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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1692
STATEHOOD
1788
AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
1855 and 1895
FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1790
PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
State
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1841
MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1841
CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Registry of Vital Records
and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon St., First Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125
(617) 740-2600
