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
 * 1867 Massachusetts Register, 1867 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)
 * 1869 Massachusetts Register, 1869, Volume 1 at MyHeritage — images, ($)
 * 1869 Massachusetts Register, 1869, Volume 2 at MyHeritage — images, ($)
 * 1918 New England Business Directory And Gazetteer, 1918, Part 3 at MyHeritage — index & images, ($)

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 FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch 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.