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Today we’ve added nine new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Lawrence O’Toole in Lawrence. This update adds over 12,600 records and over 44,100 names to search.
St. Lawrence O’Toole in Lawrence was set off from Immaculate Conception and St. Mary in 1873. St. Lawrence O’Toole, the saint for whom the church was named was the Archbishop of Dublin in the 1100s. To learn more about the early development of Catholicism in Lawrence, you may want to consult Sketch of Catholicity in Lawrence and vicinity by Katherine O’Keefe (1882), available through our Digital Collections. You may also want to reference One Hundred Years of Progress by James S. Sullivan (1895) to keep track of the many parishes in this Catholic city.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1875-1887
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1898-1904
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1905-1908
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1908-1920
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Confirmations, 1882-1897
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) First Communions, 1899-1918
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Marriages, 1883-1887
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Marriages, 1898-1908
St. Lawrence O’Toole (Lawrence) Mixed Marriages, 1906-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’re announcing two new sketches in Western Massachusetts Families in 1790. These new sketches focus on Dan Caldwell and Dan Caldwell, Jr., both of Pittsfield.
This study project focuses on individual enumerated in the 1790 census in historic Berkshire and Hampshire counties, also including modern Franklin and Hampden counties. Sketches for this project are submitted to editor Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG by NEHGS members and other interested researchers. If you are interested in submitting a sketch for Volume 5, please review our project home page.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these updates possible.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added eleven new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Our Lady Star of the Sea in Marblehead and St. Mary in Ayer. This update adds over 14,200 records and over 56,800 names to search.
Early on, Catholics across northeastern Massachusetts travelled to St. Mary’s in Salem to worship. In 1864, Our Lady Star of the Sea in Marblehead became its own parish. Before Danvers had its own parish, Catholics from Danvers came to Marblehead for church.
Prior to the establishment of St. Mary in Ayer, Catholics in this region worshipped in Fitchburg. St. Mary’s was established in 1858. Before Pepperell became an independent parish, Catholics from Pepperell worshipped at St. Mary’s in Ayer.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis, Kim Bonner, Judy Welna, Matt Murphy, Amelia Devin Freedman, Barbara Macken, Loretta Brown-Aldrich, Michelle Kearns, Stacey-Rae McCue, Arlys LaFehr, Jane Himmel, Kathleen Moineau, Kathy Oberley, Nancy Johnson, Toni Lattimer, Lauren Jefferson, Patty Ryburn, Sarah Collins, Sara Stinson, Eldon Gay, Carolyn Jack, Maureen McCarthy and Katherine Marshall-Mayer for their help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Marblehead) Baptisms, 1865-1870, Grave lots
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Marblehead) Baptisms, 1870-1874
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Marblehead) Baptisms, 1874-1882
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Marblehead) Baptisms, 1881-1907
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Marblehead) Marriages, 1865-1882
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Marblehead) Marriages, 1881-1908
Our Lady Star of the Sea (Marblehead) Marriages, 1908-1920
St. Mary (Ayer) Baptisms, 1856-1866
St. Mary (Ayer) Baptisms, 1867-1902
St. Mary (Ayer) Marriages, 1857-1866
St. Mary (Ayer) Marriages, 1867-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added six new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Patrick in Brockton. This update adds over 23,700 records and over 93,200 names to search.
Prior to 1856, Catholics in Brockton travelled to Randolph for Mass. In 1856, a priest was assigned to Brockton to build a new parish. St. Patrick’s church was dedicated in 1859.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
St. Patrick (Brockton) Baptisms and Marriages, 1856-1885
St. Patrick (Brockton) Baptisms, 1891-1897
St. Patrick (Brockton) Baptisms, 1897-1903
St. Patrick (Brockton) Confirmations, 1885-1901
St. Patrick (Brockton) Marriage Promises, 1889-1896
St. Patrick (Brockton) Marriages, 1886-1910
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added three new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Sacred Heart in Brockton. This update adds over 2,900 records and over 11,200 names to search.
Sacred Heart in Brockton was the second Catholic church in Brockton; it was the French Canadian parish, established in 1891.
The new volumes are listed below:
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Baptisms, 1891-1907
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Confirmations, 1893, 1898, 1901
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Marriages, 1891-1907
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’re announcing a variety of new and updated sketches to our three New England study projects: Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Early New England Families, 1641-1700 and Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784.
One new sketch was added to our database Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, highlighting Israel Whitcomb from Becket.
Helen Ullmann’s lastest book has recently come out: Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Volume 4 . Learn more about the included sketches!
This study project focuses on individuals enumerated in the 1790 census in historic Berkshire and Hampshire counties, also including modern Franklin and Hampden counties. Sketches for this project are submitted to editor Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG by NEHGS members and other interested researchers. If you are interested in submitting a sketch for Volume 5, please review our project home page.
We’ve also updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding one new sketch featuring Samuel Thatcher of Watertown, married 1645.
Early New England Families, 1641-1700 is written by Alicia Crane Williams. This study project highlights heads of families mentioned in Torrey’s New England Marriages to 1700. Be sure to read Alicia’s most recent Vita Brevis post about this project, “Clustering” Salem.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these updates possible.
