Massachusetts Genealogy Records Directory

Search name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Massachusetts.

Search the Massachusetts State Archives for public records including births, marriages, deaths, and passenger manifests.

Search Massachusetts obituary records by name of deceased, publication date or obituary text through this paid service.

View Barnstable County gravestone records dated from 1683 through 1880.

Search the Town of Bourne library databases including maps, census records, medical and general reference materials, newspapers, and magazines. A Jonathan Bourne Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Brewster library databases including archived newspapers, history and science resources, magazines, and genealogy materials. A Brewster Ladies Library card is required to access these resources.

View information about requesting Town of Dennis genealogical research. Genealogical Requests can be made in person, by phone or by mail.

View information about obtaining a Town of Eastham marriage license, business certificates, copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates; absentee ballots, registering to vote, and requesting genealogy research, street lists, business lists and voter lists.

Search the Town of Falmouth library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, consumer reports, and general reference materials. A Falmouth Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Harwich historic valuations from 1860 to 1940.

Search the Town of Harwich library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, consumer reports, and general reference materials. A Brooks Free Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Orleans library databases including genealogy resources, historical documents, newspapers, consumer reports, and general reference materials. A Snow Library card is required to access these resources.

View information about obtaining certified copies of the Town of Provincetown birth, death and marriage certificates. Information about requesting genealogical research is also provided.

Search the Town of Provincetown library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, maps, and general reference materials. A Provincetown Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Sandwich library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, journals, and general reference materials. A Sandwich Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View information about available historical records from the Town of Sandwich Town Archives and Historical Center. Records include family files, general town history, photos, cemeteries, monuments, and houses.

Search the City of North Adams library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, magazine and journal articles, and general reference materials. A North Adams Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

View information about requesting the Town of Dalton genealogy research and obtaining certified copies of birth, death, and marriage records.

Search the City of Attleboro library databases including genealogy resources, consumer reports, and newspaper archives. An Attleboro Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the City of Fall River Public Library resources including genealogy records.

Search the City of Fall River library's electronic resources including old postcards and photos, yearbooks, historical maps, newspapers, magazines, journals, and general reference materials. A Fall River Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the Town of Easton library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. An Ames Free Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Fairhaven library databases including genealogy resources, consumer information, maps, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Millicent Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of North Attleborough library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, journals, maps, and general reference materials. A Richards Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of North Attleborough genealogy and local history records from the Richards Memorial Library including births, death, marriages, cemetery burial records, maps, and city directories.

Search the Town of Somerset library databases including genealogy resources, archived newspapers, and general reference materials. A Somerset Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Swansea Cemetery burial listing based on the 1970 survey compiled by the the Town of Swansea Historical Society.

Search for the Town of Westport cemetery burial records by name. Details include name, birth and death dates, age, gender, veteran status, name of cemetery, relatives, detailed information about the stones, inscriptions and genealogical information.

Search the Town of Westport library databases including genealogy resources, magazine and newspaper articles, and general reference materials. A Westport Free Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Edgartown cemetery burial listings, sorted by cemetery.

Search the Town of Edgartown library databases including genealogy resources, archived newspapers, and general reference materials. An Edgartown Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Tisbury library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, journals, and general reference materials. A Vineyard Haven Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View photographs and transcripts of the Town of West Tisbury gravestones.

Search City of Beverly library resources including local history and genealogy resources, consumer information, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Beverly Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search for the City of Amesbury cemetery burial records by name. Details include occupant name, burial location, cemetery name, veteran status, date of birth, date of death, date of burial, funeral home, and additional genealogy information, if available.

Search the City of Amesbury library databases including magazines, newspapers, academic journals, genealogy resources, and a large collection of maps. An Amesbury Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View information about researching the City of Gloucester Archives for genealogy records such as births, deaths, marriages, naturalizations, property information, military service records, etc.

Search the City of Gloucester library databases including newspapers, magazines, genealogy resources, and general reference materials. A Sawyer Free Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Haverhill library resources including consumer information, genealogy and family history resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Haverhill Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Methuen library databases including genealogy resources, consumer reports, health and wellness and general research materials. A Nevins Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Newburyport library databases including local history genealogy resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Newburyport Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Peabody library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, consumer reports, and general reference materials. A Peabody Institute Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Salem library databases including genealogy resources, historical documents from the National Archives, academic journals, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Salem Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View information about requesting the Town of Rockport genealogy research from the Rockport Public Library.

