For the Thanksgiving holiday, the library will be closing early at 12 noon on Wednesday, November 27th, and will be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th. We will be open our usual hours on Saturday, November 30th.

Historical Room

The Historical Room contains books and documents that can be helpful in genealogy research. Books on Marshfield and local history, cemetery plot listings, town census/residential lists, limited vital records, town reports, and more. We also have a special Daniel Webster Collection. While the Historical Room is open when the library is open, we ask that you call ahead to schedule an appointment if you wish to use the room so that we can best assist you in finding the information that you're looking for.

We are currently organizing and updating our collection and our processes and procedures. We will update this page with more detailed information about the Historical Room's collections. In the meantime, take a look at some of our most used collections:

  • Microfilm of local papers
  • Early town vital records
  • Essential local history books
  • Historic maps
  • Cemetary plot listings
  • Town census & street listings
  • Town reports
  • Mayflower society publications
  • Digitized historic resources