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 sites for the daughter towns of Hanover and Norwell
Stockbridge Mill, Scituate - Constructed about 1650
Administered by the Scituate Historical Society
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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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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Books, Newspapers 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.
F. Apthorp Foster, 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). NOTE: Some of the genealogical accounts in this book are badly confused or otherwise erroneous. Some errors have been corrected in genealogical journals such as TAG. Always check genealogical information from this book before relying on it.
Directory and History of Scituate, Mass., 1894 (Quincy, MA: J. H. Hogan Company, 1894).
Lloyd Vernon Briggs, History of Shipbuilding on the North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries, 1640 to 1872 (Boston: The Author, 1889).
Scituate Massachusetts Second Church Records (In Abstract), 1645-1850 (Boston: Wilford J. Litchfield, 1909). Originally printed in NEHGR, 1903-1907.
Sarah Tilden Bailey, The First Baptist Church (Scituate, MA: The Boundbrook Press, 1913).
Old Scituate (Scituate, MA: Chief Justice Cushing Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1921).
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 Society, 1929).
Henry Turner Bailey, Yankee Notions (Cambridge, MA: Washburn & Thomas, 1929).
Will Irwin, Scituate, 1636-1936 (Scituate, MA: Scituate Tercentenary Committee, 1936).
Joseph Foster Merritt, A Narrative History of South Scituate – Norwell, Massachusetts (Rockland, MA: Rockland Standard Publishing Company, 1938; repr. Norwell, MA: Norwell Historical Society and Quincy Savings Bank, 1987).
Scituate, 1636-1961 (Scituate, MA: Scituate Chamber of Commerce, 1961).
Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs, The Seventeenth-Century Town Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, 3 Vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vols. 1 & 2, 1997, Vol. 3, 2001).
Sarah Messer, Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England’s Oldest Continuously Lived-in House (New York: Viking Press, 2004).
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 - Historical Massachusetts Newspapers - Microfilm
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Town Records Images:
Images of the town record books are online at FamilySearch.org.
SPECIAL NOTE: You need a free login to to view the images at FamilySearch.
Published Vital Records 1636 to 1850:
F. Apthorp Foster, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909).
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
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 1841-1920:
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 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 and Libraries
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| 1765 | (Prov.) | 2,488 | 1776 | (Prov.) | 2,672 | 1790 | (U.S.) | 2,856 | 1800 | (U.S.) | 2,728 | |||
| 1810 | (U.S.) | 2,969 | 1820 | (U.S.) | 3,305 | 1830 | (U.S.) | 3,468 | 1840 | (U.S.) | 3,886 | |||
| 1850 | (U.S.) | 2,149 | 1855 | (State) | 2,269 | 1860 | (U.S.) | 2,227 | 1865 | (State) | 2,269 | |||
| 1870 | (U.S.) | 2,350 | 1875 | (State) | 2,463 | 1880 | (U.S.) | 2,466 | 1885 | (State) | 2,350 | |||
| 1890 | (U.S.) | 2,318 | 1895 | (State) | 2,246 | 1900 | (U.S.) | 2,470 | 1905 | (State) | 2,597 | |||
| 1910 | (U.S.) | 2,482 | 1915 | (State) | 2,661 | 1920 | (U.S.) | 2,534 | 1925 | (State) | 2,713 | |||
| 1930 | (U.S.) | 3,118 | 1935 | (State) | 3,846 | 1940 | (U.S.) | 4,130 | 1945 | (State) | 4,873 | |||
| 1950 | (U.S.) | 5,993 | 1955 | (State) | 8,341 | 1960 | (U.S.) | 11,214 | 1965 | (State) | 14,485 | |||
| 1970 | (U.S.) | 16,973 | 1975 | (State) | 17,829 | 1980 | (U.S.) | 17,317 | 1990 | (U.S.) | 16,786 | |||
| 2000 | (U.S.) | 17,863 |
Lawson Tower Photographs in the Library of Congress.
Cedar Point Lighthouse Drawings in the Library of Congress.
Minot's Ledge Lighthouse Drawings, Prints, and Photographs in the Library of Congress.
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Commonwealth Communities page for Scituate
Scituate Mariner (Weekly Newspaper)
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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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I now live hundreds of miles away and do not have easy access to the town.
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