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=== History === | === History === | ||
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Massachusetts. | Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Massachusetts. | ||
=== Resources for Massachusetts Directories === | === Resources for Massachusetts Directories === | ||
==== Libraries and Archives ==== | ==== Libraries and Archives ==== | ||
==== Directories Online ==== | |||
*[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) has 116 years of [http://www.fold3.com/title_15/city_directories_boston Boston City Directories] spanning 1789-1926 available online. | |||
*[http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com] ($) has 116 years of [http://www.fold3.com/title_15/city_directories_boston Boston City Directories] spanning 1789-1926 available online. | |||
*Ancestry.com ($) has Massachusetts directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection. | *Ancestry.com ($) has Massachusetts directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection. | ||
==== The Family History Library ==== | ==== The Family History Library ==== | ||
The Family History Library has copies of Boston, Massachusetts, city directories for: | The Family History Library has copies of Boston, Massachusetts, city directories for: | ||
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*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/ma.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | *[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/ma.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories. | ||
{{Massachusetts|Massachusetts}} {{U.S. Directories}} | {{Massachusetts|Massachusetts}} {{U.S. Directories}} | ||
[[Category:Massachusetts|Directories]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] | [[Category:Massachusetts|Directories]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 7 May 2012
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History[edit | edit source]
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Massachusetts.
Resources for Massachusetts Directories[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
Directories Online[edit | edit source]
- Fold3.com ($) has 116 years of Boston City Directories spanning 1789-1926 available online.
- Ancestry.com ($) has Massachusetts directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
The Family History Library[edit | edit source]
The Family History Library has copies of Boston, Massachusetts, city directories for:
| 1789-1860 | Family History Library fiches 6043615-73 |
| 1861-1935 | Family History Library films 1376557— |
| 1905, 1909, 1941, 1951 | Family History Library book Q 974.461 E4p; on four FHL films |
Directories of several other Massachusetts cities and towns are also at the Family History Library.
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- Many Massachusetts city directories
- Distant Cousin includes many free excellent searchable online directories.
- Ancestry.com has a large collection of Massachusetts city directories for many cities and years (from the New England Historic Genealogical Society)
- Massachusetts Genealogy City Directories
- US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
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