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	Plymouth County  Massachusetts

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Plymouth County Records

The principal government-maintained Plymouth County records of interest to researchers are vital records, deeds and probate files.   Vital records have their own page elsewhere on this site.   Deeds and probate files are held in Plymouth:

Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
50 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-830-9200
Fax: 508-830-9221
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Researchers can search grantor books or grantee books at no charge.

Plymouth Probate and Family Court
9 Russell St.
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-6204
Fax: 508-746-6826
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Order Probate Records Online

Here are links to transcriptions and scans of a variety of Plymouth County records.   They include vital records, cemetery transcriptions, census returns and indices, church records, military records, maps, and other records.   Online histories of the county and some of its towns are also included.

We thank the many volunteers who have made these records available.   They include:

• The hosts of the Plymouth County town pages
• Jane Devlin and her Dunham-Wilcox-Trott-Kirk website
• Ray Brown and his New England Genealogy website
• All of the other volunteers who have transcribed and scanned these records.   Please thank them for their hard work, and visit their websites for other genealogical gems.

Plymouth Colony

• Vital Records from Records of the Colony of New Plymouth by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer
  • Births
  • Marriages
  • Deaths
• The Plymouth Colony Archive Project includes an extensive collection of original texts and papers on the Plymouth Colony

USGenWeb Abington
See also the parent town of Bridgewater and the daughter town of Whitman

• Marriage Records to 1789 from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Transcriptions from Town Reports

USGenWeb Bridgewater
See also the daughter towns of Abington, Brockton, East Bridgewater and West Bridgewater

• Vital Records of Bridgewater published in The Mayflower Descendant
• Vital Records of Bridgewater to 1850
• Marriages in the Town of Bridgewater from NEHGR
• Marriage Records to 1796 sorted by groom, from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• Marriage Records to 1796 sorted by bride, from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Williams Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater — transcriptions from the oldest cemeteries in Bridgewater
• 2004 Cemetery Transcriptions by Wendy L. Hawksley for the Conant St., Harlow, Hillside and Orange St. Cemeteries
• The Bridgewater Deed
• Nahum Mitchell, History of Bridgewater
• Bridgewater in the Rebellion — Civil War lists, part I
• Bridgewater in the Rebellion — Civil War lists, part II

USGenWeb Brockton
See also the parent town of Bridgewater

• Marriages in the North Parish of Bridgewater (1742 to 1780) from NEHGR
• Leach Cemetery, transcribed by Gaytha Wallace
• Genealogy of North Bridgewater by Moses Cary

USGenWeb Carver

• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Wenham Cemetery, transcribed by Mary Aguilar in 2001

USGenWeb Duxbury

• Duxbury Freemen in 1646 and 1670
• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Cemetery Transcriptions for the Ashdod, Dingley, Episcopal Church and Old Centre St. Cemeteries

USGenWeb East Bridgewater
See also the parent town of Bridgewater

• Marriages in the East Parish of Bridgewater (1725 to 1803) from NEHGR
• Whitman Family Cemetery, transcribed by Gaytha Wallace in 1989
• Williams Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater — transcriptions from the oldest cemeteries in East Bridgewater

USGenWeb Halifax

• Marriage Records to 1800 from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Sturtevant Cemetery, transcribed by Anna N. Sturtevant in 1997
• Hudson Tomb transcriptions from Williams Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater
• Transcriptions of the Sturtevant, Sturtevant Place and Thomson Cemeteries from The Mayflower Descendant

USGenWeb Hingham

• Hingham Cemetery — 3,953 transcriptions posted by Richard Souther
• George Lincoln, et. al., History of Hingham
• Vital Records of Cohasset to 1850

USGenWeb Hull

• Hull Cemetery Transcriptions published in NEHGR

USGenWeb Kingston

• Marriage Records to 1800 from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Old Burying Ground transcriptions courtesy of Ray Brown
• Old Burying Ground transcriptions from NEHGR
• Old Burying Ground transcriptions from The Mayflower Descendant

USGenWeb Marshfield

• Marriages from the Early Records of Marshfield from NEHGR
• Marriage Records to 1789 from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• Marshfield Records from Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer
• Cemetery Transcriptions from The Mayflower Descendant including Centre Marshfield, Chapel, Little, Plainville, Two Mile and Winslow Cemeteries
• Cedar Grove Cemetery transcriptions from The Mayflower Descendant
• Centre Marshfield Cemetery transcriptions by Charles C. Doble
• Marshfield Hills Cemetery transcriptions from The Mayflower Descendant
• Lysander Salmon Richards, History of Marshfield

USGenWeb Middleborough

• Marriage Records to 1800 sorted by groom, from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• Marriage Records to 1800 sorted by bride, from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• First Church Members, 1694-1799
• First Church Members, 1800-1853
• First Church Members, 1857-1895
• North Middleborough Church Members, 1876

USGenWeb Pembroke

• Marriage Records to 1724-1788 from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• Six small cemeteries transcribed and published in The Mayflower Descendant

USGenWeb Plymouth

• Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth by William T. Davis. Part II. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (1883).
• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Marriage Records to 1769 from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800

USGenWeb Plympton

• Marriage Records to 1780 from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• Hillcrest Cemetery Photographs for the largest families in the cemetery
• Hillcrest Cemetery transcriptions published in The Mayflower Descendant
• Cemetery Transcriptions published in The Mayflower Descendant including the Congregational Church, North Plympton and Smallpox Cemeteries

USGenWeb Rochester

• Marriage Records to 1789 sorted by groom, from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• Marriage Records to 1789 sorted by bride, from Frederic W. Bailey, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
• Census Project

USGenWeb Scituate

• Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
• Births and Baptisms from NEHGR, Vol. 19, p. 220 et. seq.
• Marriages Prior to 1700 from NEHGR, Vols. 18 and 19
• Marriages 1650-1719 from The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2, pp. 32-36; and Town Records, Vol. 4, p. 1 et. seq.
• Marriages 1725-1768 from The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 1, pp. 43-47
• 1790 Census Transcriptions
• Men of Kent Cemetery, abstracted by David Hamblin in 1852
• Men of Kent Cemetery, transcribed by Nareen and Bob Lake in 2003
• Men of Kent Cemetery, abstracted by Mary Dean

USGenWeb Wareham

• Vital Records
• Federal Census Extracts and Indices
• Wareham Courier Obituary Index
• French and Indian War Soldiers and Sailors
• Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors
• War of 1812 Soldiers and Sailors
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors

USGenWeb West Bridgewater
See also the parent town of Bridgewater

• Jerusalem Graveyard, also known as Howard / Hayward Cemetery, transcribed by Gaytha Wallace in 1989
• Williams Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater — transcriptions from the oldest cemeteries in West Bridgewater

USGenWeb Whitman
See also the parent town of Abington

• Colebrook Cemetery, partial transcription of 14 gravestones