Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Salisbury, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Parent Towns

 * 1638 English settlement of Colchester in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
 * 1640 Colchester becomes Salisbury in newly founded Norfolk County
 * 1654 Salisbury expands and splits into Salisbury Old Town and Salisbury New Town
 * 1668 Salisbury New Town becomes Amesbury
 * 1680 Norfolk County becomes Essex County
 * 1776 Massachusetts Bay Colony becomes Massachusetts, United States

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

Adjacent Towns
Essex Co.:  Amesbury | Newbury | Newburyport | New Hampshire: Rockingham Co.:  Seabrook | South Hampton

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

Salisbury Town Clerk
5 Beach Road Salisbury, MA 01952 Phone: 978-462-1145 Fax: 978-462-4176 Website

Vital Records

 * Early records.  Information about early residents of Salisbury 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.

Births

 * 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Marriages

 * 1812-1835 Salisbury, MA: Marriages by Elder Jabez True, 1812-1835 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

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

City Directories

 * 1874-1925 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Salisbury 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
 * Boundary Map of Salisbury at HomeTownLocator
 * 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
 * Salisbury at FamilySearch Places
 * Salisbury at Google Maps
 * Salisbury at Mapcarta
 * 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

Newspapers

 * 1800-Current Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Exeter New Hampshire FamilySearch Center
 * Lynnfield Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Nashua New Hampshire FamilySearch Center
 * Derry Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Halton Hills Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Memorial Hall Library - an affiliate library
 * Newburyport Public Library - an affiliate library
 * North Hampton Public Library and Cultural Center - an affiliate library
 * Parker Memorial Library - an affiliate library