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• Interactive map of Essex County, Massachusetts.
• A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts with Numerous Illustrations / 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!
• MAGenWeb for Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy, by David Colby Young.
• Essex County Archives
  
• A brief history of NEWTON, NH - This site may be helpful to Amesbury, MA and Salisbury, MA researchers, since present day Newton, NH, was originally part of Salisbury, Massachusetts; later, part of Amesbury, Massachusetts; then part of the West Parish of Amesbury; then part of New Town or South Hampton, MA.  This Newton, NH Chronology by Jerry D. Ferrin 1999, "...consists of excerpts from a "A Chronology of the Life and Times of Jonathan Farren", which is an expanded version of a chronology researched and compiled by James E. Shaw in 1993 for The Ferrin Family Newsletter...including a number of original documents signed by Jonathan Farren and many of the Newton and South Hampton town records reproduced here..." George G. Gleason, Researcher.
• Essex Society of Genealogists
  
   P.O. Box 313 - Lynnfield, MA, 01940-0313
• USGS: Maps of Essex County Massachusetts features - including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
• The Political Graveyard, for Essex County, Massachusetts, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
• Northeast Massachusetts Digital Library
• Peabody Essex Museum in Salem
• Fishing it was a Way of Life:  Lost at Sea - genealogy & history examples:
• Names of Nova Scotia Men Lost at Sea, 1846-1879 Whose Names are on the Gloucester Massachusetts Fishermen's Memorial
  
• City of Gloucester, MA
  
• Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library
  
   2 Dale Avenue - Gloucester, MA  01930  Phone: (978) 281-9763.
• The Lighthouse Preservation Society, of Rockport, Massachusetts.
• Bodin Historic Photos, Gloucester, MA
• Wooden Ships, Iron Men, Gloucester Ladies, and Man's Best Friend (ca. 1920)
• Kendall Whaling Museum - Though the museum is actually located in Norfolk County, this is helpful for Barnstable and Essex county researchers.
  
   27 Everett Street - Sharon, MA  02067.
Visit 50 States to learn how: "... America’s highly diversified whaling industry even influenced landlocked states far from the sea..."
The Marine Museum at Fall River, in nearby Bristol County, has helpful maritime links and information.
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - Woods Hole, MA  02543  Phone: (508) 457-2000.
• Essex County Probate Court Clerk
  
 32 Federal Street  - Salem, MA 01970.
• Essex County Registry of Deeds - (Southern District and parent prior to 1869)
  
   36 Federal Street - Salem, MA 01970  Phone:  (978) 741-0200 x250

•  Online Deeds (ca. 1641-1709)
• Essex County Registry of Deeds (Southern District)
   32 Federal Street  - Salem, MA 01970.
• Essex County Registry of Deeds (Northern District)
   381 Common Street  - Lawrence, MA 01840.
• 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.

Amesbury
• DHCD: Amesbury Community Profile - Incorporated in 1668; See Town Seal.
• Town of Amesbury, MA
• Amesbury, MA
• Amesbury, MA Genealogy, by John E. Enright.
• Amesbury Public Library
  
   149 Main Street - Amesbury, MA 01913-2899   Phone: (978) 388-8148
• Amesbury Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - 62 Friend Street - Amesbury, MA  01913   Phone: (978) 388-8100.


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Andover
• DHCD: Andover Community Profile - Incorporated 6 May 1646; See Town Seal.
• Introduction to Andover, MA History and Town of Andover
• Genweb for Andover, ESSEX, Massachusetts Genealogy, by Frederick Kunchick, and Frederick H. Kunchick, Jr.
• The Town of Andover, Massachusetts
• Historical Sketches of Andover, by Sarah Loring Bailey pub 1880 - Online Book  Scanned and OCRed by David Blackwell 1999, OCR editing by Phyllis Holmes, for the Free Books Online Effort!!!  See the Index to available books for Massachusetts!!!
• Andover Historical Society
   97 Main Street - Andover, MA 01810
• Memorial Hall Library
  
   Elm Square - Andover, MA 01810   Phone: (978) 623-8401
• All About Andover
• Genealogy
• Houses of Worship in Andover, MA
• Andover Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 36 Bartlet Street - Andover, MA  01810   Phone: (978) 623-8255.


