City & Population Records


Page from Public Health Records

  • Lawrence City Documents (bound annual reports of various city departments) 1846 - 1913
  • Board of Health records, including some death registers, communicable disease registers
  • Board of Health minutes
  • Public Health

  • Chattel Mortgages
  • Vital Records (microfiche) to 1905 (hardbound located at City Hall)
  • U.S. Census for Lawrence 1850 – 1920 (except 1890, which burned) on microfilm
  • City Directories 1847 – 1990
  • School Committee minutes 1847 – 1853
  • Annual Reports, various during 20th century (earlier are found in bound City Documents)
  • City Atlases showing lot layouts and often ownership
    1875, 1888, 1906, 1926, 1938
  • Map Collection. Sample Map Collection

  • Cemetery Records