USGenWeb Genealogical Site for the Town of
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Rochester Massachusetts Plymouth County |
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Including the Villages of Bisbee Corner, Cowen Corner, Douglas Corner, East Rochester,
North Rochester, Pierceville, Rochester Center, and Sturtevant Mill
See also the sites for the daughter towns of Wareham, Marion and Mattapoisett
November 11, 2011 — Welcome to the brand new Rochester USGenWeb page. I'll be posting notices here as new resources are added to the site.
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If you have any Rochester material and would like to volunteer for lookups please send email to Dale H. Cook.
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Books and Records
You can find copies of books for sale by using the search engine at Bookfinder.com.
Books that are no longer in copyright can often be found online at Internet Archive Text Archive, Family History Books or Google Books. Additional books are available through two sites that many libraries offer access to - Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest Online.
Charles S. Hamlin, et. al., Mattapoisett and Old Rochester Massachusetts: Being a History of These Towns and Also In Part of Marion and a Portion of Wareham (New York: The Grafton Press, 1907).
Henry Edwards Scott, Editor, Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, 2 Volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914).
Ann S. Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Rochester and Mattapoisett (Boston: The Author, 1988).
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Published Vital Records 1686 to 1850:
Henry Edwards Scott, Editor, Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, 2 Volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914).
Vital Records 1686 to present:
Town Clerk
Rochester Town Hall
Constitution Way
Rochester, MA 02770
508-763-3866
Vital Records 1841-1920:
Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-727-2816
Vital Records 1920 to present:
Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon St., 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
617-740-2600
Or order online:
Births
Marriages
Divorces
Deaths
Massachusetts Vital Records Information from Ancestry.com
Deeds and Probate
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
50 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-830-9200
Researchers can search grantor books or grantee books at no charge.
Plymouth County deeds can now be viewed online.
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-6204
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Rochester Historical Society
Rochester Historical Society Museum
355 County Rd.
Rochester, MA 02770
Plymouth County Genealogists, Inc.
PCGI is a non-profit genealogical society whose monthly meetings are held the first Saturday of each month (except July and August) at 1:00 PM at the East Bridgewater Public Library. Meetings generally feature a guest speaker and the public is welcome.
Old Colony Historical Society
66 Church Green
Taunton, MA 02780
508-822-1622
South Shore Genealogical Society
PO Box 396
Norwell, MA 02061
Meetings: The second Saturday of each month (except July and August) at 1:30 p.m. at the John Curtis Free Library, Rte. 139, Hanover, MA.
For beginners, amateurs and professionals interested in genealogical research in Plymouth and Norfolk Counties.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215-3695
617-536-1608
New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury St.
Boston, MA 02116-3007
617-536-5740
NEHGS is nation's oldest genealogical society, founded in 1845. It offers unsurpassed resources for New England research including the Boston research library of over 200,000 volumes. Members not in the Boston area appreciate their extensive online resources including all issues of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, the nation's oldest genealogical journal, published quarterly since 1847. Online resources also include member access to vital records through 1915, an ever-growing collection of online books, and databases derived from some of the Society's immense manuscript holdings.
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Rochester was established 04-Jun-1686 from common land called Sippican.
| 1765 | (Prov.) | 1,939 | 1776 | (Prov.) | 2,449 | 1790 | (U.S.) | 2,644 | 1800 | (U.S.) | 2,546 | |||
| 1810 | (U.S.) | 2,954 | 1820 | (U.S.) | 3,034 | 1830 | (U.S.) | 3,556 | 1840 | (U.S.) | 3,864 | |||
| 1850 | (U.S.) | 3,808 | 1855 | (State) | 3,048 | 1860 | (U.S.) | 1,232 | 1865 | (State) | 1,156 | |||
| 1870 | (U.S.) | 1,024 | 1875 | (State) | 1,001 | 1880 | (U.S.) | 1,043 | 1885 | (State) | 1,021 | |||
| 1890 | (U.S.) | 1,012 | 1895 | (State) | 1,021 | 1900 | (U.S.) | 986 | 1905 | (State) | 1,181 | |||
| 1910 | (U.S.) | 1,090 | 1915 | (State) | 1,160 | 1920 | (U.S.) | 1,047 | 1925 | (State) | 1,100 | |||
| 1930 | (U.S.) | 1,141 | 1935 | (State) | 1,229 | 1940 | (U.S.) | 1,269 | 1945 | (State) | 1,107 | |||
| 1950 | (U.S.) | 1,328 | 1955 | (State) | 1,439 | 1960 | (U.S.) | 1,559 | 1965 | (State) | 1,693 | |||
| 1970 | (U.S.) | 1,770 | 1975 | (State) | 2,284 | 1980 | (U.S.) | 3,205 | 1990 | (U.S.) | 3,921 | |||
| 2000 | (U.S.) | 4,581 | 2010 | (U.S.) | 5,232 |
Census Data
Currently available: 1790, 1800 and 1810 Federal Censuses
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Commonwealth Communities page for Rochester
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Plymouth County, MA - USGenWeb
Plymouth County Records Online - USGenWeb
Massachusetts Genealogy - USGenWeb
The USGenWeb Project - Home Page
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Please note that although I was born and raised about 30 miles from Rochester
I now live hundreds of miles away and do not have easy access to the town.
Email comments to Dale H. Cook
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USGenWeb Rochester, MA, commenced 11-Nov-2011.
Original site commenced 2007 by Lesley Maple.
Created and maintained by Dale H. Cook.
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