohasset 1770 VR to 1850 (Complete transcription)

IGI: VR to 1850 B

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Colrain 1761 VR thru 1849 Early Records(from NEHGS manuscripts)

VR to 1849 (Images/Ancestry)

Concord 1635 IGI: VR to 1850 B M

Marriages to 1800 (A-H) (J-Y)

 
Conway 1767 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Cummington 1779    

D

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Dalton 1784 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 
Dana 1801 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Danvers 1752 VR to 1849 (includes images)  
Dartmouth 1652 VR to 1850 VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Dedham 1636 IGI: Early Records B M  
Deerfield 1677 VR to 1850 (partial) VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Dennis 1793 IGI: Mayfl. Desc. Births 1712-1819

IGI: Births 1710-1927
IGI: VR 1794-1847 M
IGI: Town Recs 1794-1865 M

 
Dighton 1712 Irish births 1700-1899

IGI: VR 1754-1900 B M

VR 1730-1868 (NEHGS)
Dorchester 1630 VR to 1850

IGI: First Church Chr 1636-1734

 
Douglas 1746 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Dover 1784 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Dracut 1702 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Dudley 1732 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Dunstable  VR to 1849 (Google Books)

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

 
Duxbury 1637 VR to 1850 (Complete transcription)
IGI: VR to 1850 B M
VR to 1850 (NEHGS)


E

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

East Bridgewater 1823 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
East Brookfield 1920 See Brookfield  
East Longmeadow 1894 See Longmeadow  
Eastham 1646 IGI: Town Recs 1649-1843 B M VR of Eastham & Orleans (Ancestry)
Easthampton 1785 IGI: Town Recs 1785-1865 B M  
Easton 1725   Marriages 1720-1802
Edgartown 1671 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Egremont 1760 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: Church Recs Chr 1770-1876

 
Erving 1838    
Everett      
Essex 1819 VR to 1849 (includes images)  

F

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Fairhaven 1812 IGI: VR 1739-1863 B M  
Fall River 1803    
Falmouth 1694 IGI: Town Recs 1668-1871 B B M M

IGI: BMD 1780-1878 B M

 
Fitchburg 1764 IGI: VR to 1850 B

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

 
Florida 1805 IGI: Recs 1845-1875 B M  
Foxborough 1778 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Framingham 1675 VR to 1850 VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Franklin 1778 IGI: BMD 1778-1872 B  
Freetown 1683 IGI: Town Recs 1686-1886 B M

IGI: BMD 1686-1793 B

 

G

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Gardner 1785 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  
Georgetown 1838 VR to 1850
Pre-1838, Boxford
VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Gill 1793 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Gloucester 1642 VR thru 1849 (includes images)

VR to 1700

 
Goshen 1781 IGI: Births 1762-1840
Gosnold 1864 See Chilmark  
Grafton 1735 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 
Granby 1768    
Granville 1754 VR to 1850

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Great Barrington 1761 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Greenfield 1753 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages & Deaths 1761-1814

 
Groton 1655 VR to 1849

Early Records
Early County Marriages (Bailey)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Groveland 1850 Old Cemetery

Pre-1850 VR, see Bradford

 

H

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Hadley 1661 Boltwood Extracts] Early Births

IGI: Various Records 1660-1882 B M

 
Halifax 1734 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

VR thru 1849

 
Hamilton 1793 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)
Marriages 1714-1733
 
Hampden 1878 See Wilbraham
Hancock 1776 ‘Early’ (~1767-1830) B M D  
Hanover 1727 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: VR 1727-1857 B

 
Hanson 1820 VR to 1850

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Hardwick 1739 VR to 1850

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Harvard 1732 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 
Harwich 1694 VR to 1850  
Hatfield 1670 Boltwood Extracts] B M  
Haverill 1641 VR to 1849  
Hawley 1792 IGI: Town Recs 1730-1855 B

