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=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Massachusetts === | === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Massachusetts === | ||
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=== Online Records of Massacusetts === | === Online Records of Massacusetts === | ||
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=== National Repositories === | === National Repositories === | ||
==== American Antiquarian Society ==== | ==== American Antiquarian Society ==== | ||
'''[[American Antiquarian Society]]'''<br>185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br> | '''[[American Antiquarian Society]]'''<br>185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society] | ||
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:The AAS is best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref> | :The AAS is best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref> | ||
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==== National Archives at Boston ==== | ==== National Archives at Boston ==== | ||
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| [[Image:NARA Boston.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archives at Boston]]'''[[National Archives at Boston]]'''<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> | | [[Image:NARA Boston.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archives at Boston (in Waltham)]]'''[[National Archives at Boston]]'''<br>380 Trapelo Road<br>Waltham, MA 02452-6399<br>Phone: (781) 663-0130<br>Fax: (781) 663-0154<br>E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov]<br> Website: [http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ National Archives at Boston] | ||
:Connecticut, Maine, '''Massachusetts''', New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | :Connecticut, Maine, '''Massachusetts''', New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.<ref name="DB124">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
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===== Pittsfield Federal Records Center ===== | ===== Pittsfield Federal Records Center ===== | ||
'''[[Pittsfield Federal Records Center]]'''<br>10 Conte Drive<br>Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230<br>Telephone: 413-236-3603<br>Fax: 413-236-3609 <br>E-mail: [mailto: frc@nara.gov frc@nara.gov]<br> | '''[[Pittsfield Federal Records Center]]'''<br>10 Conte Drive<br>Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230<br>Telephone: 413-236-3603<br>Fax: 413-236-3609 <br>E-mail: [mailto:frc@nara.gov frc@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/frc/pittsfield/ Pittsfield Federal Records Center] | ||
:The Pittsfield Center has CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT federal government agency and court documents. Their large genealogy microfilm collection has been transferred to the '''''Berkshire Athenaeum ''''' listed below.<ref name="Pitts">[http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/genealogy.html Genealogy Resources] in Berkshire Athenaeum'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :The Pittsfield Center has CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT federal government agency and court documents. Their large genealogy microfilm collection has been transferred to the '''''Berkshire Athenaeum ''''' listed below.<ref name="Pitts">[http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/genealogy.html Genealogy Resources] in Berkshire Athenaeum'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS | [[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston]]'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org] | ||
:Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br><br> | :Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br><br> | ||
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==== Massachusetts Historical Society Library ==== | ==== Massachusetts Historical Society Library ==== | ||
[[Image:MassHistorichq.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Massachusetts Historical | [[Image:MassHistorichq.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Massachusetts Historical Soc Library in Boston]]'''[[Massachusetts Historical Society Library]]'''<br>1154 Boylston Street<br>Boston, MA 02215-3695<br>Telephone: 617-536-1608<br>Fax: 617-859-0074<br>E-mail: [http://www.masshist.org/contact Contact Us]<br>Website: [http://www.masshist.org/ Massachusetts Historical Society] | ||
:Excellent historical materials, original town records, newspapers and genealogies. This collection does '''not''' repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.<ref name="DB57">Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.</ref><br><br> | :Excellent historical materials, original town records, newspapers and genealogies. This collection does '''not''' repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.<ref name="DB57">Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.</ref><br><br> | ||
==== Massachusetts State Archives ==== | ==== Massachusetts State Archives ==== | ||
