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Today we’ve added 5 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Ann in Dorchester. This update adds over 6,100 records and over 22,300 names to search.
The parish of St. Ann in Neponset celebrated its first Mass on Christmas in 1880 after breaking off from St. Gregory’s. The church was dedicated in 1892 and continued to grow into the new century.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
St. Ann (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1904-1915
St. Ann (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1915-1920
St. Ann (Dorchester) Confirmations, 1906-1920
St. Ann (Dorchester) First Communions, 1906-1920
St. Ann (Dorchester) Marriages, 1889-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 19 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from three parishes: Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Boston), St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) and St. Jean Baptiste (Lynn). This update adds over 20,000 names to search.
The new volumes are listed below:
- Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Boston) Baptisms, 1916-1920
- Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Boston) Baptisms, 1920
- Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Boston) Marriages, 1916-1920
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1911-1916
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1916-1920
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Baptisms and Marriages, 1907-1918
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1905-1906
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Confirmations, 1907-1918
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Confirmations, 1912-1920
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Deaths, 1907-1918
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Deaths, 1918-1920
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) First Communions, 1911-1914
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Marriages, 1907-1918
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Marriages, 1912-1920
- St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Various Records, 1907-1918
- St. Jean Baptiste (Lynn) Baptisms, 1903-1909
- St. Jean Baptiste (Lynn) Baptisms, 1910-1915
- St. Jean Baptiste (Lynn) Baptisms, 1915-1920
- St. Jean Baptiste (Lynn) Marriages, 1907-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added a new volume to our database Rhode Island Roots, Volume 42 from 2016. This update adds over 2,400 new records.
The Rhode Island Genealogical Society publishes Rhode Island Roots quarterly. It features many Rhode Island records, such as cemetery and tax lists, General Assembly petitions, civil and military records, and genealogical articles — all focusing on Rhode Island families. Other features include articles about Rhode Islanders in other state census records, queries and a list of RI research volunteers. The authors include well-known genealogists as well as RIGS members with stories of their own families to tell.
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson.
The entire run of Rhode Island Roots is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F78 .R2.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve updated our database: Vermont Genealogy, adding Volume 20 from 2015. This database is available thanks to our partnership with the Genealogical Society of Vermont. This update adds over 3,900 new records.
The indexing for this database includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
Vermont Genealogy made its debut as a quarterly journal in January 1996. In addition to featuring compiled genealogies, the journal often contains other material including: freeman’s lists; church memberships and dismissals; newspaper vital record abstracts; probate abstracts, cemetery transcriptions, Bible records; Civil War journals; 1890 Census reconstructions; book reviews; and “Seen Elsewhere,” a bibliography of other journal articles relevant to Vermont.
In 2009, Vermont Genealogy switched to semi-annual publication with spring and fall issues. Appointed editor in 2016, Michael F. Dwyer, FASG, has expanded the scope of coverage to include nineteenth-century century immigrant studies, “Gems from the Vermont State Archives,” and continuation of family sketches from “Vermont Families in 1791.”
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson.
The entire run of Vermont Genealogy is available at our NEHGS Boston research library, call number F48.V48 1996.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we are excited to announce that we have added 4 new cemeteries to Massachusetts: Catholic Cemetery Association Records, 1833-1940: North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge), St. Mary (Lynn), St. Mary (Salem) and St. Patrick (Watertown). This final update adds 34 new volumes and over 177,000 records to this database and concludes our work on this project, which has been in process since 2019.
The records in this database are primarily lot sales and interments, and may include information about lot owners, date of burial and location of burial. Some of the people represented in these written records may not have purchased a grave marker or their marker may have eroded with time, making this collection essential for research into Catholic burials in this region.
In addition to the searchable database, maps of each cemetery are being made available to help locate burial plots. Where possible, maps include sections, ranges and in some cases narrative description of how headstones are arranged by row and lot number. Also included are points of interest such as entrances, exits, flag poles, monuments, offices and spigots. Special sections for the burials of infants, priests and religious are also noted. Links to the cemetery maps can be found in the Database Description. Watch our how-to video for instructions on navigating to the database and using the cemetery maps. Included in this update we’ve also added links to new maps in the database description.
Newly available maps include):
- St. Francis de Sales (Charlestown)
- Calvary (Winchester)
- Holy Cross (Malden)
- St. Mary (Malden)
- St. Mary (Marlborough)
- Immaculate Conception (Marlborough)
- St. Paul (Arlington)
- St. Patrick (Stoneham)
The new volumes are listed below. Books labelled Cambridge Catholic belong to the North Cambridge Catholic cemetery.
