Barnstable County, Massachusetts:
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Projects

• Barnstable County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Barnstable County MAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Harwich, Massachusetts      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Bristol County, MA  to the west
• Dukes County, MA  to the southwest
• Plymouth County, MA  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (29)

Cemeteries (37)

Census Records and Indexes (46)

Church Records (27)

Court and Legal Records

• Barnstable County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Court of Common Pleas records, 1827-1859      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court ruling of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas  regarding a suit between the inhabitants of Harwich and the inhabitants of Boothbay, Lincoln County, 1817 September 13     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Barnstable County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Superior Court plaintiff index, 1885-1913      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Superior Court records, 1859-1932      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories (16)

Estate Records

• Barnstable, MA  Probate Records, 1685-1789     (Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society)     ($)
• Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991  includes Barnstable County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 4, 1902  includes Barnstable Co., MA probate rec     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

Ethnic

• Wampanoag History 

History (166)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists  includes Barnstable, Massachusetts (1820-26)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Barnstable County, Massachusetts Naturalization Petitions  (1906 and after)     (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Massachusetts Passenger and Crew Lists  1820-1963     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records  1798-1950     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Barnstable, Massachusetts     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

• Barnstable County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Barnstable County Genealogy 
• Barnstable County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Cyndi's List of Massachusetts locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Barnstable County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Chatham Deeds      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Massachusetts Land Records  1620-1986     (Source: FamilySearch)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 50, 1896  Barnstable Deeds     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Records of the Proprietors of the Common Lands in the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, 1703-1795      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Yarmouth Land Divisions      (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (38)

Lookups

• Barnstable County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Cape Cod Cousins      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Cape Cod Message Board      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Plymouth Colony Forums 
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MABARNST Barnstable County genealogy

  • MABARNST Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (53)

Mayflower

• The Mayflower Reader      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Mayflower Source Records  Primary Data Concerning Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and the Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Military Records and Histories

• Barnstable County  Massachusetts 1840 Census of Pensioners     (Source: New Horizons Genealogical Services)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Barnstable County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 188  Barnstable County, Massachusetts     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Long Point Batteries, MA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ordnance and explosives archives search report for Massachusetts Military Reservation, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  addendum to findings (1999)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Otis Air National Guard Base      (Source: Wikipedia)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Barnstable County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Barnstable County in the Civil War      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Barnstable City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data (14)

Newspaper Records

• Barnstable County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1936 - 2004      (Source: Massachusetts Document Retrieval)     ($)
• Barnstable Patriot      (Source: Sturgis Library)
• Cape Codder Archive 
• Chronicling America  Barnstable County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Falmouth Enterprise 
• Original Newspaper Collection      (Source: Sturgis Library)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (38)

Passenger List

• Immigration and Naturalization Records

  • Passenger Lists and Arrivals, District of Barnstable, 1820-1826  Only includes entries of possible Irish heritage     (Source: Southern New England Irish)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (23)

School Records and Histories (12)

Societies (35)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (705)

Tax Lists

• Brewster Tax records, 1838-1849  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Sandwich Tax records, 1791-1829  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (30)

Vital Records (147)

Wiki

• Barnstable County, Massachusetts Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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