IGI: BMD 1727-1854 M
IGI: Marriages, 1793-1834

 
Heath 1785 VR to 1850  
Hingham 1635 Marriages 1638-1688

IGI: BMD 1625-1835 B

 
Hinsdale 1804 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Holbrook 1872 See Randolph
Holden 1741 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  
Holland 1783 IGI: TR 1783-1854 B  
Holliston 1724 Early County Marriages (Bailey)

VR to 1850 (Google Books)

 
Holyoke 1850 See West Springfield
Hopedale 1886 See Milford
Hopkinton 1715 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS) VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Hubbardston 1767 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  
Hudson 1866 See Marlborough, Stow
Hull 1644 VR to 1850  
Huntington 1773    

I

Ipswich 1634 VR to 1849 (includes images)     

K

Kingston 1726 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)
VR to 1850 (Google Books)
    

L

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Lakeville 1853 See Middleborough  
Lancaster 1653 Early County Marriages (Bailey)

Early Recs (~1725)
IGI: VR + Church Recs to 1850 B

VR + Ch. Recs to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Lanesborough 1765   
Lawrence 1847 VR to 1849 VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Lee 1777 VR to 1850  
Leicester 1714 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Lenox 1767 IGI: Church Recs Chr 1771-1860  
Leominster 1740 VR to 1850

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Leverett 1774   
Lexington 1713 Marriages to 1854

IGI: BMD to 1898 B M

 
Leyden 1809 IGI: Town Recs 1776-1834 B M  
Lincoln   VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Littleton 1715   VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

BMD 1715-? (Images/Ancestry)

Longmeadow 1783 IGI: VR 1760-1875 B M  
Lowell 1826 VR to 1849 (partial)

Pre-1826, see Chelmsford

 
Ludlow 1774 IGI: VR 1774-1882 B M
Lunenburg 1728 IGI: VR to 1764 B  
Lynn 1635 VR thru 1849 VR thru 1849 (Images/Ancestry)
Lynnfield 1782 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  

M

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Malden 1649 VR to 1735

VR 1735-1750

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Manchester 1645 VR thru 1849 VR thru 1849 (Images/Ancestry)
Mansfield 1770 VR thru 1849 VR thru 1849 (Images/Ancestry)
Marblehead 1633 VR to 1849 (partial)

IGI: VR to 1849 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Marion 1852 See Rochester
Marlborough 1660 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

VR thru 1849

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
Marshfield 1640 Marriages 1642-1729

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)
Deaths to ~1840
IGI: VR to 1850 B

 
Mashpee 1763    
Mattapoisett 1857 See Rochester  
Maynard 1871 See Stow & Sudbury  
Medfield 1650 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Medford 1630 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

 
Medway 1713 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Mendon 1667 IGI: VR to 1850 B M

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)

Merrimac 1876 See Amesbury  
Methuen 1725 VR to 1849 (includes images)  
Middleborough 1669 VR 1649-1945

Marriages to 1850 (Bailey)

 
Middlefield 1783 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Middleton 1728 VR to 1849 (includes images)  
Milford 1780 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Millbury 1813 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

IGI: VR to 1850++ B M

 
Millis 1885 See Medway  
Millville 1916 Blackstone  
Milton 1662 IGI: BMD 1662-1843 B Church Recs. 1662-1843 (NEHGS)
Monroe 1822    
Monson 1760 IGI: Various 1755-1837 B  
Montague 1754 IGI: VR to 1850 B M

IGI: Town Recs M 1719-1859

 
Monterey 1847 See Tyringham  
Montgomery 1780 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Mount Washington 1779    

N

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Nahant 1853 See Lynn
Nantucket 1687 VR to 1850 VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Natick 1650 IGI: VR to 1850 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Needham 1711 IGI: Births 1702-1763  
New Ashford 1781 VR to 1850: B M D  
New Bedford 1787 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
New Braintree 1751 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 
New Marlborough 1759 IGI: Town Recs 1750-1811 B M  
New Salem 1753 VR thru 1849 VR thru 1849 (Ancestry Images)
Newbury 1635 VR to 1849

IGI VR to 1849: B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Newburyport 1764 IGI: VR thru 1849 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Newton 1691 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 
Norfolk 1870 See Franklin & Midway  
North Adams 1878 Marriages 1786-1815

