Statewide resources, Massachusetts:
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Projects

• ALHN Massachusetts      (Source: American Local History Network)
• American History and Genealogy Project Massachusetts State Page      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Massachusetts Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Massachusetts Genealogy Project  Lost Souls Genealogy
• Massachusetts History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)
• The Massachusetts Studies Network 
• Massachusetts Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Massachusetts Trails to the Past      (Source: Trails to the Past)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (59)

Cemeteries

• Grave Locations Of Restoration Movement Leaders In Massachusetts      (Source: The Restoration Movement)
• Massachusetts Cemeteries Project 
• Massachusetts Cemetery Directory  D'Addezio.com
• Massachusetts Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume 1      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Massachusetts Cemetery Photos      (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)
• Massachusetts Cemetery Records      (Source: New Horizons Genealogical Services)
• Massachusetts Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Massachusetts Gravestone Photo Project      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

• MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in Massachusetts

  • MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Census Records and Indexes (82)

Church Records

• Early U. S. French Catholic Church Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records  1695-1954     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 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
• History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts      (Source: Google Books)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Statewide Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Massachusetts Name Changes, 1780-1892      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts  from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• The Annual New England official directory and general handbook  1878-79     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Freemen of Massachusetts  1630-1691     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Massachusetts City Directories      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Massachusetts City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Massachusetts City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Massachusetts City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• The Massachusetts Register for the Year 1853  Containing a Business Directory of the State     (Source: Google Books)
• Misc. City Directories - Massachusetts      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• NEHGS City Directories  1890 Census Substitute     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Massachusetts Counties Will Testators Indexes      (Source: SAMPUBCO)

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)
• Polish Catholic ancestry and settlement in Massachusetts      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• Tribes and Villages of Massachusetts 

• MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in Massachusetts

  • MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MA-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in Massachusetts

  • MA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MA-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

History (59)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (26)

Introduction and Guides (15)

Land Records

• Massachusetts County Land Ownership Maps, Indexed  1860-1918     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Massachusetts Land Grant Project      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (15)

Lookups

• Massachusetts Family History Research      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)
• Obituary Lookup Volunteers 
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (26)

Maps and Gazetteers (98)

Military Records and Histories (107)

Miscellaneous Data (16)

Newspaper Records

• Centennial newspaper exhibition, 1876  List of Massachusetts newspapers     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives  Massachusetts     (Source: GenDisasters)
• Historical Massachusetts Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Massachusetts Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Massachusetts Newspaper Project 
• Old Massachusetts Genealogy, History & News      (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)
• Personal...But Polite  Newspaper Extracts of Personal Columns
• Search Massachusetts Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Directory of Massachusetts Funeral Homes 
• Massachusetts Funeral Homes 
• Massachusetts Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: ObituariesHelp.org)
• Massachusetts Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Massachusetts Obituaries      (Source: ObitCity.com)
• Massachusetts Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)
• National Hall of Records  The National Repository for Online Obituaries
• Obituaries 101  Links to newspapers with obituaries

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories

• Massachusetts Yearbooks for Sale      ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Collection Database (1629-1799)  Massachusetts Archives
• Massachusetts Archives  Searchable Collections
• Massachusetts Cemetery Photos      (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)
• Massachusetts Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)
• Massachusetts USGenWeb Archives Search      (Source: USGenWeb Archives)
• Passenger Manifest (1848-1891) Contents  Massachusetts Archives
• USGenNet Massachusetts Site Search      (Source: USGenNet)
• USGenWeb Search 
• Vital Records (1841-1910) Contents  Massachusetts Archives

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• The Massachusetts Slave Trade 
• Slavery in Massachusetts      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Societies (17)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (10)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records (43)

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