USGenWeb Genealogical Site for the Town of
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Scituate
Massachusetts
Plymouth County |
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Including the Villages of Clapps Corner, Egypt, Greenbush, Humarock, Manson Corner, Minot, Mungo Corner, North Scituate, Rivermoor, Sand Hills, Scituate Center, Scituate Station, Sherman Corner and Shore Acres
See also the page for the daughter town of Hanover
Stockbridge Mill, Scituate - Constructed about 1650
Administered by the Scituate Historical Society
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New Information on This Site
March 20, 2008 — We have a new address! Many USGenWeb sites have relocated, and we have, too. Please bookmark our new address.
August 19, 2006 — I have added a listing of Scituate Newspapers held on microfilm by the Boston Public Library Microtext Department.
October 17, 2004 — Just added here are transcriptions of the Scituate and Barnstable Church Records of Rev. John Lothrop's parish from its founding in Scituate in 1643 through its removal to Barnstable, and ending in 1702.
April 6, 2004 — Welcome to the brand new Scituate USGenWeb page. I'll be posting notices here as new resources are added to the site.
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Lookups
If you have any Scituate material and would like to volunteer for lookups please send email to Dale H. Cook.
When requesting a lookup please use the email link following the listing for that book, limit your request to one or two specific names on separate lines, and please thank the volunteer for their time and effort.
Lookups Available
F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909) — Dale H. Cook.
Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs, The Seventeenth-Century Town Records of Scituate, Massachusetts (Boston: NEHGS, Vol. 1, 1997, Vol. 3, 2001). Volumes 1 & 3 only — Kendall Mellem
Resources
Transcriptions of the Scituate and Barnstable Church Records of Rev. John Lothrop's parish from its founding in Scituate in 1643 through its removal to Barnstable, and ending in 1702, as published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register in 1855 and 1856.
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Family Researchers and Websites
Queries
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Books, Newspapers and Records
Books About Scituate
You can find copies of books for sale by using the search engine at Bookfinder.com.
F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909).
Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831 (Boston: James Loring, 1831; repr. North Scituate MA: Bates & Vinal, 1899).
Harvey Hunter Pratt, The Early Planters of Scituate: A History of the Town of Scituate, Massachusetts from Its Establishment to the End of the Revolutionary War (Scituate MA: Scituate Historical Scociety, 1929).
Newspapers
A newspaper often had a succession of titles on its masthead during the course of its publication. Some libraries list newspapers by the last title used, followed by previous titles. Other libraries list all holdings under the most common, most familiar or most recent title. For each title the library's holdings are given.
Boston Public Library - Microtext Department
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Cohasset Cottager 1964-1965
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Scituate Herald 1964-1965
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Scituate Mirror 1979-1981
South Shore Mirror (Scituate/Cohasset Edition) 1977-1979
Mirror 1975-1977
Mirror (Hull Edition) 1974
Scituate Mirror 1974-1975
South Shore Mirror 1957-1974
South Shore Weekly Mirror 1955-1957
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South of Boston 1975
South of Boston's Mirror 1974-1975
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Vital Records
F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909). See above for lookups.
Vital Records 1636 to present:
Town Clerk
Scituate Town Hall
600 Chief Justice Cushing Way
Scituate, MA 02066
781-545-8474
Fax: 781-545-8704
Email: townclerk@town.scituate.ma.us
Hours: Mon., Weds. & Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Tues. 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Vital Records 1841-1915:
Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-727-2816
Fax: 617-288-8429
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Vital Records 1916 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
Fax: 508-830-9221
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Researchers can search grantor books or grantee books at no charge.
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
9 Russell St.
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-6204
Fax: 508-746-6826
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Order Probate Records Online
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Cemeteries
Genealogical and Historical Societies and Libraries
Genealogical and Historical Locations
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Census Data and Photographs
Population by Census
| 1765
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| 2,488
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| 1776
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| 2,672
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| 1790
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| 2,856
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| 1800
| (U.S.)
| 2,728
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| 1810
| (U.S.)
| 2,969
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| 1820
| (U.S.)
| 3,305
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| 1830
| (U.S.)
| 3,468
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| 1840
| (U.S.)
| 3,886
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| 1850
| (U.S.)
| 2,149
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| 1855
| (State)
| 2,269
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| 1860
| (U.S.)
| 2,227
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| 1865
| (State)
| 2,269
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| 1870
| (U.S.)
| 2,350
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| 1875
| (State)
| 2,463
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| 1880
| (U.S.)
| 2,466
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| 1885
| (State)
| 2,350
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| 1890
| (U.S.)
| 2,318
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| 1895
| (State)
| 2,246
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| 1900
| (U.S.)
| 2,470
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| 1920
| (U.S.)
| 2,534
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| 1930
| (U.S.)
| 3,118
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| 1940
| (U.S.)
| 4,130
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| 1950
| (U.S.)
| 5,993
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| 1960
| (U.S.)
| 11,214
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| 1970
| (U.S.)
| 16,973
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| 1980
| (U.S.)
| 17,317
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| 1990
| (U.S.)
| 16,786
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| 2000
| (U.S.)
| 17,863
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Photographs
Lawson Tower Photographs in the Library of Congress.
Scituate Light Photographs and Drawings in the Library of Congress.
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Scituate Town Government and Institutions
Scituate Home Page
School Department
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Other Scituate Websites
Commonwealth Communities page for Scituate
South Shore Network Scituate Page
Town Online Scituate Page
The Web Directory for Scituate
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USGenWeb Sites
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 15 miles from Scituate I now live hundreds of miles away and do not have easy access to the town.
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USGenWeb Scituate, MA, commenced 06-Apr-2004.
Created and maintained by Dale H. Cook.
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