'''[[Massachusetts State Archives]]'''[[Image:MA State Archives exterior.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Massachusetts State Archives]]<br>220 Morrissey Boulevard <br>Boston, MA 02125<br>Phone: (617) 727–2816 <br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us <u>archives@sec.state.ma.us</u>]<br> | '''[[Massachusetts State Archives]]'''[[Image:MA State Archives exterior.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Massachusetts State Archives in Boston]]<br>220 Morrissey Boulevard <br>Boston, MA 02125<br>Phone: (617) 727–2816 <br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us <u>archives@sec.state.ma.us</u>]<br>Website: [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm Massachusetts Archives Division] | ||
:Government records, censuses, military records, land records, naturalizations, divorces, probate, name changes, and adoptions. Only 18 of the 328 volumes of the excellent ''Massachusetts Archives Collection'', aka Felt Collection, of 1629-1799 history are indexed online. The Archives' [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/SearchWelcome.html online searchable collections] include: | :Government records, censuses, military records, land records, naturalizations, divorces, probate, name changes, and adoptions. Only 18 of the 328 volumes of the excellent ''Massachusetts Archives Collection'', aka Felt Collection, of 1629-1799 history are indexed online. The Archives' [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/SearchWelcome.html online searchable collections] include: | ||
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==== State Library of Massachusetts ==== | ==== State Library of Massachusetts ==== | ||
[[Image:Mass statehouse eb1.jpg|thumb|right|280px|State Library of Massachusetts]]'''[[State Library of Massachusetts]]''' <br>State House, Room 341<br>24 Beacon Street<br>Boston, MA 02133<br>Phone: (617) 727–2590<br>Fax: (617) 727–5819<br> | [[Image:Mass statehouse eb1.jpg|thumb|right|280px|State Library of Massachusetts in Boston]]'''[[State Library of Massachusetts]]''' <br>State House, Room 341<br>24 Beacon Street<br>Boston, MA 02133<br>Phone: (617) 727–2590<br>Fax: (617) 727–5819<br>Website: [http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/oversight-agencies/lib/ State Library of Massachusetts] | ||
:Published books, periodicals, state and town histories, government publications, city directories, maps, tax records, newspapers and indexes.<ref name="DB57" /> | :Published books, periodicals, state and town histories, government publications, city directories, maps, tax records, newspapers and indexes.<ref name="DB57" /> | ||
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==== Berkshire Athenaeum ==== | ==== Berkshire Athenaeum ==== | ||
[[Image:Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Berkshire Athenaeum | [[Image:Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield, Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield]]'''[[Berkshire Athenaeum]]'''<br>1 Wendell Ave<br>Pittsfield, MA 01201<br>Telephone: 413-499-9480<br>Fax: 413-499-9489<br>E-mail: [mailto:pittsref@cwmars.org pittsref@cwmars.org]<br>Website: [http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/ Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield Public Library] | ||
:Best genealogical respository in western Massachusetts, including newspapers, books, and family histories. Now includes the former '''''Pittsfield Federal Records Center''''''s 71,000 microfilms of censuses, Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrants, service records 1784-1901, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, New England naturalizations, 1791-1966, passenger arrivals at Boston, New York, Philadelphia and east coast ports, Canadian border crossings, Indian enrollment cards, Russian Consular records, Barbour Collection for Connecticut, and Vermont vital records index.<ref name="Pitts" /> <ref name="DB59" /> <ref name="DB12425">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124-25.</ref><br><br> | :Best genealogical respository in western Massachusetts, including newspapers, books, and family histories. Now includes the former '''''Pittsfield Federal Records Center''''''s 71,000 microfilms of censuses, Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrants, service records 1784-1901, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, New England naturalizations, 1791-1966, passenger arrivals at Boston, New York, Philadelphia and east coast ports, Canadian border crossings, Indian enrollment cards, Russian Consular records, Barbour Collection for Connecticut, and Vermont vital records index.<ref name="Pitts" /> <ref name="DB59" /> <ref name="DB12425">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124-25.</ref><br><br> | ||
==== Boston Massachusetts Family History Center ==== | ==== Boston Massachusetts Family History Center ==== | ||
'''[[Boston Massachusetts Family History Center]]'''<br>150 Brown Street<br> Weston, Massachusetts 02493-2604<br>Telephone: 781-235-2164<br> | '''[[Boston Massachusetts Family History Center]]'''<br>150 Brown Street<br> Weston, Massachusetts 02493-2604<br>Telephone: 781-235-2164<br>Website: [[Boston Massachusetts Family History Center]] | ||
:The largest Family History Center in New England. Can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City. They have published town and county histories of New England, social histories, vital records, family histories, and major indexes.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | :The largest Family History Center in New England. Can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City. They have published town and county histories of New England, social histories, vital records, family histories, and major indexes.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | ||
