EXPLANATIONS
1. When places other than Dracut and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all records the original spelling is followed.
3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual might be found under different spellings.
4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the name of both parties. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed; and where a marriage appears without the intention, it is designated with an asterisk.
5. Additional information which does not appear in the original text of an item, i.e., any explanation, query, inference, or difference shown in other entries of the record, is bracketed. Parentheses are used only when they occur in the original text, or to separate clauses found there — such as the birth-place of parents, in late marriage records.
ABBREVIATIONS
| a |
age |
|
m |
married; month |
| abt |
about |
|
min |
minutes |
| b |
born |
|
MR |
Middlesex County record (East Cambridge) |
| ch |
child |
|
prob |
probably |
| chn |
children |
|
rec |
recorded |
| Co |
county |
|
s |
son |
| d |
daughter; died; day |
|
Sr |
senior |
| Dea |
deacon |
|
w |
wife; week |
| dup |
duplicate entry |
|
wid |
widow |
| h |
husband |
|
widr |
widower |
| hrs |
hours |
|
y |
year |
| inf |
infant |
|
1st |
first |
| int |
intention of marriage |
|
2d |
second |
| Jr |
junior |
|
3d |
third |
CHURCH RECORDS
| CR1 |
First Congregational |
| CR2 |
Pawtucket |
CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR1 |
Old Ground, Varnum Avenue |
| GR2 |
Woodbine Cemetery |
| GR3 |
Pawtucket Graveyard |
| GR4 |
Garrison House Burial Ground |
| GR5 |
New Boston Burying Ground |
| GR6 |
East Dracut Burying Ground |
| GR7 |
New East Dracut Graveyard |
| GR8 |
Hildreth Burying Ground |
| GR9 |
Hildreth Burying Ground, Butler-Hildreth Section |
| GR10 |
Varnum Burying Ground, East Dracut |
| GR11 |
Oakland Cemetery |
|