Thank you, Rosemarie! Margaret
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 12:33 AM Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected] <[email protected]> > 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 [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
