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Cities and towns Aquinnah (formerly Gay Head) Chilmark Menemsha (a village of Chilmark) Edgartown Chappaquiddick Island (the small "island" connected to the main island is part of Edgartown) Gosnold Cuttyhunk (a village of Gosnold) Oak Bluffs Tisbury Vineyard Haven (a village of Tisbury) West Tisbury Official County Site http://www.dukescounty.org/Pages/index	Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to transcribe and post genealogical source data so that family researchers can track their ancestors through time, throughout the country. This county website needs a dedicated host to make this site the best that it can be! If you think that you may be interested in volunteering to host a county or state please view our Volunteer Information page and email Kim. (A desire to transcribe data and the know-how to make a basic webpage is required) Join our mailing lists for researchers looking to connect and share information. You never know who you might meet and what family data they may share with you -- it could start a whole new branch of the family! We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates. Remember to look around at the other states and consider donating your source information -- every little bit helps someone. Please contact Kim if you have any questions or comments.
	History The county seat of Dukes County is Edgartown. The county consists of the island of Martha's Vineyard, and the Elizabeth Islands (including Cuttyhunk). It was originally established as Dukes County, New York on November 1, 1683, and was transferred to Massachusetts and divided so that Nantucket Island became Nantucket County, Massachusetts on October 7, 1691.
	Online Data Births Marriages Deaths Cemeteries Obituaries Newspaper Data Census Data History Military Data Name Changes  Biographies  Miscellaneous Data Website Updates: 5 Mar 2008: SKIFF death notice 1850 Mortality Schedule Court Records for Name Changes Contact Us to submit your families' transcribed data Join our North-Eastern Coastal State Mailing List to be notified when this website is updated.
Back to our Massachusetts State Page	Adjacent Counties Barnstable County (north)   WEBSITE UPDATES: September 24, 2007: Name Changes September 19, 2007: 1850 Mortality Census
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