Massachusetts Historical Records

Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in New England in the Northeastern U.S. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west.

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Massachusetts vital records Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915 8,867,769 records available United States, Birth Index, 1840-1910 3,406,032 records available United States, Death Index, 1840-1910 2,277,752 records available Maine Marriages, 1892 - 1966 1,714,145 records available Massachusetts, Suffolk, Boston Deaths 701,062 records available Massachusetts, Boston Obituaries 242,733 records available Massachusetts, Worcester, Worcester Deaths 169,637 records available Massachusetts, Berkshire, North Adams Births, 1850-1906 77,332 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Massachusetts	Massachusetts census records 1865 Massachusetts State Census 1,351,923 records available 1855 Massachusetts State Census 1,202,222 records available See the entire collection catalog of census records in Massachusetts
Massachusetts book records Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 29 1,346 records available See the entire collection catalog of book records in Massachusetts	Massachusetts newspapaer records Newspapers, 1704-1974 6,072,759 records available See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Massachusetts
Massachusetts schools and universities records Bridgewater State Normal School, Yearbook (Bridgewater, Massachusetts) 3,300 records available Massachusetts State College, Yearbook (North Adams, Massachusetts) 2,282 records available North Adams Normal School, Yearbook (North Adams, Massachusetts) 2,078 records available See the entire collection catalog of school and universities records in Massachusetts	Massachusetts directories, guides and references Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1939 2,648 records available Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1900 2,044 records available Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1898 1,799 records records available Polk's Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1959, Volume 1, A-K 1,469 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Massachusetts
Massachusetts government, land, court & wills records Massachusetts, State Employees 567,991 records available Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1635 - 1664, Volume 1 1,574 records available See the entire collection catalog of government, land, court & wills records in Massachusetts	Massachusetts military records Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861 - 1865, Volume 1 1,894 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Massachusetts
Massachusetts histories, memories and biographies Field Genealogy, Being the Record of all the Field Family in America Whose Ancestors Were in this Country Prior to 1700 1,590 records available Massachusetts, Whaling Crews, 1807-1927 167,865 records available The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1764 - 1789 3,138 records available Western Massachusetts, A History, 1636 - 1925, Volume 1 2,720 records available Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, Volume 1 2,390 records available History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts (1884) 1,712 records available Hamlin Family, a Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts (1902) 1,565 records available Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts (1902) 1,558 records available The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, 1639 - 1902 1,550 records available History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts (1884) 1,524 records available History of Newbury, Massachusetts, 1635-1902 (1902) 1,493 records available History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (1888) 1,459 records available Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, And Hight Families: With Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families, a List of the First Settlers of Salisbury And Amesbury, Massachusetts 1,430 records available History of Bristol County, Massachusetts (1883) 1,423 records available History of the Kimball Family in America, 1634 - 1897, Volume 1 1,366 records available The Chandler Family 1,356 records available History of the Kimball Family in America, 1634 - 1897, Volume 2 1,348 records available History of Essex County, Massachusetts (1888) 1,332 records available History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (1888) 1,319 records available Our County and its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County, Massachusetts 1,316 records available History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (1889) 1,304 records available A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts; Also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897 1,290 records available History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 1620,1637-1686,1890 (1890) 1,287 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in Massachusetts	Massachusetts immigration & travel records Boston, Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 3,945,505 records available Boston, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 894,949 records available US Naturalization Records, New England, 1791-1906 615,903 records available Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Manifests, 1848-1891 599,985 records available Massachusetts Naturalizations 356,827 records available See the entire collection catalog of immigration & travel records in Massachusetts

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