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Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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Norfolk County, Massachusetts Facts
When was Norfolk County, MA Created?
Norfolk County was founded on March 26, 1793 from Suffolk County.
What is the County Seat of Norfolk County, MA?
The County Seat is located in Dedham and the county government website is http://www.norfolkcounty.org/
What counties are adjacent to Norfolk County, MA?
Bordering Counties are Middlesex County, Suffolk County, Plymouth County, Bristol County, Providence County, Rhode Island, Worcester County.
Norfolk County, MA Vital Records
Where can find Norfolk County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Norfolk County vital records can be found at the Massachusetts Office of Vital Records has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Massachusetts for current fees and application process. Vital Records have been registered in Massachusetts since 1635. Statewide collection began in 1841. There is a fee for each copy requested. Records for events that occurred from 1841-1910 are available at the State Archives.
Norfolk County Town Clerks has copies of vital records (birth, marriage, divorce and death records). Clerks respond to inquiries regarding vital records, since most have indexes available.
You can search online for Norfolk County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Massachusetts Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.
- Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850
- The record of the town meetings, and abstract of births, marriages, and deaths in the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1887-1896
- Vital records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the year 1850
- Vital records of Medway, Massachusetts to the year 1850
- The record of births, marriages and deaths and intentions of marriage, in the town of Stoughton from 1717 to 1800
- The record of births, marriages and deaths, and intentions of marriage, in the town of Dedham : 1635-1845
- The record of births, marriages and deaths in the town of Franklin, from 1778 to 1872
- Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1850
- Vital records of Sharon, Massachusetts, to the year 1850
- Vital records of Dover, Massachusetts to the year 1850
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- Social Security Death Index
- USGenweb Archives Massachusetts Marriage Project
- Early Vital Records of Massachusetts, From 1600 to 1850
- Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Towns Records, 1579-2001
- Massachusetts Vital Records Index Pre-1850
- Massachusetts Vital Record Transcripts, 1620-1849
- Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620-1915
- Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895
- Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
- Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915
- Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910
- Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915
- Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
- Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910
- Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915
Norfolk County, MA Census Records
What Norfolk County, MA census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Norfolk County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Norfolk Co. Mortality Schedules can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Norfolk Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Norfolk Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be found for 1890.
Massachusetts state censuses exist for the years 1855 and 1865. There is free down-loadable and also printable census forms to help you with your research. See Also Massachusetts Census Records Research Guide
Norfolk County, MA Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Norfolk County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Norfolk County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Massachusetts courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Massachusetts residents.
The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Norfolk County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Massachusetts Corthouse Records Research Guide.
- Norfolk County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
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- Norfolk County Register of Deeds
- Address: 649 High Street, P.O. Box 69, Dedham, MA 02026-0069
- Phone:(781) 461-6122
- Land Records: 1793
- Norfolk County Clerk of Probate Court
- Address:35 Shawmut Road, Canton, MA 02021
- Phone:(781) 830-1200
- Probate Records: 1793
- Norfolk County Clerk of Courts
- Address: 650 High Street, Dedham, MA 02026
- Phone: (781) 326-1600
- Court Records: 1793
- Norfolk County, MA Probate Index 1793-1900
- Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793
- The early records of the town of Dedham, Mass., 1672-1706 : a complete transcript of the town meeting and selectmen’s records
- The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1659-1673
- Inventory of city and town archives of Massachusetts, no. 11, Norfolk County.
- Inventory of city and town archives of Massachusetts, no. 11, Norfolk County.
- Inventory of city and town archives of Massachusetts, no. 11, Norfolk County.
- Massachusetts Name Changes, 1780-1892
- BLM Land Records
Norfolk County, MA Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Norfolk County, MA?
A list of Norfolk County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Massachusetts Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Boston To Providence Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 470, Wrentham, MA 02093
- Braintree Historical Society, 786 Washington Street, Braintree, MA 02184; Phone: (617) 848-1640
- Dedham Historical Society, P.O. Box 215, Dedham, MA 02027; Phone: (781) 326-1385
- Needham Historical Society, 1147 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492; Phone: (781) 455-8860
- Randolph Historical Society, 360 North Main Street, Randolph, MA 02368
- Wellesly Historical Society, Dadmun-McNamara House, 229 Washington Street, P.O. Box 81142, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481; Phone: (781) 235-6690
- Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
- State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125
Where can I connect with other Norfolk County, MA Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- Massachusetts Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
- Massachusetts State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Norfolk County, MA?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Norfolk County. A lot of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business oriented Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some call for a cost. This is just a collection which has been compiled or submitted. I do not recommend or promote one genealogy site above another.
Norfolk Co. MA Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Massachusetts Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Massachusetts historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Massachusetts (1690 – 1992) (genealogybank.com)
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts Books (amazon.com)
- Search Massachusetts Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Norfolk County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Norfolk Co. MA Cemeteries & Church Records
- Massachusetts Cemetery Research Guide
- Epitaphs from graveyards in Wellesley (formerly West Needham), North Natick, and Saint Mary’s churchyard in Newton Lower Falls (search.ancestry.com)
- Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Graves (findagrave.com)
- Norfolk County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Massachusetts Church & Bible Research Guide
- The record of baptisms, marriages and deaths and admissions to the church and dismissals therefrom, transcribed from the church (search.ancestry.com)
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts Church Books (amazon.com)
Norfolk Co. MA Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Massachusetts Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
- Massachusetts Pioneers (search.ancestry.com)
Norfolk Co. MA General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Massachusetts
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Volume 1 (Google eBook)
- History of Weymouth, Massachusetts (search.ancestry.com)
- History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men (search.ancestry.com)
- History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918 (search.ancestry.com)
- History of Needham, Massachusetts, 1711-1911 : including West Needham, now the town of Wellesley, to its separation from Needha (search.ancestry.com)
- The History of Milton, Mass. : 1640 to 1887 (search.ancestry.com)
- Village, Section or Neighborhood Names of Massachusetts Communities (sec.state.ma.us)
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Norfolk Co. MA Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Massachusetts – Counties – Norfolk (cyndislist.com)
- Norfolk County Massachusetts (genealogytrails.com)
- Norfolk Co. MAGenweb (norfolkcountymagen.info)
- Norfolk County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Norfolk Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Norfolk Co. MA Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Massachusetts Links and Information
- 1895 Norfolk County Map (livgenmi.com)
Norfolk Co. MA Military Records
- Massachusetts Military Records Research Guide
- Soldiers who served in the Revolution from the town of Braintree (search.ancestry.com)
- Massachusetts Military Records (fold3.com) will provide access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the Massachusetts women and men which served. Perfect for Norfolk County genealogists, researchers, historians and much more.
Norfolk Co. MA Schools & Directories
- Massachusetts City Directories (search.ancestry.com) This database is a collection of city directories for various years and cities in Massachusetts. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information.
- Dedham, Massachusetts Directory, 1893 (search.ancestry.com)
- Braintree, Massachusetts Directories, 1888, 1892 (search.ancestry.com)
- Needham, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-89, 1893 (search.ancestry.com)
- Foxborough, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Franklin, Massachusetts Directory 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Canton, Massachusetts Directory 1887 (search.ancestry.com)
- Randolph, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Norwood, Massachusetts Directory 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Medway, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Milton, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Wrentham and Norfolk, Massachusetts Directory 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Cohasset, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 (search.ancestry.com)
- Holbrook, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Dover, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)