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Historical & Genealogical
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The Boston Historical Society
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109-1713
Phone: (617) 720-1713

Brighton-Alston Historical Society
Box 35-163
Brighton, MA 02135
Phone: (617) 782-8483

Chinese Historical Society of New England
2 Boylston Street
(Suite 210)
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 338-4339

Dorchester Historical Society
195 Boston Street
Dorchester, MA 02125-1613
Phone: (617) 265-7802

The Freedom Trail Foundation
3 Schoool Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 227-8800

Jamaica Plain Historical Society
P.O. Box 2924
Jamaica Plain MA 02130
Phone: (617) 522-1150

Roslindale Historical Society
120 Poplar Street
Roslindale MA

South End Historical Society
522 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 536-4445

Stoneham Historical Society
36 William Street
Stoneham, MA 02180-3845

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Suffolk County Massachusetts Genealogy & Family History Resources
(Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Boston, Brighton, Charlestown, Chelsea, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Revere, Roxbury, Roxbury Crossing, West Roxbury)

Established: May 10, 1643
Original County
County Seat: Boston

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Massachusetts State Vital Records
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon St, 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
Phone: 216-740-2600
Fax: 617-825-7755

Suffolk County Massachusetts Vital Records
Suffolk County Probate Court
Boston, MA 02108-1706
Phone: (617) 788-8300
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Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800
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Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. This file now contains over 89 million death records.

Suffolk County Massachusetts Census Links
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Links to Online Census Records Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
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Suffolk County, Massachusetts Federal Census Index
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Search 1880 US Federal Census Free Online
FamilySearch.org - A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Search the United States Indian Census 1885-1940
Ancestry.com ~ The Indian Census schedules are census rolls usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, as required by an act of 4 July 1884 (23 Stat. 98).
View Census Records Online at Ancestry.com!
Free Trial Available. View all original federal census records taken every 10 years from the first census in 1790 through the 1930 census. You can also view some state census records. The 1940 census will not be released by the federal government until 2012.
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Suffolk County
The website that tells where the dead politicians are buried
Suffolk County MA Cemeteries
USGS (GNIS) National Mapping Information
Suffolk County MA Tombstone Transcription Project
Volunteers transcribe tombstone inscriptions and have that work archived for the future and made easily accessible to all.

Obituary Collection
This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. ~ Ancestry.com
Read Historic Newspapers Online
Read history as it was happening in more than 16 million pages from over 1000 different newspapers across the US, U.K. and Canada dating back to the 1700's. ~ Ancestry.com

Suffolk County MA Migrations Project
They came for a season, they left and went where? Why did they go and who went with them? So many questions about the migrations of our ancestors.
Search Massachusetts Naturalization Records
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

Suffolk County, Massachusetts World War II Casualties Army and Airforce
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USGenWeb Pensions Project
A USGenWeb Archives Special Project
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1895 Suffolk County Massachusetts Map
This atlas was originally printed in 1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation. ~ LivGenMi.com
Original Land Owners Indexed in the Government Land Office Records Database
County by county, state by state maps for original settlers whose purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database

The Old North Church History
Christ Church in the City of Boston

Massachusetts Probate, Town, and Vital Records
Genealogical Publishing Company
Mayflower Deeds & Probates
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Search City & Farm Directories
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription
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Suffolk County Massachusetts GenWeb Project
Part of the Massachusetts/US GenWeb Project
Suffolk County Massachusetts Genealogy Sites
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Suffolk County Massachusetts Genealogy
Resources @ Rootsweb
Mayflower Source Records
Primary Data Concerning Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and the Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
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An Index of Pioneers from Massachusetts to the West
[Especially to the State of Michigan] Genealogical.com
List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691
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Massachusetts and Maine Families, 1650s-1930s
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Suffolk County MA Local History Project
American Local History Network [ALHN]
Massachusetts History
Early Native Americans through WWII

National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County Massachusetts

Surname Directory
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Surname Community
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DNA Ancestry
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