Massachusetts Genealogy Guide: Difference between revisions

<center>'''Records'''</center>  

*''The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay ...'' (Boston, 1869-1922), 21v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57278541 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>Digital versions at:<br>Vol. 1 - Provincial charters, Acts, 1692-1714 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_d01mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 2 - Acts, 1715-1741 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_c02mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 3 - Acts, 1742-1756 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl03mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 4 - Acts, 1757-1768 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_e04mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 5 - Acts, 1769-1780 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl05mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 6 - Private Acts, 1692-1780 - [http://books.google.com/books?id=LAgKAAAAIAAJ Google Books]<br>Vol. 7 - Resolves, etc., 1692-1702 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_m07mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 8 - Resolves, etc., 1703-1707 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_08mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 9 - Resolves, etc., 1708-1720 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_i09mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 10 - Resolves, etc., 1720-1726 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_k10mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 11 - Resolves, etc., 1726-1734 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_a11mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 12 - Resolves, etc., 1734-1741 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_s12mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 13 - Resolves, etc., 1741-1746 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_q13mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 14 - Resolves, etc., 1747-1753 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_t14mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 15 - Resolves, etc., 1753-1756 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_r15mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 16 - Resolves, etc., 1757-1760 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl16mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 17 - Resolves, etc., 1761-1764 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_p17mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 18 - Resolves, etc., 1765-1774 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_f18mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 19 - Resolves, etc., 1775-1776 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl19mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 20 - Resolves, etc., 1777-1778 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_g20mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 21 - Resolves, etc., 1779-1780, Establishment of towns, etc. - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_h21mass Internet Archive]<br>  

*John Noble and John F. Cronin, eds., ''Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692'' (Boston, 1901-1928), 3v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5312701 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|267953|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P2rc or film 496679 Items 4-6}} (with digital links).<br>Online at:<br>Vol. 1, 1673-1692, [http://archive.org/details/recordscourtass01crongoog Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 2, pt. 1, 1630-1641, [http://archive.org/details/recordscourtass00crongoog Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 2, pt. 2, 1641-1644, no digital version found.<br>Vol. 3, 1642-1673, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcourtof03mass Internet Archive].<br>  

*Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., ''Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay New England'' (Boston, 1853-1854; rep. New York 1968), 5v. in 6.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3522063 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|213805|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 N2s also film and fiche}} (with digtal links) or {{FSC|1921367|item|disp=reprint digital links}}.<br>Online at:<br>Vol. 1, 1628-1641, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno01mass Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 2, 1642-1649, [http://archive.org/details/recordsgovernor00courgoog Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 3, 1644-1657, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno03mass Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 4, pt. 1, 1650-1660, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno41mass Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 4, pt. 2, 1661-1674, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno42mass Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 5, 1674-1686, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno05mass Internet Archive].<br>  

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<center>'''Guides'''</center>  

*Jeremiah Colburn, ''Bibliography of the Local History of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1871), 119 pp.<br>This is a reprint from the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' from 1867 to 1871.<br>Online at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17936 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4061194 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|819894|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6078735}}.<br>  

*Martin Kaufman, John W. Ifkovic, and Joseph Carvalho III, eds., ''A Guide to the History of Massachusetts'' (New York, 1988), xii, 313 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15792223 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|467857|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H23g}}.<br>  

*Charles Allcott Flagg, ''A Guide to Massachusetts Local History'' (Salem, Mass., 1907), ix, 256 pp.<br>No digital version available.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1719990 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|51074|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 A3f or film 1321013 Item 6}}.<br>  

*John Hayward, ''A Gazetteer of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1846; rev. ed., 1849), 452 pp. <br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/gazetteerofmassa1849hayw Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21903 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65308097 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|377321|item|disp=FS Library film 1730151}} (1846 ed.).<br>  

*Charles Henry Pope, ''The Pioneers of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1900), 549 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1013419 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1965 ed. only); {{FSC|427630|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 D2p}} (several editions and formats separately cataloged).<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/pioneersofmassac00pope Internet Archive] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48213 Ancestry] ($).<br>''Supplement to the Pioneers of Massachusetts'' ([Boston, 1901]), xv pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4304913 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*William Henry Whitmore, ''The Massachusetts Civil List for the Colonial and Provincial Periods, 1630-1774, being a list of the names and dates of appointment of all the civil officers constituted by authority of the charters, or the local government'' (Albany, N.Y., 1870), 172 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/massachusettsciv00whit Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17571563 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (many other editions); {{FSC|160653|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 N2w}} (1969 ed., also digital version cataloged separately).<br>  

*John Warner Barber, ''Historical Collections, being a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes &amp;c., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts, with geographical descriptions'' (Worcester, Mass., 1839), viii, 624 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/historicalcolle00barbuoft Internet Archive] (1844 ed.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1336908 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (plus other editions); [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/119726 FS Library book 974.4 H2b] (more editions available).<br>  

*John Stetson Barry, ''The History of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 4th ed., 1856-1857), 3v.<br>Online at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/historymassachus01barr v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/historymassachus02barr v. 2], and [http://archive.org/details/historymassachus03barr v. 3]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/636168 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|125115|item|disp=FS Library film 1000062 Item 2-4}}.<br>  

*Richard Le Baron Bowen, "The 1690 Tax Revolt of Plymouth Colony Towns" in the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 112 [1958]: 4-14.<br>Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/RecordDisplay/?volumeId=11655&pageName=4&rId=235961321 AmericanAncestors] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|127567|item|disp=FS Library book 974 B2ne v. 112}}.<br>  

