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Barnstable County, MA
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If you have any books, CDs or access to local records on this county and will volunteer to do lookups, please send your list to LRSears@capecod.net


Email Bob Ferreira (ferr@mediaone.net) for lookups from the following sources:

  • Early Vital Records of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties to about 1850 (Falmouth is indexed only)
  • The 1850 Federal Census for Mass.
  • The Complete Mayflower Descendant, Vols 1-46.

Betsy Stewart (anyone know how to reach Betsy?) lookups from the list of books in her library.

  • Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993.
  • Vital Records of Sandwich Massachusetts to 1885, Compiled by Caroline Lewis Kardell and Russell A. Lovell, Jr.,NEHGS, Boston, 1996.
  • Burgess Genealogy, Memorial of the Family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess who were settled at Sandwich in the Plymouth Colony in 1637, Boston, 1865.
  • Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts, by Frederick Freeman, Boston, 1875.
  • A Genealogy of the Nye Family, Compiled by George Hyatt Nye, Auburn NY and Frank E. Best, Chicago IL. The Nye Family of America Association, 1907.
  • William Swyft of Sandwich and Some of His Descendants 1637-1899, Compiled by George H. Swift, Amenia NY, 1900.
  • Historical and Genealogical Register of John Wing, of Sandwich, Massachusetts and His Descendants 1632-1888, by Rev. Conway P. Wing, D.D., NY 1888.

Sue Rogge (dsrogge@pressenter.com)will do look-ups in several cemetery books that she has for Wellfleet and South Truro.


Ralph Turner (arty@been-there.com)will do look-ups in Amos Otis's book: Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families published by Goss in Barnstable 1888, then reproduced by Gen. Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1979, 1991.
(14320 SW Rock Creek Road Sheridan, Oregon 97378)


Kathy (katkay@aol.com)will do lookups in her book, The Ishams in American and England, 900 years, by Brainard.


Ray Sears (LRSears@capecod.net) will provide lookups for:

  • Dennis Mass Vital Records, 1793-1900, Bratti, Ross and Derick, Gen Soc of Mayflower Desc, 1993
  • Index to History of Barnstable Co , Holbrook, Charles A, Jr, Yarmouth, MA, 1984
  • Sears Genealogical Catalogue, Sears, L Ray, Duncan, OK, 1992

Please follow these guidelines when requesting a look-up.

  1. Put name of county and LOOKUP in caps in subject of message. This will ensure that your request is not accidently overlooked or deleted.
  2. Put name of book or CD you are requesting the lookup from in the first line of the message. We need to know what you are looking for in order to try to help you.
  3. Limit your request to 1 or 2 specific names. Asking for ALL the marriages on a surname of Brown or Jones or Smith will probably be ignored or request denied.
  4. Don't forget to thank your volunteer for their time and trouble.

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