Source Information

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data:

  • Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.
  • Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
  • Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926.
  • Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908.
  • Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913.
  • Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918.
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
  • About Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records, 1620-1850

    Originally published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection is one of the most valuable tools available in finding ancestors who lived in the colony and state prior to 1850. This database is a collection of birth records from Dorchester to add to the towns of Abington, Acton, Andover, Ashburnham, Ashfield, Billerica, Brimfield, Brockton, Carver, Chelmsford, Chester, Dartmouth, Dover, Dracut, Essex, Framingham, Gill, Granville, Holden, Holliston, Hummards, Lawrence, Lexington, Lynn, Medford, Medway, Middlefield, New Ashford, New Bedford, New Braintree, Pembroke, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Sturbridge, Taunton, Templeton, Tisbury, Tyringham, Wayland, Washington, Westford, Westminster, Westport, West Springfield, Winchendon, Windsor, Worthington, and Wrentham. Each record reveals the individual's name, birth date, birthplace, and parents' names. It provides the names of over 95,000 persons.