Berkshire County, Massachusetts:
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Adjacent counties

• Bennington County, VT  to the north
• Columbia County, NY  to the west
• Dutchess County, NY  to the southwest
• Franklin County, MA  to the east
• Hampden County, MA  to the east
• Hampshire County, MA  to the east
• Litchfield County, CT  to the south
• Rensselaer County, NY  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (54)

Church Records (10)

Court and Legal Records

• Berkshire County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Court of Common Pleas Records, 1760-1860; indexes, 1761-1854      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Insolvency Certificates of discharge, 1879-1899  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Insolvency dockets, 1860-1899  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Insolvency Records of assignments, v. 2, 1878-1910  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Berkshire County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (66)

Estate Records

• Berkshire Co., Mass., Probate Guide and Index, 1761 to 1900 
• Berkshire County, MA  Probate File Papers, 1761-1917     (Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society)     ($)
• Berkshire County, Massachusetts Will Testators      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991  includes Berkshire County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Probate Court Record of adjournments, 1894-1907  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Ethnic

• Jewish Cemeteries of Western Massachusetts  1647-1999     (Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society)     ($)

History (271)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records  1798-1950     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Previous declarations and petitions for naturalizaton [docket book], 1856-1887      (Source: FamilySearch)

Introduction and Guides

• Berkshire (Middle) County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Berkshire (Northern) County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Berkshire (Southern) County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Berkshire County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Berkshire County Genealogy 
• 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

• Massachusetts Land Records  1620-1986     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Middle District, Berkshire County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• New Ashford, Massachusetts Land Owners  1842-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Northern District, Berkshire County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Southern District, Berkshire County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (36)

Lookups

• Berkshire County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• John's Professional Genealogy Research Service  Over 29 years of experience     ($)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MABERKSH Berkshire County genealogy

  • MABERKSH Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (70)

Military Records and Histories

• Berkshire County  Massachusetts 1840 Census of Pensioners     (Source: New Horizons Genealogical Services)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Berkshire County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 188  Berkshire County, Massachusetts     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Pittsfield, MA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

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

• Revolutionary War

  • 1840 Census of Revolutionary War Pensioners      (Source: rays-place.com)
  • Revolutionary War pension papers, 1818-1825      (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Berkshire County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Ebenezer Pope ledger  Great Barrington, 1810-1821     (Source: Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections)
• J. M. Van Dusen ledgers  Stockbridge, 1865-1910     (Source: Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections)
• John H. Coon ledger, Sheffield Plain, 1862-1873      (Source: Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections)
• The Ledger of Ophir Dawes of Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Orwell, Bradford County, PA      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records  1626-2001     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tom A. Faber, Great Barrington stable ledger, 1848-1853      (Source: Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections)

Newspaper Records (15)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (16)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (34)

School Records and Histories (26)

Societies

• Adams Historical Society 
• Berkshire Family History Association 
• The Berkshire Historical Society 
• Dalton Historical Commission 
• Lenox Historical Society 
• Lenox Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Sheffield Historical Society 
• West Berkshire Historical Society 
• Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (697)

Tax Lists

• Alford, Mass. town tax, 1815, 1816, 1817; county tax, 1815; state tax, 1815, 1816  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Inheritance tax records, v. 1-2, 1907-1921      (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of polls returned by the assessors of the town of Adams for 1923  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (124)

Wiki

• Berkshire County, Massachusetts Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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