==== Boston Public Library ==== | ==== Boston Public Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Boston Public Library Johnson building bpl.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Boston Public Library]]'''[[Boston Public Library]]'''<br>700 Boylston St.<br>Boston, MA 02116<br>Phone: (617) 536–5400<br>Fax: (617) 536–4306<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@bpl.org info@bpl.org]<br> | [[Image:Boston Public Library Johnson building bpl.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Boston Public Library]]'''[[Boston Public Library]]'''<br>700 Boylston St.<br>Boston, MA 02116<br>Phone: (617) 536–5400<br>Fax: (617) 536–4306<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@bpl.org info@bpl.org]<br>Website: [http://www.bpl.org/ Boston Public Library] | ||
:Their collection includes New England newspapers, city directores, town records, county and local histories, and genealogies.<ref name="DB57" /><br><br> | :Their collection includes New England newspapers, city directores, town records, county and local histories, and genealogies.<ref name="DB57" /><br><br> | ||
==== Dedham Historical Society Library ==== | ==== Dedham Historical Society Library ==== | ||
'''[[Dedham Historical Society Library]]'''<br>612 High Street<br>Dedham, MA 02027-0125<br>Telephone: 781-326-1385<br>E-mail: [mailto:society@dedhamhistorical.org society@dedhamhistorical.org]<br> | '''[[Dedham Historical Society Library]]'''<br>612 High Street<br>Dedham, MA 02027-0125<br>Telephone: 781-326-1385<br>E-mail: [mailto:society@dedhamhistorical.org society@dedhamhistorical.org]<br>Website: [http://dedhamhistorical.org/ Dedham Historical Society] | ||
:Great collection of manuscripts including deeds, vital and town records from the 15 towns created from old Dedham (south of Boston).<ref name="DB57" /><br><br> | :Great collection of manuscripts including deeds, vital and town records from the 15 towns created from old Dedham (south of Boston).<ref name="DB57" /><br><br> | ||
==== Harvard University Houghton Library ==== | |||
[[Image:Houghton Library Harvard Univ Cambridge MA.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Harvard Univ Houghton Library in Cambridge]]'''[[Harvard University Houghton Library]]'''<br>Harvard Yard<br>Harvard University<br>Cambridge, MA 02138<br>Telephone: 617-495-2440<br>Website: [http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/index.cfm Houghton Library] | |||
:Manuscripts and rare books from many nations, but especially New England, Britain and Europe, historical archives of publishing history, political and missionary archives, paintings and artifacts. Largest volume of primary historical documents.<ref name="DB57" /><br><br> | |||
==== Haverhill Public Library ==== | ==== Haverhill Public Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Haverhill Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Haverhill Public Library]]'''[[Haverhill Public Library]]'''<br>99 Main Street<br>Haverhill, MA 01830<br>Telephone: 978-373-1586<br>E-mail: [mailto:hpl-ref@mvlc.org hpl-ref@mvlc.org]<br> | [[Image:Haverhill Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Haverhill Public Library]]'''[[Haverhill Public Library]]'''<br>99 Main Street<br>Haverhill, MA 01830<br>Telephone: 978-373-1586<br>E-mail: [mailto:hpl-ref@mvlc.org hpl-ref@mvlc.org]<br>Website: [http://www.haverhillpl.org/information/local-history-2/ Haverhill Public Library Special Collections] | ||
:One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories.<ref name="DB59" /> <ref>[http://www.haverhillpl.org/about/local-history/#genealogy-resources Genealogy Resources] in ''Haverhill Public Library'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories.<ref name="DB59" /> <ref>[http://www.haverhillpl.org/about/local-history/#genealogy-resources Genealogy Resources] in ''Haverhill Public Library'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
==== Jones Library ==== | ==== Jones Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Jones Library, Amherst MA.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Jones Library | [[Image:Jones Library, Amherst MA.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Jones Library in Amherst]]'''[[Jones Library]]'''<br>43 Amity Street<br>Amherst, MA 01002<br>Telephone: 413-259-3090<br>Website: [http://www.joneslibrary.org/ Jones Library] | ||
:The Boltwood Collection includes 20,000 documents, genealogies, family folders, genealogy periodicals, newspapers, and local histories with an emphasis on Amherst and the Pioneer Valley.<ref name="DB59" /> <ref>[http://www.joneslibrary.org/specialcollections/collections/index.html Collections and Finding Aids] in ''Jones Library - Special Collections'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :The Boltwood Collection includes 20,000 documents, genealogies, family folders, genealogy periodicals, newspapers, and local histories with an emphasis on Amherst and the Pioneer Valley.<ref name="DB59" /> <ref>[http://www.joneslibrary.org/specialcollections/collections/index.html Collections and Finding Aids] in ''Jones Library - Special Collections'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
