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We have a brand-new database today, Newton, MA: St. Mary Episcopal Church Cemetery, 1815-1999.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and Cemetery are both listed in the Massachusetts State Register of Historical Places. Episcopal services were first held in New Lower Falls in 1811. The church was built in 1813, and Ebenezer Steadman, who fought in the Revolutionary War and was one of the signers of the Petition of Incorporation, was the first burial in the cemetery. For more information about St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, including directions on how to get there, see the website.
The book, St. Mary’s Cemetery Newton, Massachusetts Epitaphs, was compiled by Beverly E. Hurney and published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 2000. Beverly was elected as Superintendent of the Cemetery in 1994. This book is the result of her efforts to provide transcriptions of the epitaphs and the most complete listing of persons buried there.
In 2020, Lynn Farnell and volunteers from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church created an index of the birth and death information contained in this this book and generously donated it to NEHGS to create this online database. The database contains over 140 pages of the book and over 3,700 searchable names.
The vast majority of records in the database start in 1815, though there are some births that date back to 1767. When parent and spouse names are clearly documented in the source material, we have included them in this database. The record types in this database are Birth and Death.
This book is also available in the library F74.N56 H87 2000.
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members.
Today we have added 5 new volumes and updated 2 volumes for the Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920. Today’s additions include two parishes in Jamaica Plain: Blessed Sacrament, and St. Thomas Aquinas. This update includes 17 volumes, over 2,600 pages, and nearly 143,000 searchable names.
As the population of Jamaica Plain grew, St. Thomas Aquinas was created out of St. Joseph’s parish in Roxbury. Mass was held for the first time here in 1869. Today, Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of Boston. When the parish began, Jamaica Plain was still part of West Roxbury, which did not become part of the city of Boston until 1874.
Blessed Sacrament was established in 1892 as the Catholic population in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain grew and grew. It was offset from the territories of a few different parishes including Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Roxbury) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain). The Jamaica Plain Historical Society republished an article from 1913 in the Boston Daily Globe which describes the laying of the cornerstone for the new church building.
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 six volumes that were updated in this release:
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1892-1903
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1892-1910
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Marriages, 1892-1907
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1893-1901
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1869-1911
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) First Communions, 1899-1920
The eleven new volumes in this release are:
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1903-1908
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1908-1915
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1916-1920
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1913-1920
• Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Marriages, 1908-1920
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1902-1907
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1908-1908
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1908-1915
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1915-1920
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1914-1920
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Marriages, 1901-1907
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
We are very happy to add a new volume to The American Genealogist database. This update adds volume 87 which covers the years 2014 and 2015, and was published in years 2015. This update adds 380 pages and nearly 6,500 searchable names.
Founded in 1922 by Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist (TAG) has been published quarterly and represents an important body of scholarly research covering the breadth of the United States. TAG is edited by a quartet of NEHGS members: Editor and publisher, Nathaniel Lane Taylor, FASG; coeditors Roger D. Joslyn, FASG and Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG, who is also editor of The Maine Genealogist; and consulting editor, David L. Greene, FASG. These distinguished genealogists, along with dozens of highly-regarded contributors, uphold and advance the standards for genealogical scholarship so carefully articulated by Jacobus and the Jacobus “School.”
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. If you are interested in getting involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The entire run of The American Genealogist is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F104.N6 A6.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 79 new volumes and updated 60 volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from 23 parishes across the archdiocese. This update adds over 19,800 new pages to browse.
The new and updated parishes include: All Saints (Roxbury), Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain), Gate of Heaven (South Boston), Immaculate Conception (Boston), Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston), Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Brockton), Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston), Sacred Heart (Brockton), Sacred Heart (Roslindale), St. Agnes (Arlington), St. Augustine (Andover), St. Augustine (South Boston), St. Edward (Brockton), St. Joseph (Amesbury), St. Margaret of Scotland (Brockton), St. Mary (Ayer), St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly), St. Patrick (Brockton), St. Patrick (Roxbury), St. Philip (Roxbury), St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain), St. Vincent de Paul (South Boston) and Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston).
