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U.S. - Massachusetts
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- AccessGenealogy - Massachusetts Genealogy Resource Center
- ALHN Massachusetts
American Local History Network for Massachusetts, history and genealogy, early colonies and government, family migration leads.
- Ancestor Search - Massachusetts Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - Massachusetts
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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 Ancestry.com - The Great Migration Study Project
Article by Robert Charles Anderson.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Colonial Ancestors
Genealogy records and information about ancestors in the 13 original colonies.
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - Massachusetts Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Footnote.com - Massachusetts
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents.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.
- GenealogyBank.com - Massachusetts
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
- Genealogy Buff - Library - Massachusetts Data
Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Massachusetts
- Genealogy Trails History Group - Massachusetts Genealogy Trails
Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.
- Geneasearch: A Guide to Massachusetts Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- G's Adoption Registry - Massachusetts
- Kindred Trails - Massachusetts Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - Massachusetts Research Room
- Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Massachusetts
- Local History and Genealogy Websites
List of addresses and links for Massachusetts from the Plymouth Public Library.
- Looking 4 Kin - Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Genealogy
Includes links for the best record sources, sorted by locality and record type, for doing genealogy research in Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts Local History <-> Genealogy
- Naming children in early New England
Scholarly work on the naming patterns used by early Puritans.
- NewEnglandAncestors.org - New England Historic Genealogical Society
- New England History
Companion Site for New-England-History-L Mailing List. This site contains information, submitted by members, pertaining to the history of the New England States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Related submissions are welcome from anyone who wishes to contribute material to the site.
- New England Roots Web Ring
- The Olive Tree Genealogy - Massachusetts
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Massachusetts
- Surname Navigator USA
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
- USGenWeb - MAGenWeb Project
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 Websites at RootsWeb
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Massachussetts in Databases or Massachussetts in Titles
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700
- Massachusetts City Directories
- U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Original source: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998.
- U.S. City Directories
- U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Original source: 1993-2002 White Pages. Little Rock, AR, USA: Acxiom Corporation.
- U.S. Public Records Index
Original source: Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, comp. Historical Residential White Page, Directory Assistance and Other Household Database Listings. Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, 215 South Complex Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901.
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - Massachusetts
Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
- City Directories of the United States of America
A register of known city directories, their years, and repositories for the United States.
- 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.
- Online Historical Directories Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online city directories in one place, listed by location and in date order. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers. Included are county, rural, business, professional and other directories.
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Massachusetts
At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- 50states.com - Massachusetts State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts - MAGNet
- Court Web Sites - Massachusetts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- FindLaw: Massachusetts: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- Massachusetts City and Town Clerk Directory
- NACo - About Counties - Massachusetts
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of Massachusetts
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- USA CityLink Project - Massachusetts
- Yahoo! Get Local...Massachusetts Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
- 17th c. Colonial New England, with Special Emphasis on the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692
- 1872 Chronicle Of Events: November, 1870 - November, 1871
Chronicle of events from the 1872 Boston Almanac and Directory.
- Boston Molasses Disaster, January 15, 1919
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Massachusetts
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- The Great Boston Molasses Tragedy
- The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
- Massachusetts Historical Sites & Societies
- The History of Massachusetts
Early Native Americans Through WWII. Article by Rickie Lazzerini.
- Massachusetts History Timeline
- Massachusetts Local History
Research Massachusetts local history by county, category & era via extensive collection of history and genealogy links, to learn about our ancestors and the history they lived.
- Mayflower & Early Families
- Molasses Clocked at 35 mph ... in January!
- 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.
- The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620
A educational study guide for instruction on the Mayflower, Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony, Native Americans and much more. Contains original artwork. Written by Duane A. Cline, former Education Chairman of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
- The Pilgrims in Leiden
A brief history of the Pilgrims' sojourn in Leiden with several scanned images, maps & documents.
- Plimoth-on-Web
- The Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia
Archives and Analysis of Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.
- Salem Witch Trials Chronology
- Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
Includes transcribed and scanned court records, maps, and more.
- Shays' Rebellion
A rebellion of farmers in Massachusetts.
- A Walking Tour of Plimoth Plantation
- What caused the great Boston Molasses Flood?
