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| | Old Colony Pages - Massachusetts Vital Records Volumes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Between the late 1800s and World War II the vital records (to about 1850) for more than 200 of the 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth were published in a series of books commonly known as the "Official Series," or as the "Tan Books" for the color of their bindings. |
 | | Frederick Endicott, Editor, The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Stoughton from 1727 to 1800, and in the Town of Canton from 1797 to 1845, Preceded by Records of the South Precinct of Dorchester from 1715 to 1727 (Canton, MA: By the Town, 1896) |
 | | Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths of the Town of Sturbridge, from the Settlement of the Town to 1816 (Southbridge, MA: Geo. |
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