Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description
Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts ▲
 * Truro, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Parent Towns

 * 16 July 1709: Established as a town, formerly a tract of land called "Pawmett", to "... be called by the name of Truroe..." (Prov. Laws, Vol. I, p. 642)
 * Archiac name: Dangerfield, Meeshaum, Pawmett, Tashmuit

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Beach Point, Castle Village, Corn Hill, Dyer's Hollow, Harding's Hollow, Head Pamet, Higgins Hollow, High Head Highland, Highland Light, Hogsback, Neck, North Truro, Pond Village, South Truro, The Castle, Truro Center, Truro Station, Whitmanville.

Boundary Changes

 * 21 October 1714: Bounds between Truro and Province Lands established.
 * 12 June 1813: Part annexed to Provincetown and bounds established.
 * 2 March 1829: Part annexed to Provincetown and bounds established.
 * 30 March 1836: Part annexed to Provincetown.
 * 22 February 1837: Bounds between Truro and Wellfleet established.

Adjacent Towns
Provincetown | Wellfleet | Cape Cod Bay to the west, Atlantic Ocean 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

Truro Town Clerk
24 Town Hall Rd, PO Box 2012 Truro, MA 02666-2012 Phone: 508-349-7004 x 14 Fax: 508-349-5505 Email: [mailto:caslade@truro-ma.gov caslade@truro-ma.gov] Website

Vital Records

 * Mayflower descendant legacy Note: the record is available online if visiting FamilySearch Library. Mayflower Descendant Magazine, vols. 1-34 (1899-1937) -- Pilgrim notes and queries, vol. 1-5 (1913-1917) -- Bowman's vital records of Brewster (Barnstable Co.), Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's vital records of Halifax (Plymouth Co.), Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's vital records of Truro (Barnstable Co.) Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's Yarmouth cemetery records -- B.N. Derick's cemetery records of Dennis, Ma. -- Falmouth, Ma. vital records index -- Wellfleet cemetery records.
 * Town records, births, marriages and intentions, and deaths, ca. 1771-1847
 * Truro, Massachusetts computer printout, births early to 1850
 * Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 book
 * Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. By George Ernest Bowman. Boston, Mass.: Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library and Ancestry ($); Also at:

Births

 * 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1709-1783, 1844-1870 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1771-1847 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Marriages

 * 1709-1783, 1844-1870 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1771-1847 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * Marriage records of Truro (Barnstable County) in Massachusetts, 1850-1899 fiche

Deaths

 * 1709-1783, 1844-1870 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1771-1847 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * Deaths in Truro, Cape Cod, 1786-1826: taken from the diary of Rev. Jude Damon ; Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Congregational Church Cemetery, Truro (Barnstable County), Massachusetts. By Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution. Lexington Chapter : Lexington, Mass., 1951. Online at: American Ancestors
 * Inscriptions from Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass.. By John B. Dyer. Provincetown, Mass.: The Advocate Press, H.F. Hopkins, 1991. Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Truro Cemeteries List at FindAGrave

in the woods at the end of Higgins Hollow Rd in the woods off Old County Rd South Truro off Savage Rd Town Hall Rd Bridge and Meetinghouse Rds Old County Rd Rte. 6 and Aldrich Rd, near Provincetown town line off County Rd South Truro in the woods off Holsberry Rd in the woods off Rte. 6 near Pilgrim Lake Bridge and Meetinghouse Rds Bridge Rd South Pamet Rd
 * Ball (1923)
 * Cobb Family (1779)
 * H. Doane Grave Site (1781)
 * Truro cemeteries
 * First Congregational Parish (1813)
 * Truro cemeteries
 * Methodist Cemetery (1810)
 * Truro cemeteries
 * New South (1994)
 * Old North aka First Church of Christ (1713)
 * Inscriptions from gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. from 1713 to 1840
 * Truro cemeteries
 * Pine Grove (1796)
 * Truro cemeteries
 * Benjamin Rich Family (1780)
 * T. Ridley Gravesite (1776)
 * Truro cemeteries
 * William and Miriam Rollins (1925)
 * Sacred Heart (1868)
 * Truro cemeteries
 * Snow (1817)
 * Truro cemeteries
 * South Pamet

Church Records

 * 1711-1834 (*) First Congregational Church at FamilySearch Catalog - images

City Directories

 * Bourne (Massachusetts) city directories


 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1696-1800 (*) Truro Town Proprietors at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * Truro, Massachusetts marks of cattle from the original records, 1710-1768

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Truro 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
 * Truro at FamilySearch Places
 * Truro at Google Maps
 * Truro at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page


 * USGS GNIS FID 618260

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

 * 1709-1783, 1844-1870 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * Records of town meetings, votes, births, marriages, deaths; 1709-1783
 * 1771-1847 (*) Truro Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * Records of town meetings, roads, intentions of marriage; 1844-1870
 * Register of some early Provincetown and Truro (Provincetown related) families : covering a period from the early 1700's through 1850 plus)
 * Truro - Cape Cod, or, Land marks and sea marks

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