Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description
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].
 * Provincetown, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Parent Towns

 * 14 June 1727: Established as a town, formerly the Precinct of Cape Cod. (Prov. Laws, Vol. II, p. 426)
 * 1 July 1973: Town charter adopted
 * Archaic name: Cape Code Precinct

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Long Point, Mayflower Heights, Peaked Hill, Pilgrim Heights, Puritan Heights (former R.R. station), Race Point, Wood End.

Boundary Changes

 * 12 June 1813: Part of Truro annexed and bounds established.
 * 2 March 1829: Part of Truro annexed and bounds established.
 * 30 March 1836: Part of Truro annexed.

Adjacent Towns
Truro | all other sides, are Cape Code Bay to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the north and to the east.

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

Provincetown Town Clerk
260 Commercial St Provincetown, MA 02657 Phone: 508-487-7013 Fax: 508-487-9560 Email: djohnstone@provincetown-ma.gov Website

Births

 * 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1843-1866 (*) Provincetown Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Marriages

 * 1843-1866 (*) Provincetown Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Deaths

 * 1843-1866 (*) Provincetown Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Provincetown Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Shank Painter Cemetery aka Old Cemetery Number 2 (1817) Cemetery Rd
 * Gifford Cemetery (1818)  Cemetery Rd (next to Hamilton Cemetery)
 * Hamilton Cemetery (1833)  Cemetery Rd (next to Gifford Cemetery)
 * Old Cemetery (1723) Winthrop and Court Sts
 * St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery (19th century)  Winslow and Jerome Smith Rds (early burial fro 1801 from farm is earliest stone)
 * Smallpox Cemetery  off Rte 6

City Directories

 * 1886,1890 STATE, U.S., City Directories, Provincetown 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 Provincetown 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
 * Provincetown at FamilySearch Places
 * Provincetown at Google Maps
 * Provincetown at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page


 * USGS GNIS FID 618258

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

 * 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