*George Ernest Bowman, "The Bowman Files," research into the Mayflower descendants for five or more generations.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/xxx WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|248225|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6331448-6331471 (232 fiche)}}.<br>Derivative works from this collection:<br>  

**Susan E. Roser, ''Mayflower Marriages from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'' (Baltimore, 1990), xi, 415 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48109 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21902512 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|574032|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 V2r}}.<br>  

**Susan E. Roser, ''Mayflower Deeds &amp; Probates from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'' (Baltimore, 1994), xvii, 659 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3223 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31219647 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|706795|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 R2r}}.<br>  

**Susan E. Roser, ''Mayflower Increasings'' (Baltimore, 1989, 2nd ed., 1995), xvi, 158 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48108 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32969849 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|747047|item|disp=FS Library book 974.482 D2r}}.<br>  

*Alden Bradford, ''History of Massachusetts, for two hundred years: from the year 1620 to 1820'' (Boston, 1835), xii, 480 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60723980 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/379111 FS Library film 1463287].<br>  

*William Bradford and Edward Winslow, Henry Martyn Dexter, ed., ''Mourt's Relation or Journal of the Plantation of Plymouth'' (London, 1622; many editions), xlvii, 176 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/mourtsrelationo00bradgoog Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11473424 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1865 ed.); {{FSC|584288|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H2m 1985}}.<br>  

*Timothy Hall Breen and Stephen C. Foster, "Moving to the New World: The Character of Early Massachusetts Immigration" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 30 [1973]: 189-222.<br> Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1925148 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1216107|item|disp=FS Library book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. 30 1973}}.<br>  

*Daughters of the American Revolution, Massachusetts, Genealogical Records Collection, {{FSC|591610|item|disp=FS Library film 859313 (first of 39)}}, filmed complete in 1971, but series has continued. This important collection includes transcripts of many Bible, cemetery, church, obituary, and other records of individuals born about 1700–1900. This collection is being indexed nationally by the headquarters. To search the [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=6 DAR Genealogical Research System] for the GRC content, click on Massachusetts and conduct your search. For more information on this index, see the [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_grc/?action=overview overview] of the national index and/or the [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_grc/?action=booklist&st=MA list of volumes included].<br>  

*Joel N. Eno, "The Expansion of Massachusetts -- chronological -- based on the official records" in ''Americana'', 24 [1930]: 28-40.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480991 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Joel N. Eno, "The Expansion of New England as begun in Plymouth" [''i.e. Plymouth Colony''] in ''Americana'', 23 [1929]: 403-410.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480991 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1219500|item|disp=FS Library book 973 B2a v. 23 or film 1697459 Item 5}}.<br>  

*William Prescott Greenlaw, ''The Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society'' (Boston, 1979), 2v.<br>This is an index to many local histories and genealogies published between 1900 and about 1940.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5765667 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|159544|item|disp=FS Library book 974 D22g}}.<br>  

*William Hubbard, ''A General History of New England from the Discovery to MDCLXXX'' [''i.e. 1680''] (Boston, 1815; 2nd ed., 1848), vi, v, xvii, 768 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00hubb Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11558693 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (also many modern editions); {{FSC|557703|item|disp=FS Library book 974 H2hg 1972 or film 1320665 Item 2}}.<br>  

*''List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts: 1780-1892'' (Boston, 1893), 522 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/listpersonswhos01courgoog Internet Archive] (1885 ed.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4985756 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|165740|item|disp=FS Library film 496747 Item 5}} (with digital copy - other editions available).<br>  

*Stewart Mitchell, ed., "The Founding of Massachusetts: a selection from the sources of the history of the settlement, 1628-1631" (Boston, 1930), 211 pp.<br>Reprint from the ''Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society'', v. 62 [1929].<br>Digital version limited to search at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009890881 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3859209 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1264043|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 C4p v. 62}}.<br>  

*Samuel Eliot Morison, ''Builders of the Bay Colony'' (Boston, 1930; rev. and enl., 1964), vi, 405 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1017785 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|120263|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 D3ms}}.<br>  

*Nathaniel Morton, ''New England's Memorial'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1669; Boston, 6th ed., 1855), xxii, 515 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/newenglandsmemor00morton Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1836887 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|347724|item|disp=FS Library film 1421589 Item 3}} (1826 ed.).<br>  

*Daniel Plooij, ''The Pilgrim Fathers from a Dutch Point of View'' (New York, 1932), xi, 154 pp.<br>Digital version for searching only at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001873712 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2497242 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|267321|item|disp=FS Library book 974 D3p}}.<br>  

*William Frederic Poole, "The Witchcraft Delusion of 1692 by Gov. Thomas Hutchinson" in the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 24 [1870]: 381-414.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto28unkngoog#page/n406/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [https://www.americanancestors.org/browse/publications/the-register AmericanAncestors] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|127567|item|disp=FS Library book 974 B2ne v. 24 or film 962857 Item 1}}.<br>  

*Bettye Hobbs Pruitt, ed., ''The Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of 1771'' (Boston, 1978; rep. Camden, Me., 1998), 924 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4907655 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] / [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38736296 reprint]; {{FSC|322384|item|disp=FS Library book Q974.4 R4m}} / {{FSC|817238|item|disp=reprint}}.<br>  

*Fremont Rider, ed., ''American Genealogical-Biographical Index'' (Middletown, Conn., 1952-2000), 206v.+<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3599 Ancestry] ($)<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27441669 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|193375|item|disp=FS Library book 973 D22am}}.<br>Fremont Rider, ed., 'Key Title Index to the American Genealogical-Biographical Index''(Middletown, Conn., 199?), 36 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42661754 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|655803|item|disp=FS Library book 973 D22am index}} (different version).<br>''  

