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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 - Boston, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1700-1809 $

Original source: Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751. Vol. 1. Boston, MA, USA: Municipal Print, 1898; Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1752-1809. Vol. 2. Boston, MA, USA: Municipal Print, 1903. 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 - Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 $

Original source: With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed. 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 - Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage 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.

Ancestry.com - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Including baptism, christening, and burial records. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.

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.

Every Name Index to Town Marriage Records in Tisbury, MA 1850 - 1875

FamilySearch - Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910 ^FREE

Name index to marriage 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 1,944,319 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, Marriages, 1841-1915 ^FREE

Name index and images of Massachusetts statewide marriage registers. The marriage registers are in numbered volumes arranged by year then by individual town.

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.

Index to Death & Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1884-1939 A - K

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.

JewishGen - The Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements Database

An index of 27,418 wedding announcement notices appearing in the Boston Jewish Advocate, which covers the entire run of the Jewish Advocate, 1905 thru Dec 2008.

JewishGen - The Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz Boston Marriage Database

This database contains records of 971 marriages, 1910 to 1956.

JewishGen - The Rabbi Ber Boruchoff Marriage Database

This database contains records of 1,423 marriages, 1906 to 1939, Malden, Massachusetts.