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Today American Ancestors, the Archive Department of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston (RCAB) and the Catholic Cemetery Association of the Archdiocese of Boston (CCA) are announcing a new database of Catholic cemetery records: Massachusetts: Catholic Cemetery Association Records, 1833-1940. These volumes contain records of lot sales and interments, and 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.
This database will feature 20 cemeteries administered by the CCA in eastern Massachusetts. Today we’re releasing 31 volumes from 9 cemeteries, including over 354,500 records and over 355,500 searchable names. Records from the remaining 11 cemeteries will be added throughout the year.
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.
Records are currently available from the following cemeteries:
Calvary (Waltham)
Holy Cross (Malden) (not yet complete–more to come)
Sacred Heart (Andover)
St. George (Framingham)
St. James (Haverhill)
St. Joseph (Haverhill)
St. Jean Baptiste (Lynn)
St. Mary (Beverly)
St. Mary (Malden)
Future releases will include records from: St. Francis de Sales (Charlestown), St. Paul (Arlington), North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge), St. Joseph (Lynn), St. Mary (Lynn), Holy Cross (Malden) (additional volumes), Immaculate Conception (Marlborough), St. Mary (Salem), St. Patrick (Stoneham), Catholic Mount Auburn (Watertown), St. Patrick (Watertown), and Calvary (Winchester).
We’d like to thank the following volunteers and interns for their work on these volumes of this database: Arlys LaFehr, Bill Morse, Bob Rainville, Bruce McKeeman, Christina Travella, Daria O’Connor, David Fredette, Elizabeth Handler, Erin Canzano, Fran Danico, Gail Delfosse, Helen Fredell, Jaimie Williams-Peterson, Jane Himmel, Joan Koesterherm, John Hagerty, Julie Esposito, Karen Jarret, Kathy Oberley, Linda Martin Berke, Linda Mathew, Lisa Donovan, Matt Murphy, Melissa Fuller, Michelle Kearns, Nancy Johnson, Pauline Cusson, Peg Camp, Rebecca Searl, Renda Smith, Rick Lagueux, Ross Weaver, Sandy Murphy Mauer, Sharon Dorrity, Therese Mosorjak, Tom Clements, Troy Nikander and Virginia Vaught.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added four new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Our Lady of the Assumption in East Boston. This update adds over 8,000 records and over 32,700 names to search.
Our Lady of the Assumption was built as the Catholic population was burgeoning in East Boston. Construction commenced on the building in 1869 and was completed in 1873.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
Our Lady of the Assumption (East Boston) Baptisms, 1901-1906
Our Lady of the Assumption (East Boston) Baptisms, 1906-1912
Our Lady of the Assumption (East Boston) Baptisms, 1913-1920
Our Lady of the Assumption (East Boston) Marriages and Confirmations, 1896-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding five new sketches. All five sketches pertain to the Phelps family who originally settled in Salem. The new sketches are listed below:
Eleanor (Batter) (Phelps) Trusler (m. ?-1639)
Hannah (Baskel) (Phelps) (Phelps) Hill (m. 1645-1695)
Edward Phelps (m. 1646)
Nicholas Phelps (m. 1645)
Henry Phelps (m. 1664)
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, focusing on individuals who immigrated from 1641 through 1700, grouped by year of marriage. Read more about “Those Frustrating Phelpses”, via one of Alicia Crane Williams’ most recent Vita Brevis posts.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help adding these sketches to our database.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
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
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 Josiah Whiting of New Marlborough, wife Sarah Loomis and Benjamin Griggs of Sheffield, wife Sarah Johnson and their families.
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’ve added three new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Gate of Heaven in South Boston. This update adds over 7,600 records and over 11,400 names to search.
Gate of Heaven Church is located on the corner of E. 4th and I Streets in South Boston. It grew out of Sts. Peter and Paul parish in 1862. In 1865 it became an independent parish. This parish continued to grow into the 20th century.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Baptisms, 1913-1919
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Baptisms, 1919-1920
Gate of Heaven (South Boston) Marriages, 1916-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added four new sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784, highlighting families who lived in Brattleboro. The new sketches are listed below:
Field, Bennett (Brattleboro)
Field, Israel (Brattleboro)
Field, Reuben (Brattleboro)
Field, Silas (Brattleboro)
With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political and religious fronts, uncover the migration patterns for this period in the region, and identify all those just looking to better their lives on the new frontier. This project is proceeding in two series, settlers to 1771 and 1772-1784. The work so far has been geographical, focusing on Windsor and Windham Counties.
