New England town records begin in 1620 with the arrival of the Pilgrims to what is now Massachusetts. These underused records contain a wealth of information. New England town records can include Birth, marriage, and death dates and places, details about ancestors’ professions, associates, and contributions to the community, records of burials, cemeteries, appointments, earmarks, estrays, freemen’s oaths, land records, mortgages, name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, tax lists, town meeting minutes, and voter registrations. With this video, you can learn how to find these important records.
