Modern Records (Post-1900)

State Records

• Massachusetts Genealogy & Massachusetts Family History Resources – Ancestry.com
• Massachusetts Public Libraries
• Archives: Searchable Collections
• Online Massachusetts Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
• Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to the end of 1849-FC
• Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920
• Massachusetts, Delayed and Corrected Vital Records, 1753-1900 — FamilySearch.org
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961 — FamilySearch.org
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Towns Records, 1626-2001
• Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910
• Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003
• Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
• Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
• Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980
• Birth, Marriage and Death Records – 1841-1910
• Archives: Vital Records and more – Scroll down the page!
• Death Records for Massachusetts state on Ancestors at Rest (scroll down)
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
• Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915
• Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970
• Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1784-1840
• Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
• Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970
• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
• Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915
• Massachusetts Document Retrieval
• CourtView Justice Solutions
• Massachusetts: Probate, Housing, Family Court, Land-Public records!
• Massachusetts Land Records
• Public Record Law, Massachusetts: guide.pdf (application/pdf Object)
• Internet Archive Search: Vital Records, handwritten scans

County Records

• Berkshire County: Probate Guide and Index, 1761-1900
• Berkshire County: Vital Records of Williamstown, Massachusetts
• Essex County: Vital Records of Essex, MA – 1662 to 1849 – BMD
• Essex County: Vital Records of Gloucester, MA – 1662 to 1849 – BMD
• Essex County: Vital Records of Marblehead, MA – 1662 to 1849 – BMD
• Franklin County: Probate Guide and Index, 1812-1925
• Hampden County: Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887
• Norfolk County: Land Records Public Search
• Plymouth County: Probate Records, 1633-1967
• Plymouth County: Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915
• Middlesex County: Deaths from City Directories 1912-1960
• Middlesex County: Vital records of Newton, 1850 – Google Books
• Suffolk County: Boston City Directories -1845-1925
• Suffolk County: Registry of Deeds

Jail

Directories & Newspapers

• Online Historical Directories: Massachusetts Online Historical Directories
• Massachusetts Online Historical Newspapers – Online Historical Newspapers
• Massachusetts Newspapers
• Obituaries, Newspaper Obituaries (scroll to Mass)
• GenealogyBuff.com – Online Newspaper Directory – Massachusetts Newspapers
• Genealogy Buff – List of Obituary Collections-Massachusetts (scroll down)
• State of Mass. – input ‘historical newspapers’ in search box
• Obits: Boston Globe & Boston Herald; Search BPL Special Collections, 1932-1941 and 1953-2010
• Boston Evening Transcript, 1873-1915 – Google News Archive Search
• Barnstable County: Barnstable Patriot digital newspaper archive
• Barnstable County: Provincetown History Preservation Project – Browse via search box for cemetery or other terms
• Bristol County: Obit Index Fall River, MASS, 1951-2010
• Bristol County: Yearbooks, History collections
• Essex County: Newspapers
• Middlesex County: Cambridge Tribune- several newspapers up to 1947
• Middlesex County: Obituary Database
• Suffolk County: Boston City Directory 1780s to 1960s
• Suffolk County: Boston Globe Archive
• Suffolk County: City of Boston Archives and Records
• Suffolk County: University Of Massachusetts at Boston Newspaper Archive – Search Old Newspaper Articles Online

Cemeteries

• Grave Matter – photographs and history of old colonial gravestones and cemeteries in New England: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts areas.
• Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts (JCAM)
• Essex County: Andover, Spring Grove Cemetery
• Bristol County: Westport Historic Private and Public Cemeteries
• Essex County: The Old North Burying Ground – Historic Ipswich Massachusetts
• Hampshire County: Amherst Cemetery Record Search
• Middlesex County: Newton Cemetery Corporation: Serving Greater Boston
• Middlesex County: St. Mary Cemetery – Tewskbury, Massachusetts
• Middlesex County: St. Patrick Cemetery – Lowell, Massachusetts
• Middlesex County: Waltham cemetery database
• Middlesex County: Westlawn Cemetery in Littleton, Massachusetts
• Plymouth County: Plymouth Cemetery Burial Record Search
• Plymouth County: Wareham – Agawam Cemetery and Long Neck Cemetery
• Suffolk County: City of Boston
• Worcester County: Cemetery Headstones & Obituary indexes
• Worcester County: Massachusetts Blackstone, Millville and St. Jean Baptiste Cemeteries
• Worcester County: St Jean Baptiste Cemeteries
• Worcester County: Blackstone Valley Cemeteries
• Worcester County: Gardner Massachusetts – Cemetery Plot Locations
• Worcester County: Leominster – Cemetery
• Worcester County: Town of Charlton | Cemetery Commission
• Worcester County: Town of Lunenburg – North Cemetery, Lunenburg, MA
• Worcester County: Town of Lunenburg – South Cemetery, Lunenburg, MA

Genealogical Records (Pre-1900)

• Cyndi’s List – United States – Massachusetts
• Massachusetts: Genealogy, Census, Vital Records
• Massachusetts | Learn | FamilySearch.org
• MA GenWeb
• Archives: Searchable Collections
• Massachusetts – Digital State Archives
• Massachusetts State Library
• Massachusetts Genealogical Council
• Massachusetts Historical Society: Collections online
• Massachusetts Historical Society Collections online
  
• Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth Project
• Digital Commonwealth
• Massachusetts Civil War Research Center
• Plymouth Colony Archive Project
• Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery

County

• Essex County: Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts to 1849
• Essex County: Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts to 1849
• Middlesex County: Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts to 1850
• Norfolk County: Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts before 1836
• Suffolk County: Archives and Records | City of Boston
• Suffolk County: Boston Notarial Records 1644-1651

Immigration & Naturalization

• Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943
• Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
• Massachusetts Naturalization Index, 1906-1966

Military

Maps