vitalrec.com
      the most comprehensive resource for locating vital records on the internet

      Massachusetts Vital Records Information for Counties (B)

    • Massachusetts Vital Records Office
    • County & Town Vital Records Offices
    • Find vital records online
    • Search the birth, marriage and death records
    • Search the Social Security Death Index
    • Massachusetts Genealogy Links
    • International Vital Records

    • Massachusetts County Vital Records Offices

      Information for Massachusetts:

        Divorce records are available from the Registrar of Probate Court in the county where the the couple last lived as husband and wife. Countywide divorce indexes exist at each county probate court from 1922 to the present.

        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:

        Dukes . Middlesex . Barnstable . Berkshire . Bristol . Essex . Franklin . Hampden . Hampshire . Nantucket . Norfolk . Plymouth . Suffolk . Worcester
      Cities or Towns
        Abington . Acton . Acushnet . Adams . Agawam . Alford . Amesbury . Amherst . Andover . Arlington . Ashburnham . Ashby . Ashfield . Ashland . Athol . Attleborough . Auburn . Avon . Ayer . Barnstable . Barre . Becket . Bedford . Belchertown . Bellingham . Belmont . Berkley . Berlin . Bernardston . Beverly . Billerica . Blackstone . Blandford . Bolton . Boston . Bourne . Boxborough . Boxford . Boylston . Braintree . Brewster . Bridgewater . Brighton . Brimfield . Brockton . Brookfield . Brookline . Buckland . Burlington . Cambridge . Canton . Carlisle . Carver . Charlemont . Charlestown . Charlton . Chatham . Chelmsford . Chelsea . Cheshire . Chester . Chesterfield . Chicopee . Chilmark . Clarksburg . Clinton . Cohasset . Colrain . Concord . Conway . Cummington . Dalton . Danvers . Dartmouth . Dedham . Deerfield . Dennis . Dighton . Dorchester . Douglas . Dover . Dracut . Dudley . Dunstable . Duxbury . East Bridgewater . East Brookfield . East Longmeadow . Eastham . Easthampton . Easton . Edgartown . Egremont . Enfield . Erving . Essex . Everett . Fairhaven . Fall River . Falmouth . Fitchburg . Florida . Foxboro . Framingham . Franklin . Freetown . Gardner . Gay Head . Georgetown . Gill . Gloucester . Goshen . Gosnold . Grafton . Granby . Granville . Great Barrington . Greenfield . Groton . Groveland . Hadley . Halifax . Hamilton . Hampden . Hancock . Hanover . Hanson . Hardwick . Harvard . Harwich . Hatfield . Haverhill . Hawley . Heath . Hingham . Hinsdale . Holbrook . Holden . Holland . Holliston . Holyoke . Hopedale . Hopkinton . Hubbardston . Hudson . Hull . Huntington . Hyde Park . Ipswich . Kingston . Lakeville . Lancaster . Lanesborough . Lawrence . Lee . Leicester . Lenox . Leominster . Leverett . Lexington . Leyden . Lincoln . Littleton . Longmeadow . Lowell . Ludlow . Lunenburg . Lynn . Lynnfield . Malden . Manchester . Mansfield . Marblehead . Marion . Marlborough . Marshfield . Mashpee . Mattapoisett . Maynard . Medfield . Medford . Medway . Melrose . Mendon . Merrimac . Methuen . Middleborough . Middlefield . Middleton . Milford . Millbury . Millis . Millville . Milton . Monroe . Monson . Montague . Monterey . Montgomery . Mount Washington . Nahant . Nantucket . Natick . Needham . New Ashford . New Bedford . New Braintree . New Marlborough . New Salem . Newbury . Newburyport . Newton . Norfolk . North Adams . North Andover . North Attleborough . North Brookfield . North Reading . Northampton . Northborough . Northbridge . Northfield . Norton . Norwell . Norwood . Oak Bluffs . Oakham . Orange . Orleans . Otis . Oxford . Palmer . Paxton . Peabody . Pelham . Pembroke . Pepperell . Peru . Petersham . Phillipston . Pittsfield . Plainfield . Plainville . Plymouth . Plympton . Princeton . Provincetown . Quincy . Randolph . Raynham . Reading . Rehoboth . Revere . Richmond . Rochester . Rockland . Rockport . Rowe . Rowley . Royalston . Russell . Rutland . Salem . Salisbury . Sandisfield . Sandwich . Saugus . Savoy . Scituate . Seekonk . Sharon . Sheffield . Shelburne . Sherborn . Shirley . Shrewsbury . Shutesbury . Somerset . Somerville . South Deerfield . South Hadley . Southampton . Southborough . Southbridge . Southwick . Spencer . Springfield . Sterling . Stockbridge . Stoneham . Stoughton . Stow . Sturbridge . Sudbury . Sunderland . Sutton . Swampscott . Swansea . Taunton . Templeton . Tewksbury . Tisbury . Tolland . Topsfield . Townsend . Truro . Turners Falls . Tyngsborough . Tyringham . Upton . Uxbridge . Wakefield . Wales . Walpole . Waltham . Ware . Wareham . Warren . Warwick . Washington . Watertown . Wayland . Webster . Wellesley . Wellfleet . Wendell . Wenham . West Boylston . West Bridgewater . West Brookfield . West Newbury . West Springfield . West Stockbridge . West Tisbury . Westborough . Westfield . Westford . Westhampton . Westminster . Weston . Westport . Westwood . Whately . Whitinsville . Whitman . Wilbraham . Williamsburg . Williamstown . Wilmington . Winchendon . Winchester . Windsor . Winthrop . Woburn . Worcester . Worthington . Wrentham . Yarmouth
      
