New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy
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Town Clerk[edit | edit source]
Dennis Farias, City Clerk
133 William St, Room 118
New Bedford, MA 02740
Phone: 508-979-1450
Fax: 508-991-6225
Email: Elizabeth.Marques@newbedford-ma.gov to order vital records
Website
Brief History[edit | edit source]
New Bedford is nicknamed, "The Whaling City," because during the 19th century it was one of the most important, if not the most important whaling ports in the world.
Resources
- Many of the men who left New Bedford, Massachusetts on whaling voyages from 1809 to 1927 are listed in the New Bedford Whaling Crew List Database: https://www.whalingmuseum.org/online_exhibits/crewlist/about.php Over 120,000 seamen are listed in the database.
- Other resources are available through the New Bedford Whaling Museum website: https://www.whalingmuseum.org/
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
- 1807-1852 - New Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, Mass.) at Google News - free.
Migration[edit | edit source]
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy included:[1]
- Bay Road from Boston, Massachusetts to New Bedford, Massachusetts about 1652
- Atlantic Ocean
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. WorldCat entry; FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
Adjacent towns: Bristol Co.: Acushnet | Dartmouth | Fairhaven | Freetown | Dukes Co.: Gosnold
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