*Frances James Rose-Troup, ''The Massachusetts Bay Company and its Predecessors'' (New York, 1930), xi, 176 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1954742 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|185719|item|disp=FS Library film 1321018 Item 3}}.<br>  

*Aldophus Egerton Ryerson, ''The Loyalists of America and Their Times: from 1620 to 1816'' (Toronto, 2nd ed., 1880; rep. New York, 1970), 2v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/loyalistsofameri01ryeruoft v. 1] and [http://archive.org/details/loyalistamerica02ryeruoft v. 2]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/105303 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (rep.); {{FSC|19077|item|disp=FS Library book 973 F2Lr or film 928088 Items 1-2}} (see other editions).<br>  

*Robert C. Twombly and Richard H. Moore, "Black Puritan: the Negro in Seventeenth-century Massachusetts" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 24 [1967]: 224-242.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920837 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (see other listings); {{FSC|435110|item|disp=FS Library book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. 24}}.<br>  

*Lyman Horace Weeks and Edwin M. Bacon, eds., ''An Historical Digest of the Provincial Press; being a collation of all items of personal and historic reference relating to American affairs ... Massachusetts series, volume one'' [''no more published''] (Boston, 1911), xiii, 564 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://ebooks.library.ualberta.ca/local/historicaldigest00weekuoft University of Alberta].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2431645 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|605131|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H2wL}}.<br>  

*George Findlay Willison, ''Saints and Strangers, being the lives of the Pilgrim Fathers &amp; their families, with their friends &amp; foes ...'' (New York, 1945), ix, 513 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/964335 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|144374|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H2w}} (with digital link).<br>  

*William Wood, ''Wood's New England's Prospect'' (London, 1634; many editions), xxxi, 131 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/woodsnewengland00woodgoog Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3665899 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|75662|item|disp=FS Library book 974 B4ds v. 5}} (1980 update).<br>  

*Alexander Young, ''Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, from 1602-1625'' (Boston, 1841; 27 editions), xvi, 504 pp.<br>Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/188465 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://archive.org/details/chroniclesofpilg00youn Internet Archive], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48089/ Ancestry] ($) (rep. of 2nd ed., 1844).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1969495 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|110229|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H2y or film 1697445 Item 2}} (2nd ed., 1844).<br>  

*Alexander Young, ''Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1623 to 1636'' (Boston, 1846), viii, 571 pp.<br>Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/521015 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://archive.org/details/chroniclesoffirs00youn Internet Archive], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/27031/ Ancestry] ($) or [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48126/ Ancestry] ($) (rep.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/950510 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|144722|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H2ya or film 896651 Item 1}} (with digital link).<br>

*The [http://ma-vitalrecords.org Early Vital Records of Massachusetts] website transcribes each page and links it to an image of original of the original page. As of May 2013, Plymouth County was only partially done and Suffolk County had not been started. The rest of the towns across the state were there. Click on the Town tab to get a list of towns by county.<br>  

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<center>'''Bibliography''' </center>  

*Historical Records Survey - Massachusetts, ''Guide to the Public Vital Records in Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1942), 342 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9375198 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1709250|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 A3hr}} (Los Angeles and Logan only).<br>  

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Guides:  

*Daniel R. Coquillette, "Law in Colonial Massachusetts, 1630-1800" as ''Colonial Society of Massachusetts Publications'', vol. 62 (Boston, 1984), lxviii, 608 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11689604 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|268532|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P3L}}.<br>  

*Catherine S. Menand, ''A Research Guide to the Massachusetts Courts and Their Records'' (Boston, 1987), 135 pp., 1 microfiche.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18835405 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|580185|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P2m}}.  

*William Jeffrey, ''Early New England Court Records: A Bibliography of Published Materials'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1954), 27 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2086374 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|103857|item|disp=FS Library film 234519}}.  

*Diane Rapaport, ''New England Court Records: A Research Guide for Genealogists and Historians'' (Burlington, Mass., 2006), xv, 470 pp..<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64588953 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1316270|item|disp=FS Library book 974 P27r}}.<br>

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*David Grayson Allen, ''In English Ways: The Movement of societies and the transferal of English local law and custom to Massachusetts Bay in the Seventeenth Century'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1981), xxi, 312 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6195034 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|319929|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H6a}}.<br>  

*Melville Madison Bigelow, "Primogeniture in Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Historical Society Publications'', 45 [1911-1912]: 34-35.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bpl.org/stable/25080001?seq=8 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9526253 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1264024|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 C4p v. 45}}.<br>  

*Frank E. Bradbury, "Laws and Courts of the Massachusetts Bay Colony" in ''Bostonian Society Publications'', 10 [1913]: 129-159.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33372679 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1260773|item|disp=FS Library book 974.461 H25b v. 10}}.<br>  

*Daniel R. Coquillette, ed., ''Law in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1800'' (Boston, 1984), being v. 62 of the ''Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', lxviii, 608 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11689604 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|268532|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P3L}}.<br>  

*William T. Davis, ''History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts, including the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, the province of the Massachusetts Bay, and the Commonwealth'' (Boston, 1900), xxiv, 446 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924060052788 Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1809598 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|307570|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P2d}}.<br>  

