Essex County Genealogy

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Essex County Records Essex County Birth Records Essex County Cemetery Records Essex County Census Records Essex County Church Records Essex County Death Records Essex County City Directories Essex County Genealogies Essex County Historical Records Essex County Land Records Essex County Marriage Records Essex County Military Records Essex County Newspapers Essex County Obituaries Essex County Probate Records Essex County School Records Essex County Vital Records

Essex Cities and Towns Amesbury Genealogy Andover Genealogy Beverly Genealogy Boxford Genealogy Bradford Genealogy Byfield Genealogy Cape Ann Genealogy Chebacco Genealogy Danvers Genealogy Essex Genealogy Georgetown Genealogy Gloucester Genealogy Groveland Genealogy Hamilton Genealogy Haverhill Genealogy Ipswich Genealogy Lawrence Genealogy Lynn Genealogy Lynnfield Genealogy Manchester Genealogy Marblehead Genealogy Merrimac Genealogy Methuen Genealogy

Middleton Genealogy Nahant Genealogy Newbury Genealogy Newbury Old Town Genealogy Newburyport Genealogy North Andover Genealogy North Beverly Genealogy North Essex Genealogy Peabody Genealogy Pigeon Cove Genealogy Rockport Genealogy Rowley Genealogy Salem Genealogy Salisbury Genealogy Saugus Genealogy Swampscott Genealogy Topsfield Genealogy Wenham Genealogy West Boxford Genealogy West Newbury Genealogy West Peabody Genealogy Westbury Genealogy

