More Genealogy Resources at Provincetown Public Library
Circulating
Collection, A/V, periodicals and reference are on the second floor, along with
two on-line catalogs where you can look for materials throughout the State.
Cape Cod Collection, maps, microfiche cabinet and reader are located on the
third floor. Ask Librarian about Provincetown Collection, "Cape Cod
Office," index to vertical files, and Front Desk materials
CIRCULATING
COLLECTION
May be
checked out for 14 days, and renewed. Most are found on the 2nd floor
REFERENCE
COLLECTION
Second
floor, back wall and carts; also, quick reference at Front Desk
CAPE
COD COLLECTION
Wood/glass
bookcase near elevator, 3rd floor. Circulate 3 days; may be renewed
PROVINCETOWN COLLECTION/”CAPE COD OFFICE”
Director’s
Office. Access with permission only
VIDEORECORDINGS
circulate seven days
PERIODICALS,
NEWSLETTERS
MICROFICHE
Sanborn
fire insurance maps : Massachusetts [1867-1950]
Mayflower
Descendants
11
volumes Provincetown Vital Records, 1620-1902 (some gaps: paper index in
microfiche cabinet, Births, Marriages and Deaths by Jay Mack)
Reels
of Advocate/Banner (incomplete)
CD ROMs
VERTICAL
FILES, PHOTOGRAPHS
See
librarian – some indexes available
MAPS on
wall, 3rd floor
Comparative Map of Harbor, 1835
Town of
1858 Henry Walling including the villages of Provincetown,
Truro, Orleans and Rock Harbor
“Beyond
the library” -
SOURCES
IN AND AROUND TOWN
Pilgrim
Monument and Provincetown Museum
P.O.
Box 1125, High Pole Hill
Provincetown,
MA 02657
Call to
make an appointment to use the archives
508-487-1310,
ext. 11
Provincetown
Town Hall
260
Commercial Street
Provincetown,
Massachusetts
Phone
508-487-7000
Fax 508
487-9560
townclerk@provincetown-ma.gov,
or
Irene
["Babe"] Silva, Ext. 526
(see
Town Meeting and Cemetery pages at
www.provincetown-ma.gov)
Cemeteries
in Provincetown
Number
One – between Court and Winthrop Streets
Number
Two – north of Cemetery Road
Gifford
[Civil War Memorial]
Hamilton
Churches in Provincetown
St.
Mary of the Harbor Episcopal Church
517
Commercial St 508- 487-2622
St.
Peter the Apostle
11
Prince St. 508-487-0095
Unitarian-Universalist Meeting House
236
Commercial St. 487-9344, or hyderali@comcast.net
OTHER
CAPE LIBRARIES
Cape
Cod Community College - Nickerson Room
2240
Route 132
West
Barnstable, MA 02668-1599
508-362-2131
x4445
http://www.capecod.mass.edu/library/nickerson/
Dennis
Library: Genealogy course, Tuesday nights 7-8 at Dennisport,
673 Main St, offered by CC Genealogy Society. Call 508-385-4257
Sturgis
Library
3090
Main Street
Barnstable,
MA 02630
508-362-6636
sturgis@capecod.net
home.capecod.net/~sturgis
Yarmouthport has a volunteer
Genealogist who meets by appointment with patrons
STATE,
REGIONAL
American
Portuguese Genealogical Society
PO Box
644
Taunton,
MA 02780-0644
Barnstable
County Courthouse [for probate and land records]
Main
Street/Route 6A
Barnstable,
MA 02630
508-362-2511
Boston
Public Library
Microtext Department
McKim Building, 1st Floor
617-536-5400,
ext. 2018
Cape
Cod Genealogical Society
PO Box
1394
East
Harwich, MA 02645
www.capecodgensoc.org
Massachusetts
Archives
220
Morrissey Blvd.
Boston,
MA 02125
Telephone:
(617) 727-2816
Fax:
(617) 288-8429
Email: archives@sec.state.ma.us
MA
Archives website, http://www.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcidx.htm,
Massachusetts
Historical Commission
220
Morrissey Boulevard
Boston,
MA 02125-3314
Telephone:
617-727-8470
Fax:
617-727-5128
Email: mhc@sec.state.ma.us
Massachusetts
Historical Society
1154
Boylston Street
Boston,
MA 02215
617-536-1608
www.masshist.org
Massachusetts
Society of Genealogists
PO Box
215
Ashland,
MA 01721-0215
New
Bedford Whaling Museum 997-0046
mdyer@whalingmuseum.org
University
of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Archives
and Special Collections
Portuguese-American
Archives
508-999-8686
Dr.
Frank F. Sousa,
Center
for Portuguese Studies and Culture
509-999-8255
fsousa@umassd.edu
NATIONAL
Family
History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
35
North West Temple Street
Salt
Lake City, UT 84150-3400
www.familysearch.org
Federation
of Genealogical Societies
PO Box
200940
Austin,
TX 78720-0940
fgs-office@fgs.org
www.fgs.org
General
Society of Mayflower Descendants
PO Box
3297
Plymouth,
MA 02361-3297
508-746-3188
www.mayflower.org
National
Genealogical Society
4527
Seventeenth St. North
Arlington,
VA 22207-2399
www.ngsgenealogy.org
National
Archives and Records Administration
700
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington,
DC 20408
www.archives.gov
National
Archives and Records Administration - Northeast Region
Frederick
C. Murphy Federal Center
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham,
Massachusetts 02452-6399
www.archives.gov/facilities/ma/boston.html
New
England Historic Genealogical Society
101
Newbury Street
Boston,
MA 02116
617-536-5740
www.NewEnglandAncestors.org
ONLINE
www.familysearch.org
U.S.
Social Security Death Index
www.provincetowngov.org/historic.html
www.familysearch.org
www.nara.gov/genealogy
GENEALOGISTS
FOR HIRE
Association
of Professional Genealogists
P.O.
Box 350998
Westminster,
CO 80035-0998
tel.
303-422-9371
fax
303-456-8825
www.apgen.org
Board
for Certification of Genealogists
P.O.
Box 14291
Washington,
D.C. 20044
office@bcgcertification.org
www.bcgcertification.org