See also Adams

 
North Andover 1855 See Andover  
North Attleborough 1887 See Attleboro  
North Brookfield 1812 No VRs published  
North Reading 1853 See Reading  
Northampton 1656 Marriages to 1840

Deaths to 1840
IGI: VRs 1654-1872 B M
IGI: Boltwood Extracts B 1655-1688

 
Northborough 1766 VR to 1850

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 
Northbridge 1772 Early County Marriages (Bailey)

IGI: VR to 1850 B

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Northfield 1714 IGI: VR 1713-1839 B M  
Norton 1710 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Norwell 1849 See Scituate  
Norwood 1872 See Dedham & Walpole  

O

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Oak Bluffs 1880 See Edgartown  
Oakham 1762 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  
Orange 1783    
Orleans 1797 IGI: BMD 1649-1840 B VR of Eastham & Orleans (Ancestry)
Otis 1773 VR to 1850  
Oxford 1693 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  

P

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Palmer 1752 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Paxton 1765 Early County Marriages (Bailey)  
Peabody 1855 See Danvers  
Pelham 1743 VR to 1850  
Pembroke 1712 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: VR to 1850 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Pepperell 1753 IGI: Births 1747-1861 VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Peru 1771 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Petersham 1754 VR thru 1849  
Phillipston 1786 VR thru 1849  
Pittsfield 1761    
Plainfield 1785 IGI: Births 1779-1875 M to 1895  
Plainville 1905 See Wrentham  
Plymouth 1620 Marriages to 1769 (Bailey)

Church Recs 1620-1859 (Google Books)
Rec. of New Plymouth 1633-1689 B M D
IGI: Mayflower Desc. Births to 1839 (mixed years)

 
Plympton 1707 VR to 1850

Marriages to 1780 (Bailey)

 
Princeton 1759 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

 
Provincetown 1727 IGI: Mayflower Desc. Births to 1843 M 1843-1866 VR 1698-1859 (NEHGS)

Q

Quincy 1792    

R

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Randolph 1793     VR to 1875 (NEHGS)
Raynham 1731     VR 1700-1835 (NEHGS)
Reading 1644 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1726 (Bailey)

 
Rehoboth 1642 VR 1642-1896
Baptisms, ~1695-1710
Same (NEHGS)
Revere 1846 See Chelsea  
Richmond 1765 VR to 1850: B M D  
Rochester 1686 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1789 (Bailey)

 
Rockland 1874 Abington  
Rockport 1840 VR to 1849

Pre-1840, see Gloucester

 
Rowe 1785 IGI: BMD 1774-1848. B M  
Rowley 1639 VR to 1849 (includes images)  
Royalston 1765 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

 
Russell 1792 IGI: VR 1792-1864. B M  
Rutland 1714 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 

S

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Salem 1630 VR to 1849 (partial)

IGI: VR to 1849 B

 
Salisbury 1639 VR thru 1849 (partial)

IGI: VR thru 1849 B M

VR thru 1849 (NEHGS)
Sandisfield 1762 Births to 1850 A-L M-Z  
Sandwich 1638 IGI: Marriages 1640-1886  
Saugus 1815 VR thru 1849 (with images)  
Savoy 1797    
Scituate 1633 Early births & marriages

VR to 1850 (partial)
IGI: VR to 1850 B

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Seekonk 1812 IGI: VR to 1850 B M

(included in Arnold’s Rhode Island VRs)

RI VRs (NEHGS)
Sharon 1765 IGI: VR to 1850 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Sheffield 1733 Marriages pre-1797

Marriages 1797-1850
IGI: VR+ Church 1733-1870 B

 
Shelburne 1768 IGI: VR thru 1849 B  
Sherborn 1674 Early County Marriages (Bailey)

