Massachusetts Directories

Online Resources

 * Massachusetts City Directories, ($), index/images
 * Massachusetts City Directories, statewide and by county
 * Distant Cousin City Directories
 * Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700. Online at:, images; Ancestry ($), index & images
 * Massachusetts Online Historical Directories - listed by county
 * Massachusetts Registers and Directories, State Library of Massachusetts, index

History
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Massachusetts.

Directories Online

 * Fold3.com ($) has 116 years of Boston City Directories spanning 1789-1926 available online.
 * Ancestry.com ($) has Massachusetts directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The Family History Library
The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Massachusetts including:

Boston

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
 * MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

 * Many Massachusetts city directories
 * Distant Cousin includes many free excellent searchable online directories.
 * Ancestry.com has a large collection of Massachusetts city directories for many cities and years (from the New England Historic Genealogical Society)
 * Massachusetts Genealogy City Directories
 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.