• Angel of Hadley -- Fact or Myth? 
• Hadley Guide - History 
• A History of Amherst College (1894), by William S. Tyler 1830 
  Written in 1894, a comprehensive history of Amherst (Massachusetts) College, during the administrations of its first five presidents.
• History of Hadley, Massachusetts, Introduction, pub 1905 
  History of Hadley including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley Amherst and Granby Massachusetts, by Sylvester Judd.
• The South Hadley Canal 

Directories:

• Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts Directory 1892 

History & Culture:

• County History & Information 

Libraries, Archives & Museums:

• Clapp Memorial Library  ~ Belchertown
• Edwards Public Library  ~ Southampton
• Emily Williston Memorial Library  ~ Easthampton
• Family History Library Catalog 
• Forbes Library  ~ Northampton
  • Calvin Coolidge Memorial Room 
• Granby Public Library 
• Lilly Library  ~ Florence
• South Hadley Public Library 
• Williamsburg Libraries 
• Worthington Library 

Mailing Lists & Message Boards:

• MAHAMPSH 
  Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:

• 1895 U.S. Atlas 

Photographs & Memories:

• Old Postcards of Jacob's Ladder Trail, Route 20, Berkshire, Hampden and Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts 
  Vintage postcards of towns on the Trail, area links, and a section entitled Growing Up on Jacob's Ladder, about the webkeeper's life on the Trail.

Societies & Groups:

• Western Massachusetts Jewish Genealogy Society  ~ Northampton, Massachusetts

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Hampshire 
  A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  • Vital Records Offices in Hampshire County
    • Belchertown 
    • Cummington 
    • Easthampton 
    • Hadley 
    • Hatfield 
    • Huntington 
    • Middlefield 
    • Northampton 
    • Plainfield 
    • Southampton 
    • Ware 
    • Williamsburg 

Middlesex County

General:

• American Local History Network 
• Concord, Massachusetts 
• ePodunk - Middlesex County 
  Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• NACO - About Counties 
  • Cities in the County 
• RootsWeb 
• Town of Natick, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 
• USGenWeb 
  
  • Towns in Middlesex County (USGenWeb)
    • Ashland 
    • Carlisle 
    • Chelmsford 
    • Framingham 
    • Lexington 
    • Marlborough 
    • Medford 
    • Natick 
    • Sherborn 
    • Stoneham 
    • Tewksbury 
    • Wolburn 
• USGenWeb Archives 
  
• Where was the Actual Boston Tea Party Site? 
• Ye Olde Woburn 
  Maps, city information, churches, cemeteries, newspapers and more.

Cemeteries:

• Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Genealogy 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Lexington, Massachusetts Cemetery Records 
    Searchable database available by subscription. Source: Robbins Cemetery Records.
  • Massachusetts: Middlesex County, Cambridge, Mt. Auburn Cemetery 
    Original source: Information extracted from the cemetery headstones at Massachusetts: Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• ePodunk - Cemeteries 
  Listing of cemeteries in the county.
• First Burial Ground - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  Cemetery extractions, epitaphs and photos.
• GNIS County Cemetery Locations 
• Mount Auburn Cemetery  ~ Cambridge
  America's first garden cemetery established in 1831.
  • History 
• The Political Graveyard 
• Second Burial Ground - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  Cemetery extractions, epitaphs and photos.
• Woodbrook Cemetery - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  A complete index in PDF format of the interment and lot cards of Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Census:

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses 
  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
  1790 , 1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 Veterans Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 
• Census Online 

Directories:

• Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Acton directory 
  • Arlington, Massachusetts Directory, 1896-97 
  • Ashland, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Bedford, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Belmont, Massachusetts Directory, 1896-97 
  • The Cambridge directory and almanac for 1856 
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts Directories, 1887-90 
  • Concord, Massachusetts Directory, 1892 
  • Everett, Massachusetts Directory 1889 
  • Hopkinton, Massachusetts Directory 1886 
  • Hudson, Massachusetts Directory 1887-88 
  • Lexington, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Lowell, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-90 
  • Malden, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Medford, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Melrose, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 
  • Newton, Massachusetts Directory 1929 
  • Pepperell and Groton, Massachusetts Directory 1895-96 
  • Somerville, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-90, 1892 
• CCFGPW - Cambridge Blue Book 
  City and street directory for Cambridge, Massachusetts for 1910.

