Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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17 September 1630: First settled by the Puritans from England as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (not to be confused with the Plymouth Colony founded by the Pilgrims (Separatists.)

City Hall
Boston City Hall One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201

Biography
Also see: Genealogy, History

Directories

 * Footnote.com ($) has 116 years of Boston City Directories spanning 1789-1926 available online.

History
Also see: Biography, Genealogy

Maps
The Norman B Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library has 200,000 historic maps and 5,000 atlases documenting the evolution. The geographical focus of these maps, atlases, and globes is the World, Europe, and America, with particular attention to New England, Massachusetts, and Boston from the 15th century to the present day.

Websites

 * Family History Library Catalog for the City of Boston