Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Harwich, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Harwich, Massachusetts Archive.org
 * Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FS Library book 974.4 H2h 1997].

Parent Towns
Archiac name:
 * Satuckett

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: East Harwich, Harwich Center, Harwichport, North Harwich, Pleasant Lake, South Harwich, West Harwich

Boundary Changes

 * 14 September 1694: Established as a town, formerly a tract of land called "Satuckett" (Prov. Laws, Vol. 1, p. 181)
 * 14 Jul 1772: Part annexed to Eastham.
 * 9 February 1803: Part established as Brewster, with a proviso that certain estates of remonstrants be allowed to remain in Harwich.
 * 21 June 1811: The Daniel Rogers estate in Harwich annexed to Brewster.
 * 25 April 1848: Part of Brewster annexed.
 * 4 April 1862: Bounds between Harwich and Orleans established.
 * 14 April 1862: Bounds between Harwich and Chatham established.
 * 12 July 1945: Bounds between Harwich and Dennis established.
 * 8 May 1947: Act of July 12, 1945, amended and bounds between Harwich and Dennis established.

Adjacent Towns
Brewster | Chatham | Dennis | Orleans | Nantucket Sound to the south

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

Harwich Town Clerk
732 Main St, Harwich, MA 02645 Phone: (508) 430-7516 Website

Town Reports
The town of Harwich kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Harwich kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Harwich Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Banks Street Burial Ground Banks St., no stone
 * Baptist Church Cemetery (1816) Depot St. and Rte 28 West Harwich
 * Chase Family Cemetery Depot St., no stones
 * Christ Church Episcopal Church Cremation Garden behind the Christ Church Episcopal Church Rte 28 Harwichport
 * East Harwich Methodist Cemetery Church St East Harwich
 * End of the Pond Cemetery (1825) Spruce St.
 * Evergreen Cemetery (1807) corner of Cemetery AVe and Rte 137
 * First Congregational Church cemetery (1748) Rte 124 and Main St. Harwich Center
 * First Methodist Cemetery (ca 1758) Queen Anne Rd
 * Hawks Nest Pond Cemetery (1826) off Spruce Rd East Harwich
 * Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery (1869) Rte 124, Pleasant Lake Ave West Harwich
 * Island Pond Cemetery (1778) off Main St, at end of Island Pond Rd
 * Kelley Street Cemetery (1834) off Kelley St.
 * Kildee Hill Cemetery existed nearby Kildee Hill
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1850) 90 Forest ST, located between South and Forest Sts Harwichport
 * North Harwich Cemetery (1792) corner North Main and Depot Sts
 * Pine Grove Cemetery (1813) Pine Grove St. West Harwich
 * South Harwich Cemetery aka Methodist Churchyard Cemetery (1829) Old Chatham Rd South Harwich
 * Harding Ryder Gravesite Rte 39, near the water tower
 * Smith Family Cemetery (1834) Bell's Neck Rd
 * South Harwich Cemetery (1829) Chatham Rd
 * Samuel Tripp Family Cemetery (1832) Harwich
 * Union Cemetery (ca. 1811) Harwich St. and Queen Anne Rd, next to the Harwich United Methodist Church
 * Mehitable Wixon-Chase Family Cemetery (1832) off Lothrop Ave. Harwich

City Directories

 * 1901 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Harwich at Ancestry - index & images, ($), some years may be missing
 * 1901 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Harwich at Ancestry - index & images, ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images, ($) some towns and years may be missing

Local Histories

 * Historical Sketches of the Towns and Cities of Plymouth and Barnstable Counties, Mass. By Dean Dudley. Wakefield, Mass. : Dean Dudley, 1873. Online at: Internet Archive

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Harwich at HomeTownLocator
 * Harwich at FamilySearch Places
 * Harwich at Google Maps
 * Harwich at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page


 * USGS GNIS FID 618254

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

Other Town Records
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.
 * Harwich Town Records (Vital Records): 1640-1935 : Courtesy of PlymouthColony.net
 * 1790 Census, Harwich, Barnstable, MA: Sorted by Head of Household

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Franklin Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Hingham Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Mount Hope Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * North Dartmouth Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Providence Rhode Island FamilySearch Center
 * Dennis Public Library - Cape Cod Genealogical Society Library - an affiliate library
 * Eldredge Public Library - an affiliate library
 * General Society of Mayflower Descendants - an affiliate library
 * Middleborough Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Provincetown Public Library - an affiliate library