Dukes County MA Archives History .....Births To 1850- Explanations ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 February 13, 2023, 4:17 am EXPLANATIONS. 1. WHEN places other than Edgartown and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. 2. In all records the original spelling is followed. 3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual might be found under different spellings. 4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the names of both parties, but the full information concerning each party is given only in the entry under his or her name. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed; and where a marriage appears without the intention recorded, it is designated with an asterisk. 5. Additional information which does not appear in the original text of an item, i.e., any explanation, query, inference, or difference shown in other entries of the record, is bracketed. Parentheses are used only when they occur in the original text, or to separate clauses found there such as the birthplace of parents, in late marriage records. ABBREVIATIONS. a. age abt. about b. born ch. child chn. children Co. county C.R.1. church record, Church of Christ, Congregational C.R.2. church record, Methodist C.R.3. church record, Baptist d. daughter; died ; day Dea. deacon D.R.1. Dukes County record, Court Vol. 1 D.R.2. Dukes County record, Deeds Vol. 1 dup. duplicate entry G.R.1. gravestone record, Old Burying Ground G.R 2. gravestone record, Pease's Point Way Cemetery G.R.3. gravestone record, private grounds G.R.4. gravestone record, Indian Cemetery, Chappaquiddick Island G.R.5. gravestone record, First Cemetery, Chappaquiddick Island G.R.6. gravestone record, Belain Cemetery, Chappaquiddick Island G.R.7. gravestone record, Cottage City Cemetery G.R.8. gravestone record, Farm Neck Cemetery, Cottage City G.R.9. gravestone record, graves near Old House Pond, Cottage City h. husband hrs. hours inf. infant int. publishment of intention of marriage Jr. junior m. married; month min. minutes P.R. private record, from a Record of Deaths kept by the Rev. Samuel Kingsbury and the Rev. Joseph Thaxter (with additions by Miss Harriet M. Pease), now in the possession of Miss Harriet M. Pease, of Edgartown. prob. probably rec. recorded s. son Sr. senior w. wife; week wid. widow widr. widower y. year 1st. first 2d. second 3d. third File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/dukes/history/other/birthsto53gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb