Massachusetts Counties

Massachusetts has 14 counties. Birth records in Massachusetts are not held at the county level. They are kept by individual city and town clerks and by the state Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Select a county below to find local clerk offices and birth record resources for that area.

Barnstable County Berkshire County Bristol County Dukes County Essex County Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Middlesex County Nantucket County Norfolk County Plymouth County Suffolk County Worcester County