- Yahoo!...History...Massachusetts
- American Antiquarian Society ~ Worcester
- Armenian Library and Museum of America ~ Watertown
- Andover Newton Theological School
- Trask Library - Merrill Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Collections include records of 26 New England state and regional Baptist and Congregational organizations as well as records of 48 Baptist and Congregational churches. Repository for archives of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM) and for the records of all disbanded American Baptist churches in the state
- Archives - Archdiocese of Boston
Includes parish registers, sacremental records, and cemetery records.
- Boston Public Library
- Family History Centers in Massachusetts
From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- FamilySearch - Family History Centers in Massachusetts
A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
- Healy Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston
- John F. Kennedy Library Home Page
- LIBCAT: US - Massachusetts
A directory of library resources on the Internet.
- LibDex - The Library Index - Massachusetts
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- Massachusetts Archives Division
- The Massachusetts Library and Information Network
- Nantucket Historical Association Research Library
Extensive collections of manuscripts, books, maps, and photographs centering on the history of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- National Heritage Museum ~ Lexington
An American history museum founded and supported by 32° Scottish Rite Freemasons.
- The Van Gorden-Williams Library
Holds one of the most comprehensive collections on American Masonry in the world. The library also collects material on other fraternal organizations whose development paralleled or was influenced by Masonry
- Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - Massachusetts
- Newberry Library | Genealogy Bibliographies - Massachusetts
- New England Conference - United Methodist Church Commission on Archives & History ~ Boston
- NewEnglandAncestors.org - New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Old Colony Library Network
- Plymouth Public Library
- PublicLibraries.com - Massachusetts
- Repositories of Primary Sources: Massachusetts
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- State Library of Massachusetts
- United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives
List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.
- Williams College Archives and Special Collections ~ Williamstown
- WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for books, music CDs, videos, and many new kinds of digital content such as downloadable audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- BOSTON-STATES Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the migration between the Eastern Provinces of Canada and New England/New York. Archives: browse or search.
- CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical and/or historical interest in the Connecticut River Valley which is the area where the migrants from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony settled as early as 1635. The towns of interest are 30 miles on both sides within the boundry of the Connecticut River which include the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Archives: browse or search.
- GenMassachusetts Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- MA-AfriGeneas Mailing List
To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within Massachusetts.
- Ma-Bay-Colony Mailing List
For those with a genealogical/historical interest in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1630-1700. Archives: browse or search.
- MA-CEMETERIES Mailing List
For anyone interested in locating, and preserving historical information about, Massachusetts cemeteries. We welcome queries and postings regarding location of graves, cemeteries which have been indexed both on the internet and in other written forms, cemetery research, and the care of tombstones. Archives: browse or search.
- MA-CENSUS Mailing List
For the volunteers who are engaged in transcribing Massachusetts census records in support of the USGenWeb Census Project to discuss the status of the project.
- MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List
For anyone desiring a check of Massachusetts census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible. Archives: browse or search.
- MA-FREEDMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in Massachusetts from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
- MAGEN Mailing List
For discussing the creation of a single source for all Massachusetts genealogy databases. Archives: browse or search.
- MA-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ghost towns of Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
- MAME Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the states or Massachusetts and Maine; both when they were "one" and after they were divided. Archives: browse or search.
- MA-OBITS Mailing List
For individuals and volunteers to request or submit obituary information - either modern or historic - for Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
- MA-OLD-NEWS Mailing List
For for the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from Massachusetts newspapers published prior to 1931. Archives: browse or search.
- MA-Rollcall Mailing List
For any and all researchers of their Massachusetts ancestry to post rollcalls - lists of the surnames they are researching and associated information such as locations and timeframes.
- MassachusettsRoots Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Massachusetts.
- The Nantucket Families Discussion List Homepage
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.
- NEWENG Mailing List
For anyone who with a genealogical or historical interest in the New England states. Biographical sketches, cultural history, personal or informational web sites, etc. are also welcome. Archives: browse or search.
- NEW-ENG-GEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the New England states. Archives: browse or search.
- newengland-gene Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the New England states.
- NEW-ENGLAND-ISLANDS Mailing List
For anyone who has an interest in genealogy or history related to ancestors who settled on islands of New England at any time and their descendants. These islands include, but are not limited to, Block Island, Deer Isle, Fox Islands, Isle Au Haut, Martha's Vineyard, Matinicus, Monhegan, Mount Desert, and Nantucket. Archives: browse or search.
- NEW-ENG-NATAM Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Native Americans in the New England and New York areas. Archives: browse or search.
- NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS Mailing List
For with a genealogical interest in the New England area of the United States as it pertains to the seafaring community and their ships. Archives: browse or search.
- NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L Mailing List
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont.
- SALEM-WITCH Mailing List
A genealogy and history mailing list for descendants of the people involved in the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 -- the accusers and the accused, the afflicted and the executed, as well as the magistrates, clergy, jurors, and anyone affected by the proceedings. Archives: browse or search.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Massachusetts
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Massachusetts
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Massachusetts
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- Ancestry.com - Map of Boston, Massachusetts, 1775-1776
- Ancestry.com - Map of Massachusetts Bay 1630-42
- Ancestry.com - Map of Plymouth Plantation 1620-30
- Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - Massachusetts
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - New England States
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- Antique Town Maps for Genealogy and History
Reproductions of old town maps with family names.
- Boston Rare Maps
Dealer specializing in antique and rare maps (and books with maps) of New England and the Northeast.
- Color Landform Atlas: Massachusetts
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Historic USGS Maps of Massachusetts - Alphabetic Quad Listing
- Historic USGS Maps of Massachusetts - Alphabetic Town Listing
- Historic USGS Maps of Massachusetts - Image Map
- Historic USGS Maps of Massachusetts - Quad Index
- Historic USGS Maps of Massachusetts - Town Index
- Index to Mass Towns
- Map of Massachusetts Counties
- MapQuest: World Atlas: Massachusetts
- Massachusetts County Census Maps
Shows county boundaries in effect at the time of each decennial census.
- Massachusetts County Facts & Information
- Massachusetts County Formation Maps
Animated map of county boundries which change over time from original county formations to the present. Also shows static maps for each year a county boundary was changed.
- Old Maps
Reproductions for sale of old maps of New Hampshire, Vermont & Massachusetts.
- Old Maps of New York, Pennsylvania and New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts)
Quality reproductions of towns in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine with family names.
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Massachusetts Maps
From The University of Texas at Austin.
- Piper Publishing LLC - Genealogy/Maps
BEERS County Atlas CD Collection of Massachusetts 1870-1876. Each CD is the complete facsimile reproduction of one county.
- Rail road & township map of Massachusetts
Scanned image of the map published at the Boston Map Store, 1879.
- RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo
Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
- U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Massachusetts County Selection Map
- USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - Massachusetts
Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.
- 3rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
9th Massachusetts Battery
Civil War Site for historical and reenacting 9th Massachusetts Battery. Lists where each was from, occupation, muster in and out dates, date of death, injuries. etc.
- 10th Mass. Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 11th Massachusetts Infantry - "Boston Volunteers"
- 13th MA Infantry Roster of Those Who Served 1861-1864
- 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- 16th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Dedicated to my great-great-grandfather, Isaac F. Kennaston, this site lists the rosters of the 16th Mass., and links to known descendants and other Civil War sites.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
18th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- 20th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - "The Harvard Regiment"
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
A Civil War Rifle Unit, reenactment group.
- 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
History and roster of the unit.
- 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- The 44th Regt. Massachusetts Volunteer Militia - the Second New England Guards Regiment
- 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.
- 53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- 54th. Mass. Volunteer Infantry, Co. I
- Ancestry.com - Search Military Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Bearing arms in the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War : 1861-1865
Original source: Derby, W. P.. Bearing arms in the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War : 1861-1865. Boston: Wright & Potter Print. Co., 1883.
- Massachusetts Army and Navy, 1861-65
Original source: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1895-1896.
- Massachusetts Military Company History, Vol. 4
Original source: Roberts, Oliver Ayer. History of the Military Company of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1901.
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.
Original source: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online)
Original source: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908.
- Massachusetts Spanish American War Records
Original source: Harry E. Webber, comp. Twelve Months with the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry in the Service of the United States. Salem, MA, USA: Newcomb and Gauss, Printers, 1908.
- A record of the Twenty-Third Regiment Mass. Vol. Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 : with alphabetical roster, co
Original source: Emmerton, James A.. A record of the Twenty-Third Regiment Mass. Vol. Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 : with alphabetical roster, company rolls, portraits, maps, etc.. Boston: W. Ware & Co., 1886.
- A Biography of Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts.