Search the Town of Danvers library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, academic journals, magazines, various maps, and general reference books. A Peabody Institute Library card is required to access these resources.

Search for interments in the Town of Andover's Spring Grove Cemetery by last name through GIS maps.

Search the Town of Boxford library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. A Boxford Town Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Essex genealogy records including cemetery burials, census records, maps, directories, births, deaths, marriages, tax lists, deed images and transcriptions, military records, church records, and town reports.

View information about requesting genealogy research from the Town of Essex Town Clerk as well as information about obtaining certified copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates.

View the Town of Essex genealogy records including local history, and an alphabetical surname listing of birth, death, and marriage records.

View the names of Town of Hamilton war veterans from Vietnam, WWII, and Korean War.

Search the Town of Lynnfield databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Lynnfield Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Marblehead library databases including genealogy resources, magazines, journals, newspapers, and general reference materials. An Abbot Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Newbury library databases including genealogy resources, magazines, journals, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Newbury Town Library card is required to access some of these resources.

View information about obtaining a Town of Rowley business certificate, marriage license, copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates; upcoming elections, absentee ballots, and requesting genealogy research.

Search the Town of Saugus library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, professional journals and newspapers. A Saugus Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Swampscott library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, academic journals, and general reference materials. A Swampscott Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Topsfield library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, academic journals and general reference books. A Topsfield Town Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of West Newbury Library resources including genealogy resources, consumer information, and general reference materials. A GAR Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Greenfield library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, academic journals, and general reference materials. A Greenfield Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Orange historical documents, photos, postcards, and maps.

View the Town of Shutesbury historical maps, transcriptions, and other various town documents.

View records of gravestone inscriptions in the Town of Wendell including the Cemetery at Town Center, South Cemetery, Smallpox Cemetery, Mormon Hollow Cemetery and Wyeth Family Plot.

Search the City of Chicopee library databases including local history and genealogy resources, health and medical journals, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Chicopee Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Agawam library databases including genealogy resources, magazines, newspapers, and reference books. An Agawam Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of East Longmeadow library databases including genealogy resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. An East Longmeadow Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Ludlow library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Hubbard Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

View burial records for the Town of Monson cemeteries. Records are sorted by cemetery and list name and date of death.

View burial records for the Town of Tolland Center Cemetery. Details include name, parents, spouse, age, and date of death.

Search the Town of West Springfield library databases including genealogy resources, obituaries and death notices, magazines, newspapers, and general reference materials. A West Springfield Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Northampton library databases including archived newspapers journals, and magazines, genealogy resources, and general reference materials. A Forbes Library card is required to access these resources.

Search interactive Town of Amherst GIS maps including property information, conservation areas and trails, deeds and plans, cemetery burial records, street tree inventories, utility systems, and zoning. Various data files such as watersheds, parcel data, and protected lands are also provided.

Search the Town of South Hadley library databases including genealogy and local resources, newspapers, journals, and general reference materials. A South Hadley Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Cambridge library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Cambridge Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Lowell library databases including genealogy resources, archived newspapers, business research and general reference materials. A Pollard Memorial Library card is required to access these databases.

View information about requesting genealogy research from the City of Medford City Clerk's Office.

Search the City of Medford library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, reference books, and newspapers. A Medford Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

View the City of Medford library local history genealogy records including birth and death records, historic maps, census records, and historical photographs.

View the City of Newton birth, death, and marriage indexes from 1635 through 1899, and city directories from 1868 through 1934.

Search the City of Somerville library databases including genealogy and local history resources, Sanborn maps, newspapers, journals, and general reference materials. A Somerville Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Waltham Mount Feake and Grove Hill Cemeteries burial records by name. Details include deceased name, lot owner, cemetery, date of death, place of death, age of death, burial type, and veteran status.

Search the City of Waltham library databases including marriage, birth, and death records, city directories and other genealogy resources, newspapers, and consumer information. A Waltham Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the City of Woburn library databases including historical and genealogical resources, various thematic maps, newspapers, journals, and general reference materials. Must be a Woburn resident and have a valid Library card.

View a list of City of Woburn veterans killed in action, street memorials to those killed in action, and a list of WW2 veterans.

