Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Lawrence, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Adjacent Towns
Essex Co.:  Andover | Methuen | North Andover

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Lawrence Town Clerk
200 Common Street, Room 4 Lawrence, MA 01840 Phone: 978-620-3290 Fax: 978-722-9230 Website

Vital Records
'''Early records.  Information about early residents of Lawrence''' before 1680 may be found in Norfolk (old) County records. Norfolk (old) County was discontinued in 1680, but her records are still available. For more details about these early records see Norfolk (old) County, Massachusetts.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Lawrence Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Essex County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

City Directories

 * Various Dates (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1910 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1848-1923 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Lawrence at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1857-1983 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Lawrence at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Lawrence at Mapcarta
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945