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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.
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| East Bridgewater | 1823 | VR to 1850 (Google Books)
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| East Brookfield | 1920 | See Brookfield |
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| East Longmeadow | 1894 | See Longmeadow |
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| Eastham | 1646 | IGI: Town Recs 1649-1843 B M
| VR of Eastham & Orleans (Ancestry)
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| Easthampton | 1785 | IGI: Town Recs 1785-1865 B M |
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| Easton | 1725 | | Marriages 1720-1802
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| Edgartown | 1671 | VR to 1850 (Google Books)
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| Egremont | 1760 | Marriages to 1800 (Bailey)
IGI: Church Recs Chr 1770-1876
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| Erving | 1838 | |
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| Everett | | |
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| Essex | 1819 | VR to 1849 (includes images) |
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| Town Name | Est. | Free Links | Paid Site Links
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| Fairhaven | 1812 | IGI: VR 1739-1863 B M
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| Fall River | 1803 | |
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| Falmouth | 1694 | IGI: Town Recs 1668-1871 B B M M
IGI: BMD 1780-1878 B M
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| Fitchburg | 1764 | IGI: VR to 1850 B
Early County Marriages (Bailey)
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| Florida | 1805 | IGI: Recs 1845-1875 B M
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| Foxborough | 1778 | VR to 1850 (Google Books)
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| Framingham | 1675 | VR to 1850
| VR to 1850 (Images/Ancestry)
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| Franklin | 1778 | IGI: BMD 1778-1872 B
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| Freetown | 1683 | IGI: Town Recs 1686-1886 B M
IGI: BMD 1686-1793 B
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| Town Name | Est. | Free Links | Paid Site Links
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| Oak Bluffs | 1880 | See Edgartown |
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| Oakham | 1762 | VR thru 1849 (Google Books)
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| Orange | 1783 | |
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| Orleans | 1797 | IGI: BMD 1649-1840 B
| VR of Eastham & Orleans (Ancestry)
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| Otis | 1773 | VR to 1850 |
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| Oxford | 1693 | VR thru 1849 (Google Books)
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