Mostly marriages I have seen so far.  Births have been linked as well....but 1915 is the cutoff.  I read somewhere that ancestry had the new records online as well from 1916 to 1920...but I have yet to find anything.  Familysearch has the images online but as of yet they don´t have a searchable database.  You have to view the records one by one and pray that you find a match. Roger bobh36@verizon.net ________________________________ From: Bob Hegerich <bobh36@verizon.net> To: debbrunt@comcast.net Cc: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:14:58 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] New additions to rootsweb ancestry leaf hits   Hi:   I'll guess that those were death records.  Yes/No/Maybe?   -----Bob H-----   On 3/30/2012 1:10 PM, [1]debbrunt@comcast.net wrote:   FYI, I found some records from 1919 in this collection. None later than   that, though.     _________________________________________________________________   From: "Bob Hegerich" [2]<bobh36@verizon.net>   To: "Richard Noble" [3]<nobler@accesswave.ca>   Cc: [4]nova-scotia@rootsweb.com   Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:02:42 AM   Subject: Re: [NS-L] New additions to rootsweb ancestry leaf hits       Hi Richard:       In general No.       That 1988 is almost certainly for the latest record in there, and there       probably are a few [I couldn't even begin to guess the percentage] that   are       that new.  But the ones I have seen so far in Ancestry's collection cut   off       at about 1900.       PS.  It's not just an index, there are linked images of the actual   records       as well.  Again, I don't know the percentage, but every one I have looked   at       so far has had a record image.       -----Bob H-----       On 3/30/2012 12:26 PM, Richard Noble wrote:   I am familiar with the indexes of the towns that went to 1850.   But does Ancestry now have indexes from the towns that go to 1988??   Ric   ----- Original Message -----   From: "Bob Hegerich" [1][5]<bobh36@verizon.net>   To: [2][6]<nova-scotia@rootsweb.com>   Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:51 AM   Subject: Re: [NS-L] New additions to rootsweb ancestry leaf hits   Hi Roger:   Yes, it is new to Ancestry, but not to natives of Massachusetts.  Back   in the 1600's, Massachusetts towns and (later) cities [there are no   unincorporated areas in MA] started collecting and recording vital   statistics.  In 1800's (and in some cases before) the State of MA   started collecting and recording them as well, so in many instances   there are two sets of records, not necessarily identical.  :-)   -----Bob H-----   On 3/30/2012 10:10 AM, Roger Weir wrote:   Hi all,   I was looking over some of the names on my rootsweb page and noticed   that they have added Massachusettes Vital Town Collection, 1620 to 1988.   This index must be fairly new because I have never noticed it before.   I have one record just to see what it is....   [3][7]http://search.ancestry.com/mercury/pages/recordlist.aspx?did=17&pidlis   t=7457   -3595503_3693-7101255_70050-10014817_70050-10014816_1732-387757067_1788-7018   3832_6224-15100061_2495-6448262&o_iid=39552&o_lid=39552&o_sch=Web+Property   The last record on the link above if there is a kind soul out there with   ancestry.   Thanks so much.   ----------------------------------------   Basic List Commands:   1. 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