*James Deetz and Patricia Scott Deetz, ''The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony'' (New York, 2000), xvi, 366 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44267850 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Hendrik Hartog, “The Public Law of a County Court; Judicial Government in Eighteenth Century Massachusetts” in ''American Journal of Legal History'', 20 [1976]: 282-329.<br>Digital version online at [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/844858 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480152 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|117210|item|disp=FS Library book 973 B2ajL v. 20}}.<br>  

*Mark de Wolfe Howe and Louis F. Eaton, "The Supreme Judicial Power in the Colony of Massachusetts" in ''New England Quarterly'', 20 [1947]: 291-316.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/361441 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*George D. Langdon Jr., ''Pilgrim Colony: A History of New Plymouth, 1620-1691'' (New Haven, Conn., 1966), xi, 257 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475810 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Albert Mason, "A Short History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Law Quarterly'', 2 [1916-1917]: 82-100.<br>Online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=b8ewAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756834 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*John Noble, “A Few Notes on Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colony and in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay” in the ''Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', 8 [1905]: 3-38 and Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: Transactions, 1902-1904, 8 [1906]: 150-186.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/stream/publicationscol00unkngoog#page/n214/mode/2up Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489901478 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|481450|item|disp=FS Library film 844521}}.<br>  

*Russell K. Osgood, ed., ''The History of the Law in Massachusetts: The Supreme Judicial Court 1692-1992'' (Boston, 1992), 790 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27700531 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*George E. Pearson, "The Great and General Court of Massachusetts, 1628-1691: A Study of its Early History with Special Reference to its Organization," Ph.D. Dissertation, Tufts Univ., 1910, viii, 116 pp.<br>No digital version.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5805568 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Plymouth Colony Archives Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Legal Structure” at [http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/ccflaw.html www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/ccflaw.html].<br>  

*James P. Ronda, "Red and White at the bench: Indians and the Law in Plymouth Colony" in ''Essex Institute Historical Collections'', 110 [1974]: 200-215.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2255681 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1643504|item|disp=FS Library book 974 B2e v. 110}}.<br>  

*Joseph H. Smith, ''Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts (1639-1702)'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1961), ix, 426 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/345561 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|537167|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 P2c}}.<br>  

*Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History &amp; People 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City, 1986), xi, 481 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15349442 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|513087|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 H2s}}.<br>  

*William H. Dumont, "A Short Census of Massachusetts - 1779" in the ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', 49: 14-20, 96-100, 137-141; 50: 26-28, 207-214; 51: 44-48.<br>This is included because of the title, but it should be noted that this is not a census.<br>  

*Charles Ferris Gettemy, ''An Historical Survey of Census Taking in Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1919), 57 pp.<br>Online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=CkwaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA697 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/814843879 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Ann S. Lainhart, ''State Census Records'' (Baltimore, 1992), 116 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|568961|item|disp=FS Library book 973 X2Lai}}.<br>  

*Ann Smith Lainhart, ''1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses For ...'' (Boston, 1986-1992), in 64 volumes for the seventy-three (73) towns of Acton, Bedford, Billerica, Boxboro, Boxford, Bradford, Bridgewater, Brighton, Burlington, Charlestown (2v.), Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Essex, Georgetown, Groton, Groveland, Halifax, Hamilton, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hull, Ipswich, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marlborough, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Medford, Melrose, Middleborough, Middleton, Nahant, Natick, Newbury, North Andover, North Bridgewater [''now Brockton''], Pembroke, Plympton, Rochester, Rockport, Saugus, South Reading [''now Wakefield''], Sherborn, Shirley, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Swampscott, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wareham, Watertown, Wayland, Wenham, West Bridgewater, West Cambridge [''now Arlington''], West Newbury, Westford, Weston, Wilmington, and Winchester.<br>  

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*Leonard Bacon, ''The Genesis of the New England Churches'' (New York, 1874), xiv, 485 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/genesisofnewengl00bac Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1465600 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|598979|item|disp=FS Library film 1549735}}.<br>  

*John Eliot, "Ecclesiastical History of Massachusetts and the Old Colony of Plymouth" in ''Massachusetts Historical Society Collections'', 7 [1800]: 262-280.<br>Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/86344 FamilySearch Digital Library].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756821 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Conrad Wright, "Arminianism in Massachusetts, 1723-1780," Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard Univ., 1943, iii, 418 pp.<br>Only at [http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001439719 Andover-Harvard Theology School Library].<br>  

*Carroll D. Wright, ''Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties'' (Boston, 1889), Courts, 379 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/stream/reportoncustodyc00mass Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5321644 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|43513|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 A3cr, fiche 6046869, or film 176644}}.<br>

'''Baptist:'''  

*John Woolman Brush, ''Baptists in Massachusetts'' (Valley Forge, Pa., 1970), 78 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/73763 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|114813|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 K2bj}}.<br>  

*Carla Gardina Pestana, ''Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts'' (New York, 1991), xii, 197 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22984208 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|712353|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 K2p}}.<br>  

'''Congregational:'''  

*Henry Tilton Lummus, "The Established Church of Massachusetts" in ''Lynn Historical Society Register'', no. 5 [1901]: 34-52.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756334 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1262697|item|disp=FS Library book 974.45/L2 H25L no. 1-5 or film 1320530 Item 3}}.<br>  

*Mary Frederica Rhinelander Morgan, ''Manuscript Collections of The Congregational Library at Boston: A Survey'' (Boston, 1982), xiv, 111 leaves.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11227857 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|571031|item|disp=FS Library book 974.461 A3m or film 1421832 Item 3}}.<br>  

'''Episcopal:'''  

