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Death Records for Massachusetts

Vital Records have been registered in Massachusetts since 1635. Statewide collection began in 1841. Records for events (Birth, Marriages or Deaths) that occurred from 1841-1910 are available at the State Archives by regular mail, 

Massachusetts Coffin Plates

Make sure you take a look at my Master Index to Coffin Plates. It has over 500 plates, many of them do not yet have a location so their may be some from Massachusetts. 

Mary Billings 1824~1854 Massachusetts.
Benjamin A Bridges died 1860 Born Massachusetts. Died Maine.
Geo E Bridges died 1870 Massachusetts and Maine.
Mary Taylor Brigham 1838~1912 Found in Massachusetts.
Philander Bodwell 1818~1863 Born in Vermont or New Hampshire died in Massachusetts
Jane Carroll 1810~1882 Found in Mass. May be from Winchendon, Worcester County.
Henry Chanler 1843~1898 found in Massachusetts
Anna Crowninshield 1773~1852 Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Emily F Durkey 1844~1875 Found in Massachusetts
Sarah Devine found in Massachusetts
Samantha L Fairbank 1835~1866 Douglass, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Joseph K Farley 1823~1904 Massachusetts
Samuel Flower died 1902 Feeding Hills, Mass
Sollomon Ford 1779~1866 Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Charles H Hayden 1828 ~ 1865
James-Hutchings 1811~1881 Found in Wilbraham, Massachusetts
Joanna C Locke Massachusetts.
Sally Merrill 1784~1859 May be from Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Simeon Pearl 1782~1864 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Deacon Harris Wight 1794~1869 Norwich and Buckland, Massachusetts
Abbie E Wood Found in Vermont. May be from Mass.
Jotham E Wood 1835~1854 Found in Vermont. May be from Mass.
Coffin Plate Master Index. Make sure you take a look at my master index. I now have over 300 coffin plates.

Massachusetts Cemetery Records

Mount Auburn Cemetery Map 1831 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photo of 1704 Deerfield Raid Victims Mass Grave Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts 1863 deed for cemetery plot of Margaret Tufts of Newton
Sunderland Cemetery, Sunderland, Massachusetts Photo
Woodside Cemetery Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Family Bibles

Dell (Doll? Dow?) & Hull Family Bible (New York & Attleboro, Massachusetts)
Ecker & Badger Family Bible (Northampton MA)

Massachusetts Funeral Cards

Funeral letter re Dora in Rhode Island sent to Miss Lena Reade in Massachusetts July 1908

Massachusetts Obituaries

Hampshire Federalist Birth Marriage Death Records Extracts from the Hampshire Federalist Newspaper in Springfield Massachusetts. 1812 ~ 1817
Extracts of obits and Marriages from the Massachusetts Ploughman Boston March 29th 1862
Zion Herald Jan 1837 Boston Mass, Vermont, NH, New York. Marriage and Obit Records.