==== Peabody Essex Museum ==== | ==== Peabody Essex Museum ==== | ||
[[Image:Plummer Hall of Phillips Library (Peabody Essex Museum) Salem, Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Peabody Essex Museum Phillips Library]]'''[[Peabody Essex Museum]]'''<br>Phillips Library<br>1 Second Street (temporarily)<br>Peabody, MA USA<br>Telephone: 978-745-9500, or 866-745-1876<br>For the Hearing Impaired: 978-740-3649<br> | [[Image:Plummer Hall of Phillips Library (Peabody Essex Museum) Salem, Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Peabody Essex Museum Phillips Library]]'''[[Peabody Essex Museum]]'''<br>Phillips Library<br>1 Second Street (temporarily)<br>Peabody, MA USA<br>Telephone: 978-745-9500, or 866-745-1876<br>For the Hearing Impaired: 978-740-3649<br>Website: [http://www.pem.org/ Peabody Essex Museum] | ||
:Essex County books, manuscripts, and government records such as probate records, customs records, and maritime records. Can often help find trans-Atlantic ship logs, and ship images.<br><br> | :Essex County books, manuscripts, and government records such as probate records, customs records, and maritime records. Can often help find trans-Atlantic ship logs, and ship images.<br><br> | ||
==== Plymouth Public Library ==== | ==== Plymouth Public Library ==== | ||
'''[[Plymouth Public Library]]'''<br>132 South Street<br>Plymouth, MA 02360<br>Telephone: 508-830-4250<br>E-mail: [http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/contact-us/ Contact Us]<br> | '''[[Plymouth Public Library]]'''<br>132 South Street<br>Plymouth, MA 02360<br>Telephone: 508-830-4250<br>E-mail: [http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/contact-us/ Contact Us]<br>Website: [http://www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org/ Plymouth Public Library] | ||
:Almost all published histories and genealogies of early Massachusetts settlers are here.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | :Almost all published histories and genealogies of early Massachusetts settlers are here.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | ||
==== Springfield History Library and Archives ==== | ==== Springfield History Library and Archives ==== | ||
'''[[Springfield History Library and Archives]]''' (formerly Connecticut Valley Historical Museum Library)<br>21 Edwards Street<br>Springfield, Massachusetts 01103<br>Telephone: 800-625-7738<br>E-mail: [mailto:wmshlibrary@springfieldmuseums.org wmshlibrary@springfieldmuseums.org]<br> | '''[[Springfield History Library and Archives]]''' (formerly Connecticut Valley Historical Museum Library)<br>21 Edwards Street<br>Springfield, Massachusetts 01103<br>Telephone: 800-625-7738<br>E-mail: [mailto:wmshlibrary@springfieldmuseums.org wmshlibrary@springfieldmuseums.org]<br>Website: [http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/springfield_history/exhibits/view/156-springfield_history_library_archives#.UoTortJQFu0 Springfield History Library and Archives] | ||
:Can help identify Massachusetts emigrants headed west using vital records, land records, and probate records from many New England towns. They also have French Canadian records, the Loiselle Index, New York passenger arrivals, computer databases, over 20,000 genealogy books, 6,000 microforms, 50,000 photos and 2.5 million manuscripts including diaries, and account books.<ref name="DB59" /> <ref>[http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/springfield_history/exhibits/view/156-springfield_history_library_archives#.UoTortJQFu0 Springfield History Library and Archives] in ''Springfield Museums'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :Can help identify Massachusetts emigrants headed west using vital records, land records, and probate records from many New England towns. They also have French Canadian records, the Loiselle Index, New York passenger arrivals, computer databases, over 20,000 genealogy books, 6,000 microforms, 50,000 photos and 2.5 million manuscripts including diaries, and account books.<ref name="DB59" /> <ref>[http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/springfield_history/exhibits/view/156-springfield_history_library_archives#.UoTortJQFu0 Springfield History Library and Archives] in ''Springfield Museums'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
==== University of Massachusetts Amherst Library ==== | ==== University of Massachusetts Amherst Library ==== | ||
[[Image:UMass at Amherst W.E.B. DuBois Library.jpg|thumb|right|190px|UMass Amherst Library]]'''[[University of Massachusetts Amherst Library]]'''<br>154 Hicks Way<br>Amherst, MA 01003<br>Telephone: 413-545-0284<br>E-mail: [mailto:ref@library.umass.edu ref@library.umass.edu]<br> | [[Image:UMass at Amherst W.E.B. DuBois Library.jpg|thumb|right|190px|UMass Amherst Library]]'''[[University of Massachusetts Amherst Library]]'''<br>154 Hicks Way<br>Amherst, MA 01003<br>Telephone: 413-545-0284<br>E-mail: [mailto:ref@library.umass.edu ref@library.umass.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.library.umass.edu/ UMass Amherst Libraries], and their [http://guides.library.umass.edu/genealogy Online Guide to Genealogy] | ||
