USGenWeb Genealogical Site for the Town of
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Plymouth Massachusetts Plymouth County |
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Including the Villages of Cedarville, Chiltonville, Cordage (formerly Seaside),
East Carver, Ellisville, Fort Standish, Halfway Pond, Jabez Corner, Long Pond,
Manomet, North Plymouth, Pondville, South Pond and Vallersville
See also the sites for the daughter towns of Plympton and Kingston
The Mayflower II, Plymouth
March 16, 2012 — Welcome to the new USGenWeb site for the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. I am still in the process of porting all of the information from Susan G. Taylor's original site to a new format, and am adding some new features. Please explore the site thoroughly, as it contains a great deal of information. Some of the pages on this site are in their original format and some have been reformatted for consistency with the Plymouth County site and my other town sites. All of the pages will eventually be reformated with the goal of making them easier to use and making information easier to find.
Books and Records
Books About Plymouth Available Online
This page lists books in the public domain with links to page images or transcriptions available online.
Books About Plymouth
This page lists books not in the public domain which may be found in bookstores, at libraries, or possibly through interlibrary loan.
Town Records Images:
Images of the town record books are online at FamilySearch.org.
SPECIAL NOTE: You need a free login to view the images at FamilySearch.
Published Vital Records 1633 to 1850:
Lee D. van Antwerp and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Editors, Vital Records Of Plymouth, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993). Includes early vital records from the Plymouth Colony records.
Vital Records 1686 to present:
Town Clerk
Plymouth Town Hall
100 Water Way
Plymouth, MA 12345-6789
555-555-5555
Vital Records 1841-1920:
Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-727-2816
Vital Records 1921 to present:
Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records
150 Mount Vernon St., 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
617-740-2600
Or order online:
Births
Marriages
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.
Images of the Plymouth County deeds are online at FamilySearch.org.
SPECIAL NOTE: You need a free login to to view the images at FamilySearch.
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-6204
Fax: 508-746-6826
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Images of the Plymouth County probate estate files are available online for NEHGS members.
Images of the Plymouth County probate records are online at FamilySearch.org in two groups of image sets, one consisting mainly of case files and one consisting mainly of record books. Navigating the image sets of the oldest probate records can be a bit confusing, so I have prepared A Brief Guide to the "Old Series" of Plymouth County Probate Records (1686-1881).
SPECIAL NOTE: You need a free login to to view the images at FamilySearch.
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Genealogical and Historical Societies, Libraries and Locations
Genealogical and Historical Societies and Libraries
Plymouth Public Library Plymouth Collection
132 South St.
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-830-4250
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 History Museum
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.
The Plymouth Antiquarian Society
P.O. Box 3773
Plymouth, MA 02361
508-746-0012
The Society maintains a number of museums including the 1677 Harlow Old Fort House, the 1749 Spooner House, the 1809 Hedge House and the The Taylor Trask Museum.
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.
Genealogical and Historical Locations
1749 Courthouse and Musuem
Town Square
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-830-4075
Jabez Howland House
33 Sandwich St.
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-746-9590
Jenney Grist Mill
6 Spring Lane
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-4544
1640 Richard Sparrow House
42 Summer St.
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-1240
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History, Census Data, Maps and Photographs
Plymouth was the first town in New England, established December 21, 1620. For more information see Susan Taylor's Plymouth history section.
| 1765 | (Prov.) | 2,246 | 1776 | (Prov.) | 2,655 | 1790 | (U.S.) | 2,995 | 1800 | (U.S.) | 3,524 | |||
| 1810 | (U.S.) | 4,228 | 1820 | (U.S.) | 4,348 | 1830 | (U.S.) | 4,758 | 1840 | (U.S.) | 5,281 | |||
| 1850 | (U.S.) | 6,024 | 1855 | (State) | 6,481 | 1860 | (U.S.) | 6,272 | 1865 | (State) | 6,068 | |||
| 1870 | (U.S.) | 6,238 | 1875 | (State) | 6,370 | 1880 | (U.S.) | 7,093 | 1885 | (State) | 7,239 | |||
| 1890 | (U.S.) | 7,314 | 1895 | (State) | 7,957 | 1900 | (U.S.) | 9,592 | 1905 | (State) | 11,119 | |||
| 1910 | (U.S.) | 12,141 | 1915 | (State) | 12.926 | 1920 | (U.S.) | 13,045 | 1925 | (State) | 13,176 | |||
| 1930 | (U.S.) | 13,042 | 1935 | (State) | 13,183 | 1940 | (U.S.) | 13,100 | 1945 | (State) | 13,536 | |||
| 1950 | (U.S.) | 13,608 | 1955 | (State) | 13,892 | 1960 | (U.S.) | 14,445 | 1965 | (State) | 15,424 | |||
| 1970 | (U.S.) | 18,606 | 1975 | (State) | 26,907 | 1980 | (U.S.) | 35,913 | 1990 | (U.S.) | 45,608 | |||
| 2000 | (U.S.) | 51,701 | 2010 | (U.S.) | 56,468 |
Census Data
Currently available: 1790 Federal Census
Photographs of Plymouth by Sharon Barrows Sanzo
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Plymouth Town Government and Institutions
Commonwealth Communities page for Plymouth
Wicked Local Plymouth News from the Old Colony Memorial
Obituary Archive from the Old Colony Memorial
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 20 miles from Plymouth
I now live hundreds of miles away and do not have easy access to the town.
Email comments to Dale H. Cook.
Please visit the Plymouth Colony Pages
USGenWeb Plymouth, MA, commenced 01-Nov-1998.
Original site created by and maintained until 2010 by Susan G. Taylor.
Current site created by and maintained since 13-Nov-2011 by Dale H. Cook.
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