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1846-1854
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1848-1851
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1851-1854
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1854-1855
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1856
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1856-1859
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1859-1861
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1862-1866
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1866-1875
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Assignments, 1846-1858
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Sales, 1845-1848
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Sales, 1849-1853
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Sales, 1853-1876
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot sales, 1859-1863
- Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Sales, 1863-1881
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) A-Z Index Lot Owners, 1846-1934
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1852-1866
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1867-1877
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1881-1908
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1883-1892
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Burials, 1925-1940
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Assignments, 1846-1873
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Owners, A-S, 1847-1868
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Owners, S-Z, 1847-1868
- North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge) Lot Sales, 1846-1877
- St. Mary (Lynn) Interments, 1860-1940
- St. Mary (Lynn) Interments, 1919-1933
- St. Mary (Lynn) Lot Locations and Owners
- St. Mary (Lynn) Lot Sales, 1860-1884
- St. Mary (Salem) Interments and Lot Sales, 1874-1900
- St. Mary (Salem) Interments and Lot Sales, 1901-1927
- St. Mary (Salem) Interments, 1928-1940
- St. Patrick (Watertown) Burials, 1908-1918
- St. Patrick (Watertown) Burials, 1928-1940
- St. Patrick (Watertown) Burials, 1930-1940
- St. Patrick (Watertown) Interments, 1908-1918
- St. Patrick (Watertown) Lot Sales, 1860-1884
We’d like to thank the following volunteers for their work on these volumes of this database: Paul McCool, Mirca Sghedoni, Peg Camp, John Hagerty, Rick Lagueux, Lisa Butler, Kathy Oberley, Ross Weaver, Sandy Murphy Mauer, Daria O’Connor, Linda Martin Berke, Robyn Choate, Peggy Burchenal, Elaine Wood, Eileen McCarthy, Bill Morse, Jane Himmel, Jaime Williams-Peterson, Becki Clarke, Gail Delfose, Nancy Johnson, Renda Smith, Karen Jarret, Bob Rainville, Tom Clements, Mara Witzling, Jan Lundquist, David Fredette, Karen Buchinger, Nina Manno, Kathy Marshall-Mayer, Karen Ristic, Arlys LaFehr, Fran Danico, Susan Van Allen, Toni Lattimer, Sara Stinson, Elizabeth Handler, Linda Mathew, Melanie Nelson, Carolyn Jack, Pam Hugie, Jeanne Brown, Joan Koesterherm, Bill Kerrigan, Gale Stevenson, Michelle Kearns, Matt Murphy, Maryanne LeGrow, Conall O’Cathain, Sharon Dorrity, Alida Baker, Maureen Keillor, Helen Fredell, Janet Essency, Eldon Gay, Joyce McKenna, Mary Alice Yost, Lisa Bisio, Pam Johnson, Therese Mosorjak, Bill Fenton, Joan Sullivan, Judy Welna, Paula Hines, Nora Galvin, Patty Ryburn, and Becky Brownell-Smith.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 5 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Cecilia (Ashland), St. James the Apostle (Arlington) and St. Mary (Franklin). This update adds over 9,300 records and over 37,000 names to search.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
St. Cecilia (Ashland) Baptisms & Marriages, 1884-1910
St. James the Apostle (Arlington) Marriages,1914-1920
St. Mary (Franklin) Baptisms, 1877-1896
St. Mary (Franklin) Baptisms, 1896-1920
St. Mary (Franklin) Marriages, 1877-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
1892 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. St. Mary’s Church is visible in the upper center of the map.
Today we’ve added 4 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Immaculate Conception in Everett. This update adds over 12,100 records and over 47,500 names to search.
Immaculate Conception (Everett) was initially called St. Mary’s. It began as a mission church of Chelsea. In 1885 it became a full parish along with Revere (which later split off).
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
Immaculate Conception (Everett) Baptisms, 1903-1909
Immaculate Conception (Everett) Baptisms, 1909-1916
Immaculate Conception (Everett) Baptisms, 1916-1920
Immaculate Conception (Everett) Marriages, 1913-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’re announcing a new database, Dartmouth, MA: Quaker Records, 1699-1920. The Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society (DHAS) has digitized and is transcribing the original record books for the Dartmouth monthly meeting of Friends (Quakers). These digitized images and transcriptions (when complete) are available on their website: https://www.dartmouthhas.org/quaker-transcriptions.html.
The DHAS has also partnered with us to make these records available on AmericanAncestors.org.
When finished, this database will encompass 16 volumes pertaining to the monthly meeting in Dartmouth from 1699-1920. Currently, the database presents “removal records” from seven volumes. An every name index will be added to those volumes for which it is missing when complete. By agreement, no records less than 100 years old will be posted. These meeting records provide valuable insight into the lives of early New England Quakers.
