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PLYMOUTH COUNTY, Massachusetts

*Created, in 1685.
*County seat: Plymouth.
Plymouth County is located in eastern Massachusetts.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Onset, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham, West Bridgewater, Whitman.

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• 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,

• Plimoth Plantation

• You Are the Historian: Investigate the First Thanksgiving

• Wampanoag Life

• Colonial Life

• Embroiderer's Blog

• The Pigrim Fathers - includes information about the Mayflower Passenger List.

• Plymouth Antiquarian Society

• Pilgrim Hall Museum

• The Mayflower Society

• The Pilgrims and The Mayflower Compact

• Extreme Costuming

• 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 Tribe, Mashpee, MA

• Chief Massasoit Ousa Mequin [The Great Leader Yellow Feather], born about 1580, "...Massasoit signed a peace treaty with the Pilgrims on March 22,1621..."

• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Page includes history, passengers bio, and more...

• Hobbamock's Homesite: Plymouth, MA (a reconstructed Wampanoag village)

• The Plymouth Colony Archive Project

• Analysis of Selected Probate Inventories of Plymouth Colony - site by Christopher Fennell Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia <ccf4f@virginia.edu>

  • Plymouth Colony - Notes and Glossary - includes useful Colonial terms such as FREEMAN; Old Style Dates, Money, etc..

  • Court Records, Laws & 17^th Century Texts

  • The Plymouth Colony Archive Project Analysis of Selected Wills

• MAGenWeb for Plymouth County, MA Genealogy.

• 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.

Plymouth County Communities

Abington

• DHCD: Abington Community Profile - Town incorporated in 1712

• Abington, MA Town Page

• History of the Town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement, By Benjamin Hobart, Published by T.H. Carter and son, 1866

• Abington Public Library - 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.

• USGenWeb for Bridgewater, MA

• 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. - renamed Brockton in 1881.

• Ray Brown's New England Genealogy: Bridgewater MA Vital Records to 1850

• Bridgewater Public Library: 15 South Street - Bridgewater, MA  02324; Phone: (508) 697-3331

• Bridgewater, Massachusetts Town Page

• 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

• MAGenWeb for Brockton Genealogy

• Welcome to Brockton, MA

• Brockton Public Library : 304 Main Street - Brockton, MA  02301-5323; Phone: (508)580-7890

• 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

• Carver Public Library: 2 Meadowbrook Way - P.O. Box 328 - Carver, MA 02330-0328; Phone: (508) 866-3415

• 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

• Duxbury, MA Town Page

• A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, by Justin Windsor, pub. Boston : Crosby & Nichols, [1849?].

• 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

• 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

• Hanover, MA Community Page

• 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

• Town of Hanson Home Page

• Ray Brown's New England Genealogy:

• Hanson Public Library : 132 Maquan Street - Hanson, MA  02341-1711; Phone: (781)293-2151

• 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

• Hingham, Massachusetts Town.- Brief History and Community Information.

• Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, MA (The Old Ordinary)

• MAGenWeb for Hingham, Massachusetts Genealogy

• 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

• Town of Hull Town Page

• Hull Public Library - 9 Main Street - Hull, MA 02045-1199; Phone: (781) 925-2295

• 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

• Kingston, MA Town Page

• Kingston Public Library - 6 Green Street - Kingston, MA 02364-1441; Phone: (781) 585-0517

• 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

• 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. In 1686, the area now known as Marion, Mattapoisett and West Wareham were all part of Rochester...

• Marion, MA Town Page

• Elizabeth Taber Memorial Library - 8 Spring Street - P.O. Box 116 - Marion, MA  02738-0116; Phone: (508) 748-1252

• 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

• Marshfield, MA [est. 1640]

• Ventress Memorial Library : 15 Library Plaza - Marshfield, MA 02050; Phone: (781) 834-5535.

• 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. In 1686, the area now known as Marion, Mattapoisett and West Wareham were all part of Rochester...

• Town of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts

  • Mattapoisett History

• 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

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  Middleborough

• DHCD: Middleborough Community Profile - Incorporated in 1669

• Middleborough, MA Town 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

• 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 - 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

• 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

• MAGenWeb for Plymouth, MA Genealogy

• Plymouth, MA Town Page

• Plymouth Public Library : 132 South Street - Plymouth, MA 02360; Phone: (508) 830-4250

• Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts: its history, its famous death, and its quaint epitaphs, by Frank Herman Perkins, Alfred Stevens Burbank, Plymouth, MA : A. S. Burbank, Pilgrim Bookstore, 1902.

• Plimoth Plantation

• You Are the Historian: Investigate the First Thanksgiving

• Wampanoag Life

• Colonial Life

• Embroiderer's Blog

• The Pigrim Fathers - includes information about the Mayflower Passenger List.

• Plymouth Antiquarian Society

• Pilgrim Hall Museum

• The Mayflower Society

• The Pilgrims and The Mayflower Compact

• Extreme Costuming

• 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

• Plympton, MA Town Page

• Plympton Public Library - 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. 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, MA Town Page

• 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 - 20 Belmont Street - Rockland, MA 02370-2232; Phone: (781) 878-1236

• Rockland, MA Town Page

• 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

• Scituate Town Library - 85 Branch Street - Scituate, MA 02066-3297; Phone: (781) 545-8727

• Scituate, MA Town Page

• 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 - 59 Marion Road - Wareham, MA 02571-1448; Phone: (508) 295-2343

• Wareham, MA Town Page

• 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

• West Bridgewater, MA Town Page

• 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

• Whitman Public Library - 100 Webster Street - Whitman, MA 02382-1914; Phone: (781) 447-7613.

• Whitman, MA Town Page

• History of the Town of Whitman, Massachusetts

• Whitman Town Clerk : P.O. Box 426 - Town Hall - 54 South Avenue - Whitman, MA 02382; Phone: (781) 447-7607.

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  Additional Research Resources:

• 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

  • Massachusetts Fun Facts - Review of the History, Government, and Symbols of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

• Massachusetts Land Records

• Massachusetts Information and Library Network

• Massachusetts Dept. of Housing and Community Development:  Community Profiles.

• Use the query form, at USGS, to map 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 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

o        The Genealogy Page.

o        About Census Records

o        1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

o        1930 Census Microfilm Locator

o        The Soundex Indexing System

o        Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o        Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

o        Indian Census Rolls

o        Nonpopulation Census Records

o        Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.

o        Native American Records

o        Immigration Records and Naturalization Records

o        "Any woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer 1998)

o        By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada border.

o        Military Records available from the National Archives

• o        Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI

• 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.

Professional  Research
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.  Search the Library's on-line catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.

Printed resources for this page include:

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

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