Local History Collection
The Local History Collection contains a vast wealth of material on local history and genealogy of Scituate and the region.
The collection in the Local History Room consists of print, microfilm and computer sources. In general, the materials must be used in the library. However, some materials are in the library’s general collection.
Suggested Genealogy Research Websites
Massachusetts Genealogy Resources
PRINT COLLECTION
Our print collection consists of, but is not limited to:
- Vital Records for 164 Massachusetts towns and cities
- Cemetery Records
- Family Histories
- Military Information
- Histories of Massachusetts Counties, Cities and Towns
- Vertical File Materials
- Scituate Town Reports 1873 – present
- School Yearbooks 1924 – present
- New England Historical Register 1965 – present
- New England Ancestors magazine
- local authors
MICROFILM COLLECTION
Scituate Herald (incomplete holdings):
September 1929 – May 1946
January 1950 – December 1959
January 1963 - February 1967
South of Boston Mirror:
May 22, 1974 – September 1975
South Shore Mirror:
October 1955 – December 1981
Scituate Mariner:
January 1955 – December 1963 (incomplete)
January – December 1979
January 1985 to present
COMPUTER RESOURCES
Online Genealogy Research Tools
Ancestry Library Edition - in library access
HeritageQuest Online – From Home | From the Library
Computers in the library with Internet access
Suggested Genealogy Research Websites
Cyndi’s List (URL www.cyndislist.com)
Ellis Island Records (URL www.ellisislandrecords.org)
Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York (URL docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm)
Latter Day Saints Online Searches (URL www.familysearch.org)
Rootsweb (URL www.rootsweb.com)
Massachusetts Genealogy Resources
Scituate Town Archives (URL www.town.scituate.ma.us/archives/index.html)
Scituate Historical Society ( URL www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org)
Scituate Historical Commission ( URL www.town.scituate.ma.us/historical/index.html)
Massachusetts State Archives ( URL http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ARC/arcidx.htm)
Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records & Statistics (URL mass.gov/dph/rvrs)
Massachusetts Registry of Deeds (URL www.sec.state.ma.us/rod/rodidx.htm)
Massachusetts State Library (URL www.mass.gov/lib)
National Archives Northeast Region (URL www.archives.gov/northeast)
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