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 (19)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (60)

Church Records

• First Church of Pittsfield  Catalogue of Members, 1834     (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 57, 1903  Baptismal Records of the Congregational Church of Hinsdale, MA     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Berkshire County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (68)

Estate Records

• Berkshire Co., Mass., Probate Guide and Index, 1761 to 1900 
• Berkshire County, Massachusetts Will Testators      (Source: SAMPUBCO)

History (234)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• New Ashford, Massachusetts Land Owners  1842-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (27)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Berkshire County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Berkshire County, MA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MABERKSH-L Berkshire County genealogy

  • MABERKSH-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MABERKSH-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MABERKSH-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (104)

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: Family History Library)
  • Berkshire County, Mass. in the Civil War      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Berkshire, MA Soldiers Killed and Wounded  May 1863     (Source: AncestralHeroes.com)

• Revolutionary War

  • 1840 Census of Revolutionary War Pensioners      (Source: rays-place.com)

• 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)     ($)

• World War II

  • Berkshire County, Massachusetts  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Berkshire County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Berkshire County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• 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 Towns Records  1579-2001     (Source: Family History Library)
• Migrations through Berkshire County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Tom A. Faber, Great Barrington stable ledger, 1848-1853      (Source: Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections)

Newspaper Records (13)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Berkshire Eagle  Obituaries back to 3/4/2003
• The Berkshire Eagle  Pittsfield     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Berkshire Eagle  Pittsfield, MA     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Adams Transcript  Recent obituaries (90 days)
• North Adams Transcript      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Adams, Massachusetts Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Berkshire County
• Pittsfield, Massachusetts Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (33)

School Records and Histories (22)

Societies

• Adams Historical Society 
• Berkshire Family History Association 
• The Berkshire Historical Society 
• Dalton Historical Commission 
• North Adams Historical Society      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Sheffield Historical Society 
• Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (720)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (105)

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