If you need help navigating the image-only collection, please consult our most recent webinar, Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Records Project: We’re Expanding!
The new volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1920 are listed below. Volumes with an asterisk have been updated. Previously they were truncated to only display records from before January 1, 1901. Now they are presented on our site either in their complete form or with the records up to December 31, 1920:
All Saints (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1896-1908*
All Saints (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1908-1916
All Saints (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1916-1920
All Saints (Roxbury) Marriages, 1896-1908*
All Saints (Roxbury) Marriages, 1908-1920
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1892-1903*
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1903-1908
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1908-1915
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1916-1920
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1892-1910*
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1913-1920
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Marriages, 1892-1907*
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Marriages, 1908-1920
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Baptisms, 1900-1913*
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Baptisms, 1913-1919
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Baptisms, 1919-1920
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) First Communions and Confirmations, 1873-1908*
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Marriages, 1885-1916*
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Marriages, 1916-1920
Immaculate Conception (Boston) Baptisms 1898-1920*
Immaculate Conception (Boston) Marriages 1870-1920*
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Baptisms, 1893-1902*
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Baptisms, 1902-1916
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Baptisms, 1908-1913
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Baptisms, 1916-1917
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Baptisms, 1917-1920
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Deaths, 1910-1920
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Marriages, 1893-1903*
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Marriages, 1903-1908
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Marriages, 1908-1916
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Marriages, 1916-1920
Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Brockton) Baptisms, 1914-1919
Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Brockton) Baptisms, 1914-1920 (Part 1)
Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Brockton) Marriages, 1914-1920 (Part 2)
Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Brockton) Confirmations and Deaths, 1914-1920 (Part 3)
Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Brockton) Marriages, 1914-1919
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Baptisms, 1897-1911*
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Baptisms, 1911-1920
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Confirmations, 1903-1920
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Marriages, 1884-1907*
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Marriages, 1908-1920
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Baptisms, 1891-1907*
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Baptisms, 1907-1918
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Baptisms, 1917-1920
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Confirmations, 1893, 1898, 1901*
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Marriages, 1891-1907*
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Marriages, 1908-1911
Sacred Heart (Brockton) Marriages, 1911-1920
Sacred Heart (Roslindale) Baptisms, 1893-1908*
Sacred Heart (Roslindale) Baptisms, 1908-1917
Sacred Heart (Roslindale) Baptisms, 1917-1920
Sacred Heart (Roslindale) Index to Baptisms, 1893-1920*
Sacred Heart (Roslindale) Marriages, 1893-1908*
Sacred Heart (Roslindale) Marriages, 1908-1920
St. Agnes (Arlington) Baptisms, 1894-1902*
St. Agnes (Arlington) Baptisms, 1902-1912
St. Agnes (Arlington) Marriages, 1898-1920*
St. Augustine (Andover) Baptisms, 1885-1909*
St. Augustine (Andover) Baptisms, 1894-1919*
St. Augustine (Andover) Baptisms, 1920
St. Augustine (Andover) Confirmations 1894-1920*
St. Augustine (Andover) First Communions, 1895-1920*
St. Augustine (Andover) Marriages, 1892-1908*
St. Augustine (Andover) Marriages, 1908-1920
St. Augustine (South Boston) Baptisms, 1899-1912*
St. Augustine (South Boston) Baptisms, 1912-1916 (Part 1)
St. Augustine (South Boston) Baptisms, 1916-1919 (Part 2)
St. Augustine (South Boston) Baptisms, 1919-1920 (Part 3)
St. Augustine (South Boston) Confirmations, 1896-1917*
St. Augustine (South Boston) Confirmations, 1919-1920
St. Augustine (South Boston) First Communions, 1919-1920
St. Augustine (South Boston) Index to Baptisms, 1868-1912*
St. Augustine (South Boston) Marriages, 1900-1913*
St. Augustine (South Boston) Marriages, 1913-1920
St. Edward (Brockton) Baptisms, 1897-1913*
