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American Ancestors - Historic Catholic Records Online

The New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston have announced a multi-year collaboration to create an online searchable database of millions of sacramental records from over 100 parishes across greater Boston. This is the first time a significant number of sacramental records from any U.S.-based archdiocese have been made available in an online digital format. The project spans parish records from 1789 to 1900, a period of significant growth for the Catholic Church in Boston and surrounding towns, beginning with the founding of Boston’s first Catholic parish—the Cathedral of the Holy Cross—in 1788. The records to be digitized document several sacraments of the Catholic Church, including baptism, confirmation, holy communion, marriage, holy orders, and the anointing of the sick.

AmericanAncestors - Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 ^FREE

Database from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 $

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 Year1850. 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 has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Vital Records, 1642-1896 $

Original source: Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Providence, RI, USA: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

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.

Boston.gov - Registry: Birth, death, and marriage

Duxbury VR Contents - Contents of Duxbury Vital Records

Complete transcription of the 1911 book giving all birth, marriage and death records through 1850, drawn from the records of the town of Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and other sources.

Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of 1849

Transcriptions and images of the Massachusetts Town Vital Records "Tan Books" from the early 20th Century.

FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 ^FREE

Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Massachusetts. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 4,639,049 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915 ^FREE

Name index and images of state birth records from 1841-1915. The registers of births are first arranged in volumes by year. Within the volumes the birth entries are arranged by town then numerically by the number it was entered into the registers. May include a few births for 1840.

FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887 ^FREE

Index and images of vital records recorded by the town clerk of Springfield.

FamilySearch - Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920 ^FREE

Massachusetts births, marriages and deaths, 1916-1920 and state amendments to vital records, 1841-1920 located at the state archives in Boston. This collection is being published as images become available.

Findmypast - Massachusetts Vital Records To 1850 $

GenealogyMagazine.com - Births in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (1887—1893)

Each entry gives the date of birth, name of child, names of parents, birthplace of father, and the birthplace of the mother.

Mass.gov - Registry of Vital Records

Massachusetts Archives - Search for Citations to 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.

Town of Natick, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1874 - 1913 Vital Records

Vital Records of Braintree, Massachusetts 1640-1793

Vital records in alphabetical order for birth, death, and marriage by surname of groom or bride.

Vital Records of Walpole to 1850

From the Town of Walpole, Massachusetts in Norfolk County.

VitalChek Network - Massachusetts