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Local History Index Coverage

Gaps in the data here reflect both remaining index cards to be entered and original indexing to be done, as well as possible gaps in the source material. Note that the y-axis is different for the second, third, and fourth graphs, although the x-axes are the same. Comparison of the relative sizes of the three sets of data is in the first graph.

Items indexed per year. Shows peaks in newspaper indexing in the 1940s and in obituary indexing in the 1970s.

Items indexed per year (newspapers). Largest peak is in the 1940s, with a smaller peak in the 2000s.

Items indexed per year (obituaries). Largest peak is in the late 1960s / early 1970s. A smaller peak exists circa 1998.

Items indexed per year (proceedings). Largest peak is in 1923, with smaller peaks in the late 1960s - early 1980s. No proceedings have been indexed since 1983.

Local History Index Coverage

Brookline Village

Coolidge Corner

Putterham