How to Find Massachusetts Death Records

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Massachusetts Towns have been recording deaths since the 1600s. Statewide registration began in 1841.

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Deaths before 1841
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Deaths from 1841 thru 1920
Massachusetts was the first state to initiate statewide registration of vital records beginning in 1841. However, the city of Boston, which had kept records prior to this time, didn't start reporting their vital statistics to the state until about 1850. Records from 1841 to 1920 are housed at the Massachusetts Archives. Every five years, another block of five years is transferred from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics to the Archives.

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Births after 1920
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