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The OCHM not only had great exhibits and programs but is home to the Hurley research library which specializes in materials about Southeastern Massachusetts before 1850, with a special focus on Taunton’s early European settlers. Questions about an ancestor? Interested in who used to live in your house? Ever wondered who owned a certain store on Main Street in the 1880s? Want to see some old maps? We can help!
The library is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for on-site research. To ensure the best experience, we ask you to schedule an appointment before visiting our research library. Call us at 508-822-1622 and our staff would be happy to assist! Admission is $5 for adults. Free for OCHM members.
Learn more at https://www.oldcolonyhistorymuseum.org/research
History and genealogy of the Bicknell family and some collateral lines
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History and genealogy of the Cabot family, 1475-1927
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History and genealogy of the Thomas Chase Prudence Chase Jones families
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History and genealogy of the Witherell/Wetherell/Witherill family of New England; some descendants of Rev. William Witherell of Scituate, Plymouth Colony, and William Witherell of Taunton, Plymouth Colony
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History and genealogy of the family of Thomas Noble, of Westfield, Massachusetts.
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History and records of St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church of Scituate, Mass., 1725-1811, of Hanover, Mass., 1811-1903, and other items of historical interest
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History and rhymes of the lost battalion
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History highlights:; Bridgewater, Massachusetts, a commemorative journal
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History of American Steam Navigation
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History of Barnstable county, Massachusetts.; 1620 - 1637 - 1686 - 1890
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History of Bridgewater
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History of Bristol County, Massachusetts; with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men.
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History of Cambridge, Massachusetts.; 1630 - 1877. With a genealogical register.
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History of Durham, Maine; with genealogical notes
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History of Easton, Massachusetts; Vol. II, 1886-1974
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History of Essex County, Massachusetts with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men.
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History of Halifax, Massachusetts
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History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton
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History of John Taylor of Hadley; including accounts of the organization and meetings of the Taylor reunion association of Hadley, Massachusetts, and the genealogy of the descendants of the ancestor.
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History of King Phillip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags: Including the Early History of the Settlers of New England
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History of Marshfield
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History of Massachusetts
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History of Massachusetts industries: their inception, growth, and success
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History of New Bedford and its Vicinity, 1620-1992.
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History of Newport County Rhode Island. From the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns and their subsequent progress.
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History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, with Family Registers
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History of North Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, North Middleborough, Massachusetts
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History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable Counties, Massachusetts
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History of Richard Bourne and some of his descendants
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History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants and of the other Chaffins in America
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History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1831
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History of Shipbuilding on North River Plymouth County, Massachusetts, With Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries : 1640 - 1872
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History of Stoneham, Massachusetts.
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History of Swansea Massachusetts 1667-1917
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History of Swansea Massachusetts 1667-1917
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History of Taunton Western Little League
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History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time
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History of Weymouth, Massachusetts
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History of ancient Woodbury, Connecticut� 1659 to 1854�
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History of genealogy of the Bangs family in America: with genealogical tables and notes
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History of the American wars; comprising the war of the revolution and the war of 1812
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History of the Colby family with genealogical tables
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History of the Fifth Massachusetts battery, Organized October 3, 1861, mustered out June 12, 1865.
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History of the Fiftieth regiment of infantry, Massachusetts volunteer militia, in the late war of the rebellion
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History of the Fifty-fourth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1863-1865
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History of the Fifty-second regiment, Massachusetts volunteers
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History of the Fire Department of the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1772-1890
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History of the Forty-eighth regiment, M. V. M. during the civil war
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History of the Forty-fifth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer militia
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History of the Fourteenth engineers U.S. army, from May, 1917 to May, 1919
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History of the Great Rebellion, from its commencement to its close, giving an account of its origin, the secession of the southern states, and the formation of the Confederate government, the concentration of the military and financial resources of the Federal government ...
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History of the Lincoln family: an account of the descendants of Samuel Lincoln of Hingham Massachusetts 1637-1920
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History of the National peace jubilee and great musical festival,; held in the city of Boston, June, 1869, to commemorate the restoration of peace throughout the land.
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History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861-1865; Issued by the History Committee
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History of the Ninth regiment; Massachusetts volunteer infantry, Second brigade, First division, Fifth army corps, Army of the Potomac June, 1861-June, 1864
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History of the Oregon and Niagara Engine Companies, Taunton, Massachusetts
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History of the Parker-Gates-Shaw House to 1925; Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A town in transition.
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History of the Reed family in Europe and America
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History of the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac
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History of the Second Massachusetts Battery (Nim's battery) of light artillery, 1861-1865, comp. from records of the rebellion, official reports, diaries, and rosters.
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History of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; In the war of the Rebellion of the Southern States against Constitutional Authority 1861-1865. With description of battles, army movements, hospital life, incidents of the camp, by officers and privateers; and a comprehensive introduction of the moral and political forces which precipitated the wa of secession upon the people of the United states.
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History of the Sioux war and massacres of 1862 and 1863.
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History of the Society of Descendants of Robert Bartlet of Plymouth, Massachusetts
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History of the Thirty-seventh regiment, Mass., volunteers, in the civil war of 1861-1865, with a comprehensive sketch of the doings of Massachusetts as a state, and of the principal campaigns of the war.
