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U.S. - Massachusetts
Localities: Counties, Areas & Regions
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The links in the following sections below point to resources for specific localities , counties, areas and regions within this state. This first section contains links to for some of those same resources at the state level.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Massachusetts
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Local History Network
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
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- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Massachusetts
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family History Centers in Massachusetts
From the FamilySearch web site . Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog - Massachusetts
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Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Massachusetts Mailing Lists
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Massachusetts County Facts & Information
Links & information for each Massachusetts county.
- 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.
- NACO - About Counties
- The Political Graveyard: Index to Cemeteries in 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.
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RootsWeb - Massachusetts Resources at RootsWeb
- USGenWeb - Massachusetts
- USGenWeb Archives - 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.
When you know a city or geographic feature, but do not know the county, area or region:
Localities within this state are listed alphabetically below:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
General:
Cemeteries:
Census:
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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 - Barnstable County Massachusetts 1855 Census Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Barnstable, Massachusetts Census, 1920
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Ancestry.com - Dennis, Massachusetts Census, 1920
History & Culture:
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
- Cape Cod Times
Daily newspaper for the Cape Cod & Island area in Massachusetts. Includes obituaries archived from 1997-present.
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
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- American Local History Network
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Ancestry.com - Adams and North Adams, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1889-90, 1890-93 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Great Barrington, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Lee, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Marlborough, Massachusetts Directory, 1887-88 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - New Ashford, Massachusetts Land Owners, 1842-1900 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - North Adams, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1890-93 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Pittsfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-93 Searchable database available by subscription.
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Berkshire County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Berkshire
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
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RootsWeb
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Berkshire County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
Cemeteries:
Census:
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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1890 Veterans Schedules ,
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Ancestry.com - Cheshire, Massachusetts Census, 1900-1920
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Ancestry.com - Hancock, Massachusetts Census, 1790-1920
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Ancestry.com - Lanesboro, Massachusetts Census, 1790-1920
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Ancestry.com - Peru, Massachusetts, Census Records, 1790-1920
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Ancestry.com - Williamstown, Massachusetts Census, 1900 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Williamstown, Massachusetts Census, 1910-1920 ,
- Census Online
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
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- American Local History Network
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Ancestry.com - Easton, Massachusetts Directory, 1889 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Fall River, Massachusetts City Directories, 1889-91 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Mansfield, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - New Bedford, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1889-90 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Taunton, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-93 Searchable database available by subscription.
- Bristol County Massachusetts Local History and Genealogy
- City of Fall River Online
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Bristol County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Freemen's Purchase 1659 - Map ~ Fall River
Drawn map; list of first lot owners; deed (typed) from Indians to 26 colonists; miscellaneous information on will, etc., for Jacob HATHAWAY (d. 1759) of Freetown, Massachusetts; some photos.
- The Herald News ~ Fall River
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Bristol
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
- New Bedford, Massachusetts
- NORTON for Genealogists
Includes lists of Assessors and Selectmen from 1711-1857, local addresses, 1855 town census & cemetery listings
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RootsWeb
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Bristol County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
Cemeteries:
Census:
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
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- Massachusetts, Bristol County 1790 Census , 1800 , 1810 , 1850 , 1860
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
- 1895 U.S. Atlas
- Freemen's Purchase 1659 - Map ~ Fall River
Drawn map; list of first lot owners; deed (typed) from Indians to 26 colonists; miscellaneous information on will, etc., for Jacob HATHAWAY (d. 1759) of Freetown, Massachusetts; some photos.
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
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Cemeteries:
- Abel's Hill Cemetery, Chilmark, MA - Photos and Transcripts
Photographs, transcripts, and biographical information on 18th century gravestones at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark, Dukes Co., Mass. on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
- Cemeteries of Martha's Vineyard
Links to photographs, transcripts, and notes on gravestones at Company Place Cemetery, West Chop Cemetery, Christiantown, and other sites on Martha's Vineyard.
- ePodunk - Cemeteries
Listing of cemeteries in the county.
- GNIS County Cemetery Locations
- The Political Graveyard
- Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, MA, Photos and Transcripts
Photographs, transcripts, and biographical notes on all of the pre-1750 gravestones located at Tower Hill Cemetery (aka "Old Burying Ground").
- West Tisbury Village Cemetery Photos and Transcripts
Selected 17th and 18th century gravestones of some of the early settlers of Tisbury and West Tisbury, MA. Includes early families of ALLEN, ATHEARN, EDDY, HANCOCK, MANTER, MAYHEW, TORREY, WEST, and others.
Census:
- The 1880 Census of Chilmark and Gay Head, Mass.
Transcript of the 1880 census of the town of Chilmark, Mass. (including the future town of Gay Head and the island of Nomans Land.) Includes age, occupation, birthplace, race, and other notes.