History & Culture:

• Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Genealogy 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts History, Supplement 
  • Dunstable, Massachusetts: Town History 1873 
  • Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Town History to 1878 
• County History & Information 
• Framingham History 
• History of Waltham 
• Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919 
  Molasses tank in Boston exploded with great force and flooded the streets with an eight-foot wave of molasses killing 21 people

Libraries, Archives & Museums:

• Acton Memorial Library 
• American Textile History Museum  ~ Lowell
  Tells America’s story through the art, history, and science of its textiles.
  • Osborne Library 
    The collections include books, pamphlets, government documents, trade catalogs, advertising material, prints, photographs & business records that record the history of textile production in the United States. Access to the library is by appointment only for researchers aged 18 years and over.
• Ashland Public Library 
• Ayer Library 
• Bacon Free Library  ~ South Natick
• Beford Free Public Library 
• Belmont Public Library 
• Billerica Public Library 
• Boston Athenĉum 
  • Reference Services 
• Burlington Public Library 
• Cambridge Public Library 
  • New England Local History Collection 
• Cary Memorial Library  ~ Lexington
  • Local History Collection 
• Charles River Museum of Industry  ~ Waltham
• Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History  ~ Cambridge
• Chelmsford Public Library 
• Concord Free Public Library 
  • Special Collections 
• Dunstable Free Public Library 
• Everett Public Libraries 
• Family History Centers in Middlesex County 
  From the FamilySearch web site . Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
• Family History Library Catalog 
• Flint Memorial Library  ~ North Reading
• Framingham Public Library 
  • Framingham Local History 
• Gleason Public Library  ~ Carlisle
• Goodnow Library  ~ Sudbury
• Groton Public Library 
  • Historical Room 
• Hazen Memorial Library  ~ Shirley
• Hudson Public Library 
• The Jackson Homestead - Newton's Museum and Historical Society 
• J. V. Fletcher Library  ~ Westford
• Lucius Beebe Memorial Library  ~ Wakefield
• Malden Public Library 
  • Local History 
• Marlborough Public Library 
• Maynard Public Library 
• Medford Public Library 
• Melrose Public Library 
  • Local History 
• Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library  ~ Dracut
• New England Conference - United Methodist Church Commission on Archives & History  ~ Boston
• Northeastern University Libraries  ~ Boston
  • Archives and Special Collections Department 
    • Manuscript Collections 
• Reading Public Library 
• Reuben Hoar Library  ~ Littleton
• Robbins Library  ~ Arlington
• The Samuel Crocker Lawrence Library  ~ Boston
  Masonic library.
• Sargent Memorial Library  ~ Boxborough
• Sherborn Library 
  • Local History, Genealogy and Rare Book Collection 
• Somerville Public Library 
• Tyngsborough Public Library 
• Waltham Public Library 
  • Local History & Genealogy - Waltham Room 
• Watertown Free Public Library 
• Wayland Free Public Library 
• The Westford Museum & Historical Society 
• Weston Public Library 
  • Local History Room 
• Wilmington Memorial Library 
• Winchester Public Library 

Mailing Lists & Message Boards:

• MA-MDX-ACTON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
• MAMIDDLE 
  Archives: browse or search.
• TEWKSBURY_HOSPITAL Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary, and Tewksbury Almshouse (same place just different names) in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from May 1, 1854 to the present. Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:

• 1895 U.S. Atlas 

Miscellaneous Records:

• Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Genealogy 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Concord, Massachusetts Town Officers, 1861 
  • Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deponents, 1649-1700 
  • Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 
  • Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1871-1909 (Part A-K) 
  • Watertown, Massachusetts, Various Town Records through 1737 
• Store Ledger Book, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 
• Sudbury Archives 
  Online searchable database includes approximately 15,000 records dating from 1639 to 1850 from the Town Clerk's Office of Sudbury, the Goodnow Library, Longfellow's Wayside Inn, the Sudbury Historical Society, and the Wayland Historical Society. Each record is searchable by title, date, subject, personal name, location of original, document category and record number, and many include editorial or historical annotations. Many records also contain scanned images or transcriptions of the original documents.

Newspapers:

• Ancestry.com - Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Lowell Daily Sun, The (Lowell, Massachusetts) 
  • The Lowell Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts) 
  • The Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts) 
• Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts 
  A collection of social, political, and criminal news stories transcribed from Massachusetts newspapers of the 19th to early 20th century.
• NewspaperArchive.com - Explore Historical Newspapers Online 
  The world's largest online newspaper archive. Featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world. Searchable database with the number of results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
  • Lowell Sun 

Occupations:

• Merchants and Sea Captains of Old Boston 
  Information about merchants and sea captains in early Boston, and the businesses they built and the ships they commanded.

Publications, Software & Supplies:

• Ages from Court Records, Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts 
  A book by Melinde Lutz Sanborn.
• Boston's Copp's Hill Burying Ground Guide 
  A book by Charles Chauncey Wells.
• Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston 
  A book by Stephanie Schorow.
• A History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from Its Earliest Settlement to 1832, and of the Adjoining Towns, Bedford, Acton 
  A book by Lemuel Shattuck.
• Preachers, Patriots & Plain Folks: A Guide to King's Chapel, the Granary & Central Cemeteries in Boston 
  A book by Charles Chauncey Wells.

