Berkshire County MA Genealogy

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Berkshire Records by Type

Birth Records (216)
Cemetery Records (408)
Census Records (124)
Church Records (81)
City Directories (494)
Court Records (2)
Death Records (225)
Histories and Genealogies (185)
Immigration Records (8)
Land Records (27)
Map Records (91)
Marriage Records (278)
Military Records (39)
Minority Records (4)
Miscellaneous Records (103)
Newspapers and Obituaries (167)
Probate Records (2)
School Records (129)
Tax Records (50)

Berkshire County Records by City/Town

Adams Genealogy (168)
Alford Genealogy (81)
Becket Genealogy (88)
Berkshire Genealogy (44)
Cheshire Genealogy (66)
Clarksburg Genealogy (62)
Dalton Genealogy (88)
Egremont Genealogy (78)
Florida Genealogy (55)
Great Barrington Genealogy (154)
Hancock Genealogy (75)
Hinsdale Genealogy (71)
Housatonic Genealogy (37)
Lanesborough Genealogy (74)
Lee Genealogy (140)
Lenox Genealogy (111)
Monterey Genealogy (58)
Mount Washington Genealogy (74)

New Ashford Genealogy (85)
New Marlborough Genealogy (89)
North Adams Genealogy (331)
Otis Genealogy (72)
Peru Genealogy (69)
Pittsfield Genealogy (331)
Richmond Genealogy (83)
Sandisfield Genealogy (75)
Savoy Genealogy (75)
Sheffield Genealogy (122)
South Egremont Genealogy (36)
Stockbridge Genealogy (118)
Tyringham Genealogy (81)
Washington Genealogy (78)
West Stockbridge Genealogy (86)
Williamstown Genealogy (137)
Windsor Genealogy (81)

Overview of Berkshire County Records

Berkshire County was created in 1761 from Hampshire County.
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 Berkshire County Clerk Courts has divorce records from 1761 to 1922 and court records starting in 1761.
The Berkshire County Probate Judge has divorce records starting in 1922 and probate records starting in 1761.
The Berkshire County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1761.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.