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History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement in 1630 to 1855.
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History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts
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History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts 1905-1965
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History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1881
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History of the Town of Plymouth: from its first settlement in 1620, to the year 1832
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History of the Town of Somerset, Massachusetts; Shawomet purchase 1677, Incorporated 1790
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History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876; including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn
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History of the World War;; an authentic narrative of the world's greatest war, by Francis A March in collaboration with Richard J. Beamish. Wit an introd. By Peyton C. March, with exclusive photos. By James H.Hare and Donald Thompson and with reproductions from the official photos. of the United States, Canadian, British, French and Italian Governments.
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History of the Yankee division; with appreciations by General John J. Pershing, Major- General Clarence R. Edwards and Secretary of war Newton D. Baker.
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History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth country, Massachusetts.; Including an extensive family register
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History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth country, Massachusetts.; Including an extensive family register
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History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth country, Massachusetts.; Including an extensive family register
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History of the first regiment of heavy artillery; Massachusetts volunteers, formerly the fourteenth regiment of infantry, 1861-1865.
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History of the town of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts :; from its first settlement
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History of the town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,; from its earliest settlement to the year of Our Lord 1891�with a genealogical register of old families.
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History of the town of Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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History of the town of Carver, Massachusetts.; Historical review, 1637 - 1910
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History of the town of Dighton, Massachusetts; The South purchase May 30, 1712
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History of the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts.; With genealogical registers.
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History of the town of Easton, Massachusetts
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History of the town of Essex from 1634 to 1700.
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History of the town of Hanover, Massachusetts,; with family genealogies.
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History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts..
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History of the town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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History of the town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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History of the town of Lakeville, Massachusetts, 1852-1952; one hundreth anniversay of the town of Lakeville.
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History of the town of Lancaster, Massachusetts:; from the first settlement to the present time, 1643-1879.
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History of the town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868, with a genealogical register of Lexington families.
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History of the town of Plymouth,; from its first settlement in 1620, to the present time: with a concise history of the aborigines of New England, and their wars with the English, &c., by James Thacher...
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History of the town of Somerset, Massachusetts;; Shawomet purchase 1677, Incorporated 1790
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History of the town of Somerset, Massachusetts;; Shawomet purchase 1677, Incorporated 1790
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History of the war between the United States and Mexico,; from the commencement of hostilities to the ratification of the treaty of peace.
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History of the war between the United States and Mexico,; from the commencement of hostilities to the ratification of the treaty of peace.
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History of the war of independence of America
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Hix (Hicks) heads of families 1790-1850: Vermont: New Hampshire: Massachusetts:
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Hoar-Hoard-Hoar: A record of descendants of Hezekiah Hoar of Taunton, Massachusetts with an Historical Introduction by Nortan T. Horr
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Home Crafts
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Home Life in Colonial Days
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Honor Roll of Massachusetts Patriots Heretofore Unknown; Being a list of men and women who loaned money to the federal government during the years 1777-1779.
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Honorable Peleg Tallman, 1764-1841: his ancestors and descendants
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Hooks, rings, & other things: an illustrated index of New England iron, 1660-1860
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Hosea Knapp and descendants
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House of Putman
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Household conveniences and how to make them; everyday necessities for home and farm
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Household science and arts
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Houses and homes: Exploring their history
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How to Know American Antique Furniture
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How to Paint Tin: instructions for decorating early American tin by stenciling and free-hand painting
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How to locate anyone who is or has been in the military: armed forces locator directory
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Howe genealogies
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I Didn't Know That!: Greater New Bedford's Golden Nuggets, Historic People, Places, and Events: 1750 to 1925
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I am Nehoiden
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Identification of American Art Glass
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Identifying Wood: Accurate results with simple tools.
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If These Stones Could Speak: a History of the First Congregational Church of Raynham, U.C.C.
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If birds can fly why can't I, 1919-2009: and other aviation highlights, Part II 1961-2009
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If birds can fly why can't I: the history of Taunton's airport, 1919-2009 and other aviation high-lights
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If elected, I promise: 1001 jokes, toasts, stories, and gems of wisdom by and about politicians
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If this house could talk: historic homes, extraordinary Americans
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If you lived in colonial times
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Iliff's imperial atlas of the world; Geographical
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Illustrated Guide to the Treasures of America
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Illustrated catalogue and price list of electro silver plate manufactured by Reed & Barton and heavily silver plated on hand white metal and nickel silver�
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Illustrated catalogue of arms and military goods; containing regulations for the uniform of the army, navy, marine, and revenue corps of the United States
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Images of America: Somerset by James Bradbury.
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Images of American radicalism
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Imagining Will in the New World: the story of William Hodges of Taunton c.1614-1654
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Immigrants to New England; 1700-1775
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In Death Remember'd: 18th Century Gravestone Carvers of the Taunton River Basin
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In Honor and Without Blemish
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In Old Rehoboth: Book II
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In a Place Called Swansea
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In memorium: Rev. Mortimer Blake, D.D.: a memorial service and addresses at the Winslow Church, Feb. 15th, 1885.
