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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
== Record Finder Table for Massachusetts ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Massachusetts topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.
===Vital Events ===
{| style=width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''3. Other useful records'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[England Census|Census]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries, [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Massachusetts Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Massachusetts Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| Birthplace
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[England Census|Census]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Massachusetts Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Place of foreign birth (not England)
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Maps|Maps]], [[England History|History]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Massachusetts Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Massachusetts Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]], Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England Court Records|Court Records]], [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
*[[Massachusetts Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Massachusetts Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Living relatives
| See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Directories|Directories]]
*[[Massachusetts Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]
*[[Massachusetts Societies|Societies]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[England History|History]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[England Church History|Church History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[England Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
*[[Massachusetts Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Massachusetts Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Massachusetts Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Societies|Societies]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
*[[Massachusetts Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Massachusetts Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]
*[[Massachusetts Societies|Societies]]  
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Residence
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Biography|Biography]], [[England Nobility|Nobility]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
*[[Massachusetts Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Massachusetts Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Massachusetts Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]
*[[Massachusetts Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[England Names, Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| —
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| [[England Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[England Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
|-
*[[African American Resources for Massachusetts|African Americans]]
| Occupation
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Massachusetts|Indigenous Peoples]]
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Census|Census]], [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Massachusetts Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
| [[England Court Records|Court Records]], Obituaries, Officials and Employees, [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Massachusetts Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Massachusetts Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Massachusetts Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[England Census|Census]], Obituaries, [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Massachusetts Census|Census]]
*[[Massachusetts Directories|Directories]]
*[[Massachusetts Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Massachusetts Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Religion
| [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Court Records|Court Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Massachusetts Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Maps|Maps]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England History|History]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]], [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Massachusetts Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Massachusetts Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Massachusetts Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Massachusetts Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Massachusetts Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Massachusetts Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[England Census|Census]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Massachusetts Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Massachusetts Biography|Biography]]  
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Census|Census]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Massachusetts Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Massachusetts Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[Massachusetts Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
|-  
| [[England Biography|Biography]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England Societies|Societies]]
| [[England Nobility|Nobility]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Record-finding aids
| [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
| [[England Societies|Societies]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Religion
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Biography|Biography]], Obituaries, [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England History|History]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
| Social activities
| Social Life and Customs, [[England History|History]]
| [[England Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
 
{{Place|England}}  
{{Place|England}}  


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