IGI: VR to 1850 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Shirley 1753 IGI: VR to 1850 B  
Shrewsbury 1720 VR to 1850  
Shutesbury 1761 IGI: BMD 1763-1842 B M  
Somerset 1790    
Somerville 1842 See Charlestown  
South Hadley 1753    
Southampton 1753 IGI: VR 1740-1875 B  
Southborough 1727 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: VR thru 1849 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Southbridge 1816 No VRs published  
Southwick 1770    
Spencer 1753 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: VR thru 1849 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Springfield 1641 IGI: VR 1638-1887
B 1638-1757
B 1758-1844
B 1844-1852
M 1638-1840
M 1809-1863
 
Sterling 1781 IGI: VR to 1850 B M  
Stockbridge 1739 IGI: VR 1733-1847 B M  
Stoneham 1725 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Stoughton 1726 IGI: VR 1727-1800 B  
Stow 1683 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Early County Marriages (Bailey)

 
Sturbridge 1738 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: BMD to 1816 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Sudbury 1639 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages & Deaths 1639 to 1693

 
Sunderland 1714 IGI: VR 1686-1858 B  
Sutton 1714 Marriages to 1780 (Bailey)

IGI: VR thru 1849 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Swampscott 1852 See Lynn  
Swansea 1667 Book A Records 1662-1705

IGI: Town Recs Births 1663-1790

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

T

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Taunton 1639 VR to 1850
Other early records
 
Templeton 1762 VR to 1849 (Google Books)
Early County Marriages (Bailey)
 
Tewksbury 1734 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Tisbury 1671 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Tolland 1810    
Topsfield 1648 VR to 1849 (includes images) VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Townsend 1732    
Truro 1709 VR to 1849  
Tyngsborough 1789 VR to 1849  
Tyringham 1762 VR to 1850 (Google Books)

Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

 

U

Upton 1735 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  
Uxbridge 1727 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: VR to 1850 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)

W

Town Name Est. Free Links Paid Site Links

(only if content not available for free)

Wakefield 1812 IGI: VR to 1850 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Wales 1762    
Walpole 1724 VR to 1850  
Waltham 1738 IGI: VR to 1850 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Ware 1761    
Wareham 1739 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)  
Warren 1742 IGI: VR to 1849 B VR to 1849 (NEHGS)
Warwick 1763    
Washington 1777 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Watertown 1630 IGI: Town Recs to 1822 B  
Wayland 1780 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Webster 1832    
Wellesley 1881 See Needham  
Wellfleet 1763 IGI: VR 1734-1875
B (males) B (females) M
 
Wendell 1781    
Wenham 1643 VR to 1849  
West Boylston 1808 IGI: VR thru 1849 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
West Bridgewater 1822 IGI: VR to 1850 B M

IGI: Town Recs B 1761-1821

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
West Brookfield 1848 See Brookfield  
West Newbury 1819 VR to 1849
Pre-1820, see Newbury
 
West Springfield 1774 IGI: VR to 1850 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
West Stockbridge 1774 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
West Tisbury 1892 See Tisbury
Westborough 1717 VR thru 1849 (Google Books)  
Westfield 1669 IGI: 1st Ch. 1679-1836 B

IGI: VR 1669-1838 B M
IGI: VR & 1st Ch. (mixed) B M

Pre-1700 (Register)

Post 1700 Records (NEHGS)

Westford 1729 Marriages & Deaths to 1840

IGI: VR thru 1849 B

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Westhampton 1778 IGI: Town Recs 1778-1868 B 1775-1795  
Westminster 1759 IGI: VR thru 1849 B M VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Weston 1713 Early County Marriages (Bailey)

IGI: VR + Ch. to 1850 B

 
Westport 1787 IGI: VR to 1850 B VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Westwood 1897 See Dedham  
Weymouth 1635 Births 1637-1643
Births 1655-1699
VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Whately 1771 IGI: VR 1749-1856 B  
Whitman 1875 See Abington, East Bridgewater  
Wilbraham 1763 IGI: VR to 1850 B M  
Williamsburg 1771 IGI: Town recs B 1753-1797  
Williamstown 1765 VR to 1850 (Google Books)  
Wilmington 1730 IGI: VR 1716-1853 B  
Winchendon 1764 Early County Marriages (Bailey)