      This page tells how to obtain copies of vital records such as birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses and divorce decrees in Massachusetts Counties. See the guidelines for information on how to order vital records. Check the related links for additional genealogical information on the State of Massachusetts.

      Find Birth or Death Records Online!Please email the webmaster with corrections or suggestions.

      Please Note: The information contained on these pages is not guaranteed, as addresses and prices change frequently. It is recommended that you confirm the price and address by calling the vital records office before you place your order.

      


      Barnstable County Vital Records 
      Barnstable County Dept of Health
      Rt 6A A
      Barnstable, MA 02630
      (508) 362-2511
      Divorce records are available from
        Barnstable Probate & Family Ct
        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.

        Barnstable . Bourne . Brewster . Chatham . Dennis . Eastham . Falmouth . Harwich . Mashpee . Orleans . Provincetown . Sandwich . Truro . Wellfleet . Yarmouth
      Related Links:
      • Barnstable County USGenWeb
        genealogical resources
      • USGenWeb Archives Barnstable County
        free transcriptions of vital records, deeds, censuses, obituaries & other public records

      Berkshire County Vital Records 
      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.

        Adams . Alford . Becket . Cheshire . Clarksburg . Dalton . Egremont . Florida . Great Barrington . Hancock . Hinsdale . Lanesborough . Lee . Lenox . Monterey . Mount Washington . New Ashford . New Marlborough . North Adams . Otis . Peru . Pittsfield . Richmond . Sandisfield . Savoy . Sheffield . Stockbridge . Tyringham . Washington . West Stockbridge . Williamstown . Windsor
      Related Links:
      • Berkshire County USGenWeb
        genealogical resources
      • USGenWeb Archives Berkshire County
        free transcriptions of vital records, deeds, censuses, obituaries & other public records
      • berkshiresNOW.com

      Bristol County Vital Records 
      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.

        Acushnet . Attleborough . Berkley . Dartmouth . Dighton . Easton . Fairhaven . Fall River . Freetown . Mansfield . New Bedford . North Attleborough . Norton . Raynham . Rehoboth . Seekonk . Somerset . Swansea . Taunton . Westport
      Related Links:
      • Bristol County USGenWeb
        genealogical resources
      • USGenWeb Archives Bristol County
        free transcriptions of vital records, deeds, censuses, obituaries & other public records
       
      Other States . State Info . Massachusetts Links


      Report any changes or bad links to the webmaster. Be sure and mention the County & State in your e-mail message
      In Association with Amazon.com