- The "Boston Volunteers" Homepage
Descendants of members of the 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Canadians Who Served with Massachusetts Regiments During the Civil War
A list of men born or from Canada who served with a Massachusetts regiment during the American Civil War.
- The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Massachusetts
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Civil War Rosters - Massachusetts
List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
- Col. Bailey's 2nd Massachusetts Regiment
- Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry
- Forty-Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (Infantry)
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Massachusetts
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records. Listed by home state, then by place, and there under alphabetically by name.
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Massachusetts
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records. Listed alphabetically by name.
- Massachusetts 27th Infantry Regiment
- Massachusetts Civil War Discussion Forum
- Massachusetts Civil War Research Center
- Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry 1st Regiment
- Roster of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Companies G & H and Field & Staff Officers
- Samuel J. BRADLEE'S Civil War Letters
This site is a collection of letters from a Massachusetts artillery officer to his wife in Boston.
- Sleeper's Battery - the Tenth Battery, Massaxchusetts Light Artillery, 1862-1865
History, Roster, Service Record of the Tenth Battery, 1862-1865; also Field Artillery in the Civil War, the Tenth Mass Battery Association today.
- Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers Roster
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Massachusetts
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records. Listed alphabetically home state, home city, and there under by name.
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Massachusetts
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records. Listed alphabetically by name.
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Massachusetts
- ABYZ News Links - Massachusetts - Newspapers and News Sources
- Ancestry.com - Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Cape Cod Times
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
- Footnote.com - Massachusetts Newspapers
Brookfield Citizen, Vineyard Gazette. 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.
- GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspapers - Massachusetts
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
- The Harvard Crimson
Founded in 1873, from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Home Town News - Massachusetts
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Massachusetts
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - Massachusetts
- NewspaperLinks.com - Massachusetts
- TheOldenTimes.com: Old Massachusetts News
Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: Massachusetts
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - Massachusetts Newspapers
- University Of Massachusetts at Boston Newspaper Archive
1966-2007.
- The United States Newspaper Program - Massachusetts
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - Massachusetts Newspapers
- World-newspapers.com - Massachusetts Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...Massachusetts
- Seamen's Protection Certificate Register Database
The data (sailor names, ages, birth and residences places) included on these pages is taken from the original "Registers of Seamen's Protection Certificates" issued at the Custom Houses of Fall River, Gloucester, Salem, New Haven, Newport, and Marblehead. There are entries for 23,436 certificates issued from 1796-1871.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- African American Genealogy Resources: States/Massachusetts
From Christine's Genealogy Website.
- AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Massachusetts
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Freemen
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Pioneers
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Biographies of the Class of 1863 Williams University ~ Williamstown, Massachusetts
40th year report by the class historian in 1903.
- Colonial Massachusetts and Maine Genealogies
Information about approximately 5,000 individuals who are descendants of the following surnames: ANDERSON, BLAKE, BRACKETT, BRADBURY, CARVER, CONANT, CHUTE, DARLING, FARRINGTON, HAMBLEN/HAMBLIN/HAMLIN, HASKELL, KNIGHT, MANSFIELD MATHER, NOYES, PLUMER/PLUMMER, PROCTOR, SANFORD, SAWYER, SEWALL, SHACKFORD, SNOW, THURSTON, WAITE, WATTS, WOODWARD.
- Dyer Families of New England
Genealogies of five different DYER families in New England from the 17th century. Also a reference to "Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA" by Sprague.
- George Washington in Massachusetts, 1775-1776
Men born or baptized in Massachusetts with the forename "George Washington" and "Washington" during the years 1775 to 1799.
- Germans in Boston Resource Center
- Governor John WEBSTER of Hartford, Connecticut and Hadley, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Blacksheep Ancestors
Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
- The Mayflower:
- Old Colony Ancestors
Genealogical database of over 106,000 names from families originiating in the "Old Colony" area of Massachusetts: Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable Counties.
- Old Pictures of the 107th Company CCC Camp, Mount Greylock, Massachusetts
Pictures of the camp and some of the men taken between 1933 and 1935.
- Planters of Early New England: A Sketch of Roger Mowry Manns Seventeenth Century Ancestors
A historical and genealogical record regarding the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and early events in Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and in the Connecticut and New Haven Colonies.