- The 1880 Federal Census of Edgartown, Mass.
Transcript of the 1880 Federal Census of Edgartown, Dukes Co., Mass. Includes House, Family, Name, Age, Occupation, Birthplace, Race, and other notes.
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
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- Census Online
- Historical Records of Tisbury, Massachusetts
- 1790 Federal Census of Tisbury, Dukes Co., Mass.
- 1800 Federal Census of Tisbury, Dukes Co., Mass.
- The 1850 Census of Chilmark, MA
- The 1850 Census of Edgartown, MA
- The 1850 Census of Tisbury, MA
- 1865 Census of East Parish Tisbury, Mass.
- The 1880 Census of Tisbury, Mass.
- Index to the 1850 Census of Dukes County, MA
- Index to the 1860 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
- Index to the 1870 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
- Name Extract of the 1910 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
- Surname Index to the 1910 Federal Census of Tisbury, MA
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
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Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
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Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
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Ancestry.com - Early Vital Records of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, MA to about 1850 CD-ROM review by Linda Woodward Geiger, CGRS, CGL.
- Historical Records of Tisbury, Massachusetts
- Deaths in Tisbury 1850 - 1875
- Every Name Index to Town Marriage Records in Tisbury, MA 1850 - 1875
- Index of Death Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1850 - 1875
- Index to Death & Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1884-1939 A - K and L - Z
- Index to Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette, 1850-1863
Index to marriage notices in the Vineyard Gazette by bride and groom - mainly covers marriages on Martha's Vineyard and Dukes County, Mass. Covers years 1850-1863. Includes names, residences, date and place of marriage, and newspaper issue.
- Marriages in Tisbury, 1850 - 1853
Transcript of the town marriage register for the town of Tisbury, Mass., covering the years 1850-1853.
- Marriages in Tisbury, 1853 - 1875
Transcript of town marriage register for the town of Tisbury, Mass. for the years 1853-1875. An every-name index to marriages in Tisbury for 1850-1875 is also available at http://history.vineyard.net//tmindex.htm.
- Tisbury Deaths to the Year 1850: Adams to Linton and Part Two: Look - Yale
Transcribed from pp. 195 - 219 of "Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850" published by the New England Historic Genealogy Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund. Boston, Mass., 1910. Part two, Look through Yale (pp. 219 - 244) is also available at http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/tvrd2.htm.
- Town Marriage Records in Tisbury, 1850 -1875: An Index of Recorded Names
- 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 Dukes County
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- American Local History Network
- Amesbury High School - Local Connections History - Genealogy - Research - Resource & Exhibition Site
Dedicated to presenting information about historical people, places, and events in and around Northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts including the communities of Amesbury, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Salisbury, and West Newbury. Reference links, resources, and student project postings will continually be added as this site grows.
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Ancestry.com - Amesbury, Massachusetts Directory, 1891 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Bradford, Massachusetts Directory 1889 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Part 1 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Supplement Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Essex, Massachusetts Directory 1888-89 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1638-1840 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Gloucester, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-91 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Georgetown, Massachusetts Directory 1885-86 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Groveland, Massachusetts Directory 1885-86, 1894 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Hamilton, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Haverhill, Massachusetts Directory 1894 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton, Massachusetts: Town Histories Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Ipswich, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Lawrence, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-92 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Lynn, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Newburyport, Massachusetts Directory, 1891 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Peabody, Massachusetts Directory, 1886 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Rowley, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Salem, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-89, 1890-91, 1893-94 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Salem Witches Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Swampscott, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Essex County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Essex County Massachusetts
- Essex County Registry of Deeds - Northern District ~ Lawrence
- The Essex County Registry of Deeds - Southern District ~ Salem
- Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Essex
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
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RootsWeb
- Salem, Massachusetts - The City Guide
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Essex County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
Cemeteries:
Census:
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 ,
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1890 Veterans Schedules ,
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- Census Online
History & Culture:
Directories:
Libraries, Archives & Museums:
- Abbot Public Library ~ Marblehead
- Amesbury Public Library
- Beverly Public Library
- Boxford Village Library
- Cape Ann Historical Museum ~ Gloucester
- Family History Centers in Essex County
From the FamilySearch web site . Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Flint Public Library ~ Middleton
- G. A. R. Memorial Library ~ West Newbury
- Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library
- The Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
- Haverhill Public Library
- Immigrant City Archives - The Historical Society of Lawrence, Massachusetts and it's People
Research facilities including many records, books, manuscripts, photographs, taped oral histories and memorabilia relating to Lawrence.
