Local History & Online Resources

Links to Online Collections of Local History and State Documents

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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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Bedford & Fall River City Directories 

New Bedford, 1908

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Fall River, 1915

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Fall River, 1918

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Fall River, 1921

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New Bedford City Directory

1904                             1916

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1910                             1917

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1912                             1918

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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

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1908

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1921

Swansea Annual Report

1921 - with tax list and school report

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1926 - with tax list and school report

Western Massachusetts: A History, 1636 - 1925

Volume 1

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Volume 2

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Volume 3

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Volume 4