Today we have added 25 new volumes and updated 3 volumes for the Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920. Today’s additions include two parishes: St. Leonard of Port Maurice in Boston, and St. Gregory in Dorchester. This update includes 28 volumes, over 5,400 pages, and over 270,000 searchable names.
The congregation that would become St. Gregory’s began to coalesce around 1863 from an area that formerly belonged to the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in South Boston. The initial territory of this parish was quite large–before the year 1900, it was already divided at least five times. Some territory was given to the parishes in Hyde Park and Quincy and new churches were started in Dorchester including St. Peter, St. Ann, and St. Matthew.
St. Leonard of Port Maurice was Boston’s first Italian parish, established in 1873 to minister to the growing Italian population in the North End.
We thank our dedicated volunteer Sam Sturgis for his work on this release. If you would like to become part of the team working on rewarding genealogical projects, please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
There are 3 volumes that were updated in this release:
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1900-1903
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Confirmations, 1876-1920
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Marriages, 1900-1906
The 25 new volumes are listed below:
• St. Gregory (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1914-1920
• St. Gregory (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1920
• St. Gregory (Dorchester) Marriages, 1914-1920
• St. Gregory (Dorchester) Sick Calls, 1915-1920
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1903-1905
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1905-1906
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1906-1907
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1907-1908
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1908-1909
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1909-1910
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1910-1911
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1911-1912
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1912
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1912-1913
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1913-1914
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1914-1915
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1915
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1915-1916
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1916-1917
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1917-1918
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Baptisms, 1918-1920
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Marriages, 1906-1908
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Marriages, 1908-1912
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Marriages, 1912-1916
• St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Boston) Marriages, 1916-1920
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