Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Falmouth, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Parent Towns
Archiac name: Sacconeesett, Scipuiszet, Seipuiszet, Suckanesset

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Acapesket, Ashumet Pond, Chapaquoit, Davisville, East End (extinct), East Falmouth, Falmouth Heights, Falmouth Village, Hatchville, Maravista, Megansetts, Menauhant, North Falmouth (previously called Neyville), Otis Air Force Base, Quissett, Saconnesset, Silver Beach, Sippiwessett, Teaticket, Waquoit, West Falmouth, Woods Hole.

Adjacent Towns
Bourne | Mashpee | Sandwich | Gosnold, Dukes County

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

Falmouth Town Clerk
59 Town Hall Sq Falmouth, MA 02540 Phone: 508-495-7357 Fax: 508-457-2511 Email: [mailto:mpalmer@falmouthmass.us mpalmer@falmouthmass.us] Website
 * 1668-1871 (*) Falmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Births

 * 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1780-1878 (*) Falmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Marriages

 * 1780-1878 (*) Falmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Deaths

 * 1780-1878 (*) Falmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Boundary Changes

 * 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].
 * 7 June 1670: Suckanesset bounds mentioned. (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol. V, p. 41.)
 * 5 March 1678: Eastham and purchasers on both sides to settle the bounds.
 * 7 June 1681: Bounds between Suckanesset and Sandwich established.
 * 4 June 1686: Suckanesset established as a town, "... to become a township and have the previledges of a town..." (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol. VI, p. 189.)
 * 14 September 1694: Falmouth mentioned in the tax act. (Prov. Laws, Vol. I,p. 178.)
 * 28 November 1735: Bounds between Falmouth and lands of the proprietors of Mashpee confirmed.
 * 16 June 1763: Part established as the district of Wellfeet.
 * 14 July 1772: Part of Harwich annexed.
 * 3 March 1797: Part established as Orleans
 * 9 March 1839: Part annexed to Orleans.
 * 17 March 1841: A tract of land formerly in the plantation of Mashpee annexed.
 * 26 April 1847: Part annexed to Wellfeet.
 * 23 March 1867: Bounds between Eastham and Orleans established and part of each town annexed to the other town.
 * 19 March 1880: Bounds between Falmouth and Sandwich established.
 * 18 June 1885: Bounds between Falmouth and Mashpee established.
 * 6 May 1887: Bounds beteen tidewaters of Eastham and Wellfleet established.
 * 15 May 1990: Town charter adopted.

Cemeteries

 * Falmouth Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Bayview Cemetery (1849) Main St. Waquoit
 * Church of the Messiah Episcopal Churchyard (1788) 22 Church St., next to the Church of the Messiah Woods Hole
 * Crowell Family Cemetery (1848) across from 856 Main St, Rte 28A West Falmouth
 * Davisville Cemetery (1845) Davisville Rd, off Pasnecoy Lane
 * East End Cemetery (1796) Hatchville Rd Hatchville
 * Falmouth Jewish Cemetery (1994) 7 Hatchville Rd, next to the Falmouth Jewish Congregation Temple
 * Friends Cemetery (1688) Rte 28A West Falmouth
 * Indian Burying Ground Site behind the North Falmouth Public Library
 * Methodist Society Burial Ground (1809) between 704 and 744 East Main St East Falmouth
 * North Falmouth Cemetery (1804) Main Rd, behind the Congregational Church
 * Oak Grove Cemetery (1808) Palmer Ave
 * Old Burying Ground (1705) off Mill Rd
 * Old Friends Cemetery (1689) off Blacksmith Shop Rd (no stones) West Falmouth
 * Robinson Family Cemetery aka Sady's Lane and Ennsbrook Road Cemetery (1801) 86 Sady Lane East Falmouth
 * St. Anthony's Cemetery (20th century) off Acapesket Rd, behind St. Anthony's Church
 * St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's Cemetery (19th century) Gifford St.
 * Village Cemetery (1788) Church St. Woods Hole
 * Waquoit Cemetery (1849) Rte 28, Main ST. Waquoit
 * Private cemetery, south of East Falmouth Highway East Falmouth

City Directories

 * 1900-1908 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Falmouth 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

Land Records

 * 1661-1891 (*) Falmouth Proprietor'S Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Local Histories

 * The Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts : June 15, 1886. Falmouth, Mass.: Published per Order of the Town, 1990. Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * Falmouth On Cape Cod. By Walton Staff. Boston, Mass.: Perry Walton, 1992. Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * Three Lectures on The Early History of The Town of Falmouth. By Charles W. Jenkins. Falmouth, Mass.: L. F. Clark, Steam Printer, 1889. Online at: Ancestry ($)

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Falmouth at HomeTownLocator
 * Falmouth at FamilySearch Places
 * Falmouth at Google Maps
 * Falmouth 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 618253

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 ($)

Other Town Records

 * 1668-1871 (*) Falmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1773-1823 (*) Falmouth Town Treasurer at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Tax Records

 * 1668-1871 (*) Falmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - 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