The following info. came in a bulletin from the Orange County Gen. Society (Orange Co. CA). The site is searchable by surname, and promises lots of computer activity for the weekend. Jean in CA Google has scanned in and posted the page images of a host of books. Included are the published vital records of the following 40 Massachusetts towns: Alford, Arlington, Auburn (formerly Ward), Becket, Bellingham, Boxford, Boylston, Bradford, Charlton, Dalton, Gardner, Gill, Grafton, Great Barrington, Hinsdale, Holden, Hubbardston, Leicester, Lynnfield, Medfield, Medway, Middleton, Montgomery, New Braintree, Norton, Oakham, Palmer, Pelham, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Saugus, Sudbury, Templeton, Topsfield, Tyringham, Upton, Washington, West Stockbridge, Westborough. They can be accessed at <_http://print.google.com/_ (http://print.google.com/) > by using (for example) the following search terms: "vital records" +massachusetts +alford The page images are indexed by every name appearing in the book.