Six sketches have been updated recently including: Bourne, Nathaniel (Manchester); Smith, Steel (Windsor); Church, Timothy (Brattleboro); Church, Jonathan (Brattleboro); Church, Malachi (Brattleboro) and Curtis, Israel (Windsor).
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added four new volumes and updated three volumes in Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Joseph in Roxbury. This update adds over 14,700 records and over 52,600 names to search.
The parish of St. Joseph’s in Roxbury was created in 1846 from area that had previously been part of St. Patrick’s in South Boston. In the beginning, this church served the Catholics of many neighboring towns and neighborhoods. By 1860, the parish had already grown enough to need a larger church building. While many parishes split off from the initial area of this parish, the Catholic community here continued to grow into the 20th century.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.
The new and updated 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 in their complete form:
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms. 1890-1901*
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1901-1911
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms. 1911-1920
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1903-1920
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1890-1901*
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1901-1920
St. Joseph (Roxbury) New England Hospital Baptisms. 1885-1901**
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 26 new volumes and updated 7 volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Sacred Heart (Amesbury), St. Alphonsus (Beverly), St. Andrew (Billerica), St. Colman of Cloyne (Brockton), St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury), St. James the Apostle (Arlington), St. Joseph (Belmont), St. Joseph (Roxbury), and St. Margaret of Scotland (Beverly). This update adds over 3,600 new pages to browse.
We’ve also added three new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Francis de Sales in Roxbury. This update adds over 9,000 records and 39,100 new searchable names. We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online. The new volumes include St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Baptisms and Baptisms of Converts, 1904-1928, St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1911-1920 and St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Marriages, 1914-1920.
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:
Sacred Heart (Amesbury) Baptisms, 1903-1917
Sacred Heart (Amesbury) Baptisms, 1918-1920
Sacred Heart (Amesbury) Confirmations, 1908-1920
Sacred Heart (Amesbury) Deaths, 1907-1920
Sacred Heart (Amesbury) First Communions, 1905-1920
Sacred Heart (Amesbury) Marriages, 1908-1920
St. Alphonsus (Beverly) Baptisms, 1917-1920
St. Alphonsus (Beverly) Confirmations, 1919-1920
St. Alphonsus (Beverly) Marriages, 1917-1920
St. Andrew (Billerica) Baptisms and Marriages, 1904-1914
St. Colman of Cloyne (Brockton) Baptisms, 1911-1920
St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1897-1904*
St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Baptisms and Baptisms of Converts, 1904-1920
St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1911-1920
St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Index to Baptisms, 1861-19044*
St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1876-1920*
St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Marriages, 1861-1913*
St. Francis de Sales (Roxbury) Marriages, 1914-1920
St. James the Apostle (Arlington) Baptisms, 1914-1920
St. Joseph (Belmont) Baptisms, 1900-1920
St. Joseph (Belmont) Confirmations, 1911-1920
St. Joseph (Belmont) Marriages, 1900-1920
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1890-1901*
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1901-1911
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1911-1920
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1903-1920
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1890-1901*
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1901-1920
St. Joseph (Roxbury) New England Hospital Baptisms, 1885-1901*
St. Margaret of Scotland (Beverly) Baptisms, 1905-1920
St. Margaret of Scotland (Beverly) Confirmations, 1908-1920
St. Margaret of Scotland (Beverly) Marriages, 1905-1920
Please note: Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1920 is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1920 is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we have added 10 new volumes and updated 5 volumes for the Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920. Today’s additions include two parishes: Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston, and St. Mary in Lynn. This update includes 15 volumes, over 4,000 pages, and over 160,000 searchable names.
Most Holy Redeemer was established in East Boston in 1844 as Catholics came to work in the area. The large stone church was completed in 1857 and dedicated by Bishop Fitzpatrick.
St. Mary’s Parish in Lynn was the first parish in Lynn, established in 1851 under the care of Rev. Charles Smith. In 1862 the church pictured above was opened.
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.
Thee 5 volumes that were updated in this release:
• Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Baptisms, 1883-1908
• Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Confirmations, 1896-1920
• Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Marriages, 1851-1908
• St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms, 1897-1903
• St. Mary (Lynn) Marriages, 1893-1906
The 10 new volumes are listed below:
• Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Baptisms, 1908-1916
• Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Baptisms, 1916-1920
• Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Marriages, 1908-1920
• St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms, 1904-1905
• St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms, 1906-1908
• St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms, 1908-1913
• St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms, 1914-1920
• St. Mary (Lynn) Marriages, 1907-1908
• St. Mary (Lynn) Marriages, 1908-1920
• St. Mary (Lynn) Sick Calls, 1906-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.