Vital Records of Essex County Massachusetts to the year 1850

The Vital Records to 1850 records were published in the early 20th century for many municipalities in Massachusetts. This page links to individual town records at the Archive.org site. They can also be viewed at Haithi Trust. This index was created when the Massachusetts Vital Records digital index site suddenly ceased to exist. The index was recently restored by North Shore Slavery at MA-VitalRecords.Com

Directions for Archive.org:

• Click on any line item on this page to view birth, marriage, and death records at the Archive.org site.
• On the Archive.org page, scroll forward to the surname you are seeking.
• A very useful Archive.org feature is to click on the magnifying glass in the upper left corner and type in the surname. Your search results will appear on the left.
• Search results also appear as blue dots at the bottom, where you should click to the right of the category page where you landed. (This feature will work on cell phones by turning the screen sideways.)

View also:

• Vital Records for Massachusetts towns to the year 1850
• Vital Records of Ipswich MA

Amesbury

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Andover

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Beverly

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Boxford

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Bradford

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Danvers

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Essex

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Georgetown

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Gloucester

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Groveland

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Hamilton

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Haverhill

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Ipswich

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Lawrence

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Lynn

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Lynnfield

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Manchester

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Marblehead

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Merrimac

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Methuen

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Middleton

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Nahant

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Newbury

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Newburyport

Not available online at Google Books. See Newbury: Vol. 1: Births; Vol. 2 Marriages & Deaths

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North Andover

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Peabody

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Rockport

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Rowley

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Salem

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Salisbury

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Saugus

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Swampscott

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Topsfield

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Wenham

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West Newbury

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