Registers of vital records, 1841-1920.

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Registers of vital records, 1841-1920.

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Series consists of completed forms bound into ledgers as submitted by municipal clerks to the state secretary. Deaths from May 1903 (Boston from Aug. 1903) are in the form of one-page certificates bound into volumes; likewise births and marriages for most municipalities from Jan. 1, 1918 (remainder from July 2, 1918). Boston records kept as separate ledgers, births/marriages, 1914-1918, 1920; deaths, 1915-1918. Appendix: Additional entries as filed with the state secretary, to 1920. For a discussion of municipal vital records as such see: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Transcripts of town vital records prior to 1850 ((M-Ar)124X)

Ledgers, 1841-1918 673 cubic ft. (646 v. in 645 (v. 195-196 in 1), chiefly boxed)Certificates, 1903-1920 331 cubic ft. (2624 v. (883 v. in 125 record center cartons))Boston records (ledgers), 1914-1920 8 cubic ft. (10 v. in 6 boxes, 24 v.)Indexes Births (103 v.), Marriages (85 v.), Deaths (73 v.)Indexes--appendix 2.25 cubic ft. (9 v.)Appendix 14.5 cubic ft. (69 v.)Copies (registers) 787 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.Copies (registers--superseded) 12.5 cubic ft. (microfilm reels ; 35 mm. in 10 record center cartons)Copies (indexes) 293 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.Copies (indexes--superseded) 3.75 cubic ft. (microfilm reels ; 35 mm. in 3 record center cartons)Copies (appendix) 14 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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