Information for Massachusetts:
Birth Certificates are on file in the town you were born in, and the town your parents were living in at your birth. Marriage Certificates are on file in the town where you filed your intentions, not the town where you were married. Death Certificates are on file in the town the person was living in at the time of death, and also the town of death, if different.
Unless the records were destroyed, they date back to the incorporation date of the town. Vital Records for many towns published in a series of books available in very many town libraries, at Mass Archives, and at NEHGS.
County Index:
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Barnstable County Dept of Health Rt 6A A Barnstable, MA 02630 (508) 362-2511 | ||
Divorce records are available from
Barnstable Complex Barnstable, MA 02630 (508) 362-2511 Birth, death and marriage records, are available from the State Office (since 1905), Archives (1841-1905) or the town in which the event occurred. Vital Records for many towns published in a series of books available in very many town libraries, at Mass Archives, and at NEHGS. Links to the town offices for Barnstable County are listed below. | ||
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Probate & Family Court 44 Bank Row Pittsfield, MA 01201-6202 (413) 442-6941 | ||
Divorce records are available from the Probate Court. Birth, death and marriage records, are available from the State Office (since 1905), Archives (1841-1905) or the town in which the event occurred. Vital Records for many towns published in a series of books available in very many town libraries, at Mass Archives, and at NEHGS. Links to the town offices for Berkshire County are listed below.
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Bristol County Probate Court 11 Court St. Taunton, MA 02780-3223 (508) 824-4004 | Bristol County Chapter, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists % Jeanne W. Swiszcz 34 Chicopee Street New Bedford, MA 02745 | |
Divorce records are available from the Probate Court. Birth, death and marriage records, are available from the State Office (since 1905), Archives (1841-1905) or the town in which the event occurred. Vital Records for many towns published in a series of books available in very many town libraries, at Mass Archives, and at NEHGS. Links to the town offices for Bristol County are listed below.
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