The partnership between DHAS and AmericanAncestors.org has initially focused on information-dense “removal certificate” entries in the Men’s and Women’s Minute books and the special journals dedicated to just “removals’. Since these reflect geographic connections of individuals and families at documented times they provide valuable facts to genealogists and historians regarding the homes and travels of their ancestors. Removal records can take three forms as they document the movement of individuals or families in Dartmouth. The three basic types of removal records include: (1) Marriage (to someone from a different Monthly Meeting (MM), either at Dartmouth MM or at some other MM); (2)Temporarily ‘visiting’ Dartmouth from another MM or going to another MM to ‘visit’ ; and (3) Permanently relocating to the Dartmouth MM from some other MM or to some other MM from Dartmouth.
Today we’re launching the database with seven of the 16 volumes currently available. More will be added throughout the year as our partnership continues. Today’s launch includes over 5,200 records and over 6,500 names.
The new volumes are listed below:
Removals, 1792-1821 (Vol. 13)
Removals, 1822-1847 (Vol. 14)
Men’s Minutes, 1699-1727 (Vol. 6)
Men’s Minutes, 1727-1762 (Vol. 7)
Men’s Minutes, 1762-1785 (Vol. 8)
Men’s Minutes, 1785-1803 (Vol. 9)
Women’s Minutes, 1699-1782 (Vol.15)
The mission of the Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society, a non-profit located in Dartmouth Massachusetts, is to support, promote, preserve, and disseminate the historic and cultural diversity of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. A significant part of that history is the early settlement of the community by members of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers. For more information on the Quaker Project, visit https://dartmouthhas.org/quakerproject.html. We’d like to thank the DHAS team and volunteers who have contributed to this project so far.
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
Today we’ve added 3 more volumes to Boston, MA: Provident Institution for Savings, 1817-1882. This update adds over 40,000 records to search. This final update concludes this database project, which has been in process since 2019.
The new volumes are:
Signature Book 1, 1817-1823
Signature Book 4, 1836-1841
Signature Book 26, 1880-1884
The Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston was one the first savings banks to be incorporated in the United States. About 80% of the individuals represented in the early records of this bank were immigrants to Boston. The Waste Books provide lists of daily transactions that occurred at the bank – often one person is depositing money in benefit of another person. Residence locations are provided (usually a town), and occupations are often recorded.
If you are interested in the general subject of bank records, be sure to watch genealogist Eileen Pironti’s webinar, Using Bank Records in Family History Research.
This database is possible through our partnership with the Boston Athenaeum. The Boston Athenaeum holds the original record books and performed the digitization of all the images. The full holding information for the collection available at the Boston Athenaeum can be found here: Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston Records.
We’d like to thank our volunteers Leslee Johnston, Gale Stevenson, Judy Welna, Loretta Aldrich, Laura Crook Brisso, Gig Moineau, Rosemary Durica, Karen Buchinger, Paula Muggleton, Carol Demers, Alan Phelps, Gail Wine, Carol Farrington, Cece Lasley, Nancy Borman, Sandy Caldwell, Ida Nystrom, Charlie Watson, Margaret Parker, Diana Beltrao, Barbara Macken, Pat Dalpiaz, Rich Wood, Gayle Smalley, Lin Martin-Berke, Ann Sheparson, Elaine Wood, Ron Wilson, Ellie Witham, and Amanda Opalenik for their work on this update.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 15 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from five parishes: Immaculate Conception (Marlborough), St. Bridget (Maynard), St. Joseph (Holbrook), St. Mary (Foxborough) and St. Vincent de Paul (South Boston). This update adds over 9,500 records and over 33,900 names to search.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
Immaculate Conception (Marlborough) Baptisms, 1911-1920
Immaculate Conception (Marlborough) First Communions & Confirmations, 1915-1920
St. Bridget (Maynard) Baptisms, 1908-1917
St. Bridget (Maynard) Baptisms, 1917-1920
St. Bridget (Maynard) Confirmations, 1910-1920
St. Bridget (Maynard) Marriages, 1917-1920
St. Joseph (Holbrook) Baptisms, 1913-1920
St. Joseph (Holbrook) First Communions & Confirmations, 1914-1920
St. Joseph (Holbrook) Marriages, 1907-1914
St. Joseph (Holbrook) Marriages, 1913-1920
St. Mary (Foxborough) Baptisms, 1901-1920
St. Mary (Foxborough) Confirmations, 1902-1920
St. Mary (Foxborough) Deaths & Burials, 1907-1911
St. Mary (Foxborough) Marriages, 1902-1920
St. Vincent de Paul (South Boston) Marriages, 1910-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.