Essex County, Massachusetts:
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Adjacent counties

• Hillsborough County, NH  to the northwest
• Middlesex County, MA  to the southwest
• Rockingham County, NH  to the north
• Suffolk County, MA  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (68)

Blogs

• Stories from Ipswich 

Cemeteries (25)

Census Records and Indexes (49)

Church Records (12)

Court and Legal Records (39)

Directories (132)

Estate Records

• Essex County, MA  Early Probate Records, 1635-1681     (Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society)     ($)
• Essex County, MA  Probate File Papers, 1638-1881     (Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society)     ($)
• Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Part 1      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Supplement  1644-1691     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Essex Probate Records  1638-1840     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991  includes Essex County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 51, 1897  Probate Records of Essex County     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts  Volume III, 1675-1681     (Source: Google Books)
• Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts  1635 - 1664, Volume 1     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

Ethnic

• The Indian Land Titles of Essex County, Massachusetts      (Source: Google Books)
• The Indian land titles of Essex County, Massachusetts      (Source: Internet Archive)
• The Jewish Community of Cape Ann  An Oral History
• Symon, Indian  A Letter, Written at Amesbury, Massachusetts, 9: 5mo: 1677     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

History (573)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Gloucester Passenger and Crew Lists  1906-1943     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records  1798-1950     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Gloucester, Massachusetts     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Marblehead, Massachusetts     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Newburyport, Massachusetts     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945  Salem, Massachusetts     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• New England Passenger and Crew Lists      (Source: Find My Past)     ($)
• The Winthrop Fleet of 1630      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Essex County Deeds 1639-1678  Abstracts of Volumes 1-4, Copy Books, Essex County, Massachusetts     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Essex County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• First Settlers and Their Grants of Land  Salisbury
• The Indian Land Titles of Essex County, Massachusetts      (Source: Google Books)
• The Indian land titles of Essex County, Massachusetts      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Massachusetts Land Records  1620-1986     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Old Essex County Deed Books 

Libraries, Museums, Archives (90)

Lookups

• Essex County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• Free Lookups from Genealogy Today  Haverhill Vital Records to 1850     (Source: GenealogyToday)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Descendants of Salem Witches      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• Essex County Genealogy      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• essexco  Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Cape Ann Message Board      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MAESSEX Essex County genealogy

  • MAESSEX Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MASOUTHESSEX South Essex County, Massachusetts including the towns of Danvers, Peabody, Lynn, Salem, Middleton, Topsfield, Boxford, Beverly, and Lynnfield

  • MASOUTHESSEX Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SALEM-WITCH A genealogy and history mailing list for descendants of the people involved in the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 -- the accusers and the accused, the afflicted and the executed, as well as the magistrates, clergy, jurors, and anyone affected by the proceedings.

  • SALEM-WITCH Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (108)

Military Records and Histories (37)

Miscellaneous Data (24)

Newspaper Records (34)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (85)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (69)

School Records and Histories (41)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Vital Records Search  Gloucester, Massachusetts

Societies (39)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (2,034)

Tax Lists (27)

Transportation and Industry (45)

Vital Records (240)

Wiki

• Andover Answers 
• Essex County, Massachusetts Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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