EXPLANATIONS
The following records of births, marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books of record kept by the town clerks; in the church records; in the cemetery inscriptions, and in the private records found in genealogical notes compiled by the town clerk, and inserted in the town books. These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a married woman, and to show variations in the spelling of a name in the same entry.
When places other than Lowell and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed; and when a marriage appears without the intention being recorded, it is designated by an asterisk. In all records the original spelling of names is followed, and the various forms of family names have been placed in one alphabetical arrangement.
ABBREVIATIONS
| a |
age |
|
grands |
grandson |
| abt |
about |
|
h |
husband; hour |
| b |
born |
|
inf |
infant |
| bef |
before |
|
int |
intention of marriage |
| bet |
between |
|
jr |
junior |
| bp |
baptized |
|
Lt |
lieutenant |
| bur |
buried |
|
L |
Lowell |
| Capt |
Captain |
|
m |
male; married; month |
| certif |
certificate |
|
rec |
recorded |
| ch |
child |
|
rem |
removed |
| chn |
children |
|
ret |
returned |
| Co |
county |
|
s |
son |
| d |
daughter; day; died |
|
sr |
senior |
| Dea |
deacon |
|
unm |
unmarried |
| dec |
deceased |
|
w |
week; wife |
| dup |
duplicate entry |
|
wid |
widow |
| Ens |
ensign |
|
widr |
widower |
| grandd |
granddaughter |
|
y |
year |
CHURCH RECORDS
| CR1 |
St. Anne's Episcopal Church |
| CR2 |
St. Luke's Episcopal Church |
| CR3 |
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church |
| CR4 |
First Congregational Church |
| CR5 |
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church |
| CR6 |
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church |
CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR1 |
English Cemetery |
| GR2 |
St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery |
| GR3 |
School Street Cemetery |
| GR4 |
Edson Cemetery |
| GR5 |
Lowell Cemetery |
PRIVATE RECORDS
(Bibles, Family Records, Etc.)
| PR1 |
Genealogical Record compiled by Town Clerk and inserted in Town Record Book |
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