Berkshire County Genealogy

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Berkshire Cities and Towns Adams Genealogy Alford Genealogy Ashley Falls Genealogy Becket Genealogy Briggsville Genealogy Cheshire Genealogy Clarksburg Genealogy Dalton Genealogy Egremont Genealogy Egremont Plain Genealogy Florida Genealogy Great Barrington Genealogy Greylock Genealogy Hancock Genealogy Hinsdale Genealogy Housatonic Genealogy Interlaken Genealogy Lanesborough Genealogy Lee Genealogy Lenox Genealogy Louden Genealogy Mill River Genealogy

Monterey Genealogy Mount Washington Genealogy New Ashford Genealogy New Boston Genealogy New Marlborough Genealogy North Adams Genealogy Otis Genealogy Partridgefield Genealogy Peru Genealogy Pittsfield Genealogy Richmond Genealogy Sandisfield Genealogy Savoy Genealogy Sheffield Genealogy South Egremont Genealogy Stockbridge Genealogy Tyringham Genealogy Washington Genealogy West Stockbridge Genealogy Williamstown Genealogy Windsor Genealogy

Berkshire Countywide Sources

1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Ancestry
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Archives
1840 Census of Pensioners Ray's Place
1841 Census of Pensioners US Gen Web
1921-present Massachusetts Birth Certificates (order here) Archives
1921-present Massachusetts Death Certificates (order here) Archives
1921-present Massachusetts Marriage Records (order here) Archives
A History of the county of Berkshire, Massachusetts : in two parts : the first being a general view of the county(includes town histories) Ancestry
A History of the county of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in two parts : the first being a general view of the county; the second, an account of the several towns Family History Library
A guide to Berkshire County, Massachusetts, cemeteries Family History Library
American Genealogical Biographical Index Databases World Vital Records
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)(index of individuals appearing in many family histories and other genealogical works) Ancestry
American Revolution Regimental Histories Massachusetts State Library
Berkshire Co. Directories (1974-1966 selected years) Massachusetts State Library
Berkshire County (Massachusetts) directories Family History Library
1790 Berkshire County Census Census Records at Roots Web
Berkshire County, Massachusetts cemeteries] Family History Library
Berkshire County, Massachusetts land ownership map, 1858 Family History Library
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, divorce docket books 1888-1927 Family History Library
Berkshire county : its past history and achievements Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Census 1790 US Gen Web
Certificates of discharge, 1879-1899 Family History Library
Church and vital statistics from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1766-1930 Family History Library
Colonial records and proprietary plans : a compilation of the proprietors lots, grants, plantations and colonial records of the middle, northern, and southern districts of Berkshire county Family History Library
County atlas of Berkshire, Massachusetts Family History Library
Court dockets, 1860-1899 Family History Library
Divorce record indexes, 1847-1940 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Divorce records, 1877-1887 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Divorce records, 1887-1916 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Early Massachusetts marriages prior to 1800 : as found on ancient court records of the counties of Middlesex, Hampshire, Berkshire and Bristol; third book Family History Library
Early Massachusetts marriages prior to 1800 : with the addition of Plymouth County marriages, 1692-1746 Family History Library
Eminent Berkshire women Family History Library
Eminent Berkshirites (brief biographies) Berkshire Web
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass., 1725-1885 Family History Library
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers(1620-1675) Ancestry
Guarding Peekskill : the Berkshire Militia's role Family History Library
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
History of Berkshire County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of its prominent men Family History Library
History of Pittsfield [Massachusetts] Family History Library
History of western Massachusetts : the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire; embracing an outline, or general history, of the section, an account of its scientific aspects and leading interests, and separate histories of its one hundred towns; vol. 2, part 3 Family History Library
If they close the door on you, go in the window : origins of the African American community in Sheffield, Great Barrington & Stockbridge Family History Library
Illustrated almanac, 1888 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Index to Berkshire - the first three hundred years 1676-1976 Family History Library
Index to Death notices from the Berkshire Courier : 1834 through 1890; compiled by Cynthia T. Hoogs, 1995 Family History Library
Inheritance tax records, v. 1-2, 1907-1921 Family History Library
Land records - middle district, 1761-1925 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Land records - northern district, 1761-1925; index to land records, 1761-1985 Family History Library
Land records - southern district, 1790-1865 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Marriages to 1800 Ray's Place
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 Ancestry
Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910 Family Search
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Marriages to 1800 Ancestry
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 Family Search
Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915 Family Search
Massachusetts Military Company History, Vol. 4(lists of members 1866-1888) Ancestry
Massachusetts Pioneers(birth, occupation, marriage, and death information, as well as family genealogies of early pioneers) Ancestry
Massachusetts Vital Indexes Prior To 1850 World Vital Records
Massachusetts Vital Records Fold3
Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (most towns and cities) NEHGS
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 NEHGS
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003 Family Search
Naturalization declarations of intention, 1906-1945; index 1829-1936 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Naturalization index, 1815-1906 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Naturalization petitions and records, 1891-1934, 1937-1945, (index 1826-1938), Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Naturalization record index cards, 1815-1985, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Naturalization records, ca. 1866-1941, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
New England Immigrants, 1700-75 Ancestry
North Adams (Massachusetts) city directories Family History Library
Passport Applications, 1795-1905 Fold3
Probate records, 1761-1917 Family History Library
Record of Revolutionary soldiers of Berkshire County and miscellaneous papers Family History Library
Record of Revolutionary soldiers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Records, 1760-1860; indexes, 1761-1854 [Berkshire County, Massachusetts] Family History Library
Revolutionary War pension papers, 1818-1825, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
Revolutionary ancestors of members [of the Daughters of the American Revolution], Berkshire Co., Mass., Lewis Co., New York Family History Library
Some Revolutionary War Veterans from Berkshire County (Items from Newspaper Files 1790 - 1855) US Gen Web
Southern Berkshire County Directories (1910-1921) Boston Public Library
U. S. Revolutionary pensioners, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Family History Library
U.S. City Directories (includes Berkshire 1948) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes Central Berkshire 1935-39, 1942-43, 1948, 1952, 1957, 1960) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes South Berkshire 1910, 1923, 1932, 1940-45, 1947-49) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes Southern Berkshire County 1913-14) Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
United States Obituary Collection Ancestry
United States, New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 Family Search
Vital Records Index (births and deaths) 1841-1910 Massachusetts Archives
WPA veteran's graves registration, Berkshire County [Massachusetts] 1774 -1941 Family History Library
Will Testators Indexes Sampubco


More Berkshire County records are available on the statewide page