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Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (34)

Blogs

Genealogy Blog Archive for Massachusetts

Cemeteries

Massachusetts Cemeteries Project
Massachusetts Cemetery Directory D'Addezio.com
Massachusetts Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume 1 (Source: Heritage Books) ($)
Massachusetts Cemetery Photos (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)

Census Records and Indexes (9)

Church Records

Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records 1695-1954 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Historical Collections of the American Colonial Church Volume 3, Massachusetts (Source: Heritage Books) ($)
Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson (Source: World Vital Records) ($)

Court and Legal Records

Black Sheep Ancestors Directory of Links for Prison and Convict Records, Court Records, Executions, Famous Outlaws, Criminals & Bandits
Massachusetts Name Changes, 1780-1892 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)

Directories

List of Freemen of Massachusetts 1630-1691 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Massachusetts City Directories (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
The Massachusetts Register for the Year 1853 Containing a Business Directory of the State (Source: Google Book Search)
NEHGS City Directories 1890 Census Substitute (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)

Ethnic

Afro-Americans Massachusetts (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
The Fifty-fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Colord (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Historical study of the Jews in Massachusetts 1650-1750 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Indian Tribes of Massachusetts (Source: AccessGenealogy)
Tribes and Villages of Massachusetts

History (22)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (15)

Introduction and Guides

Cyndi's List of Massachusetts links (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
Massachusetts (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
Massachusetts Research Outline (Source: Family History Library)
Massachusetts, United States Genealogy Links & Chat (Source: Looking 4 Kin Links & Chat)
ROOTS-L Massachusetts Resources (Source: RootsWeb)
Websites: Massachusetts (Source: RootsWeb)

Land Records

Massachusetts Land Grant Project (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

H-NewEngland New England History and Culture
Massachusetts Families (Source: MSN Groups)
Massachusetts Forum (Source: NewEnglandAncestors.org)
Northeast & Canada Native Indian Genealogy Message Board Tribes and First Nations of New York, New England, Quebec and Ontario
GenMassachusetts-L Massachusetts Genealogy
- GenMassachusetts-L Mailing List Homepage (Source: RootsWeb)
- GenMassachusetts-L Browseable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)
- GenMassachusetts-L Searchable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)
MA-VITALRECORDS-L A list to keep members informed of town updates, completions, index updates, new indices
- MA-VITALRECORDS-L Mailing List Homepage (Source: RootsWeb)
- MA-VITALRECORDS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)
- MA-VITALRECORDS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)
MAME-L The states of Massachusetts and Maine; both when they were "one", and after they were divided
- MAME-L Mailing List Homepage (Source: RootsWeb)
- MAME-L Browseable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)
- MAME-L Searchable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)
NYTRISTATE-L Genealogy of New York and neighboring states
- NYTRISTATE-L Mailing List Homepage (Source: RootsWeb)
- NYTRISTATE-L Browseable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)
- NYTRISTATE-L Searchable Mailing List Archives (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (87)

Military Records and Histories (60)

Miscellaneous Data (11)

Newspaper Records

Massachusetts Newspaper Project
Old Massachusetts Genealogy, History & News (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)
Personal...But Polite Newspaper Extracts of Personal Columns

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

Massachusetts Obituary Search (Source: ObitsArchive.com)
Obituaries 101 Links to newspapers with obituaries

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

Massachusetts Libraries (Source: Post Card Library)
Massachusetts Panoramic Photos 1872-1927 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Penny Postcards from Massachusetts (Source: USGenWeb Massachusetts Archives)
Photographes, People - Massachusetts (Source: DeadFred: The Original Online Genealogy Photo Archive)
Slices of Time Reuniting lost family photographs with their families ($)
U. S. Historical Postcards 1901-1960 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
U.S. Family Photo Collection c. 1850-2000 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases (10)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

Societies (13)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (12)

Transportation and Industry

Colonial Currency of Massachusetts
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
History of Cranberries
Massachusetts Covered Bridges (Source: Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA)
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 25, 1871 includes Early Massachusetts ship-building (Source: Heritage Books) ($)

Vital Records (25)

Plymouth County Resources

Projects

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (41)

Cemeteries (56)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records (27)

Court and Legal Records

Plymouth [County] Court Records 1686-1859 (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company) ($)

Directories (68)