Religion & Churches:

• Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Directory of the First Baptist Church, Malden, Mass. : 1803-1915. 
  • History, year book and church directory of the First Congregational Church, Wilmington, Mass. : Rev. Arthur A. Simmons, ministe 

Societies & Groups:

• The Arlington Historical Society 
  This website lists genealogical resources for the research of Menotomy/West Cambridge/Arlington, Massachusetts families. The society owns and operates the Smith Museum on Arlington history and the 1740s Jason Russell house.
• Billerica Historical Society 
• The Cambridge Historical Society 
• Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society 
  Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts.
• Chelmsford Historical Society 
• Framingham Historical Society and Museum 
• Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery  ~ Cambridge
• Lexington Historical Society 
• Lincoln Historical Society 
• Lowell Historical Society 
• Marlborough Historical Society 
• Massachusetts Society of Genealogists 
  Chapters in Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex & Worcester counties.
• Maynard Historical Society 
• Natick Historical Society & Museum 
• Pepperell Historcial Commission 
• Shirley Historical Society 
• Stoneham Historical Society 
• Wakefield Historical Society 
• Waltham Historical Society 
• Wayland Historical Society 
• Weston Historical Society 
• Winchester Historical Society 
• Woburn Public Library 

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:

• Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Genealogy 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Arlington, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 
  • Groton, Massachusetts Vital Records 
  • Tewksbury, Massachusetts Vital Records 
• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Middlesex 
  A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
• Town of Natick, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1874 - 1913 Vital Records 
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  • Vital Records Offices in Middlesex County
    • Acton 
    • Arlington 
    • Ashby 
    • Ashland 
    • Ayer 
    • Bedford 
    • Belmont 
    • Billerica 
    • Boxborough 
    • Burlington 
    • Cambridge 
    • Carlisle 
    • Chelmsford 
    • Concord 
    • Dracut 
    • Dunstable 
    • Everett 
    • Framingham 
    • Groton 
    • Holliston 
    • Hopkinton 
    • Hudson 
    • Lexington 
    • Lincoln 
    • Littleton 
    • Lowell 
    • Malden 
    • Marlborough 
    • Maynard 
    • Medford 
    • Melrose 
    • Natick 
    • Newton 
    • North Reading 
    • Pepperell 
    • Reading 
    • Sherborn 
    • Shirley 
    • Somerville 
    • Stoneham 
    • Stow 
    • Sudbury 
    • Tewksbury 
    • Townsend 
    • Tyngsborough 
    • Wakefield 
    • Waltham 
    • Watertown 
    • Wayland 
    • Westford 
    • Weston 
    • Wilmington 
    • Winchester 

Nantucket County

General:

• American Local History Network 
• ePodunk - Nantucket County 
  Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• NACO - About Counties 
  • Cities in the County 
• RootsWeb 
• USGenWeb 
  

Cemeteries:

• ePodunk - Cemeteries 
  Listing of cemeteries in the county.
• GNIS County Cemetery Locations 
• NHA Cemetery Inscription Project  ~ Nantucket, Massachusetts
  The Nantucket Historical Association, with the help of numerous volunteers and other local organizations, has launched a Nantucket Cemeteries Project in an effort to collect and document information about the island’s cemeteries.
• The Political Graveyard 

Census:

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses 
  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
  1790 , 1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 Veterans Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 

History & Culture:

• County History & Information 

Libraries, Archives & Museums:

• Family History Library Catalog 

Mailing Lists & Message Boards:

• MANANTUC 
  Archives: browse or search.
• Nantucket Families Discussion List 
  A mailing list for anyone who has an interest in genealogy or history related to families of Nantucket, their descendants and those who married into those lines.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:

• 1895 U.S. Atlas 

Societies & Groups:

• Nantucket Historical Association 

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:

• Ancestry.com - Early Vital Records of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, MA to about 1850 
  CD-ROM review by Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS, CGL.
• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Nantucket 
  A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  • Vital Records Offices in Nantucket County
    • Nantucket 

Norfolk County

General:

• American Local History Network 
• ePodunk - Norfolk County 
  Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• NACO - About Counties 
  • Cities in the County 
• Needham, Massachusetts 
• RootsWeb 
• USGenWeb 
  
  • Towns in Norfolk County (USGenWeb)
    • Canton 
    • Cohasset 
    • Foxborough 
    • Hingham 
    • Medway 
    • Stoughton 
    • Walpole 
    • Weymouth 

Cemeteries:

• ePodunk - Cemeteries 
  Listing of cemeteries in the county.
• GNIS County Cemetery Locations 
• The Political Graveyard 

Census:

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses 
  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
  1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 Veterans Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 

Directories:

• Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Braintree, Massachusetts Directories, 1888, 1892 
  • The Brighton and Brookline business directory 
  • Canton, Massachusetts Directory 1887 
  • Cohasset, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 
  • Dedham, Massachusetts Directory, 1893 
  • Dover, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Franklin, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Foxborough, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1890 
  • Holbrook, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Medway, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Milton, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Needham, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-89, 1893 
  • Norwood, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Randolph, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Wrentham and Norfolk, Massachusetts Directory 1890 

History & Culture:

• County History & Information 

Libraries, Archives & Museums:

• Avon, Massachusetts - Public Library 
• Bellingham Public Library 
• Boyden Library  ~ Foxborough
• Dedham Public Library 
• Dover Town Library 
• Family History Centers in Norfolk County 
  From the FamilySearch web site . Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
• Family History Library Catalog 
• Fiske Public Library  ~ Wrentham
• Franklin Public Library 
• Holbrook Public Library 
• Medway Public Library 
• Milton Public Library 
• Morrill Memorial Library  ~ Norwood
• Needham Free Public Library 
  • Reference Department 
• Norfolk Public Library 
• Paul Pratt Memorial Library  ~ Cohasset
• Public Library of Brookline 
  • Local History 
• Sharon Public Library 
• Stoughton Public Library 
  • Reference Services 
• Thayer Public Library  ~ Braintree
• Turner Free Library  ~ Randolph
• Walpole Public Library 
  • Massachusetts & Local History Pathfinder 
• Wellesley Free Library 
• Westwood Public Library 

Mailing Lists & Message Boards:

• MA-HINGHAM-BOOK Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the families chronicled in the "History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts" that was published by the Town in 1893. Archives: browse or search.
• MANORFOL 
  Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:

• 1895 U.S. Atlas 

Societies & Groups:

• The Braintree Historical Society 
• Canton Historical Society 
• Cohasset Historical Society 
• Dedham Historical Society 
• Medway Historical Society, Medway, Massachusetts 
  A large library with local and state reference books and maintains a large photograph collections and museum with many artifacts relating to local history.
• Milton Historical Society 
• Needham Historical Society 
• Quincy Historical Society 
• Randolph Historical Society 
• South Shore Genealogical Society  ~ Hanover
  Serving Norfolk & Plymouth counties.
• The Stoughton Historical Society 
• Walpole Historical Society 
• Wellesley Historical Society 
• Wrentham Historical Society 

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Norfolk 
  A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  • Vital Records Offices in Norfolk County
    • Avon 
    • Bellingham 
    • Braintree 
    • Brookline 
    • Canton 
    • Dedham 
    • Dover 
    • Foxboro 
    • Franklin 
    • Holbrook 
    • Hyde Park 
    • Medfield 
    • Medway 
    • Millis 
    • Milton 
    • Needham 
    • Norfolk 
    • Norwood 
    • Plainville 
    • Quincy 
    • Randolph 
    • Sharon 
    • Stoughton 
    • Walpole 
    • Wellesley 
    • Westwood 
    • Wrentham 
• Vital Records 
  Vital records of Braintree, MA, transcribed from the book 'Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793' edited by Samuel A. Bates and published by Daniel H. Huxford, Printer, Randolph MA, in 1886. Also partial transcription of the records from the book 'The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Dedham. Volumes 1&2 With an Appendix Containing Records of Marriages Before 1800, Returned from other Towns, Under the Statute of 1857. 1635-1845' edited by Don Gleason Hill, Town Clerk, and printed at the Office of The Dedham Transcript, Dedham MA, in 1886.
• Vital Records of Braintree, Massachusetts 1640-1793 
  Vital records in alphabetical order for birth, death, and marriage by surname of groom or bride.
• Walpole History Vital Records to 1850 

Plymouth County

General:

• American Local History Network 
• Brockton Mass Genealogy 
  Devoted to the history and genealogy of the citizens of Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
• Duxbury Online - Duxbury, Massachusetts 
• ePodunk - Plymouth County 
  Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• NACO - About Counties 
  • Cities in the County 
• Plymouth Massachusetts History and Genealogy 
• RootsWeb 
• Scituate Genealogy 
  Families who resided in Scituate, MA, and in neighboring towns from Weymouth to the Cape.
• USGenWeb 
  
  • Towns in Plymouth County (USGenWeb)
    • Abington 
    • Bridgewater 
    • Brockton 
    • Carver 
    • Duxbury 
    • East Bridgewater 
    • Halifax 
    • Hanover 
    • Hanson 
    • Hingham 
    • Hull 
    • Kingston 
    • Lakeville 
    • Marion 
    • Marshfield 
    • Middleborough 
    • Norwell 
    • Pembroke 
    • Plymouth 
    • Plympton 
    • Rochester 
    • Rockland 
    • Scituate 
    • Wareham 
    • West Bridgewater 
    • Whitman 
• USGenWeb Archives 
  

Cemeteries:

• Ancestry.com - Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1657-1892 
  Original source: Kingman, Bradford., Brookline, MA, USA: New England Illustrated Historical Pub. Co., 1892.
• Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater 
  Electronic edition of Williams Latham's "Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater" (1882) - cemetery transcriptions for twelve major and several minor cemeteries in Bridgewater, East Bridgewater and West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
• ePodunk - Cemeteries 
  Listing of cemeteries in the county.
• GNIS County Cemetery Locations 
• Hingham Cemetery - "Old Ship" 
  Alphabetic listing of 3,953 burials at Hingham "Old Ship" Cemetery located in Hingham, Massachusetts. Also a link to other Hingham Cemeteries.
• Ye Olde Burial Ground Plympton Massachusetts 
  Lists families/descendants of Plymouth Colony buried in Plympton cemetery. Also contains photos of gravestones.
• The Political Graveyard 
• WINSLOW Cemetery  ~ Marshfield
  Listing of 160 individuals buried in Winslow cemetery including Daniel WEBSTER.

Census:

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses 
  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
  1790 , 1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 Veterans Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 

Directories:

• Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Abington, Massachusetts Directories, 1889, 1892 
  • Brockton, Massachusetts City Directory, 1887-90 
  • Duxbury, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 
  • Lakeville, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Marshfield, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 A
  • Middleboro, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Norwell, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 
  • Plymouth, Massachusetts Directories, 1890, 1893 
  • Scituate, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 
  • Whitman, Massachusetts Directories, 1889, 1892 

History & Culture:

• Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth Project 
  Volunteer transcription project of Davis, William T. "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth". Part II. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (1st Edition; Boston: A. Williams and Company, 1883) - part of the USGenWeb Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
• County History & Information 

Libraries, Archives & Museums:

• Abington Public Library 
• The ALDEN House Museum 
  The home of John & Priscilla Alden in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
• Bridgewater Public Library 
  • Historical Room 
• Brockton Public Library System 
  • Local History Collection 
• Carver Public Library 
• Clift Rodgers Free Library  ~ Marshfield Hills
• Duxbury Free Library 
• Family History Centers in Plymouth County 
  From the FamilySearch web site . Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
• Family History Library Catalog 
• Hanson Public Library 
• Hingham Public Library 
  • Reference 
• Hull Public Library 
• John Curtis Free Libary  ~ Hanover
• Kingston Public Library 
  • Local History Room 
• Mattapoisett Free Public Library 
• Middleborough Public Library 
• Pembroke Public Library 
• Plymouth Public Library 
  • History/Genealogy 
• Plympton Public Library 
• Rockland Public Library 
• Scituate Town Library 
• Ventress Memorial Library  ~ Marshfield
• Wareham Free Public Library 
• West Bridgewater Public Library 
• Whitman Public Library 

Mailing Lists & Message Boards:

• MA-HINGHAM-BOOK Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the families chronicled in the "History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts" that was published by the Town in 1893. Archives: browse or search.
• MAPLYMOU 
  Archives: browse or search.
• MA-PLYMOUTH-WAREHAM Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
• RevJohnLyford 
  Message board for the history and genealogy of Rev. John Lyford of Plymouth .

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:

• 1895 U.S. Atlas 

Miscellaneous Records:

• History of Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 
  Transcribed from the 1867 Plymouth County Directory.

Religion & Churches:

• Ancestry.com - Plymouth, Massachusetts Church Records, Vols. I and II, 1620-1859 

Societies & Groups:

• Brockton Historical Society 
• The Duxbury Rural & Historical Society 
• Hanson Historical Society 
  Hanson, Massachusetts.
• Hingham Historical Society 
• Pembroke Historical Society 
• Scituate Historical Society 
• South Shore Genealogical Society  ~ Hanover
  Serving Norfolk & Plymouth counties.

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:

• Duxbury VR Contents - Contents of Duxbury Vital Records 
  Complete transcription of the 1911 book giving all birth, marriage and death records through 1850, drawn from the records of the town of Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and other sources.
• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Plymouth 
  A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  • Vital Records Offices in Plymouth County
    • Abington 
    • Bridgewater 
    • Brockton 
    • Carver 
    • Duxbury 
    • East Bridgewater 
    • Halifax 
    • Hanover 
    • Hanson 
    • Hingham 
    • Hull 
    • Kingston 
    • Marion 
    • Mattapoisett 
    • Middleborough 
    • Norwell 
    • Pembroke 
    • Plymouth 
    • Rochester 
    • Rockland 
    • Scituate 
    • Wareham 
    • West Bridgewater 
    • Whitman 
• Vital Statistics of Bridgewater, Massachusetts 
  A book by Harry G. Woodworth.

Suffolk County

General:

• American Local History Network 
• BostonFamilyHistory.com 
  Ethnic, topical guide to research in this historic city.
• ePodunk - Suffolk County 
  Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• NACO - About Counties 
  • Cities in the County 
• RootsWeb 
• USGenWeb 
  
• USGenWeb Archives 
  

Cemeteries:

• ePodunk - Cemeteries 
  Listing of cemeteries in the county.
• Forest Hills Cemetery  ~ Boston
• GNIS County Cemetery Locations 
• Historic Burying Grounds Initiative 
  The City of Boston has sixteen historic burying grounds and three larger garden-style cemeteries under its jurisdiction which date between 1630 and 1892. The HBGI's mission is the comprehensive restoration, on-going conservation & heritage interpretation of Boston’s sixteen historic burying grounds
  • About the Burying Grounds 
    Information on the 16 historic burying grounds in Boston.
    • Copp's Hill 
      Originally called North Burying Ground established in 1633.
    • The Granary Burying Ground 
      Established in 1660.
    • King's Chapel 
      Boston's oldest burying ground established in 1630.
  • Iconography of the Gravestones 
    The death’s head was the first imagery employed in gravestone carving. Other decorative motifs accompanying the death’s head were the hourglass & coffins.
  • Search Historic Headstones 
    Online database searchable by surname or by cemetery.
• The Political Graveyard 
• Silent City on a Hill: Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery 
  A book by Blanche Linden-Ward.

Census:

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses 
  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
  1790 , 1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 Veterans Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 

Directories:

• Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Boston, Massachusetts City Directory, 1789 
  • Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1796 
  • Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1800 
  • Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1805 
  • Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 
  • Chelsea, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-92 
  • The Roxbury directory 
  • Suffolk County, Boston City Massachusetts 1810 City Directory 
• Boston Streets: Mapping Directory Data  ~ Massachusetts
  Combines photographs, maps, & city directories into a variety of interactive tools for exploring Boston past & present.
  • The People: City directories 
    City directories for 1845, 1855, 1865, 1870, 1872, 1875, 1885, 1905 & 1925.
    • Search Boston city directories 
    • Browse all Boston city directories 
      • Stimpson's Boston Directory, 1845 
      • The Boston Directory, 1855 
      • The Boston Directory, 1865 
      • The Boston Directory, 1870 
      • The Boston Directory, 1872 
      • The Boston Directrory, 1875 
      • The Boston Directory, 1885 
      • The Boston Directory, 1905 
      • The Boston Directory for the year commencing July 1, 1925 
• Footnote.com - City Directories 
  Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
  • City Directories - Boston 
    Directories for 1861-1878, 1923-1926.

• Boston African-American National Historic Site 
• Boston History 

History & Culture:

• County History & Information 

Immigration & Naturalization:

• Ancestry.com - Boston Port Arrivals and Immigrants, 1715-1716, 1762-1769 
  Searchable database available by subscription.

Libraries, Archives & Museums:

• Boston Public Library 
  • Research Services 
    • Genealogy and Family History Resources  
    • Genealogy -- Searching Family Histories 
    • Microtext Department 
    • Newspaper Room 
      • Boston Newspapers in Microfilm 
    • Obituary Database 
      Online searchable index of obituaries appearing in the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald from 1971-1974 & 1990-1997.
    • Rare Books & Manuscripts 
    • Special Collections 
• Chelsea Public Library 
  • Guide to the Resources of the Chelsea Public Library Historical Archives 
• Family History Library Catalog 
• The Museum of Afro-American History Boston 
• Revere Public Library 
• Winthrop Public Library & Museum 

Mailing Lists & Message Boards:

• BOSTON Mailing List 
  Archives: browse or search.
• HTC-BOSTON Mailing List 
  For anyone researching their German roots in Boston, Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
• MACHELSEA Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the towns of Chelsea, Revere & Winthrop. Archives: browse or search.
• MASUFFOL 
  Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:

• 1895 U.S. Atlas 
• Ancestry.com - Map of Dorchester, Massachusetts Land Allotments, 1660 
• Ancestry.com - Map of Boston, Massachusetts, 1775-1776 
• Boston Streets: Mapping Directory Data  ~ Massachusetts
  Combines photographs, maps, & city directories into a variety of interactive tools for exploring Boston past & present.
  • Cowpaths 
    Interactive orthographic maps for 1844, 1867, 1874, 1898, 1928, 1950 & 2001.
  • Moments: Photographs and Images 
    Photographic collection complete with detailed descriptions.
  • Places: Atlases, Maps, and Geospatial material 
    Atlases from 1874, 1898, and 1928 are available for browsing and searching.
    • Browse a Specific Boston City Atlas 
      • Atlas of the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts. Volume 1. Boston proper 
        Published by G.M. Hopkins of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G.M.Hopkins & Co.1873-1875. This atlas contains 26 hand colored plates plus an index map covering the Shawmut peninsula and extending into the Back Bay.
      • Atlas of the City of Boston. from actual surveys and official plans. Boston proper and Back Bay 
        Published by G. W. Bromley & Co., 1898. Thirty two hand colored plates extending as far as the Back Bay Fens.
      • Atlas of the city of Boston. Boston Proper and Back Bay from actual surveys and official plans. Atlas of the City of Boston 
        Published by G. W. Bromley & Co., 1928. Thirty six hand colored plates, plus title page, street index, and overview map.

