Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Known Issues
Question #1: I cannot find records from the city or county of Worcester. Are these records available? Answer #1: FamilySearch can only publish images online when they are given permission to do so by the record custodians (owners) of the records. We currently do not have permission to publish the records from Worcester online. However these records are available on film #864091 which can be ordered and viewed at your local FamilySearch Center. See Ordering Microfilm.

Question #2: When searching Suffolk &gt;Boston Births 1907&gt; for all of the browse points from 3001-18500 I receive the message No Image Available. Is there a way to view these records? Answer #2: The images for Births 1907, numbers 3001 – 10,000 are not available online. They are available on film number 740459 which can be ordered and viewed at your local FamilySearch Center. (See links in Answer #1 above). Birth 1907 images from 10001 – 18,500 can be seen online by searching browse point Births 1907 10001 – 19019.

If you encounter additional problems with this collection, feel free to report them at [mailto:support@familysearch.org support@familysearch.org]. Please include the following information: • If browsing this collection: please include the full path you followed to where the problem occurred. The browse path is located above the Image viewer window. For example: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Towns Records, 1579-2001 &gt; Suffolk &gt; Boston &gt; Births 1908 no 10001-19233 &gt; Image 75 of 254 • If you are reporting a technical issue: please include your operating system and browser version, such as Windows XP and Internet Explorer.

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