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From: Carol Botteron <>
Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Holbrook Collection (was Samuel STRAIN)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:10:12 -0400
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>From:
>
> writes:
> There is something called the Holbrook Collection described there
> _http://www.mass-doc.com/vitals_before_1841.htm#Alternatives_
> (http://www.mass-doc.com/vitals_before_1841.htm#Alternatives)
>
>The Holbrook Collection is a wonderful collection of New England records.
>It is available on film in Salt Lake City. If you use their catalogue
>_http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp_
>(http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp) to
>determine which films you need,
>you could order them into your local Family History Center. That would be
>another way to access it.

Wondering what this collection actually is, I looked at
http://www.mass-doc.com/vitals_before_1841.htm#Alternatives --

Another option available to researchers, especially to out of state
researchers, is the availability of viewing or purchasing, mostly
pre-1900 vital records on microfiche. This momentous work is called
the Holbrook Collection.

This collection consists of microfiche copies of original records
from almost every town in the state. The collection includes births,
marriages, deaths and some cemetery, church and town records. The entire
collection consists of over 22,000 individual fiche.

Researchers can access the complete collection (to date) at the main
branch of the Boston Public Library. The New England Historic Genealogical
Society (NEHGS) library is also gradually adding this series to its
collection. The Massachusetts Archives also has some of the collection,
mainly for towns in the far western part of the state.

Can someone explain how this differs from the Mass. vital records at
NEHGS, and the record books for various towns that can be viewed via
Heritage Quest? Are there records from outside Mass.?

And what is its official name? I couldn't find "Holbrook Collection"
in the http://www.familysearch.org library catalog or the NEHGS library
catalog. Thank you.

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