Massachusetts Online Genealogy Records

Massachusetts Statewide Online Genealogy Records

This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.

For United States nationwide collections, go to the United States Online Genealogy Records page.

Vital Records

pre 1850: Massachusetts Vital Records at Findmypast; index & images ($)
1620-1850: Massachusetts: Vital Records at American Ancestors; index & images ($)
1620-1988: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1626-2001: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1650-1915: Massachusetts Vital Records at American Ancestors ($)
1753-1900 Massachusetts Delayed and Corrected Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1841-1910: Massachusetts Vital Records at American Ancestors; index & images ($)
1841-1910: Massachusetts, Vital Records at Massachusetts State Archives
1841-1920: Massachusetts, Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1911-1915: Massachusetts Vital Records at American Ancestors; index & images ($)
1916-1920: Massachusetts Vital Records at American Ancestors; index & images ($)

Births

1620-1850: Massachusetts Town Birth Records at Ancestry; index only ($)
1620-1988: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1630-1905: Massachusetts Town Births Index at FamilySearch; index & images
1636-1924: Massachusetts Births at FamilySearch; index
1639-1915: Massachusetts Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only
1700-1850: Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1753-1900: Massachusetts Delayed and Corrected Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1840-1910: Massachusetts Birth Index at MyHeritage; index ($)
1840-1915: Massachusetts Births at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($)
1860-1970: Massachusetts Birth Index at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Marriages

pre 1699: American Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($)
pre 1700: New England Marriages at Ancestry; index & images ($)
pre 1800: Early Massachusetts Marriages Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III, Vol. IV at Ancestry; images only ($)
1600-1961: Massachusetts Marriages at Findmypast; index & images ($)
1620-1850: Massachusetts Town Marriage Records at Ancestry; index only ($)
1633-1850: Massachusetts Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($)
1695-1910, 1921-1924: Massachusetts Marriages at FamilySearch; index only
1700-1850: Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1784-1840: Massachusetts Marriage Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
1841-1915: Massachusetts Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
1861-1956: Marriages performed by three Rabbis in Boston, Chicago and Massachusetts at Ancestry; index only ($)
1901-1955, 1966-1970: Massachusetts Marriage Index at Ancestry; index & images ($)
Old Colony Ancestors Marriages at GenealogyToday ($)

Deaths

1620-1850: Massachusetts Town Death Records at Ancestry; index only ($)
1620-1988: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1640-1961: Massachusetts Town Deaths Index at FamilySearch; index & images
1700-1850: Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1795-1910: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only
1840-1910: Massachusetts Death Index at MyHeritage; index only ($)
1841-1915: Massachusetts Death Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1841-1915, 1921-1924: Massachusetts Deaths at FamilySearch; index & images
1844: Massachusetts Deaths Vol. 8, Barnstable to Hampshire; Volume 9, Middlesex to Worcester at Ancestry; index only ($)
1901-1980: Massachusetts Death Index at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1935-2014: US Social Security Death Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
1936-2007: US Social Security Applications at Ancestry; index only ($)
1962-2014: US Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch; index only
1969-2010: Massachusetts Deaths at Findmypast; index only ($)
1970-2003: Massachusetts Death Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($), AmericanAncestors ($)
Online Massachusetts Death Records & Indexes at DeathIndexes

Divorce

African American

See US African American Online Genealogy Records
1846-1867: US Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1861-1872: US Freedmen's Bureau Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images
1865-1874: US Freedman's Bank Records at FamilySearch; index & images
African American Digital Bookshelf
Discover Freedmen

Archives and Libraries

1629-1799: Massachusetts Archives Collection at Massachusetts State Archives
The National Archives at Colonial America

Biography

American Biographical Library at Ancestry; index only ($)
Old Colony Ancestors at at GenealogyToday
County and Town Histories, includes biographies

Cemetery Records

1620-2011: Find a Grave Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images
Cemetery Search at BillionGraves
Cemetery Search at Find a Grave

Census

See US Census Online Genealogy Records
1630–1788, 1840, 1890: Massachusetts Census at American Ancestors ($)
1790-1890: Massachusetts Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
1855: Massachusetts Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($); Also at American Ancestors ($)
1865: Massachusetts Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($); Also at American Ancestors ($)
1870: Massachusetts Federal Census Mortality Schedule at FamilySearch; images only
1880: Massachusetts Federal Census Mortality Schedule at FamilySearch; images only
1890: US Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War at FamilySearch; index & images

Church Records

1630-1943: Massachusetts Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images
1695-1954: US French Catholic Church Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)
1750-1899: U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Compiled Genealogies

1500-2000: North America Family Histories at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Court and Criminal Records

Directories

1620-1700: Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families at Ancestry; images only ($)
1869: Massachusetts Register, Volume 1 at MyHeritage; images ($)
1869: Massachusetts Register, Volume 2 at MyHeritage; images ($)
1902: New England Business Directory And Gazetteer at MyHeritage; index & images ($)
1916: New England Business Directory And Gazetteer, Part 1 at MyHeritage; index & images ($)
1918: New England Business Directory And Gazetteer, Part 1 at MyHeritage; index & images ($)
1918: New England Business Directory And Gazetteer, Part 2 at MyHeritage; index & images ($)
1918: New England Business Directory And Gazetteer, Part 3 at MyHeritage; index & images ($)

History

County and Town Histories, includes biographies

Immigration Records

See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records
1620-1640: The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts at Ancestry; images only ($)
1630: The Winthrop Fleet at Ancestry; images only ($)
1700-1775: Immigrants to New England at FamilySearch; eBook
1797-1934: Massachusetts, Salem and Beverly Crew Lists and Shipping Articles at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($)
1811-1921: Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($)
1820-1891: Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at MyHeritage ($)
1829-1957: New England, Passenger and Crew Lists at MyHeritage; index & images ($)
1847-1851: A List of Alien Passengers Bonded at Ancestry; images only ($)
1847-2853 Boston, MA: Lists of Alien Passengers to the Port of Boston, 1847-1852 at American Ancestors - index($)
1848-1891: Massachusetts Index to Boston Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images
1848-1891: Boston Passenger Manifest Lists at State of Massachusetts
1848-1891: Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Manifests, - at MyHeritage; index ($)
1873-1965: Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen at FamilySearch; images only
1891-1943: Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at MyHeritage ($)
1899-1940: Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists Index at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($), Findmypast ($)
1902-1943: Massachusetts, New Bedford Passenger and Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images

Immigration Records cont.

1906-1943: Massachusetts, Gloucester Passenger and Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images
1917-1943: Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Findmypast ($), Ancestry ($)
1921-1949: Massachusetts Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston at FamilySearch; index & images
1949-1957: Massachusetts, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($)

Cultural Immigration Groups

1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Massachusetts
British Aliens During the War of 1812 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Massachusetts
Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Massachusetts
Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Massachusetts

Indigenous Peoples of Massachusetts

See US Native American Online Genealogy Records

Land Records

1620-1986: Massachusetts Land Records at FamilySearch; images only
1788 forward: Federal Land Records at Bureau of Land Management
1805-1845: Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications at FamilySearch; index & images
1948 forward: Massachusetts Land Records at MassLandRecords
Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary