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The Massachusetts Archives holds Massachusetts vital records covering the years 1841-1920 . The vital records cover births, marriages, and deaths that occurred in Massachusetts. The Archives not only holds the records, but also indices to these records.
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According to the decutions of antiquarians and others who have investigated the origin of surnames, the names Allan and Allen appear to have come from the same remote source; but Allen generally is given an English origin, while Allan, so far at least as it relates to the particular family here considered, is distinctly Scotch [trans note: the word is 'Scottish!'] and is traced to Alan, high constable of Scotland and lord of Galloway and Cunninghame, and who died A.D. 1234.
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