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Ipswich Research Resources
There are numerous sources of information about Ipswich, not just in Ipswich but also in Essex County, Massachusetts and the United States. Some are listed below by category. If you have suggestions for other resources to be listed please contact John Slaughter GENEALOGICAL RECORDS The Ipswich Town Clerk's office serves a myriad of official functions and delights in assisting genealogists. The office maintains birth, marriage and death vital statistics from 1850 to the present. Statistics and records prior to 1850 are maintained by the Ipswich Public Library. The Clerk's staff has many official tasks and a tremendous amount of genealogical search and research requests. While it is able to provide general information over the telephone it can't perform telephonic look-up or research. Please submit requests for information, data or documents in writing with as much detail as possible. There is a $5.00 charge for certified copies of documents, but no charge for "quick" look-ups. For extensive search and research, which is done by the staff "after hours" the fee is $10.00 to $11.00 per hour. The library staff is also delighted to provide basic genealogical search and research with individual arrangements made for cost and expense of detailed or extensive services. VITAL RECORDS - Births, Marriages & Deaths Ipswich Town Hall 25 North Main Street 53 South Main Street WEB SITE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON: Upcoming Events, Newsletter, Membership Application, Carriage Collection, Publications for Sale, Visitor information, Olde Ipswich Researchers
ESOG has over 1,000 members. Membership information may be requested from Essex Society of Genealogists. Its numerous membership services and benefits include programs, a newsletter and a quarterly journal, The Essex Genealogist (TEG). Heritage Books, Inc. is reprinting all TEG volumes from 1981 - 1995 for ESOG. Earlier volumes may be purchased directly from Heritage Books.
MAEssex Mailing List
An email mailing list specifically assigned for people researching ancestors who lived in Essex County, Massachusetts. There are a number of ways to post queries for Essex County: If you are a serious
Essex County Researcher, we strongly suggest you join the official Essex County
Mailing List. Here you will find hundreds of Essex researchers trading
information in an almost "family" atmosphere (most are cousins.) If you have a single
query that you want posted to a semi-permanent "bulletin board" type
message facility, I suggest you use the RootsWeb
Essex county message boards. This list is "gated" to the MAEssex
List (above) so your "one-time" message will also appear there.
Newspaper The Ipswich Chronicle can be found online - and includes today's top stories, sports, weather, obituaries and much, much more.
Books & Books Online The History of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton : by Joseph B. Felt, 1834. transcribed by John Slaughter Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society : as listed on this extensive web site, with a strong emphasis on Ipswich and her history. Some Booklets and Pamphlets on Ipswich Residents, historical locations, religious pamphlets, Chamber of Commerce, and much much more. Higginson Book Company : Publisher of out of print and rare books, located in Salem, MA. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1692 : By James Savage HERITAGE QUEST & Ancestry.com (fee based) : Check your local libraries to see if they offer card holder access to these terrific databases, which each contain a multitude of books about Ipswich and the early settlers- as well as census records and old newspapers.
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