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Town of Essex,Essex County, MassachusettsIncorporated 1819Last 27 Jan 2010 |
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Essex, Massachusetts is located on the Atlantic coast, north of Boston. Until its incorporation in 1819, it was the part of Ipswich known as Chebacco Parish. Essex made a reputation as a shipbuilding town. It is claimed that more than 5,000 ships were built there, including most of the famous Gloucester fishing schooners. The majority of businesses are now antique shops and restaurants. Essex has remained a small community, with a current population of less than 4,000 inhabitants.
Historical: A chronology of events presents some basic information about the history of the town. In addition to a chronology of general town history [view], there are also chronologies of buildings, roads and places in Essex [view], and of weather, disease, disasters, and other natural phenomena [view]. For those seeking information about current day Essex, a page of links is presented [view].
Connections: There are two ways to get the information you seek. One is to find it yourself (see resources), and the other is to contact someone who may have already found it. In the Roll Call you can contact someone searching the same surname, or you can register a surname for others to contact you. Some answers may also be found through queries and look-ups.
Resources: For an overview and description of genealogical resources for Essex, please visit the Resource page. You can also quickly get to desired pages through the above table or the Resource page.
Links to other USGenWeb sites:
USGenWeb Project - Find out about USGenWeb, link to other states or projects.
Massachusetts State Genealogy Project - connect to other towns, state archives
Essex County Massachusetts - the focus of county-wide information
Neighboring Towns:
Ipswich, Mass., the parent town of Essex
Gloucester, Mass. - many families moved between Gloucester and Essex.
Hamilton, Mass. was also originally a part of Ipswich.
Wenham, Mass.
The Town of Essex,
Massachusetts USGenWeb Project established 12 January 1997
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