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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, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain 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.

Pittsfield Federal Records Center 10 Conte Drive Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230 Telephone: 413-236-3603 Fax: 413-236-3609 E-mail: [mailto: frc@nara.gov frc@nara.gov] Internet: http://www.archives.gov/frc/pittsfield/


 * The Pittsfield Center has CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT federal government agency and court documents. Their large genealogy microfilm collection has been transferred to the Berkshire Athenaeum  listed below.

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member only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.

American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634 Telephone: 508-755-5221 Fax: 508-753-3311 E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org] Internet: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/


 * 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. [[Image:MA State Archives exterior.jpg|right|250px|MA State Archives exterior.jpg]]

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:


 * 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)

Massachusetts Historical Society Library 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215-3695 Telephone: 617-536-1608 Fax: 617-859-0074 E-mail: Contact Us Internet: http://www.masshist.org/


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


 * Published books, periodicals, and town histories.

Regional
Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendell Ave Pittsfield, MA 01201 Telephone: 413-499-9480 Fax: 413-499-9489 E-mail: [mailto:pittsref@cwmars.org pittsref@cwmars.org] Internet: http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/


 * Best genealogical respository in western Massachusetts, including newspapers, books, and family histories. Now includes the former Pittsfield Federal Records Center collection of 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.

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] Internet: http://www.bpl.org/


 * Their collection includes New England city directores, county and local histories, and genealogies.

Dedham Historical Society Library


 * Great collection of manuscripts including deeds, vital and town records from the 15 towns created from old Dedham (south of Boston).

Haverhill Public Library


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

Houghton Library Harvard University


 * Manuscripts and rare books from many nations, but especially New England, Britain and Europe, historical archives of publishing history, political and missionary archives, paintings and artifacts. Largest volume of primary historical documents.

Jones Library


 * The Boltwood Collection includes genealogies, family folders, and local histories.

Onondaga Historical Association Library


 * 10,000 family folders for northeastern families.

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


 * Can often help find trans-Atlantic ship logs, and ship images.

Plymouth Public Library


 * Almost all published histories and genealogies of early Massachusetts settlers are here.

Springfield History Library and Archives (formerly Connecticut Valley Historical Museum Library) 21 Edwards Street Springfield, Massachusetts 01103 Telephone: 800-625-7738 E-mail: [mailto:wmshlibrary@springfieldmuseums.org wmshlibrary@springfieldmuseums.org] Internet: Springfield History Library and Archives


 * Can help identify Massachusetts emigrants headed west using vital records, land records, and probate records from many New England towns. They also have French Canadian records, the Loiselle Index, New York passenger arrivals, computer databases, over 20,000 genealogy books, 6,000 microforms, 50,000 photos and 2.5 million manuscripts including diaries, and account books.

University of Massachusetts at Amherst Library


 * Very large set of biographies, genealogies, and never-published histories, and church, business, fraternal, insurance, and manufacturing records.

Vermont Historical Society Library


 * Their collection includes a comprehensive name index of Massachusetts people.

Weston Massachusetts Family History Center


 * The largest Family History Center in New England. Can order microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. They have published town and county histories of New England, social histories, vital records, family histories, and major indexes.

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.