State of Massachusetts Death Records

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If you would like to do a search in person, the contact details are below.

Obtaining Death Records In Massachusetts

You can write to the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records & Statistics below.

Registry of Vital Records & Statistics
150 Mount Vernon Street, 1st floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105

Ph: (617) 740-2600
Fax: (617) 825-7755

The center has records since 1916.

To obtain a Massachusetts death certificate it costs $18.00 in person, $28.00 for a mail request, and $3.00 for State Archives.

A Personal check or money order will need to be made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Phone (617) 740-2600 to verify the current fees, this will be a recorded message on how to apply. More information is also available from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics website.

Massachusetts Death Records MA:

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a prominent in the New England area of the north eastern part of the United States of America. Its neighboring states are Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York and New Hampshire. The state has a very rich history. It is one of the few states to have made a successful transition from being dependent on the manufacturing sector during the Industrial Revolution to concentrating on providing services. Its GDP per capita is the third highest in USA.

Massachusetts death certificates have been maintained with great care and accuracy since the year 1635. Since the year 1916 this very important responsibility has been handled very admirably by the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. The records older than 1916, have been kept at the state archives. Death records are maintained under two categories – cemetery records and obituary records. The quality of medicine and health services in the state of Massachusetts have improved by a lot in the recent years and that has brought the death rate down by quite a bit. As of 2007, the death rate per 100,000 populations was 707.7. Scholars and researchers in history consider Massachusetts death papers as very crucial for their studies.

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