Malden, Mass. Records - Book #1 - Malden, Massachusetts Vital Records 1649-1861 Published 1903 By Deloraine P. Corey 360+ pages, Indexed - Bonus Book - History of Malden, Massachusetts 1633-1785 462 pages, indexed, - Bonus Book#2 - 250th Anniversary of the Town of Malden, Massachusetts May, 1899 340 pages, indexed, illustrated, searchable - Bonus Book #3 - 200th Anniversary of the Town of Malden, Massachusetts May, 1849 53 pages, indexed, illustrated, searchable ************************************************************ Digital EBook CD Requires Adobe 5 or higher to view ************************************************************ $13.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Malden-Births-Baptisms-Marriages-1649-1861-Genealogy-/200391510108?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ea843c85c This current vital records book, compiled from the original six town books, contains approximately 3,400 marriages, 5,200 births, and 2,700 deaths. The original "ancient records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths" consisted of six volumes, some of which were in an extremely bad condition. The six original town books were re-bound into three volumes, forming volumes one, two, and three of the vital records of the town. The records contained in the three volumes appear to have been begun about 1693, although a few entries are of previous dates, when John Greenland, who made the earlier entries, became town clerk. They are continued until 1842, when the clerk began to use separate volumes for Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages, and Deaths, which are collectively known as volume four. The volume of Marriage Intentions was used until January 1869; but the use of the others ceased in 1844, when the standard blanks f urnished by the commonwealth began to be used, forming the volume now known as the fifth of the series. An attempt to copy a portion of the old records was made in 1851; but the transcript is faulty and has not been of assistance in the preparation of this volume. In the records of the town as they are now constituted. Births, Marriages, and Deaths do not appear from the time of the incorporation of the town in 1649 to the beginning of the book now known as volume one, the book in which they were entered, if it ever had an existence, being unknown ; and there is a period of about seven years [i 790-1 797], during which Marriages by the pastors of the First Church were not recorded. These periods are, however, covered by contemporary records ; and additions and corrections are made in the present volume by information gathered from them and other sources, as is here stated in detail