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Genealogy
The Hurley Library at the Old Colony History Museum houses a collection of vital records and family histories from the 19th and 20th centuries. These volumes, authored by notable historians and genealogists, provide a valuable resource for tracing lineage and understanding local heritage in the Old Colony region.

Newton Genealogy, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical; being a record of the descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, with genealogies of families descended from the immigrants, Rev. Roger Newton of Milford, Connecticut, Thomas Newton of Fairfield, Connecticut, Matthew Newton of Stonington, Connecticut, Newtons of Virginia, Newtons near Boston.
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Noah Emery of Exeter: Member of the Provincial Congress and Clerk of the Assembly: in New Hampshire: in the Revolution
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Notes on the Richard and John Burton Families New York and Massachusetts,; 1850-1973 and Allied Dapson (Dabson), Ellis and Haradon Families
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Odyssey and Legacy: The Ancestry and Stories of the Stuhlfaut, Klingberg, Grauwe, Ziehlke, Caswell, Clark, Demerit, Gray, May, Sheldon and Related Families
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One Branch of the Fay Family Tree, an Account of the Ancestors and Descendants of William and Elizabeth Fay of Westboro, Mass. And Marrietta, Ohio.
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Paine Ancestry: The Family of Robert Treat Paine, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Including Maternal Lines.
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Paine Genealogy. Ipswich Branch. Including a Brief History of the Norman Race (to which all families of "Paine" belong) from its origin until the conquest and crusade in which Hugo de Payen served.
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Pattison, Frink, and Allied Families, Genealogical and Biographical; Prepared and Privately Printed for Grace E. Pattison
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Pierrepont Genealogies from Norman Times to 1913, with particular attention paid to the line of descent from Hezekiah Pierpont, youngest son of Rev. James Pierpont of New Haven
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Plymouth Colony Vital Records Taken from Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, vol. 8
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Proceedings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association; with Papers on the Family History Read at its First Three Annual Meetings
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Progeny and Ancestry of Samuel St. Clair Bumpus, Elizabeth Clementina Williams, Frank Paschal Greene, Hattie Elizabeth Livermore
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Records of Littleton, Massachusetts. Births and Deaths from the Earliest Records in the Town Books Begun in 1715
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Reminiscences of Henry M. Gleason to which have been added Illinois Farm Life into the Eighteen-Eighties and the New England Ancestors of Henry M. Gleason
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Report of the Proceedings of the First & Third Reunions of the Bassett Family Association of America
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Reverend Mr. George Shove, Gentleman 1634-1685; Minister Cohannet Alias Taunton Plantation Plymouth Colony
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Rohrbach Genealogy; Descendants of Nine Rohrbach Immigrants to Colonial America 1709-1754 and more than One hundred Rohrbach immigrants to America 1825-1900
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Savery and Severy Families: A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy family (Severit, Savery, Savory and Savary) descended from early immigrants to New England and Philadelphia�.A detailed sketch of the life and labors of William Savery, minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends; and appendixes containing an account of Savery's invention of the steam engine...
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Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, Compiled by John Carroll Chase, and George Walter Chamberlain.
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Several Ancestral Lines of Josiah Edson and his Wife, Sarah Pinney, Married at Stafford, Conn., July 1, 1779. With a full genealogical history of their descendants to the end of the nineteenth century. Covering three hundred years and embracing ten generations.
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Sherman Directory: An Alphabetical Listing of over 25,000 Shermans with Known Vital Records and Relationships
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Some Descendants of Robert Pease and Allied Families: Robert Murdock of Roxbury, Massachusetts and some of his descendants with notes on the descendants of John Murdo of Plymouth, Massachusetts; George Murdock of Plainfield, Connecticut; Peter Murdock of Saybrool, Connecticut; William Murcoch of Philadelphia
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Some Other Joneses: Descendants of Increase Jones, 1752-1825, of Minerva, N.Y. (Elijah J.2, Cornelius J.1)
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Some of the Descendants of John Read, Senior of Newport, Rhode Island and Freetown, Massachusetts 1646-1924
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Staples, Wealtha Staples; with Records Relating to Some of the Berkley-Taunton, Massachusetts Families
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Stories of the Ancestors: Clunn, Horan, Robinson and Macintosh Families of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
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The Abell Family in America: Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass.: His English Ancestry, Abell Families in England
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The Ancestors and Descendants of Ebenezer and Martha Porter Williams of Plainsville, Ohio of the Fourth Generation in America
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The Ancestors and Descendants of Zephaniah and Silence Alden Hathaway With Notes On Allied Families
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The Ancestors of Charles Clement Heacock, 1851-1914: With an Account of the Descendants of Joel and Huldah Gaskill Heacock
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The Ancestry and Descendants of Walter Dean, 1612-1693: of South Chard, England and Taunton, Plymouth Colony
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The Ancestry of Augustus Greenleaf Whitaker and Caroline (Hobart) Whitaker of Leverett, Massachusetts
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The Ancestry of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames: Edited and Arranged by Pauline Ames Plimpton
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The Ancestry of Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay: With Some Account of His Life in Old and New England
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The Ancestry of Herbert Ervin Gustin and That of His Wife, Julia Livingston Carlisle, and their Descendants, Together with Some Account of the Guston Family in America.
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The Austin Genealogy Containing the Descendants of Stephen Austin of Staplehurst, County, Kent, England: Born 1520.
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The Babson Genealogy, 1637-1977: Descendants of Isabel Babson Who Arrived at Salem, Massachusetts in 1637
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The Barker Genealogy: Giving The Names and Descendants of Several Ancestors, Who Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence
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The Barletts: Ancestral, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical. Comprising an Account of the American Progenitors of the Bartlett Family: With Special Reference to the Descendants of John Bartlett, of Weymouth and Cumberland
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The Benson Family of Newport, Rhode Island: Together with an Appendix Concerning the Benson Families in America of English Descent
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The Bicknells and the Family Reunion at Weymouth, Massachusetts, September 22, 1880: Addresses, Poems, and Speeches by the Publication Committee for the Family
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The Bicknells: Proceedings and Addresses at the Second Family Reunion, at Weymouth, Mass., September 20 and 21, 1882
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The Crossman's of Maine and Massachusetts: The Descendants of Joseph of Raynham, Massachusetts, 1697
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The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895 and the Descendants of Thomas Drake of Weymouth, Mass., 1635-1691
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The Driver Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver of Lynn, Mass. With an Appendix Containing Twenty-Three Allied Families
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The Eddy Family in America: A Genealogy Compiled by Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, A.B., A.M. and Published Under the Direction of the Eddy Family Association, Inc. In Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, October 29, 1630.
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The Eddy Family: Reunion at Providence to Celebrate the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct 29, 1630
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The Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence of Wisset in Suffolk, England, and of Watertown and Groton, Massachusetts
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The Giles Memorial: Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing The Names of Giles, Gould, Holmes, Jennson, Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and Webb
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The Gustin Family: Being the Story of the Thomas Gustin Branch of the Family Tree: Together With Some Of Its Roots and A Few of Its Neighboring Branches
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The Hapgood Family: Descendants of Shadrach, 1665-1898. A New Edition with Supplement by Warren Hapgood
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The History of the Faxon Family: Containing a Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Faxon of Braintree, Mass.
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The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater Massachusetts, From 1643 to 1903
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The Kilpatrick Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Marian Douglas Jones and Robert Jackson Kilpatrick, with Related Families
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