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In pursuit of their dreams: A history of Azorean immigration to the United States
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In style: celebrating fifty years of the costume institute
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In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Prologue to the American Revolution: 1760-1774.
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In their words; : genealogist's translation guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian documents
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Index to America: life and customs
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Index to American genealogies and to genealogical material contained in all works as town histories, county histories, local histories, historical society publications, biographies, historical periodicals, and kindred works.
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Index to the newsletters, journals, and bulletins of the Polish Genealogical Society of America; 1979-1993
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Index. History of Taunton, Massachusetts
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Indian Place Names of New England John Charles Huden, 1899
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Indian history, biography, and genealogy; Pertaining to the good sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag tribe, and his descendants.
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Indian wars of New England
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Infantry Tactics; or, rules for the exercise and maneuvers of the United States Infantry
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Infantry Tactics; or, rules for the exercise and maneuvers of the United States Infantry
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Infantry drill regulations, 1911
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Infantry tactics; for the instruction, exercis, and maneuvers of the soldier, a company, line of skirmishers, battalion, brigade, or corps d'armee
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Ink Bottles and Inkwells
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Introduction to the American common-school reader and speaker
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Invisible are the brave: World War II
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Invitation to Boston
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Irish families: Their Names, Arms, and Origins, Illustrated by Myra Maguire
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Ironworks on the Saugus: the Lynn and Braintree ventures of the Company of Undertakers of the Ironworks in New England.
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Is She or Isn't He? Identifying gender in folk portraits of children
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Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and his descendants for four generations; compiled by Robert S. Wakefield
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It's an ld New England custom
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James Hayward, born April 4, 1750, killed in the battle of Lexington April 19, 1775, with genealogical notes relating to the Haywards..
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James Hosmer, Cambridge 1635, settled in Concord, Massachusetts soon after
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James Leonard of Taunton, Massachusetts Ironmaster. From the Research and Manuscripts of Elisha Clark Leonard and G. Marston Leonard
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James Leonard, Ironworker of Taunton, Massachusetts Generations of Seven and Eight of His Decendants with Appendices for Seth Leonard and Ruth Hoar and William Leonard and Sarah Bolton and George Leonard and Rebecca Pond and Their Decendants
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James Madison Morton, late an associate justice of the Supreme judicial court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts,; A Memorial
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James Rogers of Londonderry; and James Rogers of Dunbarton
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Jared Talbot of Taunton, Massachusetts
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Jefferson at Monticello: The private life of Thomas Jefferson. From entirely new materials�
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Jenne/Jenney family genealogy
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John Atwood of Plymouth, Massachusetts: typing from the original unpublished manuscript by Loraine Fair Sanford
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John Billington of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Five Generations
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John Briggs of Sandwich, Massachusetts and his descendants
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John Browne, gentleman, of Wannamoisett
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John French, Jr. of Taunton, Berkley, Middleboro, and Oakham, Massachusetts; : and his descendants
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John Howland a Mayflower pilgrim
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John Howland of the Mayflower
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John Howland of the Mayflower, vol. 1: the first five generations through Desire Howland and Captain John Gorham
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John Irish: his life and ancestors
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John Lathrop (1584-1653) reformer, sufferer, pilgrim man of God
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John Mayo of Roxbury Massachusetts 1630-1688
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John Pory's Lost Description of Plymouth Colony in the Earliest Days of the Pilgrim Fathers; together with contemporary accounts of English colonization elsewhere in New England and in the Bermudas;
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John Rogers Families in Plymouth and Vicinity
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John Rogers of Marshfield and Some of His Descendants
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John Rogers: The people's sculptor
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John Skelton of Georgia
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John Sumner Williams and Helen Katherine Montgomery: their ancestors and descendants 1461-1987
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Johnson's new illustrated family atlas; With descriptions, geographical, statistical, and historical.
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Johnson, Stedman, and allied families; a genealogical study with biographical notes.
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Jonah Austin of Taunton, MA, Sailed on the Hercules of Sandwich in March 1634; compiled by William Wallace Austin, Jr., William Allen Day, Edith Austin Moore (1974), edited by Shirley E. Austin Ragusa (1994).
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Jonah Austin of Taunton, Massachusetts sailed on Hercules of Sandwhich in March 1634-5; William Wallace Austin, William Allen Day, Edith Austin Moore.
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Jonathan Holman, a revolutionary colonel: a paper read before Worchester Soc. Of Antiquity
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Jones ancestors: being an ascending genealogy from Merton Edward Jones to 150 immigrant ancestors
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Joshua Davidson Christian: The Story of the Life of One Who, in the Nineteenth Century, was "Like Unto Christ" As Told by His Body Servant
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Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of delegates chosen to revise the constitution of Massachusetts; begun and holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, and continued by adjournment to January 9, 1821
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Journal of Richard Mather: 1635 His Life and Death 1670
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Journal of the forty-seventh annual encampment: Department of Massachusetts: Grand Army of the Republic/ (Boston Committee on the 47th annual encampment, G.A.R.)
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Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts
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Just Yesterday: A Pictorial History of Taunton
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