Susan, The town records should still be available and depending on the town, they may be on microfilm available from the Family History Library. These were copies sent to the state, so the town should still have the originals. I'm still busy fixing the database. Right now, Burt Stackhouse is going through the 1886-90 marriages record images for Boston looking for entries where the page wasn't viewable due to holes punched in the papers. He finds, I fix. Also, Sam has sent me a couple of spreadsheets where the volume numbers and town names aren't in the database. I've been surprised what the original clerks actually typed. There were a half-dozen entries where the name Elizabeth was entered in place of the town. Still finding the occasional missing image, but 99 percent are now there. If you see a missing image, do check just the volume and page number for the page, to see what is there. There are still that bunch of entries that were fixed a year and a half ago, but were added incorrectly by the contractor, so they are not viewable, but other entries for that page are viewable. I've repaired a lot of them, but still continue to find more. I hope you had a great Chrismas and wish you a wonderful New Year with a lot of new sources for your family research. Sue Richart On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Susan Daily wrote: > That's a shame they aren't on film. Sue. Do the original books exist, > though, do you know? > > Susan > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Sue Richart wrote: > >> Greetings Listers, >> Below my signature is a list of volumes and page numbers for marriage >> records between 1841-1850 in the NEHGS Mass Vital Records 1841-1910 >> on-line database that are NOT on the FHL microfilm and therefore are >> permanently unavailable. >> >