Nantucket County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States Massachusetts  Nantucket County



County Courthouse
Nantucket County Courthouse 18 Broad Street Nantucket, MA 02554 Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records from 1600's Probate Court has probate and divorce records. Register of Deeds has court records.

This also double as Nantucket Town Hall.

Parent County

 * Created 22 June 1695 from Dukes County.

Town:
Nantucket - The Town of Nantucket is same as the whole county.

Villages:
Coskata | Madaket | Polpis | Shawkemo | Siasconset | Wauwinet

Neighboring Counties
Barnstable | Dukes | Suffolk County, New York

State Census
1855 Massachusetts State Census—a free searchable index and images to the 1855 Massachusetts State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search. This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1855, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.

1865 Massachusetts State Census—a free searchable index and images to the 1865 Massachusetts State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1865, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * The Nantucket County MA GenWeb Project, an member of The MAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Nantucket County
 * Family History Library catalog for Nantucket County