FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
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city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
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Vital records, as their name
suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and
death. Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime sources of
genealogical information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are
available only for relatively recent periods. These records, despite their
recent creation in the United States, are critically important in
genealogical research, often supplying details on family members well back
into the nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
The cited fee is for mail requests; other requests may
be less expensive. Check or money order should be made payable to Registry
of Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees,
the telephone number is (617) 753-8600. This will be a recorded message.
Index only beginning 1952. Certified copies are not available from
State office, which will direct inquirer where to send request. Records
may be requested directly from the Registrar of Probate Court where
divorce was granted.
Ancestry.com
Boston
Vital Records, 1630-99
Believed to contain all the birth, marriage, and death records of the
first seventy years of Boston, this work was intended to be comprehensive.
As a result this database contains over thirty thousand vital records as
reported to the Records Commission between 1630 and 1699. In addition to
these vital records, baptisms in the Boston First Church for the same time
period are included. The database is organized by year and category (i.e.
birth, marriage, and death, respectively) and nearly every entry includes
parents (in births) and spouses (in marriage and deaths) along with the
date of the event. (Requires Ancestry.com Membership)
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