Old St. James Church (left) and new St. James Church (right). Images from One Hundred Years of Progress by James S. Sullivan (1895) pages 62 & 63.
We’ve added the parish of St. James the Greater in Boston to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1900. This parish was established in 1854, located in what is now Boston’s Chinatown. In 1854, the neighborhood was largely of Irish descent. The original church on the corner of Albany and Harvard streets was demolished when the land was sold to a railroad company. The new church was built on Harrison Street and still serves the Catholics of Boston today. An enormous thank you is due to all of our volunteers who helped make this large parish now available.
This update consists of the twelve following volumes:
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1864
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1865-1874
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1874-1875
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1875-1879
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1879-1883
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms,1883-1888
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1888-1900
St. James the Greater (Boston) Confirmations, 1858-1900
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1855-1873
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1874-1884
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1884-1894
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1895-1900
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