| Author | Wright, Carroll D. (Carroll Davidson), 1840-1909, author.
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| Title | A guide to Massachusetts public records : parishes, towns, and counties / Carroll D. Wright ; foreword by David Curtis Dearborn.
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| Published | Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.
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| Description | vii, li, 379 pages ; 23 cm
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| ISBN | 9780880823173 |
| ISBN | 0880823178 |
| General Note | "Originally published as the Report on the custody and condition of the public records of parishes, towns, and counties, 1889"--Title page.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Laws relating to records -- Proprietors records -- Church records -- Town records -- Court records -- County records.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "In 1884, Carroll D. Wright was appointed to prepare a report showing the condition of the public records of the parishes, towns, and counties of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This remarkable book, originally published in 1889 under the name 'Report on the custody and condition of the public records of parishes, towns, and counties, ' brings together under one cover a town-by-town, church-by-church, and county-by-county listing of all the records existing for each jurisdiction. Each section is preceded by detailed explanatory notes, and numerous footnotes cite special circumstances related to particular records, such as missing volumes or records kept elsewhere. When genealogists and family researchers need to visit a city or town hall, knowing what existed in the clerk's custody in 1889 will aid them in their search for records"--Publisher's description.
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| Subjects | Archives -- Massachusetts -- Directories.
Massachusetts -- Genealogy -- Directories.
Public records -- Massachusetts -- Directories.
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| Other Titles | Massachusetts public records
Report on the custody and condition of the public records of parishes, towns, and counties
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| LC Card Number | 2014-937223 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 5 DA W947 2014
CA-1904356: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 94758] |
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