*Mark J. Duffy, ''Guide to the Parochial Archives of the Episcopal Church In Boston'' (Boston, 1981), v, 212 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8341981 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|422523|item|disp=FS Library book 974.461 K23d}}.<br>  

*Mark J. Duffy, ed., ''The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 1784-1984'' (Boston, 1984), xvi, 737 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11686114 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|9314|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 K2e}}.<br>  

*William Stevens Perry, ed., ''Papers Relating to the History of the [Episcopal] Church in Massachusetts, A.D. 1676-1785'' (Boston, 1873), 720 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924092469620 Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4812729 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Dudley Tyng, ''Massachusetts Episcopalians, 1607-1957'' (Boston, 1960?), x, 142 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2046082 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|180862|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 K2t}}.<br>

'''Jewish:'''  

*Albert Ehrenfried, ''A Chronicle of Boston Jewry from the Colonial Settlement to 1900'' (Boston, 1963), viii, 771 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7237970 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Lee Max Friedman, "Early Jewish Residents in Massachusetts" in ''Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society'', 23 [1915]: [http://archive.org/stream/no23americanjewi00ameruoft#page/78/mode/2up 79-90].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2018491 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1657089|item|disp=FS Library book 973 B2jh no. 23}}.<br>  

'''Roman Catholic:'''  

*John J. McCoy, ''History of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Springfield'' (Boston, 1900), 283 pp.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2593746 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1583215|item|disp=FS Library digital link only}}.<br>  

*James Michael O'Toole, ''Guide to the Archives of the Archdiocese of Boston''' (New York, 1982), xxciii, 238 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7976962 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|10282|item|disp=FS Library book 974.461 K23o}}.<br>  

*Michael J. Shea, ed. ''A Century of Catholicism in Western Massachusetts'' (Springfield, Mass., 1931), 350, cxxxii pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3458027 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|215328|item|disp=FS Library film 1598330 Item 5}}.<br>  

'''Unitarian:'''  

'''Universalist:'''  

*Historical Records Survey - Massachusetts, ''An Inventory of Universalist Archives in Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1942), iii, 489 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006802473 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7061136 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|487521|item|disp=FS Library film 1597561 Item 3}}.<br>  

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*James C. Neagles, ''U.S. Military Records, A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present'' (Salt Lake City, 1994), xiv, 441 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29843585 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|704356|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M23nu}}.<br>  

*Oliver Ayer Roberts, ''History of the Military Company of Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888'' (Boston, 1895-1901), 4v.<br>Online at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitary01robe v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar02robe v. 2], [http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar03robe v. 3], and [http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar04robe v.4]), [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3100 Ancestry] ($) (v. 4 only).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12257590 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1861054|item|disp=FS Library digital link}}.<br>  

*Christine K. Schaefer, ''The Great War: a guide to the service Records of all the World’s Fighting Men and Volunteers'' (Baltimore, 1998), xiv, 189 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38894632 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|719514|item|disp=FS Library book 940.41 Sch13g}}.<br>  

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'''History:'''  

*Samuel G. Drake, ''A Particular History of the Five Years French and Indian War in New England and Parts Adjacent ... sometimes called Governor Shirley's War'' [1744-1749] (Albany, 1870), 312 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/particularhistor00drak Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11008074 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|286522|item|disp=FS Library book 974 M2d}} (198? rep.).<br>  

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'''Mass. History:'''  

*E. Alfred Jones, ''The Loyalists of Massachusetts, their memorials, petitions and claims'' (London, 1930; rep. Baltimore, 1969+), xxiv, 341 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48188 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1707463 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|108671|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 D3je}} (1969 ed. - have others).<br>  

*David E. Maas, ed., ''Divided Hearts: Massachusetts Loyalists 1765-1790, A Biographical Directory'' (Boston, 1980), xxxiv, 169 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7462854 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|65786|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 F2m}}.<br>  

*James H. Stark, ''The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the other side of the American Revolution'' (Boston, 1907; rep. 1910), 509 pp.<br>Online at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/465002 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://archive.org/details/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1655711 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

'''General History / Guides:'''  

*Gail Bonsall Pipes, ''Loyalists All: stories told about New Brunswick loyalists by their descendants'' (St. John, N.B., 1985), ix, 192 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16182490 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|454287|item|disp=FS Library book 971.5 D2p}}.<br>  

*William D. Reid, ''The Loyalists in Ontario: the sons and daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada'' (Lambertville, N.J., 1973; rep. Baltimore, 1994), vii, 418 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49231 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2280126 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|143386|item|disp=FS Library book 971.3 V2r}} (with digital link).<br>  

*Esther Clark Wright, ''The Loyalists of New Brunswick'' (Wolfville, N.S., 1955), 364 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2561211 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|199321|item|disp=FS Library book 971.5 F2w}} (with digital link).<br>

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*"Confiscated Estates" in ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 12 [1858]: [http://archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto26unkngoog#page/n82/mode/2up 71-73].<br>Confiscated Loyalist estates after the Revolution.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|127567|item|disp=FS Library book 974 B2ne v. 12}}.<br>  

*Bell Merril Draper, ''Honor Roll of Massachusetts Patriots Heretofore Unknown: Being a List of Men and Women Who Loaned Money to the Federal Government During the Years 1777-1779'' (Boston, 1899), 34 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/honorrollmassac00drapgoog Internet Archive], [http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/revolution/search_honorrollma.php Genealogy Center.info].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4395042 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|602835|item|disp=FS Library film 1486549}}.<br>  

