Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895
Records: 69,849
Complete: 100%In 1841, Massachusetts required all towns to send birth, marriage, and death records to the state, while maintaining duplicate records at the town level. Indexes are arranged alphabetically by surname, providing an easy method for locating a particular record by listing the town where the event occurred, and the year, volume, and page for each record as it is archived at the state level. These earlier records are on microfilm at various repositories. Records after 1910 are available directly from the state.
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Fold3, Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 ( : accessed February 8, 2023), database and images,
- Publication Title
- Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895
- Total Records
- 69,849 Complete: 100%
- Content Source
Archive Publishing
- Published on Fold3
- 28 Aug 2008
- Last Updated
- 04 Oct 2008
- Description
- Massachusetts State-Wide Indexes are published every five years and reference all vital records submitted to the state by towns and cities of the Commonwealth after 1841.