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Boston & Maine Railroad Station, Boscawen, New Hampshire, 1908. Reproduced from an original postcard published by Fred James, Boscawen, New Hampshire. Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
We have revamped the database Boscawen, NH: Records of the Second Church of Christ, 1804-1883. This database now contains the page image of the original manuscript, and it is searchable by first name and last name, record type, and family members (where available).
The Second Church of Christ of Boscawen was organized September 10, 1804. In 1860, the town of Webster was set off from Boscawen, and in 1868, the church, now within the new town’s boundaries, was renamed the First Congregational Church of Webster. These records in this manuscript were abstracted by Helen Loring Barnes and include baptisms, marriages, deaths, and church dismissals.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our team our volunteers, and in particular Judi Schauner. We appreciate the work of all our volunteers. If you would like to join the team 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.
Quincy, Massachusetts (1892) Frederick Childe Hassam [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Baptisms and Marriages, 1852-1856
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Baptisms, 1852-1856
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Baptisms, 1857-1873
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Baptisms, 1874-1887
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Baptisms, 1887-1900
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Baptisms, 1900
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Confirmations, 1855-1891
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Confirmations, 1889-1891
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Marriages, 1857-1897
St. Mary of the Assumption (Brookline) Marriages, 1897-1900
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes (Newton) Baptisms, 1893-1900
Sacred Heart (Newton) Baptisms, 1890-1900
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) Baptisms and Marriages, 1863-1871
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) Baptisms, 1872-1879
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) Baptisms, 1879-1885
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) Baptisms, 1885-1900
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) First Communions and Confirmations, 1868-1881
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) Confirmations, 1882-1900
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) First Communions, 1882-1900
St. John the Baptist (Quincy) Marriages, 1872-1900
Boston Recorder, Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Nathaniel Willis and Asa Rand, proprietors. Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
We have updated the index to Boston Recorder and Telegraph: Marriages, 1827-1828 so that it is now searchable by first and last name, location, and family members (where available). The text of these extracted marriage and death records published in the Boston Recorder and Telegraph newspaper continues to be searchable via Keyword search.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our team our volunteers Barbara Holt. We appreciate the work of all our volunteers. If you would like to join the team 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
By Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The database was created from digital images and index contributed to NEHGS by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. The collection contains the records of 30,601 Berkshire County probate cases filed between 1761 and 1917. The probate cases include wills, guardianships, administrations, and various other types of probate records. The cases range in length from one to over 1,000 pages, with a total of over 623,800 individual file papers.
Berkshire County was originally part of Hampshire County and became a separate county in 1761. The Berkshire probate records begin with case number 727. For information on how to navigate this database, be sure to watch our how-to video.
Roxbury in 1799, about 40 years before the St. Patrick records start. Painting by John Ritto Penniman, Image by Sailko [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
St. Anthony of Padua (Cohasset) Baptisms, 1886-1900
St. Joseph (Pepperell) Baptisms, 1885-1900
St. Joseph (Pepperell) Marriages, 1885-1900
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1836-1852
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1852-1858
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1858-1871
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1872-1882
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1883-1890
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1890-1900
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1871-1893
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1894-1900
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Marriages, 1836-1881
St. Patrick (Roxbury) Marriages, 1881-1900
Quabbin Reservoir (which submerged the town of Greenwich, MA) By John Phelan [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Please note: These databases are available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
St. Columbkille Church via Wikimedia Commons
Today we’ve added 6 new volumes to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 from St. Columbkille in Brighton. This update adds over 1,200 new images to this browsable collection. If you have questions about how to navigate this database, be sure to watch our how-to video. We’d like to gratefully thank the following volunteers who worked on this parish: Ross and Linda Weaver, Eileen McCarthy, Will Whearty, Angela Napolitano, and Nell Nies. The new volumes are listed below:
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Baptisms, 1857-1881
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Baptisms, 1881-1894
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Baptisms, 1985-1900
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Confirmations, 1855-1895
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Confirmations, 1897-1900
Map of Cambridge in the 1800s. St. Peter’s Church is marked on Concord Ave (the dark spot labelled with a 5). (via Wikimedia Commons)
Today we’ve added three new parishes to Massachusetts: (Image Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900: St. Peter (Cambridge), St. Gregory (Dorchester), and St. Joseph (Medford). This update adds 19 volumes and over 3,600 images. We would like to thank the following scanners for their help making this parish available: Tom Dreyer, Ross and Linda Weaver, Angela Napolitano, Jeff Erickson, Frederique Van Moortel, Francis Alix, Andrea Whalen, Alice Fristrom, and John Phlo. The new volumes are listed below:
St. Gregory (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1859-1871
St. Gregory (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1872-1875
St. Gregory (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1876-1895
St. Gregory (Dorchester) Baptisms, 1896-1900
St. Gregory (Dorchester) Confirmations, 1866-1900
St. Gregory (Dorchester) Marriages, 1863-1875
St. Gregory (Dorchester) Marriages, 1876-1900
St. Joseph (Medford) Baptisms, 1883-1900
St. Joseph (Medford) Marriages, 1883-1900
St. Peter (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1842-1862
St. Peter (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1862-1869
St. Peter (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1869-1871
St. Peter (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1872-1877
St. Peter (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1877-1890
St. Peter (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1890-1900
St. Peter (Cambridge) Marriages, 1850-1866
St. Peter (Cambridge) Marriages, 1866-1871
St. Peter (Cambridge) Marriages, 1872-1892
St. Peter (Cambridge) Marriages, 1893-1900
St. Patrick’s Church in Lowell by Emw from Wikimedia Commons
Today we’ve updated both of our Archdiocese of Boston databases! To the searchable database, Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, we’ve added five new volumes from St. Catherine of Siena (Charlestown). This update includes over 7,000 new records and 26,000 new names. The first Mass at St. Catherine’s was celebrated on Christmas 1887. To our free, image-only database, Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, we’ve added the records of St. Patrick (Lowell). This update consists of six new volumes and over 1,900 new images. Irish immigrants came to Lowell for industrial jobs, and worshiped together as early as 1822, although a church was not built until 1831. We’d like to thank the following volunteers for their work on this project: Tom Dreyer, Margo Blank, Ross and Linda Weaver, Angela Napolitano, Jeff Erickson, Bob Rainville, Nancy Johnson, Stacey-Rae McCue, Loretta Brown-Aldrich, Kathleen Oberly, Judy Welna, Patricia Harney, Sue Hurlbut, Lauren Jefferson, Arlys LaFehr, Margaret Parker, and Kathy Terkelsen. The new volumes are listed below.
St. Catherine of Siena (Charlestown) Baptisms, 1888-1893
St. Catherine of Siena (Charlestown) Baptisms, 1893-1898
St. Catherine of Siena (Charlestown) Baptisms, 1898-1900
St. Catherine of Siena (Charlestown) Marriages, 1888-1900
St. Catherine of Siena (Charlestown) Confirmations, 1894-1900
St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms, 1836-1861
St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms, 1847-1878, Part 1
St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms, 1847-1878, Part 2
St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms, 1878-1900
St. Patrick (Lowell) Marriages, 1836-1872
St. Patrick (Lowell) Marriages, 1872-1900
Please note: Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1780-1900 is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
By Scan by NYPL [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.