Essex Countywide Sources

1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Archives
1921-present Massachusetts Birth Certificates (order here) Archives
1921-present Massachusetts Death Certificates (order here) Archives
1921-present Massachusetts Marriage Records (order here) Archives
A county in revolution : Essex County at the dawning of independence Family History Library
A guide to cemeteries in Essex County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Ages from Court Records, 1636-1700(index to names in court records in Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties) Ancestry
Ages from court records 1636 to 1700 Family History Library
American Genealogical Biographical Index Databases World Vital Records
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)(index of individuals appearing in many family histories and other genealogical works) Ancestry
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Births, marriages, deaths, marriage intentions, earmarks, strays, 1670-1747 Family History Library
Court records, 1636-1641 [Essex County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Court records, 1638-1692 : indexes to court records/papers, 1636-1695 Family History Library
Court records, 1648-1681 Family History Library
Court records, 1692-1796 Family History Library
Court records, 1782-1811, 1821-1859 Family History Library
Court records, 1811-1821 Family History Library
Court records, 1859-1865 Family History Library
Deaths at sea, the port of Gloucester Family History Library
Declaration records (1906-1945) at Salem and Lynn by the Essex County Superior Court Family History Library
Deeds, 1639-1866; index to deeds, 1640-1879 (Essex County, Massachusetts) Family History Library
Directory of Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Beverly, Manchester, Essex, Wenham, Topsfield, with street and advertising directories, town registers, map, etc. Family History Library
Essex County (Massachusetts) directories Family History Library
Essex County history and directory Family History Library
Essex County in 1643 Family History Library
Essex County regiment : a directory of the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates, of each company, attached to the Fourteenth Regiment Heavy Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteers, Col. Wm. B. Greene, commanding, stationed at the forts near Washington Family History Library
Essex County, Massachusetts Biographies Ancestry
Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86 Ancestry
Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1635-1681 Ancestry
Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Part 1(probates of persons with surnames beginning with p from late 1700s through the mid 1800s) Ancestry
Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Supplement(index) Ancestry
Essex County, Massachusetts land ownership map, 1856 Family History Library
Essex County, Massachusetts, births, marriages, and deaths, 1636-1795 Family History Library
Essex County, Massachusetts, births, marriages, and deaths, 1861-1914 Family History Library
Essex County, Massachusetts, probate index, 1638-1840 Family History Library
Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916 Family History Library
Essex Institute historical collections Family History Library
Essex North Association, the one hundredth anniversary : first church in Newbury, October 17th, 1928. Historical sketches Family History Library
Essex antiquarian Family History Library
Execution records, 1686-1783 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers(1620-1675) Ancestry
Hagstrom metropolitan Boston and vicinity atlas Family History Library
Historical collections of the Essex Institute Family History Library
Histories and genealogies of Essex County, Massachusetts : containing town histories of Amesbury, Andover, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Methuen, Nahant, North Andover, Saugus, Swampscot, and Merrimac; plus biographical sketches of leading citizens Family History Library
Histories of Towns, Cities, and Counties Massachusetts State Library
History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Family History Library
History of Essex County, Massachusetts. : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Ancestry
History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts : including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant Family History Library
Land Deeds 1641-1709 Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds
Land Deeds 1974-present (Southern Essex District) Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds
Lost babes : fornication abstracts from court records, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1 692 to 1745 Family History Library
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 Ancestry
Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910 Family Search
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Marriages to 1800 Ancestry
Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850(many towns) Ancestry
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 Family Search
Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Pioneers(birth, occupation, marriage, and death information, as well as family genealogies of early pioneers) Ancestry
Massachusetts Vital Indexes Prior To 1850 World Vital Records
Massachusetts Vital Records Fold3
Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (most towns and cities) NEHGS
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 NEHGS
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003 Family Search
Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts : a classified work, devoted to the county's remarkable growth in all line s of human endeavor; more especially to within a period of fifty years Family History Library
Naturalization declaration records (1920-1945) at Lawrence, Massachusetts, Superior Court Family History Library
Naturalization records index, 1906-1982 (at Lawrence) : Essex County (Massachusetts) Superior Court Family History Library
Naturalization records index, 1906-1982 (at Salem/Lynn) : Essex County (Massachusetts) Superior Court Family History Library
Naturalizations, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1794-1820 Family History Library
New England Immigrants, 1700-75 Ancestry
North Essex directory for Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Merrimac, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury, Massachusetts : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, s treets, town officers, societies, churches, and other miscellaneous matt er, 1925 Family History Library
Old Naumkeag : an historical sketch of the city of Salem, and the towns of Marblehead, Peabody, Beverly, Danvers, Wenham, Manchester, Topsfield, and Middleton Family History Library
Passport Applications, 1795-1905 Fold3
1913 Graduates, Phillips Andover Academy Alumni Lists at Roots Web
Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1635-1681 Family History Library
Probate records 1638-1691 Family History Library
Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Public notary book, 1723-1769 Family History Library
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 1 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 2 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 3 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 4 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 5 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 6 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 7 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County, 1636-1683, Vol. 8 (probate records) World Vital Records
Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Records of the county of Norfolk, in the colony of Massachusetts Family History Library
Register of births, marriages and deaths, in the Town of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1844-1915 Family History Library
Sketches of Boston, past and present : and of some few places in its vicinity Family History Library
Soldiers in the French War from Essex County, 1755-1761 : militia officers, Essex Co., Mass., 1761-1771; Danvers tax list, 1775, district covered by Amos Trask, collector Family History Library
Standard history of Essex County, Massachusetts : embracing a history of the county from its first settlement to the present time with a history and description of its towns and cities.... Family History Library
The Essex Antiquarian 1897-1909 (genealogical publication with genealogies; wills; and land, court, cemetery, and military records) NEHGS
The Indian land titles of Essex County, Massachusetts Family History Library
The Old maps of northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts in 1884 Family History Library
The Old maps of southern Essex County, Massachusetts in 1884 Family History Library
The physicians of Essex County Family History Library
The world turned upside down : Essex County during America's turbulent years, 1763-1790 Family History Library
Trades and tradesmen of Essex County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Two centuries of travel in Essex County, Massachusetts : a collection of narratives and observations made by travelers, 1605-1799 Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes Essex County 1883-89, 1891-96) Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
United States Obituary Collection Ancestry
United States, New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 Family Search
Unregistered deeds, ca. 1700-1820 (Essex County, Massachusetts) Family History Library
Vital Records Index (births and deaths) 1841-1910 Massachusetts Archives
Vital records, 1879-2005 Family History Library
Wills of Essex County (selected people) US Gen Web
Witchcraft papers, 1655-1750 Family History Library


More Essex County records are available on the statewide page