Newspapers:

• NewspaperArchive.com - Explore Historical Newspapers Online 
  The world's largest online newspaper archive. Featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world. Searchable database with the number of results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
  • Mass Media 
  • UMB News 

Obituaries:

• The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database 
• BPL's Obituary Database 
  Obituaries in the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald from 1971-74 and 1990-1997.

Publications, Software & Supplies:

• Ages from Court Records, Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts 
  A book by Melinde Lutz Sanborn.

Religion & Churches:

• Holy Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts 
  This site by Marge Reid has a multitude of resources for the church including the 1895 HTC Parish Directory and an HTC researchers directory, as well as many others.

Societies & Groups:

• The Bostonian Society 
• Brighton Allston Historical Society 
• Dorchester Historical Society 
• Forest Hills Educational Trust  ~ Boston
  At the historic Forest Hills cemetery.
• Jamaica Plain Historical Society 
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston 

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:

• Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Genealogy 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Boston Births, 1700-1800 
  • Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809 
  • Boston Vital Records, 1630-1699 
• City of Boston - Registry Division 
  Vital records, certified copies of birth, marriage and death certificates.
• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Suffolk 
  A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  • Vital Records Offices in Suffolk County
    • Boston 
    • Chelsea 
    • Revere 
    • Winthrop 

Worcester County

General:

• American Local History Network 
• Ann's Royalston, MA Genealogy and History 
  This page was created in memory of Ann's ancestor, Nahum GREEN. It is linked to USGen Web's Worcester county, MA, & contains census, American Revolution history, vital records, etc. for the town of Royalston, MA. It also gives genealogy information on the ELLIOT family.
• ePodunk - Worcester County 
  Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
• Old Sturbridge Village 
• NACO - About Counties 
  • Cities in the County 
• RootsWeb 
• USGenWeb 
  
  • Towns in Worcester County (USGenWeb)
    • Royalston 
    • Spencer 
    • Sutton 
• USGenWeb Archives 
  

Cemeteries:

• Ancestry.com - Worcester, Massachusetts Burials, 1727-1859 
  Original source: Worcester Society of Antiquity. Inscriptions from the Old Burial Grounds in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1727 to 1859: With Biographical and Historical Notes. Worceser, MA, USA: Worcester Society of Antiquity, 1878.
• ePodunk - Cemeteries 
  Listing of cemeteries in the county.
• GNIS County Cemetery Locations 
• The Howard Cemetery, Town of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts 
• Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts 
  Tombstone transcriptions.
• The Political Graveyard 
• St. Anne's Church Yard Cemetery - Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 
  Tombstone listing of the church yard cemetery at Saint Anne's Church on the Boston Turnpike Rt9 in Shrewsbury, Mass.
• Worcester State Hospital Hillside Cemetery Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 
  Tombstone transcriptions.

Census:

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses 
  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
  1790 , 1800 , 1810 , 1820 , 1830 , 1840 , 1850 , Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 , 1860 , 1870 , 1880 , 1890 Veterans Schedules , 1900 , 1910 , 1920 , 1930 
• Ancestry.com - West Boylston, Massachusetts Census, 1870 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - West Brookfield, Massachusetts Census, 1870 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - Westminster, Massachusetts Census, 1870 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - Winchendon, Massachusetts Census, 1870 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Census Online 
• Ancestry.com - Webster, Massachusetts Census, 1870 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - Westborough, Massachusetts Census, 1870 
  Searchable database available by subscription.

• County History & Information 

Directories:

• Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Athol, Massachusetts Directories, 1885, 1897 
  • Baldwinville, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 
  • Fitchburg, Massachusetts Directories, 1887-90 
  • Leominster, Massachusetts Directories, 1883-95 
  • Millbury, Massachusetts Directory 1890 
  • Otter River, Massachusetts Directory 1885 
  • Petersham, Massachusetts Directory 1885 
  • Phillipston, Massachusetts Directory 1885 
  • Royalston, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 
  • Templeton, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 
  • Worcester, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-90 

Libraries, Archives & Museums:

• Athol Public Library 
  • Genealogy 
• Bancroft Memorial Library  ~ Hopedale
• Beaman Memorial Public Library  ~ West Boylston
• Family History Library Catalog 
• Fitchburg Public Library 
• Forbush Memorial Library  ~ Westminster
• Grafton Public Library 
• Harvard Public Library 
• Joshua Hyde Public Library  ~ Sturbridge
  • Local History 
• Milford Town Library 
  • Local History & Genealogy 
• Northborough Free Library 
• Paige Memorial Library  ~ Hardwick
• Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library  ~ Dudley
• Richards Memorial Library  ~ Paxton
• Ritter Memorial Library  ~ Lunenburg
• Shrewsbury Public Library 
• Taft Public Library  ~ Mendon
• Upton Town Library 
• Worcester Historical Museum 
• Worcester Public Library 
  • Genealogy Resources 

Mailing Lists & Message Boards:

• MACLINTON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Clinton, Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
• MA-MENDON Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
• MAWORCES 
  Archives: browse or search.

