Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Yarmouth, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FS Library book 974.4 H2h 1997].

Parent Towns

 * 7 January 1639: "the names of those to whom graunt of the lands at Mattacheeset, now called Yarmouth..." (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol I, p. 108)
 * Archiac name: Hokkanom, Mattacheeset, Nobscussett

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Bass River, Camp Station, Hockanum, Middleton, Point Gammon, Pond Village, South Yarmouth, Town House, Weir Village, West Yarmouth, Yarmouth Farms, Yarmouthport, Yarmouth Village.

Boundary Changes

 * 17 June 1641: Bounds between Yarmouth and Barnstable established.
 * 11 March 1658: Yarmouth and Barnstable agreed upon bounds.
 * 19 June 1793: Part established as Dennis

Adjacent Towns
Barnstable | Dennis | Cape Cod Bay to the north, Nantucket Sound to the south

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Yarmouth Town Clerk
1146 Route 28 So. Yarmouth, MA 02664 Phone: 508-398-2231 x 1216 Fax: 508-760-4842 Email: [mailto:pgaudet@yarmouth.ma.us pgaudet@yarmouth.ma.us] Website

Births

 * 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1657-1823 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1678-1860 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Marriages

 * 1657-1823 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1678-1860 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Deaths

 * 1657-1823 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1678-1860 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Biographies

 * Thomas Gage of Yarmouth, Mass. and His Descendants. By Clyde V. Gage. Worcester, N.Y.: Clyde V. Gage, 1963. Online at: Ancestry ($)

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Gravestone Records in the Ancient Cemetery and the Woodside Cemetery Yarmouth, Massachusetts. By George Ernest Bowman. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants at the charge of the Cape Cod Town Record Fund, 1906. Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Yarmouth Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * Ancient Cemetery (ca. 1639) Centre St, off Rte 6A Yarmouthport
 * Bass River Baptist Cemetery (1813) 38 Old Main St., on the grounds of Bass River Community Baptist Church South Yarmouth
 * Civil War Graves Site (no gravestones) off Union St., near Rte 6A
 * Eldredge-Matthews-Taylor Smallpox Cemetery (1796) North Dennis Rd Yarmouthport
 * Georgetown Cemetery (1820) High Bank Rd, next to Bass River Golf Course South Yarmouth
 * Chandler Gray Cemetery (1988) 161 Old Mill Way, at the end of Chandler Gray Rd West Yarmouth
 * Gideon Gray Cemetery near Wild Rose Terr, off Dinah's Pond South Yarmouth
 * Methodist Cemetery (1812) Willow St. South Yarmouth
 * Pine Grove Cemetery (1820) 29 Station Ave South Yarmouth
 * Quaker Cemetery (1811) 58 North Main St South Yarmouth
 * Smallpox Cemetery Bray Farm Rd, off Rte 6A Yarmouthport
 * Smallpox Cemetery (1779) Weir Rd, off Rte 6A Yarmouthport
 * Taylor-Hall Smallpox Cemetery (1801) located at the 13th hole of the Kings Way Golf Course Rte 6A Yarmouthport
 * Woodside Cemetery (1753) West Yarmouth Rd and Rte 28 West Yarmouth
 * Yarmouth Indian Memorial Stone Indian Memorial Dr.

City Directories

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

Compiled Genealogies

 * David O'Killia, The Immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with His Descendants and Allied Families, 1651-1962. By Eunice Kelley Randall. Darmouth, Mass.: E.K. Randall, 1962. Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * Joshua Gray of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and His Descendants. By Julia Edgar Thacher. Boston, Mass.: Press of Murray and Emery Company, 1914. Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * Thomas Gage of Yarmouth, Mass. and His Descendants. By Clyde V. Gage. Worcester, N.Y.: Clyde V. Gage, 1963. Online at: Ancestry ($)

Land Records

 * 1677-1726, 1794-1887 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1710-1787 (*) Yarmouth Proprietors' Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Local Histories

 * The Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Old Yarmouth, Mass. : Including the Present Towns of Yarmouth and Dennis, September 1 and 3, 1889. Yarmouth: The Committee, 1889. Online at: Ancestry ($)
 * History of Old Yarmouth. By Charles Francis Swift. Yarmouth Port, Mass.: Charles Francis Swift, 1884. Online at: Ancestry ($)

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


 * USGS GNIS FID 618262

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

 * 1677-1726, 1794-1887 (*) Yarmouth Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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