Peabody Essex Museum

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:research@pem.org research@pem.org]

Address (temporarily):


 * Peabody Essex Museum Phillips Library 1 Second Street Peabody, MA USA

Telephone: 978-745-9500 ext. 3053, or 866-745-1876 Fax: 978-531-1516

Hours and holidays: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 am-4:30 pm

Directions, maps, and public transportation: Google Maps

Internet sites and databases:


 * Peabody Essex Museum Library Internet site.
 * PHILCAT Phillips Library Online Catalog. Includes links to 250,000 digitized items. Also available on WorldCat.

Collection Description
Worldwide collection, but with a base in Essex County. The collection includes a rich maritime collection with plates of ships dating from ~1720, transatlantic ship logs, ship registers, ship images, customs records, and records of local mariners. The collection also includes county and local histories, published vital records to 1850, city directories, censuses, tax lists, maps, newspapers, manuscript letters, financial papers, diaries, sermons, church records, militias, hospitals, schools, and municipal governments. Essex County books, manuscripts, and government records such as probate records. 250,000 records have been digitized and are searchable through the library's website.

Tips

 * Admissions fees apply to adults, seniors, and students who are not residents of Salem, Mass. See Visit Us.
 * A $25.00 research service is available to the public ($20.00 for members). This covers up to 20 photocopied pages. An order form is available online.
 * Onsite researchers are not allowed to make photocopies; however, they may request that staff make photocopies ($0.50 for printed pages; $1.00 for manuscript pages). There is a 48-hour turnaround time.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Neighboring Collections


 * Essex Society of Genealogists. This society is based at the Lynnfield Public Library where they house their collections.
 * Haverhill Public Library. Website includes Local History and Genealogy Collection guide.
 * Lynnfield Public Library. Website includes Local History &amp; Genealogy Room page.
 * James Duncan Phillips Library. Premier repository for Essex County research. The have large print and manuscript collections focused on pre-1860 material. This is the facility for government records on Essex County including the original court records, customhouse records, maritime records, and (on microfilm) probate records. The paper catalog is in process of conversion to their online catalog.