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North Andover
     North Andover was settled before 1644, and incorporated as a town in 1855.
• DHCD: North Andover Community Profile -
• Town of North Andover, MA - Community page
• North Parish Unitarian Church
    190 Academy Road - North Andover, MA  01845   Phone: (508) 687-7948.
• Stevens Memorial Library
   345 Main Street - North Andover, MA 01845   Phone: (978) 688-9505


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Beverly
• DHCD: Beverly Community Profile - Founded 1626; Town in 1668; City in 1894; See Town Seal.
• City of Beverly, MA
• Beverly Public Library
   32 Essex Street - Beverly, MA 01915    Phone: (978) 921-6062
• Beverly Town Clerk:
  
   City Hall - 191 Cabot Street - Beverly, MA  01915   Phone: (978) 921-6000.


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Boxford
• DHCD: Boxford Community Profile - Incorporated in 1685; See Town Seal.
• Boxford Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - 28 Middleton Road - Boxford, MA  01921   Phone: (978) 887-0806.


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Danvers
• DHCD: Danvers Community Profile - Incorporated in 1757; See Town Seal.
• Town of Danvers, MA - Community page includes brief History
• MAGenWeb - Essex County Archives
  
• Danvers Cemetery Transcriptions prior to 1800 (partial)
  
• Danvers Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - One Sylvan Street - Danvers, MA  01923   Phone: (978) 777-0001.


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Essex
• DHCD: Essex Community Profile - Incorporated 15 February 1819; See Town Seal.
• Town of Essex, MA
• Essex, MA
• Essex Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - 30 Martin Street - Essex, MA  01929   Phone: (978) 768-7111.


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Georgetown
• DHCD: Georgetown Community Profile - Formerly New Rowley 1639; Georgetown Incorporated in 1838; See Town Seal.
• Georgetown Historical Society and the Brocklebank Museum.
• Georgetown Massachusetts Genealogy page with History, Map and more!
• Georgetown Public Library
     Lincoln Park - Georgetown, MA  01833
• Georgetown Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - One Library Street - Georgetown, MA  01833   Phone: (978) 352-5711.


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Gloucester
• DHCD: Gloucester Community Profile - City of Gloucester incorporated in 1873; See Town Seal.
• City of Gloucester, MA
  
• Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library
• Northeast Massachusetts Digital Library
  
• Gloucester Town Clerk:
   City Hall - 9 Dale Avenue - Gloucester, MA  01930   Phone: (978) 281-9720.


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Groveland
• DHCD: Groveland Community Profile - Incorporated in 1850.
• Groveland Massachusetts Genealogy and History, by Brian Smith.
• Groveland Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - 183 Main Street - Groveland, MA  01834   Phone: (978) 469-5005.


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Hamilton
• DHCD: Hamilton Community Profile - Incorporated 21 June 1793; See Town Seal.
• Town of Hamilton, MA
• Hamilton Town Clerk:
  
  P.O. Box 429 - Town Hall - 377 Bay Road - Hamilton, MA  01936
   Phone: (978) 468-5570.


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Haverhill
• DHCD: Haverhill Community Profile - Settled in 1640; Instituted a city in 1870;  See Town Seal.
• Official City of Haverhill Web Page
• Haverhill Public Library
  
    99 Main Street - Haverhill, MA 01830-5092   Phone: (978) 373-1586.
• Haverhill, Massachusetts
• Haverhill Gazette
• Eagle Tribune online
• Haverhill Online
• Haverhill Town Clerk:
  
   City Hall - 4 Summer Street - Haverhill, MA  01830   Phone: (978) 374-2312.


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Ipswich
• DHCD: Ipswich Community Profile - Incorporated in 1634; See Town Seal.
• Ipswich Genealogy, by John Tallman.
• A Brief History of Ipswich
• Ipswich Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - 30 South Main Street - Ipswich, MA  01938   Phone: (978) 356-6600.


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Lawrence
• DHCD: Lawrence Community Profile - Incorporated in 1855; See Town Seal.
• City of Lawrence, MA
• Lawrence, MA History, Arts and Culture - from Merrimack College Urban Resource Institute.
• City of Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Profile of Lawrence's Past
• Bellevue Cemetery
    170 May - Lawrence, MA 01841     Phone: (978) 794-5876
• Lawrence Public Library
  
   Main Branch - 51 Lawrence Street - Lawrence, MA     Phone: (978) 794-5786
• Lawrence City Clerk:
   City Hall - 200 Common Street - Lawrence, MA  01840   Phone: (978) 794-5803.


