My mother's TUCKER relatives lived in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA, and while the VRs were not published in the "tan books" they are on MF (although tough to read as whoever did the MF just put the book on the machine and so anything near the binding is gone. Ok for the last name, as I could figure out .... KER, but not so easy on the other side of the page when you were looking for the first name. Cemetery and church records helped to fill in the blanks. Best wishes. Marilyn Arnold ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Jodi" <VitalRecords@MA-VitalRecords.org> To: <maberksh@rootsweb.com>; "Betty & Gerhard" <beegees@frontiernet.net> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] 2 Berkshire Genealogist lookups please > > The answer is slightly complex. Approximately 300 towns had their > vital records published. The dates were from the earliest times to > approximately 1850. > > The four western counties, Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire, > unfortunately, had many towns that were not published. There were a > couple projects, such as the Corbin files, that did some them. But, > they are not in an easily searched format. > > Your best bet is to start with the Massachusetts Vital Records Project > and see what is there. It is completely free. If you don't find > exactly what you want, you can request a quick lookup by the > administrators. After that, lookups on NEHGS or from people who may > have access to other records. > > John & Jodi > Massachusetts Vital Records Project Administrators - > http://MA-VitalRecords.org > If you find this site of value - http://MA-VitalRecords.org/Donate.html > > > Quoting Betty & Gerhard <beegees@frontiernet.net>: > >> Are these the earliest records available? I need approx. 1780. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MABERKSH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.51/2052 - Release Date: 04/10/09 06:39:00