Local History

Local History & Online Resources

Links to Online Collections of Local History and State Documents

Digital Commonwealth

Boston Library Consortium

MA state library

Secretary of the Commonwealth

A Collection of online, local history resources

Somerset History

Sketches of the Early History of Somerset Village by Avery P. Slade (1884)

Vital Statistics from the Annual Somerset Town Reports.

Births: 1874-1879 Marriages: 1874-1879 Deaths: 1874-1879

Births: 1890-1899 Marriages: 1890-1899 Deaths: 1890-1899

Births: 1900-1909 Marriages: 1900-1909 Deaths: 1900-1909

Births: 1910-1919 Marriages: 1910-1919 Deaths: 1910-1919

Births: 1920-1929 Marriages: 1920-1929 Deaths: 1920-1929

Births: 1930-1939 Marriages: 1930-1939 Deaths: 1930-1939

Births: 1940-1949 Marriages: 1940-1949 Deaths: 1940-1949

Births: 1950-1959 Marriages: 1950-1959 Deaths: 1950-1959

Births: 1960-1969 Marriages: 1960-1969 Deaths: 1960-1969

Births: 1970-1971 Marriages: 1970-1971 Deaths: 1970-1971

Births: 1880-1889 Marriages: 1880-1889 Deaths: 1880-1889

New Bedford & Fall River City Directories

Fall River and Swansea History

1869-1919, cinquante années d'activité paroissiale: Sainte Anne de Fall River, Mass

History of the town of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917 (Wright, Otis Olney)

Le Guide Français de Fall River, Mass - 1909 (Full Text)

New Bedford City Directory

1904 1916

1910 1917

1912 1918

1914 1919

1915 1923

King Philip's War

Soldiers in King Philip's War: Containing lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts Colony, who served in the Indian war of 1675-1677

Somerset Directories (includes Swansea & Dighton)

1904

1908

1921

Swansea Annual Report

1921 - with tax list and school report

1926 - with tax list and school report

Western Massachusetts: A History, 1636 - 1925

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4