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:

• 1895 U.S. Atlas 

Military:

• 51st Regiment Massachusetts Militia: 1862-1863 
  Contact point for exchange of genealogical information on the men who served in this primarily Worcester County, MA, regiment.

Miscellaneous Records:

• Ancestry.com - Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881 
  Searchable database available by subscription.

Newspapers:

• Ancestry.com - Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
  • Fitchburg Daily Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) 
  • Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) 
  • The Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) 
• The Landmark Newspaper 
  Serving the Wachusett Region: Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling, Massachusetts.
• NewspaperArchive.com - Explore Historical Newspapers Online 
  The world's largest online newspaper archive. Featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world. Searchable database with the number of results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
  • Fitchburg Daily Sentinel 
  • Fitchburg Sentinel 
  • Fitchburg Sentinel, The 
  • Sentinel & Enterprise 
  • Sentinel And Enterprise 

Obituaries:

• Worcester Telegram & Gazette Online 
  • Obituaries 

Societies & Groups:

• Boylston Historical Society 
• Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society 
  Worcester and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts.
• Charlton Historical Society 
• Grafton Historical Society 
• Historical Society of Phillipston 
• Leominster Historical Society 
• Massachusetts Society of Genealogists 
  Chapters in Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex & Worcester counties.
• Nashaway Genealogical Society of New England 
  Dedicated to the promotion and study of genealogy and family history in Central Massachusetts.
• Rutland Historical Society, Inc. 
• Shrewsbury Historical Society 
• Southborough Historical Society 
  Educational site for the preservation of the history and traditions of the Town of Southborough, Massachusetts. Genealogy inquires welcome.
• Sutton Massachusetts Historical Society 

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:

• Ancestry.com - Worcester, Massachusetts Burials, 1727-1859 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Births of Rutland, Massachusetts 
  Births of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, as copied from 'Rutland Vital Records,' published in 1905 (out of copyright). (3,628 births printed.) BALL, BARTLET(T), BROWN, BROWNING, DAVIS, DEMOND, ESTABROOK, GATES, HOW(E), MOOR(E), PUTNAM, READ, RICE, SMITH, STONE, WHEELER.
• Deaths of Rutland, Massachusetts 
  Deaths of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, as copied from 'Rutland Vital Records,' published in 1905 (out of copyright). (1,289 deaths printed.) BROWNING, CLARK, DAVIS, DEMOND, ESTABROOK, GATES, GREEN, HOW(E), MOOR(E), READ, REED, SMITH, STONE, WHEELER.
• Marriages of Rutland, Massachusetts 
  Marriages of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, as copied from 'Rutland Vital Records,' published in 1905 (out of copyright). (1,472 marriages/2,944 names printed.) BARTLET(T), BROWN, BROWNING, DAVIS, ESTABROOK, GATES, HOW(E), MOOR(E), NEWTON, READ, RICE, SMITH, STONE, WHEELER.
• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Worcester 
  A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Massachusetts 
  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
  • Vital Records Offices in Worcester County
    • Ashburnham 
    • Athol 
    • Auburn 
    • Barre 
    • Berlin 
    • Blackstone 
    • Bolton 
    • Boylston 
    • Brookfield 
    • Charlton 
    • Clinton 
    • Douglas 
    • Dudley 
    • East Brookfield 
    • Fitchburg 
    • Gardner 
    • Grafton 
    • Hardwick 
    • Harvard 
    • Holden 
    • Hopedale 
    • Hubbardston 
    • Lancaster 
    • Leicester 
    • Leominster 
    • Lunenburg 
    • Mendon 
    • Milford 
    • Millbury 
    • Millville 
    • New Braintree 
    • North Brookfield 
    • Northborough 
    • Northbridge 
    • Oakham 
    • Oxford 
    • Paxton 
    • Petersham 
    • Phillipston 
    • Princeton 
    • Royalston 
    • Rutland 
    • Shrewsbury 
    • Southborough 
    • Southbridge 
    • Spencer 
    • Sterling 
    • Sturbridge 
    • Sutton 
    • Templeton 
    • Upton 
    • Uxbridge 
    • Warren 
    • Webster 
    • West Boylston 
    • West Brookfield 
    • Westborough 
    • Westminster 
    • Whitinsville 
    • Winchendon 
    • Worcester 

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