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• South of Boston: Plymouth County Visitor's Bureau
• A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts with Numerous Illustrations, by Rev. Elias Nason, M.A.; revised and enlarged by George J. Varney. Boston : B.B. Russell. 1890, 724 pages, scanned and posted online by David Kew, of Worcester!
• Plymouth: Its History and People - includes information about the Pilgrims, John Alden, William Bradford, William Brewster, John Carver, Myles Standish, The Winslows and History of Plymouth and The Mayflower with photos and bibliography,The Mayflower Compact Transcribed, Mayflower Passenger List .
• Pilgrim Hall Museum: Mayflower Passenger List
• South Shore Genealogical Society - meets at John Curtis Free Library, in Hanover, MA
• P.O. Box 396, Norwell, MA 02061.
• Warren Family, Mayflower Line, by Cathi Frost.
• The Wampanoag Tribes
• Massasoit born about 1590, "...Massasoit signed a peace treaty with the Pilgrims on March 22,1621..."
• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Page includes history, passengers bio, and more...
• Plimoth Plantation's Web Site! - The "First Thanksgiving": Facts and Fancies.
• A Web Walking Tour of Plimouth Plantation
• Plimouth Colony Costume
• Girls on the Mayflower
• Hobbamock's Homesite: Plymouth, MA (a reconstructed Wampanoag village)
• Analysis of Selected Probate Inventories of Plymouth Colony - site by Christopher Fennell
Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia <ccf4f@virginia.edu>
• Plymouth Colony - Notes, Bibliography and Glossary - includes useful Colonial terms such as FREEMAN; Old Style Dates, Money, etc.  by James F. Deetz and Patricia Scott Deetz.
• The Plymouth Colony Archive Project Analysis of Selected Wills
• MAGenWeb for Plymouth County Genealogy, by Charlie Williamson.
• Plymouth County Probate Court Clerk
   South Russell Street  - Plymouth, MA 02360.
• Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
   P.O. Box 3535,  Plymouth, MA 02361  Phone: (508) 830-9200.
• Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
   South Russell Street  - Plymouth, MA 02360   Phone: (508) 830-9200
• Massachusetts Archives  - Policies for Research by Mail - Fees and Procedures
   220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Phone: (617) 727-2816.
• Court Records Archivist (for MA Archives requests involving court records)
    Supreme Judicial Court Archives - 1300 New Court House - Boston, MA 02108.

Abington
• DHCD: Abington Community Profile - Town incorporated in 1712; See Town Seal.
• Abington, MA Town Page
• Abington Public Library - Information
   600 Gliniewicz Way - Abington, MA 02351-1641  Phone: (781) 982-2139.

• Dyer Memorial Library
   28 Centre Avenue - P.O. Box 2245 - Abington, MA 02351  Phone: (781) 878-8480.

• Abington Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 500 Gliniewicz Way - Abington, MA 02351   Phone: (781) 982-2112


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Bridgewater
• DHCD: Bridgewater Community Profile - Town incorporated in 1656; See Town Seal.
• History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts,  including an extensive Family Register  By Nahum Mitchell (1840).
• "History of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, with Family Registers", written and published by Bradford Kingman, Boston, 1866. - as part of a the Free Books Online Effort!!!  See the Index to available books for Massachusetts!!!
- renamed Brockton in 1881.
• Bridgewater Public Library
  15 South Street - Bridgewater, MA  02324
   Phone: (508) 697-3331  -  E-mail: bwpl@ma.ultranet.com
• Bridgewater, Massachusetts Town Page
• Historical Tidbits
• Bridgewater Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 64 Central Sq. - Bridgewater, MA 02324   Phone: (508) 697-0921.


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Brockton
• DHCD: Brockton Community Profile - Settled 1700; Town incorporated in 1821; City incorporated in 1881; See Town Seal.
• Welcome to Brockton, MA
• Brockton Public Library
    304 Main Street - Brockton, MA  02301-5323
    Phone: (508)580-7890    E-mail: brockton@ocln.org
• Brockton Town Clerk
  City Hall - 45 School Street - Brockton, MA 02301    Phone: (508) 580-7114.


