Norfolk County MA Genealogy

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Norfolk Records by Type

Birth Records (232)
Cemetery Records (263)
Census Records (96)
Church Records (124)
City Directories (1,086)
Court Records (6)
Death Records (229)
Histories and Genealogies (286)
Immigration Records (2)
Land Records (31)
Map Records (137)
Marriage Records (257)
Military Records (30)
Miscellaneous Records (1,025)
Newspapers and Obituaries (303)
Probate Records (12)
School Records (270)
Tax Records (109)

Norfolk County Records by City/Town

Avon Genealogy (56)
Bellingham Genealogy (103)
Braintree Genealogy (399)
Brookline Genealogy (676)
Canton Genealogy (139)
Cohasset Genealogy (128)
Dedham Genealogy (312)
Dover Genealogy (149)
Foxborough Genealogy (135)
Franklin Genealogy (204)
Holbrook Genealogy (71)
Medfield Genealogy (190)
Medway Genealogy (132)
Millis Genealogy (52)
Milton Genealogy (178)

Needham Genealogy (113)
Norfolk Genealogy (50)
Norwood Genealogy (159)
Plainville Genealogy (65)
Quincy Genealogy (607)
Randolph Genealogy (150)
Sharon Genealogy (147)
Stoughton Genealogy (140)
Walpole Genealogy (137)
Wellesley Genealogy (120)
Wellesley Hills Genealogy (40)
Westwood Genealogy (56)
Weymouth Genealogy (452)
Wrentham Genealogy (109)

Overview of Norfolk County Records

Norfolk County was created in 1793 from Suffolk 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 Norfolk County Circuit Court has court records starting in 1928.
The Norfolk County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1793.
The Norfolk County Probate Court has probate records starting in 1793.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.