St. Edward (Brockton) Baptisms, 1914-1920
St. Edward (Brockton) Confirmations, 1898-1920*
St. Edward (Brockton) Marriages, 1897-1917*
St. Edward (Brockton) Marriages, 1917-1920
St. Joseph (Amesbury) Baptisms, 1901-1920
St. Joseph (Amesbury) Confirmations, 1883-1920*
St. Joseph (Amesbury) First Communions, 1895-1920*
St. Margaret of Scotland (Brockton) Baptisms, 1902-1913
St. Margaret of Scotland (Brockton) Baptisms, 1913-1920
St. Margaret of Scotland (Brockton) Confirmations, 1906-1920
St. Margaret of Scotland (Brockton) Marriages, 1902-1908
St. Margaret of Scotland (Brockton) Marriages, 1908-1920
St. Mary (Ayer) Baptisms, 1867-1902*
St. Mary (Ayer) Baptisms, 1902-1909
St. Mary (Ayer) Baptisms, 1914-1920
St. Mary (Ayer) Marriages, 1867-1919*
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Baptisms, 1895-1909*
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Baptisms, 1909-1920
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Baptisms, 1920
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Confirmations, 1898-1920*
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Marriages, 1871-1915*
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Marriages, 1915-1920
St. Patrick (Brockton) Baptisms, 1897-1903*
St. Patrick (Brockton) Baptisms, 1904-1910
St. Patrick (Brockton) Baptisms, 1910-1920
St. Patrick (Brockton) Baptisms, 1920
St. Patrick (Brockton) Confirmations, 1885-1901*
St. Patrick (Brockton) Confirmations, 1903-1917
St. Patrick (Brockton) Marriages, 1886-1910*
St. Patrick (Brockton) Marriages, 1910-1920
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1890-1906*
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1907-1920
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1920
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1894-1920*
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Marriages, 1881-1902*
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Marriages, 1903-1920
St. Philip (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1898-1908*
St. Philip (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1908-1914
St. Philip (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1914-1920
St. Philip (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1896-1913*
St. Philip (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1915-1920
St. Philip (Roxbury) Marriages, 1895-1908*
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1893-1901 (Vol. 3)*
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1902-1907
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1908
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1908-1915
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1915-1920
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1869-1911*
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1914-1920
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) First Communions, 1899-1920*
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Index to Baptisms, 1869-1901*
St. Thomas Aquinas (Jamaica Plain) Marriages, 1901-1907
St. Vincent de Paul (South Boston) Baptisms, 1898-1909*
St. Vincent de Paul (South Boston) Baptisms, 1910-1920
St. Vincent de Paul (South Boston) Confirmations, 1870-1920*
St. Vincent de Paul (South Boston) Marriages, 1880-1909*
Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston) Baptisms, 1900-1911*
Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston) Baptisms, 1911-1916
Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston) Baptisms, 1917-1920
Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston) Confirmations, 1892-1905*
Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston) Confirmations, 1910-1920
Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston) Marriages, 1894-1910*
Sts. Peter and Paul (South Boston) Marriages, 1910-1920
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
Today we’ve added seven new volumes and updated three volumes in Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Andrew the Apostle (Forest Hills), St. Joseph (East Boston) and St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston). This update adds over 12,000 records and over 42,400 names to search.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below. Volumes with an asterisk have been updated. Previously they were truncated to only display records from before January 1, 1901. Now they are presented on our site either in their complete form or with the records up to December 31, 1920:
St. Joseph (East Boston) Baptisms, 1914-1920
St. Joseph (East Boston) Confirmations 1917-1920
St. Joseph (East Boston) Marriages 1914-1920
St. Andrew the Apostle (Forest Hills) Baptisms, 1918-1920
St. Andrew the Apostle (Forest Hills) Confirmations, 1920
St. Andrew the Apostle (Forest Hills) Marriages, 1918-1920
St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Baptisms, 1898-1917*
St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Baptisms, 1917-1920
St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Confirmations, 1884-1920*
St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Marriages, 1866-1920*
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today, we have added a new volume to The Connecticut Nutmegger database. This update adds volume 46 for the year 2013 and adds over 340 pages and 14,500 searchable names.