- Salem Massachusetts Witch Trials
- Tribes and Communities of Massachusetts
- WPA Life Histories from Massachusetts
Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
- Mt. Massaemet Shadows
Index of Mt. Massaemet Shadows. Quarterly newsletter of Shelburne Historical Society, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Since 1975. 1985-1998 presently indexed. Back issues or selected pages available for a fee.
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Massachusetts
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Massachusetts
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - Massachusetts
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - Massachusetts
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- American Ancestral Associates ~ Cranston, Rhode Island
A full-service genealogical company, with over twenty years experience, including research, consultation, education, and literary assistance.
- Barbara Jean Mathews, CG
Professional genealogical research in Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts.
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in Massachusetts or Specializing in Massachusetts
- Clifford L. Stott & Associates, Genealogical Research
A certified genealogist, accredited genealogist, and a fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, with more than 30 years of research experience in U.S. and British records. Specializing in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.
- D & A Lambert Genealogical and Historical Research Service ~ Boston, Massachusetts
Specializing in New England and Atlantic Canada research. Will visit Massachusetts cemeteries, homesites, and all ancestral research done fast and accurate. Providing services in the Boston area for over 15 years.
- Fieldstone Historic Research
Headquartered in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, Fieldstone Historic research provides document retrieval, genealogical research, house histories, dating old photographs and oral history services. Geographic specialization includes New England and New York research.
- Genealogy Professional Your Personal Research Assistant: Andrea Olkin Genealogist
Over ten years of experience, working with personal papers and documents & conducting interviews. Amherst Massachusetts.
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for North Eastern United States
Including the states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- Kane General & Family Research Services
Historical and genealogical research help in Boston, Massachusetts area institutions such as the Boston Public Library and Harvard University libraries, as well as various records facilities in the MetroBoston area. Local newspaper searches and urban immigration tracings are a specialty.
- Kimmitt Genealogical Research, Polly FitzGerald Kimmitt, Certified Genealogist
Specialization: Massachusetts with short travel times to reach most New England repositories.
- Laura Prescott - Genealogy Research & Education
Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island.
- Legacy Genealogists
Professional research in the Boston and New England areas.
- Mark Windover's Web Page ~ Williamstown
Quality Professional Genealogical Research U.S., Canada (including French), England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Belgium.
- Massachusetts and New York Genealogy and History Research
Specializing in Capital District area; German, Dutch, Irish research. Worcester County, Massachusetts, greater Boston area and some New York. Specialist in searching church records
- Massachusetts Family Research
Researcher offers various low-cost genealogy services within MA. Vital records lookups 1841-1905 for the entire state; other services (obits, cemetery photos, church records, etc.) are for Western MA only - Hampden, Hampshire, and Berkshire counties.
- New England Genealogical Research - The Genealogy Detective
Professional researcher located in Massachusetts available for research assignments. Specializing in Essex Co. MA research. Vital records, court records, census etc. Former archivist and Executive Director of Beverly [Massachusetts] Historical Society.
- NewEnglandAncestors.org - New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Professional Genealogist, Richard M. Pope
Specializing in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York City, Germany.
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Massachusetts
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
- Rhonda R. McClure Genealogical Services
Solid experience in most of the United States as well as Canada, France and Italy, with regional specialties in New England, New York, Midwest and Southern states. In addition to these regions, there are certain research specialties including immigrant research (going beyond the basic passenger lists), Native American research, compiling of family histories, and editing.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Massachusetts and New England
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England
A book by D. Brenton Simons.
- At the Fair: The Boston Immigrant Experience
A book by Alan Seaburg.
- Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Connecticut Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island
A book by John H. Long.
- Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston
A book by Stephanie Schorow.
- City Directories: New England States 1881-1902
A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
- Digging for Genealogical Treasure in New England Town Records
A book by Ann S. Lainhart.
- Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700
A book by Frank R. Holmes.
- Epitaphs to Remember: Remarkable Inscriptions from New England Gravestones
A book by Janet Greene.
- Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, Fourth Edition
A book by Marcia D. Melnyk.
- The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633
A CD-ROM by Robert Charles Anderson.
- A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries
A book by David Allen Lambert.
- Historical Atlas of Massachusetts
A book by Richard W. Wilkie.
- The History of Land Titles in Massachusetts
A book by James Sullivan.
- History of Massachusetts
A book by John Barry.
- Hollis Street Church, Boston: Records of Admissions, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1732-1887
A book by Ogden Codman.
