Ancestry.com Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection 989 Bates .. some may be middle name <A HREF="http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?DB=MAVITALS&GS=BATES&DATABASEID =3273&TITLE=MASSACHUSETTS+TOWN+VITAL+RECORDS+COLLECTION&DATABASENAME=MAVITALS& SEARCHENGINE=SSE.DLL&SERVER=DATA&TYPE=F&QUERY=BATES&fh=10">Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection Results</A> http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?DB=MAVITALS&GS=BATES&DATABASEID=3273& TITLE=MASSACHUSETTS+TOWN+VITAL+RECORDS+COLLECTION&DATABASENAME=MAVITALS&SEARCH ENGINE=SSE.DLL&SERVER=DATA&TYPE=F&QUERY=BATES&fh=10 Brenda kingsley@aol.com