Massachusetts Directories
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Online Resources
- Massachusetts City Directories, ($), index/images
- Massachusetts City Directories, statewide and by county
- Distant Cousin City Directories
- Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700, index/images
- Massachusetts Online Historical Directories - listed by county
- Massachusetts Registers and Directories, State Library of Massachusetts, index
History
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Massachusetts.
Resources for Massachusetts Directories
Libraries and Archives
Directories Online
- Fold3.com ($) 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
The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Massachusetts including:
Boston
| 1789-1860 | FHL fiche 6043615-73 |
| 1861-1935 | FHL film 1376557(first of 84 films) |
| 1905, 1909, 1941, 1951 | FHL book Q 974.461 E4p |
To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
- MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
Websites
- 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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