:Very large set of biographies, genealogies, and never-published histories, and church, business, fraternal, insurance, and manufacturing records. They also have the ''Massachusetts Archives Collection '' microfilms, Franklin, Hampshire, and Suffolk counties' probate records, especially Connecticut River Valley towns.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | :Very large set of biographies, genealogies, and never-published histories, and church, business, fraternal, insurance, and manufacturing records. They also have the ''Massachusetts Archives Collection '' microfilms, Franklin, Hampshire, and Suffolk counties' probate records, especially Connecticut River Valley towns.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | ||
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==== Allen County Public Library ==== | ==== Allen County Public Library ==== | ||
'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|right|165px|Allen | '''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Allen Co Public Library IN]] <br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Website: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] | ||
:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and '''Massachusetts''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br> | :This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and '''Massachusetts''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref><br><br> | ||
==== New York Public Library ==== | ==== New York Public Library ==== | ||
[[Image:New York Public Library exterior.jpg|thumb|right|280px|New York Public Library]]'''[[New York Public Library]]'''<br>U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy<br>Irma and Paul Milstein Division<br>First Floor, Room 121<br>Schwarzman Main Branch<br>Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street<br>New York, New York 10018-2788<br>Telephone: 212-930-0828<br>E-mail: [mailto:histref@nypl.org histref@nypl.org]<br> | [[Image:New York Public Library exterior.jpg|thumb|right|280px|New York Public Library NY]]'''[[New York Public Library]]'''<br>U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy<br>Irma and Paul Milstein Division<br>First Floor, Room 121<br>Schwarzman Main Branch<br>Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street<br>New York, New York 10018-2788<br>Telephone: 212-930-0828<br>E-mail: [mailto:histref@nypl.org histref@nypl.org]<br>Website: [http://www.nypl.org/ NYPL home page] | ||
:The Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; manuscripts, photos; New York censuses, directories, vital records, Revolutionary War soldiers, Irish in America, and '''Massachusetts''' records.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref><br><br> | :The Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; manuscripts, photos; New York censuses, directories, vital records, Revolutionary War soldiers, Irish in America, and '''Massachusetts''' records.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref><br><br> | ||
==== Onondaga Historical Association Library ==== | ==== Onondaga Historical Association Library ==== | ||
'''[[Onondaga Historical Association Library]]'''<br>321 Montgomery Street<br>Syracuse, New York 13202<br>Telephone:315-428-1864<br>Fax: 315-471-2133<br>E-mail: [http://www.cnyhistory.org/contact.html Contact Us | '''[[Onondaga Historical Association Library]]'''<br>321 Montgomery Street<br>Syracuse, New York 13202<br>Telephone:315-428-1864<br>Fax: 315-471-2133<br>E-mail: [http://www.cnyhistory.org/contact.html Contact Us]<br>Website: [http://www.cnyhistory.org/explore/collections-2/ Onondaga Historical Association Collections and Archives] | ||
:10,000 family folders for northeastern families, including many from '''Massachusetts'''.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | :10,000 family folders for northeastern families, including many from '''Massachusetts'''.<ref name="DB59" /><br><br> | ||
==== Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library ==== | ==== Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|280px| | [[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|280px|VT Historical Soc Leahy Library in Barre VT]]'''[[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]]'''<br>Leahy Library<br>Vermont History Center<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, Vermont 05641-4209<br>Telephone: 802-479-8509<br>Fax: 802-479-8510<br>Email: [mailto:vhs-library@state.vt.us vhs-library@state.vt.us]<br>Website: [http://vermonthistory.org/research/leahy-library Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library] | ||
:Their collection includes a comprehensive name index of '''Massachusetts''' people, strong collection of family and town histories of New England, vital records, cemetery transcripts, genealogical periodicals, manuscripts, maps, and photos.<ref name="DB59" /><ref>[http://vermonthistory.org/research/genealogy/genealogy-research-at-the-vhs Genealogy Research at the Vermont Historical Society] in ''Vermont Historical Society'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :Their collection includes a comprehensive name index of '''Massachusetts''' people, strong collection of family and town histories of New England, vital records, cemetery transcripts, genealogical periodicals, manuscripts, maps, and photos.<ref name="DB59" /><ref>[http://vermonthistory.org/research/genealogy/genealogy-research-at-the-vhs Genealogy Research at the Vermont Historical Society] in ''Vermont Historical Society'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