- The Loyalists of Massachusetts: Their Memorials, Petitions & Claims
A book by Alfred E. Jones.
- Mapping Boston
A book by Alex Krieger.
- Marshfield Massachusetts Vital Records
A book by Carl D. Henry.
- The Masks of Orthodoxy: Folk Gravestone Carving in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1689-1805
A book by Peter Benes.
- Massachusetts Genealogical Research
A book by George K. Schweitzer.
- New England Court Records: A Research Guide for Genealogists And Historians
A book by Diane Rapaport.
- Notable Kin: An Anthology of Columns First Published in the NEHGS Nexus, 1986-1995
A book by Gary B. Roberts.
- Orthodoxies in Massachusetts: Rereading American Puritanism
A book by Jancie Knight.
- Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts
A book by Carla Gardina Pestana.
- Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area
A book by Warren Blatt.
- Scots in New England, 1623-1873
A book by David Dobson.
- Steam and the Sea: A Guide to the Steamship Collections of the Peabody Museum of Salem
A book by Paul F. Johnston.
- Stones and Bones of New England : A Guide to Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries
A book by Lisa Rogak.
- Vital Records of Tisbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
A book by the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
- Warning Out in New England 1656-1817
A book by Benton.
- Ancestry.com - The Shops@Ancestry.com
- Archive CD Books USA
Digital reproductions (or e-books) of old books, maps, and other rare genealogical material.
- Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books - Massachusetts
- Barnette's Family Tree Books - Massachusetts
- Books We Own - Massachusetts
Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
- Boston Area Cemeteries
Addresses of cemeteries located in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
- Boyd Publishing Company - Massachusetts
See their home page for details on placing an order.
- Boyd Publishing Company - Massachusetts or New England States
See their home page for details on placing an order.
- Broad View Books
Used Genealogy Books, Local History of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and New England.
- Burial Hill in the 1990s, Plymouth, Massachusetts
A book for sale. The first major work that locates and documents conditions of more than 2,000 gravestones, dating from 1657.
- eBay Listings: Search for Massachusetts Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- Genealogical.com - Massachusetts
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
- Heritage Books: Massachusetts
- Higginson Book Company - Massachusetts
- Hope Farm Books - Massachusetts
- The Jewish Community of Cape Ann: An Oral History
A book for sale by Sarah V. Dunlap, about a Massachusetts Jewish community.
- NewEnglandAncestors.org - New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Picton Press - Massachusetts
- Pine Cone and Tassel Newsletter
Bi-monthly genealogy newsletter covering Maine and New England.
- Quintin Publications - Massachusetts
- Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp.
Supplier of historical databases on CD-ROM including "The Early Vital Records of Massachusetts" and "Mayflower Descendant Legacy".
- SK Publications Census CDs and Books - Massachusetts
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- Cemetery Junction: Massachusetts Cemeteries
A list of links and addresses for cemeteries in the state.
- Cyndy's Photos - Cyndy's Home - Written in Stone
The Connecticut River Valley area of New England was the "Cross roads of migration" to Vermont, New York and westward. Photographs of gravestones in the Connecticut River Valley area of Massachusetts and Connecticut, the earlier the date, the better. The cemeteries are located within 30 miles on BOTH sides of the Connecticut River which covers a good deal of area.
- ePodunk - Cemeteries
Listing of cemeteries in the state.
- Farber Gravestone Collection
Over 13,500 images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800. The data accompanying the photographs include the name and death date of the deceased, the location of the stone, and information concerning the stone material, the iconography, the inscription, and (when known) the carver. The focus of the collection are Massachusetts & Connecticut grave markers.
- Find-A-Grave by Location: Massachusetts
Graves of noteworthy people.
- FSN Funeral Homes - Massachusetts
- Funeral Services Providers - Massachusetts
A directory of funeral service providers including funeral homes and cemeteries.
- I Dream of Genealogy - Massachusetts Cemeteries
- iMortuary.com - Cemetery Directory - Massachusetts Cemeteries
- iMortuary.com - Funeral Home Directory - Massachusetts Funeral Homes
- Interment.net: Massachusetts Cemeteries
Online archive of cemetery transcriptions, with dates and names of people interred in local cemeteries. Also links to related materials online.
- The Political Graveyard - Cemeteries in Massachusetts
- Preplanning Network - Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory - Massachusetts
- Saving Graves - Massachusetts
- USA Funeral Homes Online Directory - Massachusetts
- US Funerals Online - Massachusetts
US Funeral Guide & Comprehensive Funeral Homes Directory.
- USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project - Massachusetts
- A Very Grave Matter
Pictorial study of colonial cemeteries in the Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts seacoast region and their historical links to the area. Includes photos & transcriptions.
- 1790 Census of Population and Housing
From the US Census Bureau. Printed transcriptions in .pdf or .zip format showing Heads of Household.
- AccessGenealogy - Massachusetts Census Records
Census links for online census research.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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 Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Massachusetts
- Family Search Record Search
Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
- Heads of Families - First Census of the United States: 1790 State of Massachusetts
Transcription of the census.
- HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm
Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
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- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com - Great Migration Begins Index: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Name Changes, 1780-1892
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Before the Needles - Massachusetts
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in Massachusetts. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- Boston Passenger Lists Quick Guide 1820-1943
A list of research material for locating Boston passenger records. Included are microfilmed records and indexes, a CD-Rom, and an online index.
- County Courthouse Addresses
- Guarantee Company of North America - List of Shareholders 1890
Search for names of shareholders in 1890. Includes residences and details of shares. Shareholders residences are Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Illinois.
- The Massachusetts Court System
- Massachusetts Registries of Deeds
Click on map to obtain address and homepage for Registry of Deeds for your county.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- OliveTreeGenealogy.com: Shipwrecks and Ships of Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Search for those lost at sea in this list of vessels sailing out of Gloucester Massachusetts, and their crews between the years 1830 to October 1, 1873. There are 1437 names of those lost, plus the names of 296 ships in this set of records. Areas where the ships went down includes Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Massachusetts, Boston, Maine and more.
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Records Room: Massachusetts Counties, United States
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Massachusetts
Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Centinal Marriage Notices
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Deaths, 1844: Vol. 8, Barnstable to Hampshire; Volume 9, Middlesex to Worcester
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Marriages to 1800
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Town Birth Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Original source: Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904; Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914; Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926; Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908; Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913; Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Town Death Records
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Town Marriage Records
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of 1849
- Massachusetts Archives - Vital Records 1841-1910
Online searchable database of the indexes to Massachusetts vital records from 1841-1910. Each index entry will include the person's first & last name, the town or city where the event occurred, the year, volume number, & page number. The database is searchable by first and last names, year, & location.
- Massachusetts Marriages Search Engine
Search your surnames through Massachusetts marriage records from across the web.
- Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
- Massachusetts Online Vital Records Research Guide
Complete list of Massachusetts towns and where their pre-1850 vital records may be found (for free if possible) online.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts now on microfiche.
- MyVitalRec.com - Massachusetts Vital Records
Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.
- VitalChek Network - Massachusetts
- 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 US - Massachusetts Vital Records
Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Massachusetts
From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
- Acadian Cultural Society
- American Antiquarian Society
Founded in 1812 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- American Jewish Historical Society ~ Waltham
- American-Portuguese Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc. ~ Taunton
- Boston to Providence Genealogical Society
- Chinese Historical Society of New England
- Connecticut River Archives Group
- Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Massachusetts
Jurisdictions for the IOOF, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
- The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA)
- Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution
- Massachusetts Historical Society ~ Boston
- Massachusetts Society Children of the American Revolution
- Massachusetts Society Daughters of the American Colonists
- Massachusetts Society of Genealogists
Chapters in Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex & Worcester counties.
- Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
- The Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Profiles
Online searchable database from the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
- Massachusetts Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
- Massachusetts Studies Project - Local History - List of Societies & Groups
- MassHome Directory of Massachusetts Historical Sites & Historical Societies
- MassHome Directory of Massachusetts Historical Societies
- New England Archivists
- New England Association of Oral History
- New England Historic Genealogical Society ~ Boston, Massachusetts
- The Old Broad Bay Family History Association
This group covers the 150 German families that came to Broad Bay, Massachusetts, (now Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine) from 1740 and 1753.
- Olde Colony Civil War Round Table
- Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts
- Society Hill: Massachusetts Genealogy
A list of addresses for genealogical and historical societies in the state.
- The Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Swedish Ancestry Research Association (SARA) ~ Worcester
- Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society
- The Winthrop Society -- Descendants of the Great Migration
For those with proven descent from one or more passengers of the Winthrop fleet, or of others who settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony before December 31, 1632.
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