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General => Information Wanted => Topic started by: Judy on June 08, 2003, 09:54:58 PM

Title: Death Records
Post by: Judy on June 08, 2003, 09:54:58 PM

 ???
I would like information on dates and why 8 of my brothers and sisters passed away as infants- 1943-1958
Did they really pass away?
THE LAST NAMES--Packard,Spofford,Dennison,Clark
Greatly appreciated. Judy

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: Matt B on October 04, 2003, 05:28:49 AM

You may want to try

http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm?rc=locale%7E&us=0

Not sure if they were issued SS#'s back then, but it's a great database.

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: Lisa N. on March 21, 2004, 06:28:45 AM

I just started searching for my family history. I found my grandfather's social security card while going thru a bunch of old papers, but I just don't have the money to pour into these geneology websites. Anything free out there????

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: Lyn Connors on October 15, 2004, 07:29:49 AM

Hi,
For records(birth,death,marriage) prior to 1906 you can write to : Massachusetts Archives
              220 Morrissey Blvd.

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: Lyn Connors on October 15, 2004, 07:34:36 AM

Hi,
For records(birth,death,marriage) prior to 1910 you can write to : Massachusetts Archives
              220 Morrissey Blvd.Boston MA 02125 $3.00
              SASE pay to commonwealth of MA
after 1910 you can write to the dept of vital records $28.but it is probably cheaper to write to the city or town clerk in which the event occurred.
good luck in your searches.
Lyn

Title: Re: Death Records
Post by: Barbara B. Spada on December 15, 2004, 06:28:39 PM

Re: "free' sites: rootswweb.com, ellisisland.org
Also visit the regional National Archive (NARA), one is in Pittsfield and one in Waltham. Also, I've had great results at the State Libraries at Boston, MA and Hartford, CT-free access to microfilms, and computer internet access to Ancestry.com.

The Registry in Dorchester, Mass. as well as the Mass. Archives at Columbia Point, Boston (both are near the JFK Library).