Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbott - Austin Babbet - Butler Cambell - Cutting Daggett - Durfee Eddy - Everett Fagan - Fuller Gaifel - Guire Hackett - Hyde Ide - Ingraham Jackson - Joyce Kelly - Knowlton Lane - Lyon Mabrey - Murdock Nearney - Nutting Ober - Ould Packard - Purvis Quindley - Quinn Rainger - Rundel Sabins - Sweetland Talcott - Tyler Valentine - Vaughan Waldring - Worsley Young Surname Missing Negroes	Abell - Avery Babbitt - Br––– Cabbot - Cutting Dacy - Dyer Earle - Eve–– Fairbanks - Fu––– Gage - Gye Hacker - Hyde Ide - Ives Jackman - Jueller Keepers - Knowlton Lacy - Lyon McClellen - Murray Nason - Nye Olney - Owls Packard - P–––– Quindley Raddin - Ruttenbirg Sabin - Sweetland Tabor - T–––– Underwood - Upham Vial - Vorce Wakefield - Wyman Yearnshaw - Young Surname Missing Negroes	Abbott - Avery Babcock - Butler Callendor - Cutting Daggett - Dye Easterbrooks - Everson Fairbanks - Fuller Gain - Gully Hadley - Hutchins Ide - Ingraham Jackson - Joslen Keepers - Kranska Lacy - Luas McCarty - Munro Nevens - Nutting O'Connor - Orne Paine - Pullen Quimley Ralph - Ryley Sadler - Sweetland Taylor - Tyre Valentine - Vaughn Wakefield - Woodcock Yates - Young Surname Missing Negroes

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbott - Austin Babbet - Butler Cambell - Cutting Daggett - Durfee Eddy - Everett Fagan - Fuller Gaifel - Guire Hackett - Hyde Ide - Ingraham Jackson - Joyce Kelly - Knowlton Lane - Lyon Mabrey - Murdock Nearney - Nutting Ober - Ould Packard - Purvis Quindley - Quinn Rainger - Rundel Sabins - Sweetland Talcott - Tyler Valentine - Vaughan Waldring - Worsley Young Surname Missing Negroes	Abell - Avery Babbitt - Br––– Cabbot - Cutting Dacy - Dyer Earle - Eve–– Fairbanks - Fu––– Gage - Gye Hacker - Hyde Ide - Ives Jackman - Jueller Keepers - Knowlton Lacy - Lyon McClellen - Murray Nason - Nye Olney - Owls Packard - P–––– Quindley Raddin - Ruttenbirg Sabin - Sweetland Tabor - T–––– Underwood - Upham Vial - Vorce Wakefield - Wyman Yearnshaw - Young Surname Missing Negroes	Abbott - Avery Babcock - Butler Callendor - Cutting Daggett - Dye Easterbrooks - Everson Fairbanks - Fuller Gain - Gully Hadley - Hutchins Ide - Ingraham Jackson - Joslen Keepers - Kranska Lacy - Luas McCarty - Munro Nevens - Nutting O'Connor - Orne Paine - Pullen Quimley Ralph - Ryley Sadler - Sweetland Taylor - Tyre Valentine - Vaughn Wakefield - Woodcock Yates - Young Surname Missing Negroes

Oct. 19, 1694, part of Rehoboth called the North Purchase, to be called Attleborough.
Sept. 10, 1697, bounds between Attleborough and Rehoboth established. June 26, 1710, "the mile and a half restored" to Attleborough.
Feb. 18, 1830, bounds between Attleborough and Wrentham established and part annexed to Wrentham.
June 14, 1887, part established as North Attleborough. July 30, 1887, act of June 14, 1887, accepted by the town.
Mar. 6, 1888, the acceptance of the act by the town confirmed. June 17, 1914, Attlehorough incorporated as the city of Attleboro.
Nov. 3, 1914, act of incorporation accepted by the town.

The population of the town of Attleborough at different periods was as follows:

1765	1,739		1840	3,585		1900	11,335
1790	2,166		1850	4,200		1910	16,215
1800	2,480		1860	6,066		1920	19,731
1810	2,716		1870	6,769		1930	21,769
1820	3,055		1880	11,111
1830	3,215		1890	7,577

The following records of births, marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books of record kept by the town clerks; in the church records; in the cemetery inscriptions, and in the private records found in family Bibles and notebooks. These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a married woman, and to show variations in the spelling of a name in the same entry.

When places other than Attleborough and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed; and when a marriage appears without the intention being recorded it is designated by an asterisk. In all records the original spelling of names is followed, and the various forms of family names have been placed in one alphabetical arrangement.

A general guide to how to use these pages.

If you are new to this site, or haven't used the site a lot, please be sure to read the rest of this page. Even if you have used this site a lot, a refresher may be helpful due to the changes that have been introduced.

You can research the records alphabetically or chronologically within surname. Images of the pages from which the transcriptions were done, and the title pages, are available for most towns. A list of abbreviations used is available.

Alphabetic - This is the most common way that the published vital records were presented. All of the same given names were arranged chronologically with names that had middle initials or middle names following the others. Nicknames would appear alphabeticall according to the spelling, i.e. Nabby, the nickname for Abigail, would be with the names beginning with the letter "N."

In this version, the names are sorted based on the most common spelling. Abbie, Abby, Abigail, Knabby, Nabby, etc., will all appear together and will be chronological. Middle initials and middle names have no influence on the order.

Note: There are going to be errors in the indexing of the names. A woman named Abiel may have been recorded as Abby. The indexing will have her with the Abigails. Please notify me with the Contact page about errors and they will be fixed within a couple days.

Chronologic - The chronologic sort will be most helpful with surnames having lots of entries, especially births. Records that had a missing date, or part, have had the missing portions replaced with zeros and will appear ahead of the others.

Page images - The icon at the left of each record is a link to the image of the page from which the transcription was done. The transcriptions are a tool. The image is the source. It is your responsibility to copy the image for your documentation. Also, the title page should be copied. There is a link to the title page in the navigation bar on transcription pages and image display pages.

Abbreviations - Each town had its own abbreviations used in the published records. Most of these are the same. The abbreviations for the headstones (GR), private records (PR), churches (CR), etc. are all different. There is a link to a list of all abbreviations used for the town in the navigation bar of the transcription pages.

Errors - There are two types of errors.

• Errors in the published records - It is known that errors are in the published records. Not many, to be sure, but they are there. Where I have found them, or have been informed and provided sufficient documentation, the records have been annotated. This appears in red at the end of the line.]
• Transcription errors - Even with the best of proofing, errors occur. If you find one, use the Contact link at the top of the page and tell me about the error. I need to have the town name, type of record, page number, what the error is and what it should be. It facilitates matters if you copy and paste the record in error into the e-mail.

Miscellaneous - As the opportunity has provided, I have tried to research names that had only initials or an initial and a surname to find the full names. Where I've been successful I've added the name in red, i.e. J.R. appears as J[ohn] R. or J[ohn] R[ussel].

The alphabetic and chronologic sort orders and many planned improvements require that towns be transcribed. If you can spare two, or more, hours per week to help with the transcribing, write me.

With the exception of the few people helping with transcribing and indexing, I am the only person working on this project. I do all of the technical work. I correct errors. I put transcriptions into final format. I design the pages. This takes a tremendous amount of time and money. If you find this site useful, please donate what you think it is worth to you by going to the donations page.