New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Town Clerk
Dennis Farias, City Clerk 133 William St, Room 118 New Bedford, MA 02740 Phone: 508-979-1450 Fax: 508-991-6225 Email: [mailto:Elizabeth.Marques@newbedford-ma.gov. Elizabeth.Marques@newbedford-ma.gov] to order vital records Website

Brief History
New Bedford is nicknamed, "The Whaling City," because during the 19th century it was one of the most important, if not the most important whaling ports in the world.

Resources
 * Many of the men who left New Bedford, Massachusetts on whaling voyages from 1809 to 1927 are listed in the New Bedford Whaling Crew List Database: https://www.whalingmuseum.org/online_exhibits/crewlist/about.php Over 120,000 seamen are listed in the database.
 * Other resources are available through the New Bedford Whaling Museum website: Whaling Museum


 * Crew Lists of Whaling Vessels, ca. 1820-ca. 1915. District of New Bedford. NAID 4728319. National Archives at Boston

Newspapers

 * 1807-1852 - New Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, Mass.) at Google News - free.

Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:


 * Bay Road from Boston, Massachusetts to New Bedford, Massachusetts about 1652
 * Atlantic Ocean