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Lynn
• DHCD: Lynn Community Profile - Settled in 1629; Instituted a city 14 May 1850; See Town Seal.
• The History of Lynn Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott and Nahant, by Lewis and Newhall, (1890): Scanned and OCRed 1999 By David Blackwell for the Free Books Online Effort!!!
• LACC: Chamber of Commerce - learn more about Lynn, Lynnfield, Swampscott, or Nahant.
• Lynn, MA Community Network
• Lynn's Past: The People and the Forces That Shaped The City
• Lynn's Present
• Visitor Center: Maps to Lynn
• Lynn Historical Commission information
             58 Andrew Street - Lynn, MA 01901
• Lynn Public Library and Information, search online catalog - alternate url
   5 North Common Street - Lynn, MA 01902    Phone (781) 595-0567
• Reference Department
• Lynn Town Clerk:
  
   City Hall - 3 City Hall Square - Lynn, MA  01901   Phone: (978) 598-4000.


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Lynnfield
• DHCD: Lynnfield Community Profile - Meeting House built in 1714; District in 1782; Town incorporated in 1814; See Town Seal.
• Town of Lynnfield, MA
• The History of Lynn Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott and Nahant, by Lewis and Newhall, (1890): Scanned and OCRed 1999 By David Blackwell for the Free Books Online Effort!!!
• LACC: Chamber of Commerce - learn more about Lynn, Lynnfield, Swampscott, or Nahant.
• Lynnfield Public Library - Information and online catalog
  18 Summer Street - Lynnfield, MA 01940-1837     Phone: (781) 334-5176
• Local History and Genealogy
• Essex Society of Genealogists
  
   P.O. Box 313 - Lynnfield, MA, 01940-0313
• Queries Person to Person
• Lynnfield Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 55 Summer Street - Lynnfield, MA  01940   Phone: (978) 334-3128.


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Manchester-by-the-Sea
• DHCD: Manchester Community Profile - Founded in 1645; See Town Seal.
• Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
• Manchester Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 10 Central Street - Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA  01944
   Phone: (978) 526-2040.
• Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library



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Marblehead
     Located on Massachusetts Bay, Marblehead was settled in 1629, and incorporated as a town in 1649.   The prevalence of gray granite which the early settlers mistakenly called 'marble stone', led to the town's name.  At one time it was called Marble Harbor.   (See Map)
• DHCD: Marblehead Community Profile - Founded in 1629.
• Town of Marblehead, MA
• History of Marblehead
• The History and Traditions of Marblehead, by Samuel Roades, Jr., pub. Boston : Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880 - Online Book  Scanned and OCRed by David Blackwell 1999, for the Free Books Online Effort!!!  See the Index to available books for Massachusetts!!!
• Abbot Public Library
• Marblehead Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - Abbott Hall -188 Washington Street - Marblehead, MA  01945
    Phone: (978) 631-0528.


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Merrimac
     Named for the Merrimack River on which it is located, Merrimac is situated at the New Hampshire - Massachusetts border.  It was settled in 1638, and incorporated as a town in 1876.   (See Map)
• DHCD: Merrimac Community Profile - Incorporated in 1876; See Town Seal.
• Merrimac Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 2 School Street - Merrimac, MA  01860   Phone: (978) 346-8013.


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Methuen
     Methuen is situated at the New Hampshire - Massachusetts border.  It was settled about 1642, and incorporated as a town in 1725.  (See Map)
• DHCD: Methuen Community Profile - Incorporated in 1726; See Town Seal.
• Town of Methuen, MA
• Methuen, MA
• Brief History and Description of Methuen, MA
• The City of Methuen.com
• Center for Methuen History or http://www.methuenhistory.org/
• Nevins Memorial Library
• Methuen Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 41 Pleasant Street - Rm. 112  - Methuen, MA  01844
   Phone: (978) 794-3213.