IGI: VR thru 1849 B M

VR to 1850 (NEHGS)
Winchester 1850 See Medford, Woburn, W. Cambridge  
Windsor 1771 VR to 1850  
Winthrop 1852 See Chelsea & Woburn  
Woburn 1642 VR to 1850  
Worcester 1684 Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)

IGI: VR 1714-1848 B

Worthington 1768 VR to 1850  
Wrentham 1673 VR to 1724

VR to 1850 (Google Books)

 

Y

Yarmouth 1639 IGI: VR thru 1849 B M

IGI: BMD 1657-1823

B - males B - females M
   

Statewide Databases

- Early Marriages prior to 1800 Bailey's statewide work is searchable on Ancestry.

- NEHGS has combined records from a number of towns into one database. Links appear in the table above if the records are not elsewhere, but the database has other towns as well.

- Ancestry has combined statewide births, marriages, and deaths into separate databases covering a group of towns that is similar to the NEHGS database. Those links appear as "Ancestry Index B M D" above.

- The IGI includes extracted records from most towns, but only of births and marriages. A list of included towns can be found here. The IGI also includes user-submitted records of questionable veracity. When searching the database as a whole, extracted records often stand out because the names are in all caps and the place is written out in full, with no abbreviations or extra commas.

- All of Google Books (which contains many of the published vital records) can be searched at once; add "massachusetts vital records" to your search for decipherable results.

- HeritageQuest Online has indexed a number of the vital records books and has the scanned images online as part of its subscription service (which is accessed through the library websites of many local libraries). The main search page searches all books in the collection, which are otherwise difficult to access individually. The books include vital records for the following towns: Abington; Acton; Andover; Arlington; Ashfield; Attleborough; Auburn; Barre; Becket; Beford; Bellingham; Berlin (to 1899); Beverly; Bolton; Boxborough; Boxford; Boylston; Bradford; Brewster; Bridgewater; Brimfield; Brockton; Brookfield; Burlington; Cambridge; Carlisle; Carver; Charlemont; Chester; Chilmark; Colrain; Dalton; Dana; Danvers; Dartmouth; Deerfield; Dover; Dracut; Dudley; Dunstable; Edgartown; Essex; "Old recs" of Fitchburgh; Framingham; Gardner; Georgetown; Gill; Grafton; Granville; Great Barrington; Greefield; Groton; Halifax; Hamilton; Hanson; Hardwick; Harvard; Haverill; Heath; Hinsdale; Holden; Holliston; Hubbardson; Hull; Ipswich; Kingston; Lawrence; Lee 1777-1801; Leominster; Lincoln; Littleton TR 1715+; Lowell; Lynn; Lynnfield; Manchester; Mansfield; Marblehead; Marlborough; Medford; Medway; Mendon; Methuen; Middlefield; Middleton; Milford; Milbury; Montgomery; Nantucket; New Ashford; New Bedford; New braintree; New Salem; Newbury; Newburyport; Newton; Northborough; Norton; Oakham; Otis; Pelham; Pembroke; Peru; Petersham; Phillipston; Plympton; Plymouth TR; Reading; Rehoboth 1642-1896; Richmond; Rochester; Rockport; Rowley; Roxbury; Salem; Sandisfield; Saugus; Scituate; Sharon; Shelborne; Sturbridge; Sutton; Swansea (BookA); Taunton; Truro; Topsfield; Tyngsborough; Tyringham; Uxbridge; Wakefield; Warren; Washington; Wayland; West Boylston; West newbury; West Springfield; West Stockbridge; Westford; Weston town recs; Westport; Weymouth; Williamstown; Winchendon; Windsor; Worthington; Worcester.


Resources

The following volunteer-run websites deserve the bulk of the credit for providing the transcriptions above:
- Dunham, Wilcox, Trott, Kirk by Jane Devlin [1] - also contains extensive records from Connecticut, and some NH, NY, RI.
- Ray Brown's Place [2] - also has many Connecticut towns, and some New York
- Berkshire County, MA Rootsweb [3]

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