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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="S1">"The National Archives at Boston" in ''The National Archives'' at http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/index.html (accessed 30 November 2010).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="S1">"The National Archives at Boston" in ''The National Archives'' at http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/index.html (accessed 30 November 2010).</ref> [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov] | ||
Located in the Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center <br> | Located in the Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center <br> | ||
'''Address:'''380 Trapelo Road <br>Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399<br><br> | '''Address:'''380 Trapelo Road <br>Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:''' | '''Telephone:''' (781) 663-0130<br>'''Fax:''' (781) 663-0154<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:''' | '''Hours and holidays:''' Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Open some Saturdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.:<br> | ||
'''Map, directions, and public transportation:''' | '''Map, directions, and public transportation:''' | ||
*'''''For a map''''', [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/images/boston-map.pdf click here]. | *'''''For a map''''', [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/images/boston-map.pdf click here]. | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
Serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Includes all federal [[United States Census|censuses]] to 1930 on databases or microfilms, [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/court-records.html U.S. District, Circuit, and Court of Appeals] records of the 1st District, [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#customs customs] and the Coast Guard in New England ports, Army Corp of Engineers for Boston and Providence, World War | Serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Includes all federal [[United States Census|censuses]] to 1930 on databases or microfilms, [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/court-records.html U.S. District, Circuit, and Court of Appeals] records of the 1st District, [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#customs customs] and the Coast Guard in New England ports, Army Corp of Engineers for Boston and Providence, World War II labs at Harvard and MIT, and New England Naval shore establishments, War of 1812 privateers, Civil War Southern blockade records, original [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#naturalization naturalizations and index] for six New England states 1790-1906, import and export trade, lighthouses, revenue cutters, [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/strategies-ships.html vessels], seamen, crew lists, shipping, and wreck reports, east coast [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#passenger passenger arrival lists],<ref>Loretto Dennis Szucs, and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, ''The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches'' (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1988), 14-16. ({{FSC|630522|item}} 977 A3sz) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17738169 WorldCat entry].</ref> [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#military War of 1812 service records, World War I expeditionary forces and draft registration] records, [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#chinese Chinese immigration], [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#freedmen Freedmen's Bureau] for African Americans, and [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html#dawes Dawes Commission] to the Five Civilized Tribes.<ref>"Genealogy: Resources Available to You" in ''The National Archives'' at http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html (accessed 2 December 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ National | *[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ National Personnel Records Center], St. Louis, MO., has millions of military personnel, health, medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services starting with World War I, and federal employee records. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | ||
*[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic, and Canadians. | *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic, and Canadians. | ||
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*[http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/listings_alpha.html Harvard University Libraries], history, Afro-American studies, and women's history libraries. | *[http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/listings_alpha.html Harvard University Libraries], history, Afro-American studies, and women's history libraries. | ||
*[http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ Congregational Library], church and mission records, histories, sermons, 25,000 obituaries. | *[http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ Congregational Library], church and mission records, histories, sermons, 25,000 obituaries. | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' | *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Essex]], [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Middlesex]], and [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Norfolk]]. | ||
*[http://www.pem.org/library/ Peabody Essex Museum Library], Salem, collects published MA vital records to 1850, city directories, Essex County probate records 1638-1914, court records, and ship logbooks. | *[http://www.pem.org/library/ Peabody Essex Museum Library], Salem, collects published MA vital records to 1850, city directories, Essex County probate records 1638-1914, court records, and ship logbooks. | ||
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Connecticut, United States Genealogy|Connecticut]], [[Maine, United States Genealogy|Maine]], [[New Hampshire, United States Genealogy|New Hampshire]], [[New York, United States Genealogy|New York]], [[Rhode Island, United States Genealogy|Rhode Island]], [[Vermont, United States Genealogy|Vermont]]. | *Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Connecticut, United States Genealogy|Connecticut]], [[Maine, United States Genealogy|Maine]], [[New Hampshire, United States Genealogy|New Hampshire]], [[New York, United States Genealogy|New York]], [[Rhode Island, United States Genealogy|Rhode Island]], [[Vermont, United States Genealogy|Vermont]]. | ||
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*[https://ctstatelibrary.org/ Connecticut State Library], Hartford, has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, [[Charles R. Hale Collection]] newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions. | *[https://ctstatelibrary.org/ Connecticut State Library], Hartford, has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, [[Charles R. Hale Collection]] newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions. | ||
*[http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives], Augusta, has vital records, land, office records, military, judicial, legislative records, and a list of professional genealogists. | *[http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives], Augusta, has vital records, land, office records, military, judicial, legislative records, and a list of professional genealogists. | ||
*[http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/genealogy.html New Hampshire State Archives], Concord, | *[http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/genealogy.html New Hampshire State Archives], Concord, has records of probate, land, petitions, state papers, military, census, name changes, photos, naturalizations, voters, warnings out, town records and inventories, prisoners, marriage intentions, paupers, maps, and court records. | ||
*[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City, | *[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City, has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts. | ||
*[http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society], Providence, includes local, military, economic, social, church, | *[http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society], Providence, includes local, military, economic, social, church, political histories, newspapers, genealogy, women’s history, and business records. | ||
*[https://vermonthistory.org/ Vermont History Center], Barre, houses town histories, an index to | *[https://vermonthistory.org/ Vermont History Center], Barre, houses town histories, an index to vital records to 1870, cemeteries, letters, diaries, ledgers, early maps, photographs, and printed genealogies. | ||
*[http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/index.html Berkshire Athenaeum] Cooke Collection church and cemetery records, newspaper notices, ministers' records, BMDs from New England and New York, genealogy databases. | *[http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/index.html Berkshire Athenaeum] Cooke Collection church and cemetery records, newspaper notices, ministers' records, BMDs from New England and New York, genealogy databases. | ||
*[http://www.massog.org/index.html Massachusetts Society of Genealogists], Ashland, is an educational organization. | *[http://www.massog.org/index.html Massachusetts Society of Genealogists], Ashland, is an educational organization. | ||
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