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Carver
• DHCD: Carver Community Profile - Town incorporated in 1790; See Town Seal.
• Carver Public Library
    2 Meadowbrook Way - P.O. Box 328 - Carver, MA 02330-0328
    Phone: (508) 866-3415     E-mail:  carverpl@tiac.net
• Town of Carver, MA
• Carver, MA History
• Carver Town Clerk
  P. O. Box 67 Town Hall - 108 Main Street - Carver, MA 02330   Phone: (508) 866-3403.


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Duxbury
• DHCD: Duxbury Community Profile - Incorporated 17 June 1637; See Town Seal.
• Duxbury, MA Community Page
• A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, by Justin Windsor, pub. Boston : Crosby & Nichols, [1849?].and directory - Online Book in progress:  Scanned and OCRed by David Blackwell 1998, for the Free Books Online Effort!!!  See the Index to available books for Massachusetts!!!
• Duxbury Free Library
   77 Alden Street - Duxbury, MA 02332    Phone: (781) 934-2721.
• Duxbury Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 878 Tremont Street - Duxbury, MA 02332  Phone: (781) 934-1131.


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East Bridgewater
• DHCD: East Bridgewater Community Profile - Incorporated 14 June 1823; See Town Seal.
• East Bridgewater Town Clerk
   P.O. Box 387 - Town Hall - 175 Central Street - East Bridgewater, MA 02333
   Phone: (508) 378-1606.


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Halifax
• DHCD: Halifax Community Profile - Incorporated in 1734.
• Town of Halifax, MA
• Holmes Public Library
   470 Plymouth Street - Halifax, MA 02338-1394   Phone: (781) 293-2271.
• Halifax Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 499 Plymouth Street - Halifax, MA 02338    Phone: (781) 293-7970.


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Hanover
• DHCD: Hanover Community Profile - Incorporated 14 June 1727; See Town Seal.
• Hannover, MA Community Page
• A Brief History of Hanover Massachusetts
• South Shore Genealogical Society - meets at John Curtis Free Library, in Hanover, MA
• P.O. Box 396, Norwell, MA 02061.
• John Curtis Free Library
   534 Hanover Street - Hanover, MA 02339    Phone: (781) 826-2972
• Hanover Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 550 Hanover Street - Hanover, MA 02339   Phone: (781) 826-2691.


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Hanson
• DHCD: Hanson Community Profile - Incorporated in 1820; See Town Seal.
• Town of Hanson Home Page
• Ray Brown's New England Genealogy: Hanson, MA Marriages to 1850
• New England History
• Hanson Public Library
   132 Maquan Street - Hanson, MA  02341-1711
   Phone: (781)293-2151     E-mail: hnstaff@ma.ultranet.com
• Hanson Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 542 Liberty Street - Hanson, MA 02341   Phone: (781) 293-2772.


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Hingham
• DHCD: Hingham Community Profile - Bare Cove 1633; Hingham in 1635; See Town Seal.
• Hingham, Mass.- Brief History and Community Information.
• Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, MA (The Old Ordinary)
• Hingham Cemeteries by Richard Dennis Souther
• Hingham, Massachusetts Families
• Welcome to Hingham, Massachusetts Genealogy Project
• Hingham Public Library
    66 Leavitt Street - Hingham, MA 02043-2997   Phone: (781) 741-1406.
• Hingham Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 210 Central Street - Hingham, MA 02043   Phone: (781) 741-1410.


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Hull
• DHCD: Hull Community Profile - Incorporated 29 May 1644; See Town Seal.
• Town of Hull Community Page
• Hull Public Library - Information
   9 Main Street - Hull, MA 02045-1199
   Phone: (781) 925-2295      E-mail: hulib@ocln.org
• Hull Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 253 Atlantic Avenue - Hull, MA 02045   Phone: (781) 925-2262.


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Kingston
• DHCD: Kingston Community Profile - Incorporated in 1726; See Town Seal.
• Kingston, MA Community Page
• Kingston Public Library - Information
    6 Green Street - Kingston, MA 02364-1441
    Phone: (781) 585-0517     E-mail:  kilib@ocln.org
• Kingston Town Clerk
  P.O. Drawer E - Town Hall - 23 Green Street - Kingston, MA 02364
   Phone: (781) 585-0502.


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Lakeville
• DHCD: Lakeville Community Profile - Incorporated in 1853; See Town Seal.
• Lakeville Free Public Library
   241 Main Street - Lakeville, MA 02347-1624  Phone: (508) 947-9028
• Lakeville Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 346 Bedford Street - Lakeville, MA 02347   Phone: (508) 946-8814.