We’ve also updated Elkanah Sprague (Hartford)‘s sketch in Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. Scott Andrew Bartley’s study project tracks heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. His sketches so far have focused on Windham and Windsor counties.
Please note: These databases are available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added five new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Immaculate Conception in Lawrence. This update adds over 32,100 records and over 107,900 names to search.
Immaculate Conception was the first church established in Lawrence. Catholics began worshipping there as early as 1846 as workers came to the area to build dams and mills as industry began to sweep this area.
To learn more about the early development of Catholicism in Lawrence, you may want to consult Sketch of Catholicity in Lawrence and vicinity by Katherine O’Keefe (1882), available through our Digital Collections. You may also want to reference One Hundred Years of Progress by James S. Sullivan (1895).
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
Immaculate Conception (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1851-1871
Immaculate Conception (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1871-1887 and Confirmations, 1876-1904
Immaculate Conception (Lawrence) Marriages, 1852-1872
Immaculate Conception (Lawrence) Marriages, 1872-1887
Immaculate Conception (Lawrence) Marriages, 1908-1919
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added twelve new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Immaculate Conception in Newburyport and St. John the Evangelist in Canton. This update adds over 31,500 records and over 96,000 names to search.
Catholics have been worshipping in Newburyport since the beginnings of the Archdiocese of Boston. Very early on, devout Catholics might occasionally travel in to Boston to worship. Eventually, this parish began as a mission of Salem. In 1852, a cornerstone was laid for the Immaculate Conception church in Newburyport. When this parish was established, it covered the towns of Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, West Newbury, Salisbury, and Amesbury. Many of these other towns gained churches of their own as time went on.
Prior to 1861, Catholics in Canton went to Quincy for Mass. In 1861, this town became its own parish. In 1866 the cornerstone was laid for the church.
We’d like to the following volunteers for their help with these parishes: Arlys LaFehr, Barbara Macken, Bob Rainville, Carolyn Jack, Conall O’Cathain, Eileen McCarthy, Eldon Gay, Holly Caughlan, Jack McCellan, Jane Papa, Jim Alcauskas, Judy Welna, Katherine Marshall-Mayer, Kathleen Oberley, Kiera Breitenbach, Kim Bonner, Linda Breveleri, Liz Barnett, Loretta Brown-Aldrich, Mary Alice Yost, Maryanne LeGrow, Mathew Murphy, Meghan McDonagh, Meredith Madyda, Michelle Kearns, Nancy Johnson, Pat Harney, Patricia Ryburn, Patrick Henehan, Paul McCool, Rick Lageux, Sam Sturgis, Sandy Caldwell, Sandy Murphy Mauer, Sara Stinson, Stacey-Rae McCue, Susanne Souza and Tim Belgrad.
The new volumes are listed below:
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) Baptisms, 1854-1871
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) Baptisms, 1872-1882
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) Baptisms, 1883-1890
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) Baptisms, 1891-1901
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) Confirmations, 1882-1920
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) First Communions, 1871-1900
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) Marriages, 1852-1871
Immaculate Conception (Newburyport) Marriages, 1872-1903
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Baptisms, 1859-1878
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Baptisms, 1859-1901
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Confirmations, 1867-1920
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Marriages, 1861-1901
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’re announcing four new sketches in our database Western Massachusetts Families in 1790.
Helen Ullmann’s lastest book has recently come out: Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Volume 4 . Learn more about the included sketches!
This study project focuses on individuals enumerated in the 1790 census in historic Berkshire and Hampshire counties, also including modern Franklin and Hampden counties. Sketches for this project are submitted to editor Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG by NEHGS members and other interested researchers. If you are interested in submitting a sketch for Volume 5, please review our project home page.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this update possible.
The new sketches are listed below:
Daniel Merrill, Pittsfield
Hosea Merrill, Pittsfield
Mary Merrill, Pittsfield
Freeman Sears, Greenwich
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added six new volumes to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Anthony of Padua in Allston and St. James the Greater in Boston. We’ve also updated four volumes from these two parishes. This update adds over 1,500 new pages to browse.
St. Anthony of Padua in Allston grew from the parish of St. Columbkille in Brighton. The cornerstone was laid in 1894. James S. Sullivan’s One Hundred Years of Progress describes in detail the construction of the church.
St. James the Greater 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.
We’d like to thank volunteers Diana Beltrao de Macedo, Eileen McCarthy, Angela Napolitano and Ross Weaver for their help making this update possible.
If you need help navigating this collection, please consult our new webinar, Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Records Project: We’re Expanding! The new volumes are listed below:
St. Anthony of Padua (Allston) Baptisms, 1909-1920
St. Anthony of Padua (Allston) Baptisms, 1920
St. Anthony of Padua (Allston) Confirmations, 1901-1920
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1904-1908
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1908-1920
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1908-1920
The following volumes have been updated. Previously they were truncated to only display records from before January 1, 1901. Now they are presented on our site in their complete form:
St. Anthony of Padua (Allston) Baptisms, 1896-1909
St. Anthony of Padua (Allston) Marriages, 1896-1920
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1888-1903
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1895-1908
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).