Today we’ve added eight new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Mary Immaculate of Lourdes (Newton) and Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston). This update adds over 16,700 records and over 69,400 names to search.
Before Newton had a church, Catholics in this area attended St. Patrick’s in Watertown. In the 1860s, St. Mary’s (which would become Mary Immaculate of Lourdes) began to coalesce as a mission. In 1870 it became its own parish.
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary was created in 1884 in South Boston out of land that had formerly been part of Sts. Peter and Paul parish.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes (Newton) Baptisms, 1871-1893
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes (Newton) Baptisms, 1883-1907
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes (Newton) Baptisms, 1908-1920
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes (Newton) Baptisms, 1920
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes (Newton) Marriages, 1871-1920
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Baptisms, 1884-1896
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Baptisms, 1897-1911
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Marriages, 1884-1907
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