*John W. Lynn, ''Massachusetts Lineages of Revolutionary War Regiments'' (Grand Junction, Colo., 1986), 47 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16644927 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|510252|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 M2Lj}}.<br>

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*Murtie June Clark, ''The Pension Lists of 1792-1795 with other Revolutionary War Pension Records'' (Baltimore, 1991), xi, 200 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48120 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24521131 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|463831|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M2cmj}}.<br>  

*''DAR Patriot Index'' (Washington, D.C., Centennial ed., 1990), 3v.<br>Digital version part of [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=1 DAR Genealogical Research System] database.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1361754 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1986 ed.); {{FSC|644357|item|disp=FS Library book 973 C42da 1990}} (with restricted digital link).<br>  

*Walter S. Franklin, ''Resolutions, Laws, and Ordinances, relating to the Pay, Half Pay, Commutation of Half Pay, Bounty Lands, and other Promises made by Congress to the Officers and Soliders of the Revolution'' (Washington, D.C., 1838; rep. Baltimore, 1998), 506, 13 pp.<br>Online at [http://archive.org/details/resolutionslaws00frangoog Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820327108 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1838 ed.) or [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39209891 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1998 ed.); {{FSC|288666|item|disp=FS Library film 599643 Item 3}} (1838 ed.) or {{FSC|691577|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M2uh 1998}}.<br>  

*Patricia Law Hatcher, ''Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots'' (Dallas, Tex., 1987-1988; rep. Westminster, Md., 2001), 4v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17392616 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|541538|item|disp=FS Library book 973 V38h v. #}}.<br>  

'''History:'''  

*Leonard L. Richards, ''Shays's Rebellion: the American Revolution's final battle'' (Philadelphia, 2002), x, 204 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48707026 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1123571|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 M2rL}}.<br>  

*Jonathan Smith, "The Depression of 1785 and Daniel Shays' Rebellion" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 5 [1948]: 77-94.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1920948 Jstor] (free online).<br>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920948 Jstor (free)].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|435110|item|disp=FS Library book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. #}}.<br>  

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*John Baker, comp., ''Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the War of 1812-1814'' (Boston, 1913).<br>Digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/237281 FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://archive.org/details/recordsofmassach00mass Internet Archive], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48195/ Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1871118 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

*Mrs. Henry James Carr [Deborah E. W. Carr], ''Index to certified copy of list of American prisoners of war, 1812-1815: as recorded in General entry book, Ottawa, Canada. List of American prisoners of war, who died at Princetown, Dartmoor, England, 1812-1815'' (S.l., [1924]), 25 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/warof1812/search_americanpows.php GenealogyCenter.info] or download from [http://www.freeebookse.com/Henry-James-Carr-PDF9-1754423/ freebookse.com].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4672996 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|249691|item|disp=FS Library film 962585 Item 5}} (with digital link).<br>  

*Clarence Stewart Peterson, ''Known Military Dead During the War of 1812'' (Baltimore, 1955; rep. Baltimore, 2002), 74 leaves.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1476506 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|284863|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M23p or fiche 6051255}}.<br>  

'''History:'''  

*Donald R. Hickey, ''The War of 1812, a Forgotten Conflict'' (Urbana, Ill., 1989; rep. 2012). 457 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18815130 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|539795|item|disp=FS Library book 973 H2hi}}.<br>  

*Benson J. Lossing, ''The pictorial field-book of the War of 1812: or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the last war for American independence'' (New York, 1869), xvi, 1084 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/fieldbookswar181200lossrich Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/951294 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1716926|item|disp=FS Library digital book}}.<br>  

*Robert Malcomson, ''Historical Dictionary of the War of 1812'' (Lanham, Md., 2006), 701 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61361521 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1369438|item|disp=FS Library book 973 H26m}}.<br>  

*Theodore Roosevelt, ''The Naval War of 1812; or, The history of the United States Navy during the last war with Great Britain, to which is appended an account of the Battle of New Orleans'' (New York, 1882; rep. many times), xvii, 498 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924092890783 Internet Archive] (1910 ed.),  [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9104 Gutenberg.org] (ebook).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1823320 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|622318|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M3r}} or {{FSC|1991935|item|disp=FS Library digital book}} (1902 ed., 2v.).<br>  

*Walter Kendall Watkins, ''The defense of Boston in the War of 1812-15: with an appendix containing a bibliography of the War and a list of the officers of the Massachusetts Militia engaged in the defense'' ([Boston?], 1899; rep. North Clarendon, Vt., 1990), 42 pp.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4214310 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|745352|item|disp=FS Library book 974.461 M2w}} (1990 ed.).<br>

*Original state records are split between the [[#Archives|Massachusetts Archives]] and the [http://states.ng.mil/sites/MA/resources/museum/default.aspx National Guard Museum &amp; Archives] in Concord (see their [http://states.ng.mil/sites/MA/DevLibrary2/resources/museum/collections.htm#CivilWarUnion18611865 holdings online]).<br>  

*''Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War'' (Norwood or Brookline, Mass., 1931-1935), 8v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol11931mass#page/n3/mode/2up V. 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol21931mass#page/n3/mode/2up v. 2], [http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol31931mass#page/n3/mode/2up v. 3], [http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol41931mass#page/n3/mode/2up v. 4], [http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol51931mass#page/n3/mode/2up v. 5], [http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol61931mass#page/n3/mode/2up v. 6], [http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol71931mass#page/n3/mode/2up v. 7], and [http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol81931mass#page/n3/mode/2up v. 8]) and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29987 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181349128 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|126762|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 M2ma v. #}} (with digital link) or {{FSC|783147|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6083040}}.<br>''Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War - Index to Army Records'' (Boston, 1937), 634 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/massachusettssol1937mass#page/n3/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29986 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2208085 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|536436|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 M2ma index or film 238370}}.<br>  