The Connecticut Nutmegger has served as the “journal of record” for the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. (CSG) for forty years. During this time, it has captured a wealth of information for genealogists. Vital records, probate records, bible records, headstone records, memorials and other useful records have been published and made readily accessible for genealogical research. Well-documented family histories and genealogical articles, covering hundreds of families – mainly with Connecticut ties – have been presented. Published articles include commentary on and corrections to previously published family lines, vital records and town histories. Book reviews, research tips, queries and other valuable tools for genealogists have been presented. 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. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The entire run of The Connecticut Nutmegger is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F91.C82.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
We have just posted a new volume to The New England Historical and Genealogical Register database. This update adds volume 174; which contains the 2020 Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall issues, and it adds 440 pages and over 11,000 searchable names.
Published quarterly since 1847, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register is the flagship journal of American genealogy and the oldest journal in the field. The Register has featured articles on a wide variety of topics since its inception, including vital records, church records, tax records, land and probate records, cemetery transcriptions, obituaries, and historical essays. Authoritative compiled genealogies have been the centerpiece of the Register for more than 150 years. Thousands of New England families have been treated in the pages of the journal and many more are referenced in incidental ways throughout. These articles may range from short pieces correcting errors in print or solving unusual problems to larger treatments that reveal family origins or present multiple generations of a family.
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. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The entire run of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F1.N56.
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. The new sketches focus on Noah Church of New Marlborough (m. Lucy Holcomb) and Matthew Williams of Sandisfield (m1. Grace Smith, m2. Mary _____). Three existing sketches were updated as well: Prince Williams of Greenwich, John Gibbs of Greenwich and Samuel Hurlbut of Westhampton.
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 this update possible.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we have added 5 new volumes and updated 2 volumes for the database Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920. Today’s additions include two parishes: Sacred Heart in East Boston, and St. Bernard in Newton. This update includes 7 volumes, over 1,300 pages, and over 70,000 searchable names.
The first Mass was said in Sacred Heart (East Boston) in 1873. The church was dedicated in 1874 and continues to serve parishioners in East Boston today.
St. Bernard began as a mission attached to St. Mary’s church in Waltham. St. Bernard’s church was dedicated in 1874. The original structure burned down in 1889, but the parish rebuilt a new church by 1890.
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 two volumes that were updated in this release:
• St. Bernard (Newton) Baptisms, 1894-1911
• St. Bernard (Newton) Baptisms, 1911-1920
The 5 new volumes in this release are:
• Sacred Heart (East Boston) Baptisms, 1906-1915
• Sacred Heart (East Boston) Baptisms, 1916-1920
• Sacred Heart (East Boston) Marriages, 1906-1920
• St. Bernard (Newton) Baptisms, 1911-1920
• St. Bernard (Newton) Marriages, 1911-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
We are happy to let you know that we have fully revamped the database Springfield, VT: Records of the Rev. George W. Bailey, 1740-1902 so that it is now searchable by first name and last name, location, record type, and family members (where available). The page images from the original manuscript were also added to the database. This database now includes over 3,500 searchable names and the full 105 pages of the original manuscript.
Reverend George W. Bailey commenced preaching in 1839, was licensed and ordained by the Universalist denomination in 1840, and served in the Vermont towns of Springfield, East Randolph, and Morrisville, as well as Lebanon, New Hampshire.
The dates of marriages in the Reverend Bailey’s record book are from 1841 to 1902, inclusive, intentions of marriage are from 1845 to 1850, and funerals are from 1840 to 1900. The record types are primarily birth, marriage and burial.
The original text is also available in the NEHGS Research Library. The call number is Mss A 6567.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer Greta Gaffin. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process, please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.