Fairhaven Genealogy (in Bristol County, MA)

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Fairhaven Birth Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, 1844-1862 Marriages, 1844-1854 Deaths, 1844-1854 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, 1861-1892; Vol. B3 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, 1893-1931; Vol. B4 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Index to Births, 1844-1949 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Vital Records 1844-1899 Millicent Library online

Massachusetts Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Vital Records of the Town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts to 1850 Ancestry online

Vital records, 1835-1900 [Fairhaven, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven Cemetery Records

Naskatucket Cemetery Find a Grave online

Naskatucket Cemetery Millicent Library online

Private Cemeteries Millicent Library online

Riverside Cemetery Millicent Library online

Riverside Cemetery Billion Graves online

Riverside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sacred Hearts Community Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodside Cemetery Millicent Library online

Fairhaven Census Records

1855 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

1865 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Fairhaven City Directories

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City Directories (includes Fairhaven MA 1898) Fold3 online

City Directories, 1890 Census Substitute Ancestry online

Fairhaven City Directories (1892-1969 selected years) Massachusetts State Library

Fairhaven City Directories Containing a House Guide 1955 Massachusetts State Library

Fairhaven City Directory 1927 MyHeritage online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Bedford and Fairhaven 1931) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Fairhaven 1893-4, 1898-9, 1901-2, 1907-9, 1913-4, 1917-1955 selected years) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes New Bedford and Fairhaven 1918) Ancestry online

New Bedford (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

New Bedford and Fairhaven directories, 1910-1912] FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven Death Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Death Records Ancestry online

1901-1980 Massachusetts Death Index Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, 1844-1862 Marriages, 1844-1854 Deaths, 1844-1854 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Deaths, 1855-1892; Vol. D3 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Deaths, 1893-1923; Vol. D4 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Index to Deaths, 1844-1892 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Index to Deaths, 1893-1943 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Vital Records 1844-1899 Millicent Library online

Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Death Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Vital Records of the Town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts to 1850 Ancestry online

Vital records, 1835-1900 [Fairhaven, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven Histories and Genealogies

A Brief History of the Town of Fairhaven Millicent Library online

Brief history of the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts; prepared in connection with the celebration of old home week, July 26-31, 1903 LDS Genealogy online

Brief history of the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts; prepared in connection with the celebration of old home week, July 26-31, 1903 Internet Archive online

East Fairhaven History Millicent Library online

Fairhaven, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven, Massachusetts (history) Ancestry online

Old-Time Fairhaven, Erstwhile Eastern New Bedford Millicent Library online

Old-time Fairhaven; erstwhile Eastern New Bedford, Volume I LDS Genealogy online

Old-time Fairhaven; erstwhile Eastern New Bedford, Volume I Internet Archive online

Sesquicentennial program, July 22-29, 1962 FamilySearch Library

The Story of Fairhaven by Thomas Tripp, 1929 Millicent Library online

The history of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts : including a history of the old township of Dartmouth and the present townships of Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven, from their settlement to the present time FamilySearch Library

The history of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts : including a history of the old township of Dartmouth and the present townships of Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven, from their settlement to the present time LDS Genealogy online

The history of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts : including a history of the old township of Dartmouth and the present townships of Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven, from their settlement to the present time Internet Archive online

The old men of Fairhaven (biographical sketches) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Immigration Records

Naturalization index -- declarations and petitions, previous to 1856 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization index, 1805-1906 [Bristol County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization index, 1907-1992; declaration of intentions, 1906-1930 [Bristol County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven Land Records

Bristol County (Mass.) deed records, v. 1-556, (1686-1900) and (1686-1956) index --, 1686-1956 FamilySearch Library

Massachusetts Land Records Secretary of the Commonwealth online

Records of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1739-1863 FamilySearch Library

Records of deeds, 1686-1904 [Bristol County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Records of deeds, 1686-1910 [Bristol County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven Marriage Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Marriages MyHeritage online

1901-1955 and 1966-1970 Massachusetts Marriage Index Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, 1844-1862 Marriages, 1844-1854 Deaths, 1844-1854 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Index to Marriages, 1844-1941 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Intentions of Marriage 1835-1879 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Marriage Intentions, 1879-1918 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Marriages, 1834-1892 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Marriages, 1893-1930; Vol. M5 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Fairhaven Vital Records 1844-1899 Millicent Library online

Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (many towns) Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Vital Records of the Town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts to 1850 Ancestry online

Vital records, 1835-1900 [Fairhaven, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven Miscellaneous Records (224)


Fairhaven Newspapers and Obituaries

Advocate 02/26/2015 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Fairhaven Star (1880-1967) Boston Public Library

Fairhaven Star 1879-1967 Millicent Library online

O Colonial, 1931-1935 Portuguese-American Digital Newspaper Collections online

Star (1879-1880) Boston Public Library

The Advocate (1986-1998) Boston Public Library

Offline Newspapers for Fairhaven

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Bristol Gazette. (Fairhaven, Mass.) 1812-1813

Fairhaven Probate Records

1635-1991 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745 Ancestry online

Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1745-1762 Ancestry online

Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts, probate records FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of some probate records, Bristol County, Massachusetts, [ca. 1686-1784] FamilySearch Library

Records of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1739-1863 FamilySearch Library

Fairhaven School Records

Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA), 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Fairhaven High School yearbook, 1945, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1963, 1964 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Fairhaven High School yearbook, 1945, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1963, 1964, 1982, 1988 Classmates online

Fairhaven High School yearbook, 1945, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1963, 1964, 1982, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sacred Hearts Academy yearbook, 1950, 1952 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

School records of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1845-1895 FamilySearch Library



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