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Middleton
   Middleton was settled in 1659, and incorporated as a town in 1728.  It was named for its geographical position in the midst of towns from which it was formed:  Andover, Boxford, Salem & Topsfield.   (See Map)
• DHCD: Middleton Community Profile - Founded in 1728; See Town Seal.
• Middleton Community Page
• Middleton Town Clerk:
   Memorial Town Hall - 48 South Main Street - Middleton, MA  01949
  Phone: (978) 774-6927.
• The Flint Public Library
  
    1 South Main St. / P.O. Box 98 - Middleton, MA 01949  Phone: (978) 774-8132


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Nahant
     Located in Massachusetts Bay, and formed from the town of Lynn, Nahant was settled in 1630, and incorporated as a town in 1853.   (See Map)
• DHCD: Nahant Community Profile - Formed from Lynn; Nahant Incorporated in 1853; See Town Seal.
• Town of Nahant, MA
• The Facts on Nahant
• The History of Lynn Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott and Nahant, by Lewis and Newhall, (1890): Scanned and OCRed 1999 By David Blackwell for the Free Books Online Effort!!!
• LACC: Chamber of Commerce - learn more about Lynn, Lynnfield, Swampscott, or Nahant.
• Nahant Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 334 Nahant Road - Nahant, MA  01908   Phone: (978) 581-0018.


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Newbury
     Originally known as the plantation called Wessacucon, the town of Newbury was later named in honor of Newbury, England, which was the home of some of the early settlers.  It was settled in 1635, and incorporated as a town in 1635.
• DHCD: Newbury Community Profile - (Wessacucon) Incorporated 6 May 1635; See Town Seal.
• Town of Newbury, MA - Community page
• Newbury Genealogy  - by Bob Bamford/Essex Books.
• Newbury Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - 25 High Road - Newbury, MA  01951   Phone: (978) 462-2332.


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Newburyport
     Formed from the town of Newbury, Newburyport was settled in 1635, and incorporated as a town in 1764.
• DHCD: Newburyport Community Profile - See Town Seal.
• City of Newburyport, MA
• Newburyport, MA
• Newburyport Genealogy  - by Bob Bamford/Essex Books.
• The Daily Newburyport Online News
• Newburyport City Clerk:
  
   P. O. Box 550 - City Hall - 60 Pleasant Street - Newburyport, MA  01950
   Phone: (978) 465-4407.


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Peabody
     Settled in 1629, it was incorporated as the Town of South Danvers, in 1855.  It was renamed to Peabody in 1868, in honor of philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869), and incorporated as a city in 1916.
• DHCD: Peabody Community Profile - South Danvers in 1855; Town of Peabody in 1868; City incorporated in 1916; See Town Seal.
• City of Peabody, MA
• Peabody Historical Society
• Peabody Town Clerk:
   City Hall - 24 Lowell Street - Peabody, MA  01960   Phone: (978) 532-3000 x367.
• Peabody Institute Library
     82 Main Street - Peabody, MA 01960   Phone:  (978) 531-0100


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Rockport
     Located on Massachusetts Bay, Rockport was formed from the town of Gloucester.  Settled in 1690, Rockport was incorporated as a town 27 February 1840.
• DHCD: Rockport Community Profile - See Town Seal.
• Town of Rockport
• Rockport Town Clerk:
   P.O. Box 429 - Town Hall - 34 Broadway - Rockport, MA  01966
   Phone: (978) 546-6894.


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Rowley
     Rowley, originally called "Mr. Ezechial Rogers Plantation", was settled, in 1638, by the Rogers Company headed by Rev. Ezechial Rogers.  Rowley was incorporated as a town in 1639, and named for Rowley, Yorkshire, England, the hometown of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and many of the early settlers.
     Byfield was not a town, but rather an early Rowley parish.  "...In 1702, the people living at "The Falls," on Parker River, uniting with some people from Newbury, erected a meeting-house. They were incorporated as a parish by the name of "The Fall," Nov. 17, 1706, and the same day a church was organized, and the Rev. Moses Hale, born July 10, 1678, was ordained as pastor. The name of the parish in 1710 was changed to Byfield..."  [See: "History of Rowley" section, from Standard History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Boston : C.F. Jewett & Co., 1878.]
• DHCD: Rowley Community Profile - See Town Seal.
• Town of Rowley, MA
• Rowley Public Library - (History of the Library & Ezechiel Rogers School)
    17 Wethersfield Street - Rowley, MA 01969   Phone: (978) 948-2850.
• Rowley Historical Society & Gift Shop - includes books.
   P.O. Box 41 - Rowley, MA 01969
• Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (1639 - 1650) & era MAP, online by  Bob Spafford, of the Spafford, Spofford, Spofforth Family History and Genealogy site.
• Rowley, MA Genealogy - by Mariana Bean Ruggles (E-mail:  pnt@chesapeake.net )
• Rowley Town Clerk:  Town Hall - 139 Main Street, Route 1A
   Mailing Address: P.O. Box 351 - Rowley, MA  01969    Phone: (978) 948-2081.


