Vital Records of Fitchburg, Mass. to 1859

This collection of Fitchburg vital records was compiled from the following three sources:

The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh Massachusetts, Volume 2. Walter A. Davis, Fitchburg, MA, 1899. F74.F5 F5 1898 - 1913, v.2, p.215-425.

“This volume contains an exact transcript of the Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh from February 9, 1789, to April 18, 1796, besides a record of all the vital statistics contained in Volume I. and so much of Volume II. as is contained in pages 0 to 303 inclusive, being the original records prepared by Thomas Cowdin, Phinehas Hartwell and Joseph Fox, town clerks, with such additional records as were made to the family records by later clerks.”

The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh Massachusetts, Volume 3. Walter A. Davis, Fitchburg, MA, 1900. F74.F5 F5 1898 - 1900, v.3, p.1-481.

“This volume contains an exact transcript of certain old records of Volumes 2, 4 and 5 of the Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh.”

The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburgh Massachusetts, Volume 8. Walter A. Davis, Fitchburg, MA, 1913. F74.F5 F5 1898 - 1913, v.8, p.1-203.

“This volume contains an abstract copy of all the records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths contained in the book lettered "A" of the old records of the Town of Fitchburg, with the exception of some minor details which the experience of this office has shown are never required for reference, but which if included would have greatly decreased the usefulness of the volume and made the cost of production almost prohibitive. Book A was the first under the Act of 1844 relating to the registry and returns of births, marriages and deaths. It includes the births from May, 1843, through the year 1849; the marriages from May, 1844, through October, 1851; and the deaths from May, 1845, through the year 1855.”

This database contains 4,800 births, 1,120 marriage intentions, 1,252 marriages, 1,698 deaths, and 15 ‘other’ records. Images of the original book pages may be viewed from the search results page

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