*''A list of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Civil War surviving and resident in Massachusetts on April 1, 1915'' (Boston, 1916), 342 pp.<br>digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/listofsoldierssa00mass Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11384095 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1328764|item|disp=FS Library film 1416911 Item 4}}.<br>

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'''History:'''  

*Charles Emil Dornbusch, ''Military Bibliography of the Civil War'' (New York, 1971-2003), 4v.<br>Volume One has a list of regimental publications.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/159340 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|466396|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M23d v. # or film 1036612 Items 1-3}}.<br>  

*James Lorenzo Bowen, ''Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865'' (Springfield, Mass., 1889), xv, 1029 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/massachusettsinw00bowe Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1986476 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|390556|item|disp=FS Library film 1482275}} or {{FSC|783294|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6083019}}.<br>  

*Thomas Wentworth Higginson, ''Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the War of 1861-65'' (Boston, 1895-1896), 2v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/massachusettsina01higg v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/massachusettsina21higg v. 2, pt. 1], and [http://archive.org/details/massachusettsina22higg v. 2, pt. 2]), [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27259 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17469030 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|246168|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 M2ht or film 238371-238372 or fiche 6051395-6051396}} (with digital links).<br>  

*David Allen Lambert, "Vital Records of New England Civil War Veterans Abstracted from the organization Pension File Index" online at American Ancestors.org ($) ([http://www.americanancestors.org/vital-records-of-new-england-civil-war-veterans/ Part 1] and [http://www.americanancestors.org/vital-records-of-new-england-civil-war-veterans-part-2/ Part 2]).<br>  

'''History:'''  

*James A. Frye, ''The First Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: United States Volunteers, in the Spanish-American War of 1898'' (Boston, 1899), xvi, 258 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/firstregimentmas00frye Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476117 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|81552|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 M2fj or film 1415264}}.<br>  

*Herbert O. Hicks and Fred A. Simmons, ''Company M and Adams in the War with Spain'' ([Adams, Mass.], 1899), 110 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18594734 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|264136|item|disp=FS Library book 974.41/A2 M2h}}.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/companymadamsinw00hick Internet Archive].<br>Berkshire Genealogist Indexing Committee, ''Index to Company M and Adams in the war with Spain'' (Pittsfield, Mass., 1995), 3 leaves.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39641300 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1368543|item|disp=FS Library book 974.41/A2 M2h index}}.<br>  

*William Mitchell Haulsee, ''Soldiers of the Great War'' [Registers of Dead] (Washington, D.C., 1920), 3v. (Mass. in v. 2).<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/soldiersgreatwa00doylgoog Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1165817 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|285556|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M23s or fiche 6051244}} (with digital link for v. 2 - Massachusetts).<br>  

*David Allen Lambert, "World War I Resources at NEHGS - A Bibliography" online at [http://www.americanancestors.org/world-war-I-resources-at-NEHGS/ AmericanAncestors.org] ($).<br>  

*Ashley Kay Nuckols, Deaths, American Expeditionary Force, W.W.I, 1917, 1918. Massachusetts ([Tazewell, Va.?, 1995]), 1v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45166897 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1016344|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M2nda v. 6}}.<br>  

*Eben Putnam, ''Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War'' (Boston, 1929-1931), 2v.<br>Digital version at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/reportofcommissi001comm v. 1] and[http://archive.org/details/reportofcommissi002comm v. 2]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1842742 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|663337|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 M2pe v. # or film 1698087 Item 12}}.<br>  

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'''History:'''  

*James I. Matray, ed., ''Historical Dictionary of the Korean War'' (New York, 1991), xxxiii, 626 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22766347 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|532148|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M26h}}.<br>  

*Jarry G. Summers, ''Korean War Almanac'' (New York, 1990), xv, 330 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19722569 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|369813|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M2su}}.<br>

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| [http://research.archives.gov/description/595176 Petitions and Records of Naturalization of the U.S. District Court and Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts], 1906-1929, M1368.<br>Petitions and Records, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/573146 FS Library film 1578248 (1st of 55)]<br>ONLINE at [http://www.fold3.com/title_112/naturalizations-ma/ fold3] ($).<br>-----<br>Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts, M1545, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (first of 117)].<br>ONLINE at {{RecordSearch|1834334|Massachusetts Naturalization Index, 1906-1966}} at FamilySearch.org,

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| U.S. Circuit Court<br>of Massachusetts  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| {{anchor|nat02}}<br>'''Berkshire Co.'''

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Fourth Dist. Ct. (Adams) - Petitions and Naturalizations  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Lee Police Ct. - Naturalization records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| North Adams Dist. Ct. - Naturalization records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Pittsfield Court of Common Pleas - Naturalization records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Pittsfield Dist. Ct. - Naturalization records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Supreme Judicial Court (Pittsfield) - Naturalization records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| {{anchor|nat03}}<br>'''Bristol Co.'''  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Ct. of Common Pleas  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Superior Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| District Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| <br>'''Bristol Co.'''  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| <br>'''Bristol Co.'''  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| <br>'''Bristol Co.'''  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| {{anchor|nat04}}<br>'''Dukes Co.'''  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| First Dist. Ct.<br>No. Middlesex (Ayer) - Records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| First Dist. Ct.<br>So. Middlesex (Framingham) - Records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| First Dist. Ct.<br>E. Middlesex (Malden) - Records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| First Dist. Ct.<br>E. Middlesex (Waltham) - Records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Fourth Dist. Ct.<br>E. Middlesex (Woburn) - Records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Lowell Dist Ct. - Records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Marlborough Dist. Ct. - Records  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| {{anchor|nat10}}<br>'''Nantucket Co.'''

