I was talking to a friend about the New Bedford info on vitals. I work at the FHC here in Seaside I thought that some of these records were available for later dates,this is what he wrote:
Familysearch, Ancestry, and other websites have Massachusetts Birth, Marriage, and Death Records available until around 1915 with actual images of the records. Records going up to 1920 (an extra 5 years) are available online in one Familysearch Collection "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920". Many of the records from 1915-1920 are online but not indexed. You can browse through the images by date city and date and find the records that you are looking for that way. There* are* many indexes available for the later years such as some Massachusetts Death Indexes on Ancestry that span from 1901-1980 and 1970-2003, but these do not include the actual records. While they have not been digitized as of yet, the LDS church has microfilms of the *Fall River AND New Bedford Birth & Marriage Certificates all the way to 1968*! I have a cousin who works in the Salt Lake City library. She looked at the films for me and confirmed that these are indeed the actual certificates, and are complete for the whole town. There are typescript indexes on each film. She also told me that because the material is so recent and would contain living people, they will most likely not become available online anytime in the near future. Apparently FamilySearch has also them earmarked for "no circulation" and the post 1915 records are not available at any Family History Center other than in Salt Lake City. Even back when you could request microfilms be sent out to your local center these were not available. With the upcoming Salt Lake City trip, perhaps someone will want to check those films. You can get a list of the microfilm numbers and coverage here: Fall River Microfilms: https://www.familysearch.org/search/ catalog/234068?availability=Family%20History%20Library New Bedford Microfilms: https://www.familysearch.org/search/ catalog/819611?availability=Family%20History%20Library I have many ancestors in Massachusetts on all sides of my family - most of whom resided there since the early/mid 1600s. I can tell you with great certainty that this is relatively unique, and does not apply to the vast majority of Massachusetts towns. So, like many other records, you can see them in Salt Lake City but not anywhere else! Even the Portuguese records of the Azores which the Family History Library has digitized can only be accessed online if you have an LDS person sign you in on the computer Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com <rcap...@gmail.com> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