- Ipswich Public Library
- Langley-Adams Library ~ Groveland
- Lawrence Public Library
- Lynnfield Public Library
- Manchester by-the-Sea Public Library
- Memorial Hall Library ~ Andover
- Nevins Memorial Library ~ Methuen
- Newburyport Public Library
- Peabody Essex Museum ~ Salem
- The Phillips Library
Formerly known as the Essex Institute. Extensive collection of manuscripts and books covering history and genealogy of maritime New England. Holdings include all the Essex County court records from 1636 to 1820, including the court records from the 1692 witchcraft trials. A large maritime history collection including 19th- and 20th-century images of ships and maritime subjects.
- Peabody Institute Library
- Eben Dale Sutton Room
Local history resource room: over three thousand books, five hundred maps, hundreds of news clippings and newspapers, broadsides, photographs, prints, pamphlets, video tapes and objects chronicling life in Peabody and our country from its beginning to the present.
- Rockport Public Library
- Rowley Public Library
- Salem Public Library
- Salisbury Public Library
- Saugus Public Library
- Stevens Memorial Library ~ North Andover
- Swampscott Public Library
- T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library ~ Essex
- Wenham Public Library
Mailing Lists & Message Boards:
- essexcountygenealogy - Essex County Genealogy
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ESSEX-ROOTS Mailing List A read-only mailing list for the dissemination of the Essex-Roots Newsletter, a monthly newsletter dealing with Essex County, Massachusetts. Archives: browse or search.
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MAESSEX Archives: browse or search.
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MASOUTHESSEX Mailing List For anyone with a genealogical interest in south Essex County, Massachusetts including the towns of Danvers, Peabody, Lynn, Salem, Middleton, Topsfield, Boxford, Beverly, and Lynnfield. Archives: browse or search.
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
Military:
Miscellaneous Records:
Newspapers:
Obituaries:
People:
Publications, Software & Supplies:
Religion & Churches:
Societies & Groups:
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
General:
- American Local History Network
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Ancestry.com - Erving, Massachusetts Directory 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Greenfield, Massachusetts Directory 1892 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Orange, Massachusetts Directories, 1885, 1896 Searchable database available by subscription. R
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Ancestry.com - Warwick, Massachusetts: Town History to 1854 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Wendall, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
- Charlemont, Massachusetts
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Franklin County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Franklin County Chamber of Commerce
Includes a map of the county with information for each of the cities.
- Franklin County Publications Archive Index
Full text index of Greenfield Gazette and Courier, starting in 1870. Librarian created.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Franklin
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
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RootsWeb
- Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Franklin County (USGenWeb)
Cemeteries:
Census:
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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- Census Online
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CAN-DEERFIELD-ATTACK-1704 Mailing List For the discussion and sharing of information regarding historic Deerfield, Massachusetts, with emphasis on the 1704 attack by French and Native American raiders who burned the town, taking to Canada approximately 100 captives many of whom died or were killed during the journey. Archives: browse or search.
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MAFRANKL Archives: browse or search.
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information:
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People:
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Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
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- American Local History Network
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Ancestry.com - Amherst, Massachusetts Directories, 1886-87, 1895 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Holyoke, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-90, 1892 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Palmer, Massachusetts Directory, 1892 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Springfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-91 Searchable database available by subscription.
- Christ Church Parish Springfield, Massachusetts 1817 - 1927
- County History & Information
- Early Brimfield - Hampden Co., MA
- Early Members of the First Baptist Church, Holyoke, MA 1803-1828
- ePodunk - Hampden County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Historic Holyoke
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Hampden
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
- 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.
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RootsWeb
- The Tragedy of the Precious Blood Church Fire
Compilation of various resources & comparative lists of the reported deaths from the 1875 fire in Holyoke, MA.
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Hampden County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
Cemeteries:
Census:
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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- Census Online
- Hampden County, Massachusetts Granville 1790 Census
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Census:
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death:
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- American Local History Network
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Ancestry.com - Massachusetts Genealogy Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
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Arlington, Massachusetts Directory, 1896-97
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Ashland, Massachusetts Directory 1890
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Bedford, Massachusetts Directory 1890
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Belmont, Massachusetts Directory, 1896-97
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Directories, 1887-90
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Cambridge, Massachusetts History, Supplement
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Concord, Massachusetts Directory, 1892
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Concord, Massachusetts Town Officers, 1861
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Dunstable, Massachusetts: Town History 1873
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Everett, Massachusetts Directory 1889
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Hopkinton, Massachusetts Directory 1886
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Hudson, Massachusetts Directory 1887-88
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Lexington, Massachusetts Directory 1890
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Lowell, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-90
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Malden, Massachusetts Directory 1890
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Medford, Massachusetts Directory 1890
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Melrose, Massachusetts Directory, 1885
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deponents, 1649-1700
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1871-1909 (Part A-K)
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Newton, Massachusetts Directory 1929
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Pepperell and Groton, Massachusetts Directory 1895-96
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Somerville, Massachusetts Directories, 1889-90, 1892
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Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Town History to 1878
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Watertown, Massachusetts, Various Town Records through 1737
- CCFGPW - Cambridge Blue Book
City and street directory for Cambridge, Massachusetts for 1910.
