Barnstable County MA Genealogy

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Barnstable Records by Type

Birth Records (157)
Cemetery Records (554)
Census Records (82)
Church Records (77)
City Directories (63)
Court Records (5)
Death Records (161)
Histories and Genealogies (194)
Immigration Records (8)
Land Records (47)
Map Records (43)
Marriage Records (158)
Military Records (18)
Minority Records (6)
Miscellaneous Records (288)
Newspapers and Obituaries (127)
Probate Records (5)
School Records (70)
Tax Records (23)

Barnstable County Records by City/Town

Barnstable Genealogy (179)
Bourne Genealogy (82)
Brewster Genealogy (129)
Centerville Genealogy (49)
Chatham Genealogy (161)
Dennis Genealogy (117)
East Dennis Genealogy (38)
East Falmouth Genealogy (38)
East Harwich Genealogy (42)
East Sandwich Genealogy (38)
Eastham Genealogy (156)
Falmouth Genealogy (151)
Harwich Genealogy (316)
Harwich Port Genealogy (35)
Hyannis Genealogy (57)

Mashpee Genealogy (69)
Orleans Genealogy (122)
Osterville Genealogy (36)
Provincetown Genealogy (137)
Sandwich Genealogy (154)
South Chatham Genealogy (37)
South Dennis Genealogy (35)
South Yarmouth Genealogy (46)
Truro Genealogy (107)
Wellfleet Genealogy (96)
West Barnstable Genealogy (39)
Woods Hole Genealogy (40)
Yarmouth Genealogy (151)
Yarmouth Port Genealogy (37)

Overview of Barnstable County Records

Barnstable County was created in 1685 from New Plymouth colony.
Birth, marriage, and death records are kept by the individual towns. Birth, marriage, and death records for 1926 and later can be obtained from the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics .
The Barnstable County Circuit Court has divorce and court records starting in 1828.
The Barnstable County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1827.
The Barnstable County Probate Judge has probate records starting in 1686.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.