P.O. Box 144, Falmouth, MA 02541-0144 - Barnstable County

Falmouth Genealogical Society

links to local genealogical and historical resources:

Our "Get Going with Genealogy!" quick-start sheet.

Falmouth Public Library: online resources and events and CLAMS catalog and wifi printing and Ancestry Library Edition
https://www.americanancestors.org/ - New England Historic Genealogical Society - GSMD SilverBooks
https://www.colonialsociety.org/ - Colonial Society of Massachusetts & NEHGS Great Migration Map
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
https://www.massmayflower.org/ - Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
https://www.themayflowersociety.org/ - General Society of Mayflower Descendants - SilverBooks at NEHGS
https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/passenger - Mayflower passengers and crew
http://mayflowerhistory.com/ - Caleb Johnson's Mayflower website
http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/index2.html - Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Historical Re-creations: Plimouth-Patuxet and Old Sturbridge Village and Coggeshall Farm
Cape Cod Life Guide to Historical Societies and Museums.
Link Compilation : ldsgenealogy.com/MA and at ancestry.com: Massachusetts Wills/Probate 1635-1991
https://www.nickersonarchives.org/ - Nickerson Library - Cape Cod History Archives
http://www.sturgislibrary.org/ - Sturgis Library, Barnstable MA
- Genealogical Notes From Cape Cod Families (looseleaf at Sturgis now digitized)
Cape Cod Genealogical Society and Falmouth Genealogical Society
Falmouth Historical Society - Archives and Untold Tales
Woods Hole Historical Museum - Archives and Spritsail Journal
http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/ - State of Massachusetts digital archives
- Massachusetts Town Vital Records through 1850
- Boston Ship Passenger Arrival Manifests (1848-1891)
https://search.barnstabledeeds.org/ - Barnstable County Deeds - at FamilySearch
http://titleview.org/plymouthdeeds/default.aspx - Plymouth County Deeds - at FamilySearch
Cape Cod Town GIS systems: Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Dennis, Falmouth, Mashpee, Orleans, Sandwich
For all of Massachusetts: MASSGIS website and MACRIS website for MA Cultural Resource Information System
Cape Cod Commission Chronology Viewer using aerial photography (1938 to current)
Barnstable Patriot (1830-2017) and Yarmouth Register (1836-2017) - Newspapers
Hyannis Patriot (1894-1942) and The Register (1959-2017) Barnstable Dennis Yarmouth - Newspapers
Falmouth Massachusetts: LDS Genealogy record compilation. Birth, Marriage, Death data (BMD):
Falmouth BMD Ledger 1783-1863 and tan book via Oliver Brown BMD through 1850
- Falmouth Town Vital Records 1750-1811
- BMD data extracted from Falmouth Annual Reports : 1872, 1875 through 1987
Falmouth Enterprise (1896 to CurrentYear-6) and Falmouth Annual Reports (1873-2015)
- Falmouth Enterprise Obituary Index (1960-the past year)
Chatham Monitor (1871-1899, 1918-1939) & Cape Cod Chronicle (1974-2019) at Eldridge Library- Newspapers
http://www.capecodgravestones.com/ - Cape Cod Gravestones
https://nergc.org/ - New England Regional Genealogical Consortium

. Blank Forms : 4-GenPedigree | 6-GenPedigree | FamilyGroup and misbach.org charts

links to national and world resources:

HOME

http://www.familysearch.org/ - free and large LDS sponsored website, excellent wiki also
- FamilySearch Cemeteries and FamilySearch Labs
- LDSgenealogy.org directory - compilation of record resources, by locale.
- FamilySearch Premium websites and FamilySearch Center web access
http://www.ancestry.com/ - very large - membership required (Library Edition described)
https://www.findmypast.com/ - British and Irish records - membership required
https://www.myheritage.com/ - World and European Resources
https://thefhguide.com/index.html - The Family History Guide
National Genealogical Society and genealogy events at Conference Keeper
Irish resources: swilson.info & Irish Genealogical Research Soc. & johngrenham.com
http://www.fold3.com/ - U.S. military records especially - membership required
http://genforum.genealogy.com/ - free surname genealogy postings
https://www.usgenweb.org/ - County-by-county U.S. genealogy resources
http://findagrave.com/ - Largest online repository of gravesites
https://www.theancestorhunt.com/- Excellent lists of free resource links
http://stevemorse.org/index.html - enhanced searching of genealogical websites
http://www.eogn.com/ - Dick Eastman's online genealogy newsletter
http://www.cyndislist.com/ - Organized listing of online genealogical resources
Slavery Resources at Atlantic Black Box.
Jewish genealogy at JewishGen.org and Roots to Routes by Miriam Weiner
U.S. Federal Census : Overviews - Enumerator Instructions - History PDF
Historical boundaries: Europe and U.S. States and U.S. Counties
USGS EarthExplorer and Historic Aerials viewer and RandyMajors map resources.
Newspapers at the Library of Congress - Chronicling America
ProQuest via Boston Public Library card (free to Massachusetts residents).
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps at the Library of Congress
National Archives Record Requests - Request records from NARA for a fee
https://www.dar.org/ -Daughters and https://www.sar.org/ Sons of the American Rev.
https://isogg.org/ - International Society of Genetic Genealogy
Flowchart and explanation of the Genealogical Proof Standard at GenealogyExpained.