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Selective List of Materials in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Holbrook Collection
Contains
microfiche copies of pre-1900 original manuscript records from more
than 300 Massachusetts towns, some of which were omitted from the
Systematic Series vital records project. Documents contain birth,
marriage, and death information and may also offer a variety of other
records such as lists of church members, Civil War veterans, dog
owners, paupers, taxpayers, and voters.The first microfiche for each locality describes the volumes included. Various name indexes sometimes appear. The W.E.B. Du Bois Library owns the following Holbrook Collection sets:
Belchertown 1765 - 1857 Microfiche 80
Easthampton 1785 - 1864 Microfiche 497
Longmeadow 1784 - 1854 Microfiche 81
Ludlow 1765 - 1857 Microfiche 83
Needham 1711 - 1858 Microfiche 498
South Hadley 1730 - 1890 Microfiche 82
Springfield 1641 - 1849 Microfiche 506
Westhampton 1778 - 1865 Microfiche 499
Wilbraham 1762 - 1851 Microfiche 500
Massachusetts vital records to 1850 (Systematic Series)
A
1902 Massachusetts law guaranteed the state would purchase the first
500 copies of all printed town vital record volumes and distribute
those copies freely to libraries, public offices, and historical
societies across the Commonwealth. This law prompted such organizations
as the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Essex
Institute to publish a Systematic Series of vital records for 206
cities and towns. Every volume in the Systematic Series is arranged by
three categories - births, marriages, and deaths. Includes names and
dates drawn from official town clerks' records and often church
records, cemetery inscriptions, local diaries, town meeting records,
Bible records, etc. List of cities and towns in the Library's Massachusetts vital records to 1850 (Systematic Series).
Other Massachusetts vital records
A selective list of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library's resources follows. Use subject headings to locate additional materials in the Library Catalog.
An alphabetical abstract of the record of births, in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1844-1890 - Dedham, (Mass.) The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 - Lancaster (Mass.) Boston beginnings, 1630-1699. Oxford, MA.: Holbrook Research Institute, 1980 - Holbrook, Jay Mack Centennial history of the Town of Millbury, Massachusetts, including vital statistics, 1850-1899 - Millbury (Mass.) Commonplace book of Richard Pratt of Lynn, Mass - Pratt, Richard [Early files of courts [microform]/Suffolk County] - Suffolk County (Mass.) History of Pelham, Mass.: from 1738 to 1898, including the early history of Prescott - Parmenter, C.O. (Charles Oscar)
Call Number: F 74 D3 D31, F 74 D3 D32 (1895 edition)
Call Number: F 74 L2 L2
Call Number: F 73.25 H64 1980
Alphabetical
list of the names of every known 17th-century Boston resident. Includes
names from church, estate, land, occupation, and residence lists. Each
entry gives the citizen's name, the year of the record, the record's
purpose, and the source of information.
Call Number: F 74 M65 M58
Call Number: Special Collections F 74 L98 P7 1900
Call Number: Microfilm A 1192 5 reels
Reel 3 Index to births, marriages, deaths, 1637-1774
The
alphabetical surname index provides the person's first name and whether
the record is for a birth (b), marriage (m), or death (d). The number
on the right indicates the document's location on Reels 4 and 5.
References to towns also appear, for example, "Medford births" and
"Scituate marriages."
Reels 4 and 5 Births, marriages, deaths, 1634 - August, 1774
Most of the items are numbered sequentially. Many documents were filmed several times for clarity.
Call Number: Special Collections F 74 P4 P2 1898, Stacks F 74 P4 P2
An index to the vital records of Boston, 1630-1699 - Gladden, Sanford Charles
Call Number: F 73.25 G55
Indexes the Ninth Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1630-1699
(F 73.1 B74 Volume 9 1883). Records are indexed by both given and
family names and arranged by the categories of births, baptisms,
marriages, and deaths. The accompanying numbers refer to pages in the
Record Commissioners' report.
Medway, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1850-1900 - Donovan, Francis D.