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Marion
• DHCD: Marion Community Profile - Incorporated in 1852; See Town Seal.
   In 1686, the area now known as Marion, Mattapoisett and West Wareham were all part of Rochester...
• Elizabeth Taber Memorial Library - Information
   8 Spring Street - P.O. Box 116 - Marion, MA  02738-0116
    Phone: (508) 748-1252    E-mail: etaber@capecod.net
• Marion Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 2 Spring Street - Marion, MA 02738  Phone: (508) 748-3505.


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Marshfield
• DHCD: Marshfield Community Profile - Incorporated in 1640; See Town Seal.
• Marshfield, MA [est. 1640] with Marshfield HISTORY page.
• Ventress Memorial Library
   15 Library Plaza - Marshfield, MA 02050    Phone: (781) 834-5535.
• Cliff Rogers Free Library
   540 Pleasant Street - Marshfield Hills, MA 02051   Phone: (781) 834-4597
• Marshfield Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 870 Moraine Street - Marshfield, MA 02050  Phone: (781) 834-5540.


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Mattapoisett
• DHCD: Mattapoisett Community Profile - Incorporated in 1857; See Town Seal.
   In 1686, the area now known as Marion, Mattapoisett and West Wareham were all part of Rochester...
• Town of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
• Mattapoisett History
• Mattapoisett Churches
• Mattapoisett Cemeteries
• Mattapoisett Free Public Library - 7 Barstow Street - Phone:  (508) 758-4171.
   Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 475 - Mattapoisett, MA 02739
• Mattapoisett Town Clerk
   P.O. Box 89 - Town Hall - 16 Main Street - Mattapoisett, MA 02739
   Phone: (508) 758-4103     E-mail:  lennis@mattapoisett.net


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Middleborough
• DHCD: Middleborough Community Profile - Incorporated in 1669; See Town Seal.
• Middleborough, MA Community Page
• Middleborough Public Library
    102 North Main Street - P.O. Box 391 - Middleborough, MA  02346-0391
    Phone: (508) 946-2470
• Middleborough Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 20 Centre Street - Middleborough, MA  02346  Phone: (508) 946-2415.


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Norwell
• DHCD: Norwell Community Profile - Scituate 1636; South Scituate 1849; Norwell incorporated in 1849; See Town Seal.
• Norwell, MA Community Page
• A Little About Her History
• Norwell Churches
• South Shore Genealogical Society - meets at John Curtis Free Library, in Hanover, MA
• P.O. Box 396, Norwell, MA 02061.
• Norwell Public Library - Information
   64 South Street - Norwell, MA 02061-2433    Phone: (781) 659-2015.
• Norwell Town Clerk
   P.O. Box 295 - Town Hall - 345 Main Street - Norwell, MA 02061
   Phone: (781) 659-8073.


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Pembroke
• DHCD: Pembroke Community Profile - Incorporated in 1712; See Town Seal.
• Pembroke Public Library
   Center Street - P.O. Box 517 - Pembroke, MA 02359-0517   Phone: (781) 293-6771
• Pembroke, MA Community Page
• Pembroke Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 100 Center Street - Pembroke, MA 02359 Phone: (781) 293-7211.


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Plymouth
• DHCD: Plymouth Community Profile - Founded in 1620; See Town Seal.
• Plymouth Public Library
   132 South Street - Plymouth, MA 02360     Phone: (508) 830-4250
• Plymouth: Its History and People - includes information about the Pilgrims, John Alden, William Bradford, William Brewster, John Carver, Myles Standish, The Winslows and History of Plymouth and The Mayflower with photos and bibliography,The Mayflower Compact Transcribed, Mayflower Passenger List .
• A Web Walking Tour of Plimoth Plantation
• Plimoth Plantation's Web Site! - The "First Thanksgiving": Facts and Fancies.
• Plimouth Colony Costume
• Plymouth Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 11 Lincoln Street - Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: (508) 830-4053.


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Plympton
• DHCD: Plympton Community Profile - Incorporated 4 June 1707; See Town Seal.
• Plympton Public Library - Information
   248 Main Street - Plympton, MA 02367-1114    Phone: (781) 585-4551
• Plympton Town Clerk
   P.O. Box 153 - Town Hall - 5 Palmer Road - Plympton, MA 02367
   Phone: (781) 585-3220.