Estate Records

Mayflower Deeds & Probates (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company) ($)
The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 1, 1899 includes Plymouth Colony probate records (Source: Heritage Books) ($)
Mayflower Source Records includes Abstracts of the First Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 4, 1850 includes Plymouth Co MA wills (Source: Heritage Books) ($)
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 6, 1852 includes Plymouth Co wills (Source: Heritage Books) ($)
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 7, 1853 includes Plymouth Co MA wills (Source: Heritage Books) ($)

Ethnic

Wampanoag History

History (126)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Massachusetts Naturalization Index Only includes entries of possible Irish heritage (Source: Southern New England Irish)
The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 1, 1899 Gov Bradford's list of Mayflower passengers (Source: Heritage Books) ($)
Miscellaneous Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1893-1945 Plymouth, Massachusetts (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)

Introduction and Guides

Cyndi's List of Massachusetts locality links (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
History and County Records Availability (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
Plymouth County (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
Plymouth County Genealogy
Plymouth County Massachusetts Genealogy Resources for Family History Research (Source: Kindred Trails)
Plymouth County Resources (Source: RootsWeb)
Plymouth Genealogy (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

Mayflower Deeds & Probates (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company) ($)
The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 1, 1899 includes Plymouth Colony deeds (Source: Heritage Books) ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (32)

Lookups

Plymouth County Books (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (16)

Maps and Gazetteers (60)

Mayflower (19)

Military Records and Histories

Mayflower Source Records includes List of Those Able to Bear Arms in the Colony of New Plymouth in 1643 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
The Record of the Procession and the Exercises at the Dedication of the Monument, Wednesday, June 12th, A.D. 1889 Erected by the People of Pembroke, Mas (Source: World Vital Records) ($)
Civil War
- Bridgewater in the Rebellion Part 2 (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)
- Bridgewater in the Rebellion Part 1 (Source: DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK)
Korean War
- Korean War Veterans of Marshfield
World War I
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Brockton City (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 East Bridgewater City (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Plymouth City (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Rockland City (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
World War II
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps (Source: AccessGenealogy)
- World War II Veterans of Marshfield

Miscellaneous Data (20)

Newspaper Records

Old Colony Sentinel, Plymouth (12/8/1866) GenealogyBank ($)
Plymouth County (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
Plymouth County. Massachusetts: 1880 - 2004 (Source: Massachusetts Document Retrieval) ($)
Plymouth Journal (3/19/1785-6/13/1786) GenealogyBank ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (21)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (26)

School Records and Histories

Massasoit Community College

Societies (19)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (1,801)

Transportation and Industry

Building histories of Plymouth County (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts With Genealogies of the shipbuilders (Source: Google Book Search)
Old Plymouth Trails (Source: World Vital Records) ($)
Railroad Stations in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Archives Libraries and Internet

Cemeteries

Census

Emigration and Immigration

Genealogy

Draper Manuscripts

Jewish Records

Maps

Newspapers

Societies

Vital Records

Projects

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (34)

Blogs

Cemeteries

Census Records and Indexes (9)

Church Records

Court and Legal Records

Directories

Ethnic

History (22)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (15)

Introduction and Guides

Land Records

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

GenMassachusetts-L Massachusetts Genealogy

MA-VITALRECORDS-L A list to keep members informed of town updates, completions, index updates, new indices

MAME-L The states of Massachusetts and Maine; both when they were "one", and after they were divided

NYTRISTATE-L Genealogy of New York and neighboring states

Maps and Gazetteers (87)

Military Records and Histories (60)

Miscellaneous Data (11)

Newspaper Records

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

Search Engines and Searchable Databases (10)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

Societies (13)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (12)

Transportation and Industry

Vital Records (25)

Plymouth County Resources

Projects

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (41)

Cemeteries (56)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records (27)

Court and Legal Records

Directories (68)

Estate Records

Ethnic

History (126)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Introduction and Guides

Land Records

Libraries, Museums, Archives (32)

Lookups

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (16)

Maps and Gazetteers (60)

Mayflower (19)

Military Records and Histories

Civil War

Korean War

World War I

World War II

Miscellaneous Data (20)

Newspaper Records

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (21)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (26)

School Records and Histories

Societies (19)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (1,801)

Transportation and Industry

Vital Records (178)