=== | === For Further Reading === | ||
*Historical Records Survey (Massachusetts). ''Preliminary Edition of Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Massachusetts'' (Boston, Massachusetts: Historical Records Survey, 1939). {{WorldCat|1832559|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|581769|item|disp=FHL Book 974.4 A2hg}}. This work lists major manuscript collections and their locations. | *Historical Records Survey (Massachusetts). ''Preliminary Edition of Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Massachusetts'' (Boston, Massachusetts: Historical Records Survey, 1939). {{WorldCat|1832559|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|581769|item|disp=FHL Book 974.4 A2hg}}. This work lists major manuscript collections and their locations. | ||
*Carroll D. Wright, ''Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties'' (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright and Potter, 1889). {{Worldcat|5321644|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|43513|item|disp=FHL Film 865449 item 2; Fiche 6046869; Book 974.4 A3cr}}. Gives a brief description of the town records that existed in 1889 and which may still be available.<br><br> | |||
*Carroll D. Wright, ''Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties'' (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright and Potter, 1889). {{Worldcat|5321644|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|43513|item|disp=FHL Film 865449 item 2; Fiche 6046869; Book 974.4 A3cr}}. Gives a brief description of the town records that existed in 1889 and which may still be available. | |||
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These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Massachusetts.
Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Massachusetts[edit | edit source]
Allen County Public Library · American Antiquarian Society · Berkshire Athenaeum · Boston Massachusetts Family History Center · Boston Public Library · Dedham Historical Society Library · Harvard University Houghton Library · Haverhill Public Library · Jones Library · Massachusetts Historical Society · Massachusetts State Archives · National Archives at Boston · New England Historic Genealogical Society · New York Public Library · Onondaga Historical Association Library · Peabody Essex Museum · Pittsfield Federal Records Center · Plymouth Public Library · Springfield History Library and Archives · State Library of Massachusetts · University of Massachusetts Amherst Library · Vermont Historical Society
Online Records of Massacusetts[edit | edit source]
 Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. National Repositories[edit | edit source]American Antiquarian Society[edit | edit source]American Antiquarian Society |
- The AAS is best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.[1]
National Archives at Boston[edit | edit source]
| National Archives at Boston 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452-6399 Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: waltham.archives@nara.gov Website: National Archives at Boston
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Pittsfield Federal Records Center[edit | edit source]
Pittsfield Federal Records Center
10 Conte Drive
Pittsfield, MA 01201-8230
Telephone: 413-236-3603
Fax: 413-236-3609
E-mail: frc@nara.gov
Website: Pittsfield Federal Records Center
- The Pittsfield Center has CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT federal government agency and court documents. Their large genealogy microfilm collection has been transferred to the Berkshire Athenaeum listed below.[3]
New England Historic Genealogical Society[edit | edit source]
New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007
Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231
Fax: 617-536-7307
E-mail: info@nehgs.org
Website: AmericanAncestors.org
- Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.[4]
Statewide Repositories[edit | edit source]
Massachusetts Historical Society Library[edit | edit source]
Massachusetts Historical Society Library
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215-3695
Telephone: 617-536-1608
Fax: 617-859-0074
E-mail: Contact Us
Website: Massachusetts Historical Society
- Excellent historical materials, original town records, newspapers and genealogies. This collection does not repeat the New England Historic Genealogical Society collection.[5]
Massachusetts State Archives[edit | edit source]
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: (617) 727–2816
E-mail: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Website: Massachusetts Archives Division
- Government records, censuses, military records, land records, naturalizations, divorces, probate, name changes, and adoptions. Only 18 of the 328 volumes of the excellent Massachusetts Archives Collection, aka Felt Collection, of 1629-1799 history are indexed online. The Archives' online searchable collections include:
- The Massachusetts Archives Collection Database (1629-1799) serves as a searchable, descriptive index and catalog for documents of eighteen volumes of the Massachusetts Archives Collection.
