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United States Massachusetts  Archives and Libraries For detailed information about Massachusetts research, see the Massachusetts Genealogy Guide page. These archives, libraries, and societies keep sources and indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Massachusetts.

National
National Archives Northeast Region (Boston) 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452-6399 Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov] Internet: National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)


 * CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.

National Archives Northeast Region (Pittsfield) 10 Conte Drive Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230 Phone: (413) 236-3600 Fax: (413) 236-3609 Internet: http://www.masshist.org/library/


 * CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT documents, 60,000 microfilms of censuses, Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrants, service records 1784-1901, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, New England naturalizations, 1791-1966, passenger arrivals at Boston, New York, and Philadelphia and other east coast ports, Canadian border crossings, Indian enrollment cards, and Russian Consular records.

New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007 Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231 Fax:  617-536-7307 E-mail:  [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org] Internet: AmericanAncestors.org


 * Best overall collection for New England, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for member only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.

State
Massachusetts State Archives 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 Phone: (617) 727–2816 E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us ] Internet: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm Its online searchable collections include:

Massachusetts Historical Society Library
 * The Massachusetts Archives Collection Database (1629-1799) serves as a searchable, descriptive index and catalog for documents of eighteen volumes of the Massachusetts Archives Collection.
 * Index to Passenger Manifests (1848-1891)
 * Index to Vital Records (1841-1910)

Excellent historical materials, original town records, newspapers and genealogies. This collection does not repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.

State Library of Massachusetts State Library of Massachusetts State House, Room 341 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133 Phone: (617) 727–2590 Fax: (617) 727–5819

Published books, periodicals, and town histories.

American Antiquarian Society Library

Best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.

Regional
Berkshire Athenaeum

Boston Public Library Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116 Phone: (617) 536–5400 Fax: (617) 536–4306 E-mail: [mailto:info@bpl.org info@bpl.org]

Dedham Historical Society Library

Haverhill Public Library

One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, periodicals, and surname folders.

Houghton Library Harvard University

Jones Library, Inc.

Peabody Essex Museum East India Square Salem, MA 01970-3783 USA Phone: (978) 745-9500, (866) 745-1876 For the Hearing Impaired: (978) 740-3649

Plymouth Public Library

University of Massachusetts at Amherst Library

Connecticut Valley Historical Museum Library

Onondaga Historical Association Library

Vermont Historical Society Library

Weston Massachusetts Family History Center

Guides
Two important inventories of Massachusetts records are:


 * Historical Records Survey. Preliminary Edition of Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts: Historical Records Survey, 1939. This work lists major manuscript collections and their locations.


 * Wright, Carroll D. Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties. Boston, Massachusetts: Wright and Potter, 1889. and  and  Gives a brief description of the town records that existed in 1889 and which may still be available.