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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.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

A Walking Tour of Plimoth Plantation

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.

Massachusetts Historical Sites & Societies

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

Plimoth-on-Web

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.

The Great Boston Molasses Tragedy

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

The History of Massachusetts

Early Native Americans Through WWII. Article by Rickie Lazzerini.

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.

The Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia

Archives and Analysis of Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.

The Salem Witch Trials

Information about those tried and/or killed in the Salem Witch trials of 1692. This site has family trees, and the reasons for this obsession with evil.