- Index to Passenger Manifests (1848-1891)
- Index to Vital Records (1841-1910)
State Library of Massachusetts[edit | edit source]
State Library of Massachusetts
State House, Room 341
24 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 727–2590
Fax: (617) 727–5819
Website: State Library of Massachusetts
- Published books, periodicals, state and town histories, government publications, city directories, maps, tax records, newspapers and indexes.[5]
Regional Repositories[edit | edit source]
Berkshire Athenaeum[edit | edit source]
Berkshire Athenaeum
1 Wendell Ave
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Telephone: 413-499-9480
Fax: 413-499-9489
E-mail: pittsref@cwmars.org
Website: Berkshire Athenaeum Pittsfield Public Library
- Best genealogical respository in western Massachusetts, including newspapers, books, and family histories. Now includes the former Pittsfield Federal Records Center's 71,000 microfilms of censuses, Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrants, service records 1784-1901, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, New England naturalizations, 1791-1966, passenger arrivals at Boston, New York, Philadelphia and east coast ports, Canadian border crossings, Indian enrollment cards, Russian Consular records, Barbour Collection for Connecticut, and Vermont vital records index.[3] [1] [6]
Boston Massachusetts Family History Center[edit | edit source]
Boston Massachusetts Family History Center
150 Brown Street
Weston, Massachusetts 02493-2604
Telephone: 781-235-2164
Website: Boston Massachusetts Family History Center
- The largest Family History Center in New England. Can order microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. They have published town and county histories of New England, social histories, vital records, family histories, and major indexes.[1]
Boston Public Library[edit | edit source]
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 536–5400
Fax: (617) 536–4306
E-mail: info@bpl.org
Website: Boston Public Library
- Their collection includes New England newspapers, city directores, town records, county and local histories, and genealogies.[5]
Dedham Historical Society Library[edit | edit source]
Dedham Historical Society Library
612 High Street
Dedham, MA 02027-0125
Telephone: 781-326-1385
E-mail: society@dedhamhistorical.org
Website: Dedham Historical Society
- Great collection of manuscripts including deeds, vital and town records from the 15 towns created from old Dedham (south of Boston).[5]
Harvard University Houghton Library[edit | edit source]
Harvard University Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: 617-495-2440
Website: Houghton Library
- Manuscripts and rare books from many nations, but especially New England, Britain and Europe, historical archives of publishing history, political and missionary archives, paintings and artifacts. Largest volume of primary historical documents.[5]
Haverhill Public Library[edit | edit source]
Haverhill Public Library
99 Main Street
Haverhill, MA 01830
Telephone: 978-373-1586
E-mail: hpl-ref@mvlc.org
Website: Haverhill Public Library Special Collections
- One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories.[1] [7]
Jones Library[edit | edit source]
Jones Library
43 Amity Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Telephone: 413-259-3090
Website: Jones Library
- The Boltwood Collection includes 20,000 documents, genealogies, family folders, genealogy periodicals, newspapers, and local histories with an emphasis on Amherst and the Pioneer Valley.[1] [8]
Peabody Essex Museum[edit | edit source]
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Peabody Essex Museum
Phillips Library
1 Second Street (temporarily)
Peabody, MA USA
Telephone: 978-745-9500, or 866-745-1876
For the Hearing Impaired: 978-740-3649
Website: Peabody Essex Museum
- Essex County books, manuscripts, and government records such as probate records, customs records, and maritime records. Can often help find trans-Atlantic ship logs, and ship images.
