Massachusetts Genealogy Online

Archives

• Heritage Quest
  Has research, articles and digital collections for library card holders or people physically in MA.

Births, Marriages and Deaths

• MA Town and Vital Records
  Millions of records including births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, cemetery, school, military and more for the whole state.
• Becket Vital Records
  Up to the year 1850.
• Brewster Vital Records
  To the year 1849.
• Bridgewater Vital Records
  To the Year 1850.
  • Births
  • Marriages and Deaths
• Concord 1635-1850
  Births, Marriages and Deaths.
• Lexington
  Births, Deaths and Marriages from the earliest record to the end of 1897.
• Natick Vital Records
  To the Year 1850
• Malden 1649-1850
  Births, Marriages and Deaths
• Woburn Births 1873-1890
• Woburn Marriages 1640-1873
• Woburn Marriages 1873-1890
• Woburn Deaths 1891-1900

Cemetery Records

• Interment
  Browse cemeteries by county, city or cemetery name.

Directories

Historical directories include information about a place’s residents, businesses, streets, officials and the addresses of residents.

Adams (North & South) Directories (Click Here)

• North & South Adams 1872
• North Adams 1875-6
• North Adams 1879-80
• North Adams 1889-90
• Adams 1890-1

Amherst Directories (Click Here)

• Amherst 1905-6
• Amherst including Hadley 1908
• Amherst 1913

Boston Directories (Click Here)

• Boston 1805
• Boston 1825
• Boston 1836
• Boston 1848-9
• Boston Business Directory 1879

Local History

• Salem Witch Trials
  Documents, transcriptions and lots more related the events.
• Beverly Privateers
  Details about privateers, their ships and officers during the American Revolution.

Obituaries

• Legacy Obits
  Browse or search 1000s of obits. You can also add your own.
• Current Obituary
  Your online source for obits and funeral notices.

Societies

• Massachusetts Society of Genealogists
  To promote and encourage genealogical research at all levels, beginner, amateur, and professional. They have chapters throughout Massachusetts: Bristol, Merrimack Valley, Middlesex, and Worcester.
• Central Massachusetts Genealogical Society
  Membership is open to all those interested in family history.
• American Ancestors
  Run by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, members receive many benefits and options.
• Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts
  Membership access to the library/genealogy room at the Polish Center for Discovery & Learning