Massachusetts Genealogy Guide: Difference between revisions

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469062 Marriages, 1841-1915]

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463156 Deaths, 1841-1915]

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928860 Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920] This collection contains only 1916 to 1920 plus amended and delayed records, 1841-1920]

The Revolutionary War rolls, 1775-1783, are held at the [http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/ National Archives in Washington, D.C.] The records were microfilmed as NARA's [http://research.archives.gov/description/602384 M246] series and as {{FHL|274550|item|disp=FHL film 830280 (1st of 138)}} (Massachusetts 830304-830321). These records are arranged by jacket number (see list below).<br>This collection is '''ONLINE''' at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068326 FamilySearch.org] is a browsable form (as of Aug. 2013) by jacket numbers. It is also available at [http://www.fold3.com/title_469/revolutionary_war_rolls/ fold3.com] ($) where it is indexed.<br>  

*Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, [http://research.archives.gov/description/570910 NARA M881 series], and Index, [http://research.archives.gov/description/572371 NARA M860], {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL film 882842 (1st of 1175)}}.<br>ONLINE at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1849623 FamilySearch.org] and [http://www.fold3.com/title_470/revolutionary_war_service_records/ fold3.com] ($).<br>Also scanned from the Index arranged by unit and then alphabetical on Internet Archive, see [http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/IARevWarServRecs.html#Group93MA Don Krieger's Rev. War Service Guide].<br>  

*Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, [http://research.archives.gov/description/300022 NARA M804 series], {{FHL|306844|item|disp=FHL film 970001 (1st of 2670)}}.<br>ONLINE at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417475 FamilySearch.org] and [http://www.fold3.com/title_467/revolutionary_war_pensions/ fold3.com] ($).<br>  

*Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, [NOT found on NARA website under T718 series], {{FHL|42194|item|disp=FHL film 1319381 (1st of 23)}}.<br>ONLINE at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2069831 FamilySearch.org], only browsable by volumes A through V.<br>

*Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the War of 1812, 1899-1927, [http://research.archives.gov/description/654501 NARA ARC Identifier 654501].<br>"Receipts for Pay" rolls that are filed with the series "Muster Rolls of Volunteer Organizations During the War of 1812, 1812-1815" (ARC Identifier 654644) were not carded, and it is sometimes necessary to consult that series to obtain the complete service of an individual. Arranged by alphabetically by state, thereunder numerically by regiment, thereunder by name of commanding officer (chronologically thereunder for various periods of service), and thereunder alphabetically by name of soldier. Records for U.S. Volunteer Organizations, Indian Regiments, Prisoners of War, Spies, and Quartermaster Department are arranged similarly at the end of the state file.<br>-----<br>Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the War of 1812, [http://research.archives.gov/description/654501 NARA ARC Identifier 654644, M602 series], {{FHL|284697|item|disp=FHL film 882519 (1st of 234)}}.<br>ONLINE:<br>[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916219 FamilySearch.org] (browsable alpha index); [https://www.fold3.com/browse/276/hlYOPAgp_T09lkorg fold3.com] (browsable by name to Miller); [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4281 Ancestry] ($) (indexed); Scanned on Internet Archive, but use [http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/IAWar1812IndexServRecs.html Don Krieger's Guide] for better access.<br>  

*War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, [http://research.archives.gov/description/564415 NARA Archives Identifier 564415] (never microfilmed), and Indexed, [http://research.archives.gov/description/563315 NARA M313 series], {{FHL|46482|item|disp=FHL film 840431 (1st of 102)}}; ALSO see book index below.<br>ONLINE:<br>Pension Files, [https://www.fold3.com/browse/247/h5iT6dgqRT09lkorg fold3.com] (free) [browse up to "Dexter" as of Aug. 2013].<br>Pension index, [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1133 Ancestry] ($) (indexed); [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1834325 FamilySearch.org] (browsable, but sections are scan batches).<br>  

*Civil War Soldiers Index, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910717 FamilySearch.org] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1138 Ancestry] ($).<br>This is an index to the [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] maintained by the National Park Service.<br>  

*Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932430 FamilySearch.org], being NARA M1017 series.<br>  

*Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932431 FamilySearch.org], the NARA series was NOT identified.<br>  

*General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919699 FamilySearch.org] [59% completed in Aug. 2013] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4654 Ancestry] ($), being NARA T288 series.<br>  

*Civil War and later Pension Index, 1861-1917, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1471019 FamilySearch.org] and [http://www.fold3.com/title_57/civil_war_and_later_veterans_pension_index/ fold3.com] ($), being NARA T289 series.<br>  

*Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922519 United States FamilySearch.org] [4% indexing completed in Aug. 2013] and [http://www.fold3.com/title_24/civil_war_widows_pensions/ fold3.com] ($) [5% complete], the NARA series was NOT identified.<br>  

*Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979426 FamilySearch.org] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2402 Ancestry] ($), being NARA M1784 and M1785 series.<br>  

*Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1852605 FamilySearch.org] or [http://www.fold3.com/title_121/navy_widows_certificates/ fold3.com] ($), being NARA M1279 series.<br>  

*Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1880762 FamilySearch.org], being NARA M233 series [12% completed in Aug. 2013].<br>  

*Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, [[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913388 FamilySearch.org] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1195 Ancestry] ($), being NARA M1845 series.<br>  

*General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the War with Spain, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919583 FamilySearch.org], the NARA series was NOT identified, browsable only in alphabetical order; [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2400 Ancestry] ($) (searchable), NARA M871 series.<br>  

*General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919699 FamilySearch.org] [59% completed in Aug. 2013] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4654 Ancestry] ($), being NARA T288 series.<br>  

*Civil War and later Pension Index, 1861-1917, [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1471019 FamilySearch.org] and [http://www.fold3.com/title_57/civil_war_and_later_veterans_pension_index/ fold3.com] ($), being NARA T289 series.<br>

*World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918 - Massachusetts, {{FHL|746980|item|disp=FHL film 1684875 (1st of 162)}}.<br>Part of World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, ONLINE at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530 FamilySearch.org] or [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 Ancestry] ($).<br>  

*Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 , [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1858291 FamilySearch.org] or [http://www.fold3.com/title_107/naturalization_index_wwi_soldiers/ fold3.com] ($), being NARA M1952 series.<br>

*World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2028680 FamilySearch.org], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939 Ancestry] ($), and [http://www.fold3.com/title_831/wwii_army_enlistment_records/ fold3.com] (free).<br>  

*Selective Service System registration cards [World War II]&nbsp;: fourth registration, 1942, {{FHL|1191484|item|disp=FHL film 2371930 (1st of 166)}}.<br>Note: This "Old Man's" draft was for those born between 28 Apr. 1877 and 16 Feb. 1897, being NARA M2090 series.<br>ONLINE at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144 FamilySearch.org] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002 Ancestry] ($).<br>  

*Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957, at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2127893 FamilySearch.org] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1033 Ancestry] ($).<br>  

*Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2127897 FamilySearch.org] and [http://www.fold3.com/title_838/korean_war_casualties/ fold3.com] ($).<br>  

*Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954, at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2127902 FamilySearch.org].<br>  

*Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003, at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2127916 FamilySearch.org].<br>  

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1860873 Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891].<br>Note: There are gaps in the records from 1855-1856, and between 31 Mar. 1874 to April 1883. The Massachusetts Archives records below do not have the second gap of nine years.<br>

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923995 Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943].<br>

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2173946 Boston Passenger Lists Index, 1899-1940] [browsable only].<br>

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2173944 Boston Crew Lists, 1917-1943].<br>

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1860873 Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891] at FamilySearch.org.<br> This is the National Archives M277 series. There are gaps in the records from 1855-1856, and between 31 Mar. 1874 to April 1883. The latter gap can be found in the records at the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/PassengerManifestSearchContents.html Massachusetts Archives].<br>  

*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1923995 Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943], at FamilySearch.org.<br>This is the National Archives T843 series. It is currently [July 2013] only browsable by volumes (records are in chronological order).<br>

| [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 FHL film 1578248 (1st of 55)]<br>ONLINE at [http://www.fold3.com/title_112/naturalizations-ma/ fold3] ($).<br>-----<br>Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts, M1545, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/19737 FHL film 1429671 (first of 117)].<br>ONLINE at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1834334 Massachusetts Naturalization Index, 1906-1966], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 Ancestry] ($), and [http://www.fold3.com/title_98/naturalization-index-ma/ fold3] ($).<br>-----<br>NARA, RG 21, Primary declarations, 1798-1946, Naturalization records, 1790-1906, Petitions, #1195587-2353923, Certified declarations, v. 131-257, Index to declarations, 1912-1940, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1257420 FHL film 2416289 (1st of 498)]<br>-----<br>NARA, RG 21, Naturalization records, 1845-1906 (#1-449-103), Declarations, 1845-1911, Depositions of witnesses (#1-290739), and Index to declarations, 1906-1911, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1344633 FHL film 2414774 (1st of 191)]<br>-----<br>Petitions, v. 1 (ca. 1787-1906) ['''film only'''], v. 2-252 (1847-1902) ['''digital only'''], [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2098233 FHL Digital Capture 7048053 (1st of 254)] (part of index below)<br>-----<br>Repatriation of soldiers, 1918-1941, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1376353 FHL film 2416188 Item 1]<br>-----<br>Repatriation of women who married non-American citizens, 1936-1945, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1376354 FHL film 2416188, 2416217]<br>-----<br>Overseas military naturalization petitions, 1943-1945, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1376357 FHL film 2416218]<br>-----<br>Index to declarations, 1943-1955, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1201470 FHL films 2371827-2371828]

| [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2064580 Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1931] (browsable by county, then court, as of July 2013 - no Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, or Hampshire county records).<br>Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906, [http://www.archives.gov/research/microfilm/m1299.pdf M1299].<br>ONLINE at {{RecordSearch|1840474|United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906}}.