- Concord, Massachusetts
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Middlesex County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Framingham History
- History of Waltham
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Middlesex
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- 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.
- 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
- NACO - About Counties
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RootsWeb
- 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.
- Town of Natick, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Middlesex County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
- Where was the Actual Boston Tea Party Site?
- Ye Olde Woburn
Maps, city information, churches, cemeteries, newspapers and more.
Cemeteries:
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Ancestry.com - Lexington, Massachusetts Cemetery Records Searchable database available by subscription. Source: Robbins Cemetery Records.
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Ancestry.com - 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
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Ancestry.com - Braintree, Massachusetts Directories, 1888, 1892 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Canton, Massachusetts Directory 1887 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Cohasset, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Dedham, Massachusetts Directory, 1893 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Dover, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Holbrook, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Franklin, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Foxborough, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Medway, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Milton, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Needham, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-89, 1893 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Norwood, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Randolph, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Wrentham and Norfolk, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Norfolk County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Norfolk
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
- Needham, Massachusetts
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- Towns in Norfolk County (USGenWeb)
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- 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
- 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
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- American Local History Network
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Ancestry.com - Abington, Massachusetts Directories, 1889, 1892 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Brockton, Massachusetts City Directory, 1887-90 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Duxbury, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Lakeville, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Marshfield, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 Searchable database available by subscription. A
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Ancestry.com - Middleboro, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Norwell, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Plymouth, Massachusetts Church Records, Vols. I and II, 1620-1859 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Plymouth, Massachusetts Directories, 1890, 1893 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Scituate, Massachusetts Directory, 1894 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Whitman, Massachusetts Directories, 1889, 1892 Searchable database available by subscription.
- 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.
- Brockton Mass Genealogy
Devoted to the history and genealogy of the citizens of Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
- County History & Information
- Duxbury Online - Duxbury, Massachusetts
- ePodunk - Plymouth County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Plymouth
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
- Plymouth Massachusetts History and Genealogy
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- Scituate Genealogy
Families who resided in Scituate, MA, and in neighboring towns from Weymouth to the Cape.
- USGenWeb
- Towns in Plymouth County (USGenWeb)
- USGenWeb Archives
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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.
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Ancestry.com - Boston Port Arrivals and Immigrants, 1715-1716, 1762-1769 Searchable database available by subscription.
- BostonFamilyHistory.com
Ethnic, topical guide to research in this historic city.
- 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.
- The People: City directories
City directories for 1845, 1855, 1865, 1870, 1872, 1875, 1885, 1905 & 1925.
- Places: Atlases, Maps, and Geospatial material
Atlases from 1874, 1898, and 1928 are available for browsing and searching.
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Suffolk County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- 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.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Suffolk
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- NACO - About Counties
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Ancestry.com - Boston, Massachusetts City Directory, 1789 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1805 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Boston, Massachusetts Directory, 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Chelsea, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-92 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Suffolk County, Boston City Massachusetts 1810 City Directory Searchable database available by subscription.
- Footnote.com - City Directories for Boston, Massachusetts
 Directories for 1861-1878, 1923-1926. 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 .
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Ancestry.com - Athol, Massachusetts Directories, 1885, 1897 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Baldwinville, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Fitchburg, Massachusetts Directories, 1887-90 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Leominster, Massachusetts Directories, 1883-95 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Millbury, Massachusetts Directory 1890 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Otter River, Massachusetts Directory 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Petersham, Massachusetts Directory 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Phillipston, Massachusetts Directory 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Royalston, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Templeton, Massachusetts Directory, 1885 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Worcester, Massachusetts Directories, 1888-90 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881 Searchable database available by subscription.
- 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.
- County History & Information
- ePodunk - Worcester County
Provides ancestral demographics for the county & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- The Landmark Newspaper
Serving the Wachusett Region: Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling, Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1910 - Worcester
A bibliography of the original town and vital records of Massachusetts on microfiche.
- Old Sturbridge Village
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- USGenWeb Archives
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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.
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Ancestry.com - West Boylston, Massachusetts Census, 1870 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - West Brookfield, Massachusetts Census, 1870 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Westminster, Massachusetts Census, 1870 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Winchendon, Massachusetts Census, 1870 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Webster, Massachusetts Census, 1870 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - Westborough, Massachusetts Census, 1870 Searchable database available by subscription.
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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.
- 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
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