Search the Town of Hopkinton library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, health and wellness resources, and general reference materials. A Hopkinton Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Hudson library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Hudson Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Chelmsford library databases including local history and genealogy resources, obituaries, death notices, consumer health, newspapers, and magazines. An online surname research request form is also provided. A Chelmsford Public Library card is required to access most of these resources.

Search Parker Memorial Library resources including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, journals, and general reference sources. A Parker Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

View information about requesting genealogy research from the Town of Acton Clerk's Office. Requests must be submitted in writing or by email.

Search the Town of Acton library databases including archived newspapers, consumer information, local history, and genealogy resources. An Acton Memorial Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the Town of Arlington library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Robbins Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Bedford library databases including genealogy and local history resources, archived newspapers and magazines, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Bedford Free Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Belmont library databases including genealogy and local history resources, archived newspapers and magazines, heath and wellness resources, and general reference materials. A Belmont Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Billerica library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines and general reference materials. A Billerica Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Burlington library databases including archived newspapers and magazines, genealogy resources and general health and medicine. Remote access to these databases are for Burlington cardholders only.

View information about requesting records from the Town of Burlington Municipal Archives.

View the Town of Chelmsford cemetery burial records. Details include name of deceased, cemetery name, lot number, and date of death.

Search the Town of Concord library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Concord Free Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Framingham library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, health resources, and general reference materials. A Framingham Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Groton library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Groton Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Holliston veteran memorials, sorted by war.

Search the Town of Lexington library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, newspapers and reference books. A Cary Memorial card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Lincoln library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, journals, and general reference books. A Lincoln Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Littleton cemetery burial records by deceased name, year of internment, or cemetery name. Details include deceased name, cemetery name, grave location, veteran status, year of birth, date of death, date of burial, age, funeral home, and other genealogical information, if known.

Search the Town of Littleton library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, maps, and reference books. A Reuben Hoar Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of North Reading library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Flint Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of North Reading veterans memorial and recent fallen soldier listings.

Search the Town of Reading cemetery burial records by deceased name or cemetery. Details include cemetery name, deceased name, date of death, age of death, burial date, veteran status, lot owner, and grave location.

Search the Town of Sherborn library databases including genealogy and local history resources, various thematic maps, magazines, and newspapers. A Sherborn Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Stoneham cemetery burial records by deceased name or cemetery. Details include cemetery name, deceased name, date of death, age of death, burial date, veteran status, lot owner, and grave location.

Search the Town of Stoneham library databases including genealogy resources, magazines, newspapers, and general reference materials. a Stoneham Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search or view the Town of Sudbury archived documents including births, marriages, deaths, military records, diaries and journals, church records, land and road surveys, tax assessments and property valuations, wills, voter registration records, and more.

Search the Town of Sudbury library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, academic journals, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Goodnow Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Tewksbury library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, business and consumer information, obituaries, and general reference materials. A Tewksbury Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Wakefield Lucius Beebe Memorial Library's database of death records by name or date of death. Details include name, date of death, cause of death, age, marital status, occupation, birthplace, parents, and notes.

View the Town of Wakefield Lucius Beebe Memorial Library's collection of historic maps.

View the Town of Wakefield Lucius Beebe Memorial Library's collection of annual town reports from 1875 to present.

View the names of the Town of Wakefield citizens who served their country during World War II.

Search the Town of Watertown library databases including local history and genealogy resources, Sanborn maps, consumer information, newspapers, and journals. A Watertown Free Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Wayland library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, journals, and consumer information. A Wayland Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View various Town of Wayland maps including parcels and land use, water main incidents, voting districts, zoning, streets, soil survey and title 5, Assessor's atlas, and veterans memorials.

Search the Town of Westford library databases including obituaries and death notices, genealogy resources, consumer information, newspapers, and reference books. A J.V. Fletcher Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Weston library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Weston Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Wilmington library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Wilmington Memorial Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the Town of Winchester historical archives including family histories, genealogy, manuscripts, maps, oral histories, and photographs.

Search the Town of Winchester library databases including genealogy resources, various thematic maps, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Winchester Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View list of the Town of Bellingham civil war soldiers Interned in Scott Cemetery.

