Research/History

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 A to Z databases
Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads and Job-Search Database
A to Z Databases

AtoZdatabases is a Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, and Job-Search Database. The database includes 30 million business & executive profiles, over 240 million residents with interests, hobbies and lifestyles information, over 7 million real-time job listings, 2 Million new businesses, over 12 million healthcare professionals, over 12 million new movers, 2 million new homeowners, and much more. The databases are ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends, relatives and a whole lot of other possibilities. - Need a Bellingham Library card to access. 

 

 

 Bellingham Annual Town Reports
Bellingham Annual ReportsThe Bellingham Annual Reports from 1862-2021 are now online!  Please note that there are a few years missing.  They are available at this link on the Internet Archive
 Bellingham History
History of Bellingham

The Female Review: Life Of Deborah Sampson, The Female Soldier In The War Of The Revolution (1916), with an introd. and notes by John Adams Vinton, Mann, Herman, 1771-1833 (Author). Vinton, John Adams, 1801-1877 (Added Author).

History of the Town of Bellingham 1719-1919 by George F. Partridge
 

Soldier's Secret, The Story of Deborah Sampson by Sheila Solomon Klass (this link is to our Overdrive electronic book collection.  You must have a library card to check out books from this collection.)

 

Bellingham Vital Records to 1850 - Record of births, deaths and marraiges in Bellingham, MA.

 Bellingham Mass. Memories Road Show Photo & Video Archive
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Click here to access the Bellingham Photo  Collection

Click here to access the Bellingham Video Collection
Click here to access the Complete Collection

 

The Bellingham photos and videos were collected in 2021 and 2022.
 

The Mass. Memories Road Show is a statewide, event-based participatory archiving program that documents people, places, and events in Massachusetts history through family photographs and stories. Archivists and public historians in University Archives and Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston collaborate with local planning teams and volunteers to organize free public events where individuals bring photographs to be copied and included in a digital archive. Contributors are invited to describe the photographs in their own words. In addition, they may choose to share “the story behind the photos” on video, have their own “keepsake photo” taken, receive advice on caring for their family photos, and learn from one another about the history of their community.

 

Since its launch in 2004, the Mass. Memories Road Show has digitized more than 12,000 photographs and stories from across the state, creating an educational resource of primary sources for future generations. 

 Bellingham Yearbooks
Yearbook
The Bellingham High School Yearbooks have been digitized and are available on the Internet Archive.
 Journal and Magazine Articles
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Access to an extensive database of journal, magazine and newspaper articles from reliable sources on topic including:  Biography, Business, Health & Wellness, Popular Magazines & History. - Need to be a Massachusetts resident to access content. 

 

There are additional resources for students of all ages including access to Encyclopedia Brittanica.

 

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 Newspaper Archives

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