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Salem
     Located on Massachusetts Bay, and previously known as "Naumkeag", the name Salem was chosen in 1629.  The town of was settled, in 1626, by Moravians Roger Conant and John Endecott, incorporated as a town in 1680, and as a city in 1836.
• DHCD: Salem Community Profile - Formed in 1626; See Town Seal.
• City of Salem, Massachusetts
• Town of Salem, Massachusetts
• Salem Public Library Public - Library Catalog search
   370 Essex Street - Salem, MA 01970-3298
   Phone: (978)744-0860     E-mail: sal@noblenet.org
• The Salem News Online Edition
• Maritime Heritage
• Salem Tales, by Salem historian, Jim McAllister.
• The History of Salem Massachusetts, by Sydney Perley, pub. Salem : Sydney Perley, 1924 - Online Book  Scanned and OCRed by David Blackwell 1999, OCR editing by Phyllis Holmes, for the Free Books Online Effort!!!  See the Index to available books for Massachusetts!!!
• Salem Town Clerk:
   City Hall - 93 Washington Street - Salem, MA  01970   Phone: (978) 745-9595 x 250.


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Salisbury
     Originally named Colchester, Salisbury was named for Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, from which many of the early settlers came in 1638.  Salisbury was incorporated in 1640.  At that time, it included the towns of Amesbury and Merrimack, Massachusetts as well as the New Hampshire towns of Seabrook, South Hampton, Newton, Hampstead, Plaistow and Kingston, which are now located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.  (See Map).
• DHCD: Salisbury Community Profile - See Town Seal.
• Town of Salisbury, MA
• Salisbury Town Clerk:
   P.O. Box 5072 - Town Hall - 5 Beach Road - Salisbury, MA  01952
   Phone: (978) 462-7591.


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Saugus
     Located on Massachusetts Bay, Saugus was settled, in 1629, and incorporated in 1815.  Before 1815, the area was part of Lynn, which until 1637 was also known as Saugus.
• DHCD: Saugus Community Profile - See Town Seal.
• Town of Saugus, MA
• The History of Lynn Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott and Nahant, by Lewis and Newhall, (1890): Scanned and OCRed 1999 By David Blackwell for the Free Books Online Effort!!!
• Saugus Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 298 Central Street - Saugus, MA  01906   Phone: (978) 231-4101.
• Saugus Public Library
    295 Central Street - Saugus, MA 01906    Phone:  (781) 231-4168


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Swampscott
• DHCD: Swampscott Community Profile - Settled in 1829; Incorporated in 1852; See Town Seal.
• Town of Swampscott, MA
• Swampscott (Massachusetts),1852-2002 : Celebrating 150 Years of Pride, Progress & History
• The History of Lynn Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott and Nahant, by Lewis and Newhall, (1890): Scanned and OCRed 1999 By David Blackwell for the Free Books Online Effort!!!
• LACC: Chamber of Commerce - learn more about Lynn, Lynnfield, Swampscott, or Nahant.
• Swampscott Town Clerk:
   Elihu Thomson Administration Bldg. - 22 Monument Avenue - Swampscott, MA  01907
   Phone: (978) 596-8856.


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Topsfield
• DHCD: Topsfield Community Profile - (Shenewemedy; New Meadows) Topsfield formed in 1650; Parent town: Ipswich; See Town Seal.
• Topsfield Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 8 West Common Streeet - Topsfield, MA  01983   Phone: (978) 887-1505.


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Wenham
• DHCD: Wenham Community Profile - Incorporated 7 September 1643; See Town Seal.
• Wenham Town Clerk:
   Town Hall - 138 Main Street - Wenham, MA  01984   Phone: (978) 468-5520.


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West Newbury
• DHCD: West Newbury Community Profile - Incorporated in 1819; See Town Seal.
• West Newbury Town Clerk:
  
   Town Hall - 381 Main Street - West Newbury, MA  01985   Phone: (978) 363-1100 x15.

• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts web site.
• Massachusetts City and Town Clerk Directory.
• History
• Commonwealth Communities - alphabetically by Town or by County.
• Unincorporated and Unofficial Names of Massachusetts Communities.
• 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.
• Yahoo Get Local Directory for Massachusetts Counties and Regions.

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