Search the Town of Braintree library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Thayer Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Brookline library databases including local history and genealogy resources, various thematic maps, Consumer Reports, journals, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Brookline Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Canton library databases including archived newspapers and magazines, photos, genealogy materials and consumer health. A Canton Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Cohasset library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Paul Pratt Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

Search interactive Town of Dedham GIS maps including property assessments and zoning, schools, polling locations, cemetery burial records, historic districts, and infrastructure maps.

Search the Town of Dedham library databases including newspaper obituaries and death notices, genealogy resources, Sanborn maps, academic journals, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Dedham Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Medway library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, medical and general reference materials. A Medway Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Needham veteran memorials and plaques.

Search the Town of Norwood library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, journals, health and wellness, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Morrill Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Sharon library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, journals, and general reference materials. A Sharon Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Stoughton library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, journals, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Stoughton Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Wellesley library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, journals, and general reference materials. A Wellesley Free Library card is required to access these databases.

Download various Town of Westwood GIS maps including FEMA floodplains, street atlas, census, zoning atlas, voting precincts with street index, school atlas, wetlands atlas, and Veterans Park map with brick inscriptions, searchable with name listing.

View list of the Town of Westwood veterans who served in the US Armed Forces, sorted alphabetically by war.

Search the Town of Weymouth library databases including local history and genealogy resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Weymouth Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search Town of Weymouth World War II registered veterans memorial.

Search the Town of Wrentham library databases including genealogy and local history resources, various thematic maps, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Fiske Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Brockton library databases including job resources, newspapers, magazines, and genealogy materials. A Brockton Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the City of Brockton war memorial building honor roll.

Search the Town of Carver library databases including archived newspapers and magazines, general reference and genealogy resources. A Carver Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View burial records for the Town of Duxbury cemeteries, tombs and crematory.

Search the Town of Duxbury library databases including genealogy resources, consumer information, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Duxbury Free Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Halifax library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books. A Holmes Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Hanson library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, journals, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Hanson Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Hingham library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Hingham Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Kingston veteran war memorials.

Search the Town of Marshfield library databases including obituaries, genealogy resources, newspapers, and consumer information. A Ventress Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Mattapoisett library databases including consumer reports, genealogy resources, and reference books. A Mattapoisett Free Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Middleborough library databases including local history and genealogy resources, obituaries, newspapers, and health resources. A Middleborough Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Pembroke library databases including genealogy and local history resources, various thematic maps, newspapers, and reference books. A Pembroke Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Plymouth library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, consumer reports, and general reference materials. A Plymouth Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Scituate library resources including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, and reference books. A Scituate Town Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Wareham cemetery maps.

View the Town of Wareham veteran honor rolls, sorted by war.

Search the Town of Whitman library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, journals, and general reference books. A Whitman Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Whitman veteran war memorials, sorted by war.

Search the City of Boston library databases including archived newspapers, historical references, genealogy resources, obituaries, and consumer health databases. A Boston Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View information about Chelsea Public Library available genealogical and historical documents including death records, family histories, early maps, newspaper articles, photos, and more.

Search the City of Fitchburg library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Fitchburg Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Leominster library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, journals, magazines, and general reference materials. A Leominster Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the City of Worcester historical records and memorabilia including city hall historical slideshow, 1953 Worcester tornado slideshow, records of the Town of Worcester, 1775 through 1848, detailed account of the history behind Worcester's streets, and USS Worcester (CL-144) 1948 through 1972.

Search the City of Worcester library databases including historical birth, death, and marriage index complied from the Worcester Evening Post, veterans, memorial squares, genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Worcester Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

View information about requesting research from the Town of Athol Town Clerk's Office.

Search the Town of Hopedale library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Bancroft Memorial Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Hopedale veterans honor roll, sorted by war.

Search the Town of Mendon library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Taft Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Milford library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, health and wellness resources, history, and general reference materials. A Milford Town Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Northborough library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, health and wellness, and general reference materials. A Northborough Free Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the Town of Oxford cemetery burial records. Details include deceased name, cemetery name, burial location, birth date, date of death, and date of burial.

Search the Town of Royalston library databases including historical birth, death, and marriage index complied from the Worcester Evening Post, veterans memorials and other genealogy resources, as well as newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals and general reference materials. A Royalston Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the Town of Shrewsbury library databases including genealogy and local history resources, obituaries and death notices, newspapers, magazines, journals, and general reference materials. A Shrewsbury Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the Town of Westborough library databases including obituaries and death notices, genealogy resources, magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, and reference books. A Westborough Public Library card is required to access these resources.