This may appear twice....if it does you are seeing double only because I forgot( senior moment) how to send a message...if it only appears once then my memory is only half as bad as I thought.... Hello Patricia, Welcome to the O'Connor Twilight Zone and thanks for keeping my message alive.......it's only my opinion but I'd suggest that the first thing to do would be to post what you know giving as much specific information as possible. There are a number of respondents on this list who hail from Massachusetts and who might help. I don't have the specifics at hand but I remember a very recent posting from a Karen(?) Trearchis regarding a genealogy society in the Merrimack Valley where Lawrence and Haverhill are located. Perhaps someone from that group could help regarding those local communities.... There is also a free index to the Mass. Archives records which might help to pinpoint your particular families. I don't have the link in front of me as I write this but if you search the Commonwealth of Massachusetts( Office of the Secretary of State) you should be able to find that link. Those records pertain to birth, marriage and death records from 1841-1910. If you want to check the actual images for that timeframe, you can either visit the Mass. Archives which is on the campus of UMass Boston or possibly purchase a membership to the NEHGS. However, if you post your interests some helpful souls who already have a subscription(myself included) may help to narrow the search. Just so that you'll know, records from the present day back to 1916 are in two places that I know of: 1. The specific city or town AND the Mass. Bureau of Vital Stats which is on Mt. Vernon street in Dorchester, MA. The primary difference between the two is that the state office has indices in 5 year increments which you can personally peruse to help you to narrow your search. Hours are limited though. Records between 1915 and 1841 are located at the Mass. Archives and also at the local communities. There again the difference is that the state office has the indices to help you narrow the search. I do hail from Massachusetts so if you'd like to contact me directly, I'd be happy to provide what information I can to help you. Ed O'Connor