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Rochester
• DHCD: Rochester Community Profile - Incorporated in 1686; See Town Seal.
    In 1686, the area now known as Marion, Mattapoisett and West Wareham were all part of Rochester...
• Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library
   17 Constitution Way - P.O. Box 69 - Rochester, MA 02770   Phone: (508) 763-8600
• Rochester Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 1 Constitution Way - Rochester, MA 02770   Phone: (508) 763-3866.


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Rockland
• DHCD: Rockland Community Profile - Matherly Grant 1656; Abington 1712; Rockland incorporated in 1874; See Town Seal.
• Rockland Mass. Historical Commission
• Birds eye view of the town of Rockland, Plymouth County, Mass. by A.F. Poole, del., Madison, Wis. : J.J. Stoner, [1881] (Milwaukee, Wis. : Beck & Pauli, lith.), online from Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
• Rockland Memorial Library - Information
   20 Belmont Street - Rockland,  MA 02370-2232
   Phone: (781) 878-1236     E-mail: roill@ocln.org
• Rockland Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 242 Union Street - Rockland, MA 02370   Phone: (781) 871-1892.


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Scituate
• DHCD: Scituate Community Profile - Incorporated in 1636; See Town Seal.
• Scituate Town Library - Information
  85 Branch Street - Scituate, MA 02066-3297
  Phone: (781) 545-8727       E-mail: sclib@ocln.org
• Scituate Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 600 Chief Justice Cushing Way - Scituate, MA 02066  Phone: (781) 545-8743.


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Wareham
• DHCD: Wareham Community Profile - Incorporated in 1739.
   In 1686, the area now known as Marion, Mattapoisett and West Wareham were all part of Rochester...
• Wareham Free Library - Information
   59 Marion Road - Wareham, MA 02571-1448
    Phone: (508) 295-2343    E-mail: warelibr@ma.ultranet.com
• Wareham Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 54 Marion Road - Wareham, MA 02571 Phone: (508) 291-3100 x3143.


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West Bridgewater
• DHCD: West Bridgewater Community Profile - Pulpit Rock 1656; West Bridgewater incorporated in 1822; See Town Seal.
• West Bridgewater Town Clerk
  Town Hall - 65 North Main Street - West Bridgewater, MA 02379 Phone: (508) 894-1200.


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Whitman
• DHCD: Whitman Community Profile - Formerly South Abington; Whitman incorporated in 1875; See Town Seal.
• Whitman Public Library - Information
  100 Webster Street - Whitman, MA 02382-1914    Phone: (781) 447-7613.
• Whitman, MA Community Network
• Whitman Town Clerk
   P.O. Box 426 - Town Hall - 54 South Avenue - Whitman, MA 02382
   Phone: (781) 447-7607.


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• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts web site.
• Massachusetts City and Town Clerk Directory.
• Massachusetts Citizen Information Service - maps and more.
• Massachusetts Phone Numbers for Public Information.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Massachusetts* Page.
• Massachusetts Archives
• Governor's - Kids Page
• Virtual Tour of the Governor's Office.
• Massachusetts Facts - Review of the History, Government, and Symbols of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
• A Profile of Massachusetts
PART 1: Concise Facts - State Symbols / Politics / Statistics /
PART 2:  Historical Sketch
PART 3:  The New Massachusetts State House
PART 4:  Miscellaneous Massachusetts Facts
• Massachusetts Studies Project - "Educational resources for teachers, students and lifelong learners."
• Massachusetts Information and Library Network
• Public Library Web Pages
• Massachusetts Dept. of Housing and Community Development:  Community Profiles.
• USGS - Geographic Names Information System - use the query form to locate geographic features, such as lakes, cemeteries, towns, and more.
• The Political Graveyard, for Massachusetts, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
• Massachusetts Cemeteries
• Geographic Index to Politician Births and Deaths in Massachusetts.
• Massachusetts Research Tools by Jeff Simonson.
• From Revolution to Reconstruction - a Hypertext on American History.
• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.
• The Genealogy Page.
• Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Massachusetts town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
• U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for Massachusetts.
•   Local Directory & Maps - type in city, state to go to maps and directories for that area.
  

• School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.