Call Number: F 74 M55 D65 1995
Milton records; births, marriages and deaths, 1662-1843, alphabetically and chronologically arranged
Call Number: F 74 M66 M37
The
record of births, marriages and deaths and intentions of marriage, in
the town of Stoughton from 1727 to 1800, and in the town of Canton from
1797-1845, preceded by the records of the South precinct of Dorchester
from 1715 to 1727 - Canton, (Mass) Records of births, marriages, and deaths of the town of Sturbridge, from the settlement of the town to 1816 - Southbridge, (Mass.) Record of deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts - Wood, Alfred Records of Littleton, Massachusetts. Printed by order of the town.
First installment. Births and deaths from the earliest records in the
town books begun in 1715 - Littleton (Mass.: Town) Records of Middlesex County, Mass. towns through 1830. Boston: Early Massachusetts Records, 1971-1975. Acton ( A 588), Arlington (A 589), Ashby ( A 590), Bedford ( A 591), Billerica ( A 592), Boxborough ( A 593), Burlington ( A 594), Cambridge ( A 595), Carlisle ( 596), Chelmsford ( A 597), Concord ( A 598), Dracut (A 599), Dunstable ( A 600), Framingham (A 601),Groton ( A 602), Holliston ( A 603), Hopkinton ( A 604), Lexington ( A 605), Lincoln ( A 606), Littleton (A 607), Lowell ( A 608), Malden ( A 609), Marlborough ( A 610), Medford ( A 611),Natick ( A 612), Newton ( A 613), Pepperell (A 614), Reading ( A 615), Sherborn ( A 616), Shirley (A 617), Stoneham (A 618), Stow ( A 619), Sudbury (A 620), Tewksbury ( A 621), Townsend ( A 622), Tyngsborough (A 623), Wakefield
(A 624), Waltham (A 625), Watertown (A 626), Wayland (A 627), Westford
(A 628), Weston ( A 629), Wilmington ( A 630), Woburn ( A 631) Records of Middlesex County, Mass. towns through 1830: descriptive guide to the microfilms - Early Massachusetts Records Records of the First Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1632-1789 - First Church (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.)
Call Number: F 74 C2 C2
Call Number: Special Collections F 74 S93 R43 1879
Call Number: F 74 M62 W6
Call Number: F 74 L77 L7
Includes
manuscript secular town records held by town clerks, treasurers, and
assessors, and from other sources such as town libraries and historical
societies. The project filmed entire documents, so "in some towns the
films go well beyond 1830." The collection includes some vital records
as well as tax lists, town meeting records, valuations lists, etc. A
list of cities and towns (microfilm numbers) follow.
Call Number: Reference Z 1296 M52 E15
Lists
the general categories, such as "tax book records, 1829-1841" and
"vital records, 1639-1789," and reel and target numbers under each town.
Call Number: Special Collections F 74 C4 C6 1880+
Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston - Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept.
Call Number: F 73.1 B74
Most volumes contain a name index.
Volume 9 Boston births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1630-1699
Volume 21 Dorchester births, marriages, and deaths to the end of 1825
Volume 24 Boston births, 1700-1800
Volume 28 Boston marriages, 1700-1751
Volume 30 Boston marriages, 1752-1809
Volume 36 Dorchester births, marriages, and deaths, 1826-1849
Social register, Boston
Call Number: F 73.22 S65 1898, 1906, 1939-1940
Records
"full names and addresses of members of prominent families and
marriages and deaths as they occur." The end of each volume offers a
list of marriages and deaths and an alphabetical list of the maiden
names of married women.
Watertown records. Prepared for publication by the Historical Society - Watertown (Mass.)
Call Number: F 74 W33 W3 Volumes 1-8
Wilmington records of births, marriages and deaths, from 1730 to 1898 - Wilmington (Mass.:Town)
Call Number: F 74 W83 W7
Woburn records of births, deaths, marriages, and marriage intentions, from 1640 to 1900. (Woburn, Mass.)
Call Number: F 74 W89 W82 Parts 2, 3, 7
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Search the Library Catalog by Subject. Examples of subject searches:
Marriage records - Massachusetts - Lowell
Pelham (Mass.) - History
Registers of births, etc. - Massachusetts - Sturbridge
Weymouth (Mass.) - Genealogy
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