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| {{anchor|nat11}}<br>'''Norfolk Co.'''

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Dist. Ct. (Quincy)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Dist. Ct. (Stoughton)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Dist. Ct. (Walpole)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| {{anchor|nat12}}<br>'''Plymouth Co.'''

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Supreme Judicial Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Superior Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| [First?] District Court (Brockton)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Second District Court (Abington/Hingham)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Third District Court (Plymouth)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Fourth District Court (Middleborough/Wareham)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| {{anchor|nat13}}<br>'''Suffolk Co.'''  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| U.S. Circuit Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Superior Court (Civil)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Superior Court (Criminal)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Boston Municipal Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Charlestown District Municipal Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Chelsea Police Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Dorchester District Municipal Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Roxbury District Municipal Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| West Roxbury District Municipal Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| {{anchor|nat14}}<br>'''Worcester Co.'''

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Court of Common Pleas  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| Western Worcester District Court (Brookfield)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

|-

| First Eastern Worcester District Court (Westborough)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Second Eastern Worcester District Court (Clinton)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| First Northern Worcester District Court (Gardner)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| First Southern Worcester District Court (Southbridge)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Third Southern Worcester District Court (Milford)  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Central Worcester District Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Fitchburg Police Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Winchendon District Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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| Worcester Police Court  

| [http://www.archives.gov/boston/ National Archives - Waltham]  

| Part of Card Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/boston/holdings/rg-050-099.html#85 NARA M1299], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FS Library film 1429671 (1st of 117)]  

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<center>'''Bibliography'''</center>  

*''Guide to the Records in the National Archives - New England Region'' (Washington, D.C., 1989), v, 25 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21542621 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|964411|item|disp=FS Library book 973 J53t}} (similar work).<br>  

*Walter V. Hickey, "A gold mine of naturalization records in New England" in the ''Bulletin of the Cape Cape Genealogical Society'', 31: 101-106<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9301536 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|1845783|item|disp=FS Library digital link}} (downloads entire issue).<br>  

*John J. Newman, ''American Naturalization Processes and Procedures, 1790-1985'' (Indianapolis, Ind., 1985), 43 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12388755 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|314550|item|disp=FS Library book 973 P4n}}.<br>  

*Christina K. Schaefer, ''Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States'' (Baltimore, 1997), xii, 394 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36674082 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|788457|item|disp=FS Library book 973 P4s}}.<br>  

*U.S. Department of Justice, ''Directory of Courts Having Jurisdiction in Naturalization Proceedings'' (Washington, D.C., 1908; rep. many times through 1979), 252 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/directorycourts00natugoog Internet Archive], [http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/6466350 Harvard University].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12593620 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|477392|item|disp=FS Library film 1730286}} (1963 ed.).<br>

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*Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635'' (Boston, 1999-2011), 7v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49260702 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|957042|item|disp=FS Library book 974 W2aa}}.<br>  

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*Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, who came to Plymouth on the "Mayflower" in 1620, the "Fortune" in 1621, and the "Anne" and the "Little James" in 1623'' (New York, 1929; rep. many times), xi, 187 pp.<br>Digital versions at [https://archive.org/details/englishancestryh00bank/englishancestryh00bank Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48557 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1333972 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1962 ed.); [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Btitle%3AThe%20%2Btitle%3AEnglish%20%2Btitle%3AAncestry%20%2Btitle%3Aand%20%2Btitle%3AHomes%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3Athe%20%2Btitle%3APilgrim%20%2Btitle%3AFathers FS Library book 974 W2be].<br>  

*Charles Edward Banks, ''The Planters of the Commonwealth; a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640'' (Boston, 1930; rep. many times), xii, 231 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48127 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953611 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1967 ed.); [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Btitle%3AThe%20%2Btitle%3APlanters%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3Athe%20%2Btitle%3ACommonwealth FS Library book 974 W2bf].<br>  

*Ethel Stanwood Bolton, ''Immigrants to New England, 1700–1775'' (Salem, Mass., 1931; rep. Baltimore, 1966+), 235 pp.<br>Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/476920-immigrants-to-new-england-1700-1775?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48095/ Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1015465 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].<br>  

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*Peter Wilson Coldham, ''The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614–1775'' (Baltimore, 1988; supp. 1992), xv, 920, 86 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18176302 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26564121 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (supp.); {{FSC|654640|item|disp=FS Library book 973 W2c}}.<br>  

*Peter Wilson Coldham, ''The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607–1660'' (Baltimore, 1987), xviii, 600 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22434255 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|570051|item|disp=FS Library book 973 W2coL}}.<br>  

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*Peter Wilson Coldham, ''The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607–1776, and Emigrants in Bondage 1614–1775'' ([Novato, Ca.], 1996), 1 CD.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35961940 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|773852|item|CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 350}}.<br>  

*Meridith B. Colket Jr., ''Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe 1607–1657'' (Cleveland, Ohio, 1975; second rev. ed., 2002), xlv, 443 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1733517 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1975 ed.); {{FSC|285129|item|disp=FS Library book 973 W2cm.}} (1985 ed.).<br>  

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