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Here are some of my favorite research sites. There are more links throughout the site specific to each page subject. If you know of a helpful site for Fairfield researchers, please e-mail me so I can add it. And if you have a Web site, please consider adding a link to this site to boost our visibility with search engines.
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Wenham, MA US GenWeb This is the hometown of John and Elizabeth Fairfield. You'll find links to MA vital records and many helpful resources. Be sure to scroll down to the link for the Fairfield Burial Ground located in Wenham. Or try the MA counties page. |
Windham County, CT, GenWeb is the gateway for information about towns where several Fairfield branches lived in early generations. From this page you can also find the Pomfret, CT, Genweb which has numerous links to bio sketches, vitals, etc. |
The New England Historic Genealogical Society is a treasure trove of info. Subscribers gain access to databases and receive a quarterly magazine, New England Ancestors. |
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants is a society for members who can document their descendancy from a Mayflower passenger. |
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The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum is a fantastic repository of historic documents. Of particular interest is the original 1646 will of John Fairfield. |
Kindred Trails Essex County has dozens of links to helpful genealogy and research sites related to Essex County, MA. |
County Finder is a great time saver when exploring unfamiliar territories. |
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Fairfield Family Genforum might provide you with clues about other branches of Fairfields not covered on this site, and you can post queries about Fairfields here. |
Salem, MA Vital Records to 1850 is a transcription of a records collection published by the Essex Institute in 1916. This is a nicely organized site with more links of interest. |
Wenham Museum has several collections of interest to researchers, particularly the Timothy Pickering Library with its "extensive manuscript material on Wenham history, families, and a complete record of all the early houses in the Wenham historical district. |
Perpetual calendar is a tool that can help you pinpoint days and dates, including the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar country by country. There's also a tombstone birthdate calculator link from the calendar page. |
Olive Tree has some useful and free ship passenger lists, plus oodles of other stuff. |
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The US GenWeb site is a gateway to all state sites with a wealth of information and subpages for researchers. |
The Winthrop Society is a good source of early migration info, including a few facts about Elizabeth Fairfield's (Gen. 1) second husband, Peter Palfrey (pre-1634 planters section) |
| BLM GLO records provide live access to federal land conveyance records for the public land states. | |