Plymouth Public Library[edit | edit source]
Plymouth Public Library
132 South Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
Telephone: 508-830-4250
E-mail: Contact Us
Website: Plymouth Public Library
- Almost all published histories and genealogies of early Massachusetts settlers are here.[1]
Springfield History Library and Archives[edit | edit source]
Springfield History Library and Archives (formerly Connecticut Valley Historical Museum Library)
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, Massachusetts 01103
Telephone: 800-625-7738
E-mail: wmshlibrary@springfieldmuseums.org
Website: Springfield History Library and Archives
- Can help identify Massachusetts emigrants headed west using vital records, land records, and probate records from many New England towns. They also have French Canadian records, the Loiselle Index, New York passenger arrivals, computer databases, over 20,000 genealogy books, 6,000 microforms, 50,000 photos and 2.5 million manuscripts including diaries, and account books.[1] [9]
University of Massachusetts Amherst Library[edit | edit source]
University of Massachusetts Amherst Library
154 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003
Telephone: 413-545-0284
E-mail: ref@library.umass.edu
Website: UMass Amherst Libraries, and their Online Guide to Genealogy
- Very large set of biographies, genealogies, and never-published histories, and church, business, fraternal, insurance, and manufacturing records. They also have the Massachusetts Archives Collection microfilms, Franklin, Hampshire, and Suffolk counties' probate records, especially Connecticut River Valley towns.[1]
- For additional information, see also Massachusetts Repositories.
Outside of Massachusetts Repositories[edit | edit source]
Allen County Public Library[edit | edit source]
900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Telephone: 260-421-1225
E-mail: genealogy@acpl.info
Website: Genealogy Center ACPL
- This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States[10] and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.[11] It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and Massachusetts collection.[12]
New York Public Library[edit | edit source]
New York Public Library
U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy
Irma and Paul Milstein Division
First Floor, Room 121
Schwarzman Main Branch
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
New York, New York 10018-2788
Telephone: 212-930-0828
E-mail: histref@nypl.org
Website: NYPL home page
- The Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; manuscripts, photos; New York censuses, directories, vital records, Revolutionary War soldiers, Irish in America, and Massachusetts records.[13]
Onondaga Historical Association Library[edit | edit source]
Onondaga Historical Association Library
321 Montgomery Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
Telephone:315-428-1864
Fax: 315-471-2133
E-mail: Contact Us
Website: Onondaga Historical Association Collections and Archives
- 10,000 family folders for northeastern families, including many from Massachusetts.[1]
Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library[edit | edit source]
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Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library
Leahy Library
Vermont History Center
60 Washington Street
Barre, Vermont 05641-4209
Telephone: 802-479-8509
Fax: 802-479-8510
Email: vhs-library@state.vt.us
Website: Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library
- Their collection includes a comprehensive name index of Massachusetts people, strong collection of family and town histories of New England, vital records, cemetery transcripts, genealogical periodicals, manuscripts, maps, and photos.[1][14]
For Further Reading[edit | edit source]
- Historical Records Survey (Massachusetts). Preliminary Edition of Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: Historical Records Survey, 1939). At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Book 974.4 A2hg. This work lists major manuscript collections and their locations.
- Carroll D. Wright, Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright and Potter, 1889). At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Film 865449 item 2; Fiche 6046869; Book 974.4 A3cr. Gives a brief description of the town records that existed in 1889 and which may still be available.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.
- ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 124. WorldCat 39493985. FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Genealogy Resources in Berkshire Athenaeum (accessed 14 November 2013).
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Dollarhide and Bremer, 57.
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 124-25.
- ↑ Genealogy Resources in Haverhill Public Library (accessed 14 November 2013).
- ↑ Collections and Finding Aids in Jones Library - Special Collections (accessed 14 November 2013).
- ↑ Springfield History Library and Archives in Springfield Museums (accessed 14 November 2013).
- ↑ Allen County Public Library in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 April 2010).
- ↑ Genealogy Center in Allen County Public Library (accessed 28 April 2010).
- ↑ Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.
- ↑ Genealogy Research at the Vermont Historical Society in Vermont Historical Society (accessed 14 November 2013).
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