Please
visit us at the Charles W. Galloupe Sr. Memorial Library. We are located inside the John
Cabot House at 117 Cabot St. in Beverly. Our hours are Tuesday, Thursday Friday and
Saturday 10am-4pm, and Wednesday 1pm-9pm. Call us at
(978) 922-1186
for more information.
We have joined NMRLS (Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System) and are in the
process of cataloging our book collection. To search for titles of interest online, please
use the MASSCAT
Library Catalog, part of a union catalog for a diverse group of Massachusetts
libraries.
Admission to the research library for non-members is $5.00 per day.
Researchers:
Our collections include books, records, photographs, and newspapers relating to Beverly
and Essex County. In addition we have a large collections of maritime documents and
genealogical records. You are invited to visit our facility and take advantage of these
resources.
NOTE: For security reasons the use of all items that are stored in our two manuscript
vaults,(manuscripts, deeds, diaries, ship logs, and various images of people and homes) is
limited to current members only. Most local house research thus would require
a current membership. Positive photo ID is required, and a request form must be filled out
when requesting items from our secure storage areas.
Local Historical & Genealogical Research
Professional Genealogist On Staff
(Effective Date: 1 July 2007)
We can undertake on a limited fee basis, a historical or genealogical search for you
off site (via telephone, email, or written request). For a prepaid, non-refundable $25.00
per hour fee, (one hour minimum) our staff genealogist, staff researchers
and/or volunteers will consult appropriate catalogs, directories, books, manuscripts,
census data, published genealogies, photographs and other sources. [NOTE: The fee for
current Beverly Historical Society members is only $20.00 per hour]
Photocopies of relevant material will be provided to you at $.25 per page. While this
basic level search does not guarantee results, it does provide from afar access to our
resources and skilled researchers. We will advise you of sources consulted and
results.
After an initial one hour search you may purchase additional research time at $25.00
per hour prepaid, in up to 4 hour blocks. Because of research backlogs, this process may
take up to three weeks.
Please state briefly what is known, what data is sought and any sources already
consulted. Please be as detailed as possible and fill out the form completely. Please
provide us with both an e-mail address and your postal mailing address if possible.
We thank you for your interest and wish you success in your research.
Please fill out our research request form and mail it to
Beverly Historical Society, 117 Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915 or e-mail your research
question to our professional genealogist, and local historian, at sphall@beverlyhistory.org
If you want to call and consult with the genealogist and/or local historian please call
978-922-1186 during our normal working hours, (10 am - 4 p.m., Tue, Thur., Fri, &
Sat.) and ask to speak with Mr. Hall.
In 2001-2 Beverly Historical Society collaborated with Beverly High School and
Massachusetts Historical Society on an innovative primary research project by local
students. Led by teacher Dean Eastman and school librarian Kevin McGrath, students
researched the life and career of Nathan Dane, a prominent late 18th-century Beverly
resident, in the research libraries of Beverly and Massachusetts Historical Societies. To
learn more about this model digital project and to read the students' papers, which are
available along with related primary documents from the BHS and MHS collections, go to
Primary Research at:
http://www.primaryresearch.org/PRTHB/Dane
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