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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]]'' [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Massachusetts'''<br>

This is a genealogical and historical guide to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its state-level records. You will find help with state vital records, histories, church archives, newspaper collections, genealogical libraries, understanding the court system, military records, and immigration and naturalization records.<br><br> {{MACountiesMap}}__TOC__  

== Massachusetts History ==

This region of New England was home to many Algonquian-speaking Indians. They had been visited by British and other European countries' fishermen for more than a century before the first permanent European settlement. Not long before this first settlement began, the native population was decimated by a European-borne disease, likely smallpox, that left many of their villages empty. The Separatist Pilgrims were the first to arrive in 1620 to establish [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth Colony]] at [[Plymouth Massachusetts genealogy|Plymouth]]. There were several early and later attempts for settlement up the coast into [[Maine, United States Genealogy|Maine]] (which would be part of Massachusetts until statehood in 1820). The second permanent settlement was by Puritans who arrived in 1629 to establish the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts Bay Colony]] at [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]].<br>

 

=== Historical Data ===

<center>'''Border changes''' </center>

=== Counties ===

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is divided into fourteen counties. It is there that most court and land records are found. Most of the other commonly used records will be at the town level. Use the guide below to link to the county you want:<br>

<center>[[Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Barnstable (1685)]] - [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Berkshire (1761)]] - [[Bristol County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Bristol (1685)]]<br>[[Dukes County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Dukes (1683/1695)]] - [[Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Essex (1643)]] - [[Franklin County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Franklin (1811)]]<br>[[Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Hampden (1812)]] - [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Hampshire (1662)]] - [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Middlesex (1643)]]<br>[[Nantucket County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Nantucket (1695)]] - [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Norfolk (1793)]] - [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Plymouth (1685)]]<br>[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Suffolk (1643)]] - [[Worcester County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Worcester (1731)]] </center>

<br> Massachusetts was created from two colonies in 1691. So records before that time would be part of:<br>

<center>[[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629)]] - [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth Colony (1620)]] </center>

 

*[[Norfolk (old) County, Massachusetts Genealogy|Old Norfolk]], 1643-1680, which was all that north of the Merrimack River and south of the Piscataqua River being then the settled part of what became the royal province of New Hampshire in 1680 (except for roughly two to three miles above the Merrimack River).<br>

Non-town names:<br>

 

*[http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm Secretary of the Commonwealth's Archaic Names List].<br>

 

This is a lengthy and detailed list of books and articles relating to general topics for Massachusetts. The focus was on books published before 1995, so newer books are welcome additions to this list. The bibliography is divided into several topical groups plus a general section.<br>

*''The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay ...'' (Boston, 1869-1922), 21v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57278541 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>Digital versions at:<br>Vol. 1 - Provincial charters, Acts, 1692-1714 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_d01mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 2 - Acts, 1715-1741 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_c02mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 3 - Acts, 1742-1756 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl03mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 4 - Acts, 1757-1768 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_e04mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 5 - Acts, 1769-1780 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl05mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 6 - Private Acts, 1692-1780 - [http://books.google.com/books?id=LAgKAAAAIAAJ Google Books]<br>Vol. 7 - Resolves, etc., 1692-1702 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_m07mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 8 - Resolves, etc., 1703-1707 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_08mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 9 - Resolves, etc., 1708-1720 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_i09mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 10 - Resolves, etc., 1720-1726 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_k10mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 11 - Resolves, etc., 1726-1734 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_a11mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 12 - Resolves, etc., 1734-1741 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_s12mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 13 - Resolves, etc., 1741-1746 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_q13mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 14 - Resolves, etc., 1747-1753 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_t14mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 15 - Resolves, etc., 1753-1756 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_r15mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 16 - Resolves, etc., 1757-1760 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl16mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 17 - Resolves, etc., 1761-1764 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_p17mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 18 - Resolves, etc., 1765-1774 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_f18mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 19 - Resolves, etc., 1775-1776 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl19mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 20 - Resolves, etc., 1777-1778 - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_g20mass Internet Archive]<br>Vol. 21 - Resolves, etc., 1779-1780, Establishment of towns, etc. - [http://archive.org/details/actsresolvespubl_h21mass Internet Archive]<br>  

*William Brigham, ''The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth: Together with the charter of the Council at Plymouth and an Appendix'' (Boston, 1836), x, 357 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3643855 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/compactwithchart00newp Internet Archive] or [http://www.google.com/books?id=wQILAQAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>  

*Samuel F. Haven, ed., ''Records of the Company, from 1628 to 1641, as contained in the first volume of the archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1850), cxxxviii, 107 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4581264 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcompany00mass Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W3BKAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>  

*John Noble and John F. Cronin, eds., ''Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692'' (Boston, 1901-1928), 3v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5312701 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|267953|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2rc or film 496679 Items 4-6}} (with digital links).<br>Digital versions at:<br>Vol. 1, 1673-1692, [http://archive.org/details/recordscourtass01crongoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=eq54AAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 2, pt. 1, 1630-1641, [http://archive.org/details/recordscourtass00crongoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=-L4SAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 2, pt. 2, 1641-1644, NO digital version found.<br>Vol. 3, 1642-1673, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcourtof03mass Internet Archive].<br>  

*Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., ''Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay New England'' (Boston, 1853-1854; rep. New York 1968), 5v. in 6.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3522063 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|213805|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 N2s also film and fiche}} (with digtal links) or {{FHL|1921367|item|disp=reprint digital links}}.<br>Digital versions at:<br>Vol. 1, 1628-1641, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno01mass Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 2, 1642-1649, [http://archive.org/details/recordsgovernor00courgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=ND8OAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 3, 1644-1657, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno03mass Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=u0IOAQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 4, pt. 1, 1650-1660, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno41mass Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 4, pt. 2, 1661-1674, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno42mass Internet Archive].<br>Vol. 5, 1674-1686, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno05mass Internet Archive].<br>  

*Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, eds., ''Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England'' (Boston, 1855-1861), 12v. in 10.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2535001 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|344454|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 N2n or film 896852-896856}} (with digital links).<br>Digital versions at:<br>Vol. 1, Court Orders, v. I, 1633-1640, and Vol. 2, Court Orders, v. II, 1641-1651, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo0102newp Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=2cQwAQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 3, Court Orders, v. III, 1651-1661, and Vol. 4, Court Orders, v. IV, 1661-1668, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo0304newp Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=Z8kwAQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 5, Court Orders, v. V, 1668-1678, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo05newp Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=-Zk0AQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 6, Court Orders, v. VI, 1678-1691, [http://archive.org/details/cu31924070695105 Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=-EEOAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 7, Judicial Acts, 1636-1692, [http://archive.org/details/cu31924070695097 Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=NJo0AQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 8, Miscellaneous Records [''includes vital records''], 1633-1689, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo08newp Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=HsESAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 9, Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, v. I, [http://archive.org/details/cu31924083937122 Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZsESAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 10, Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, v. II, [http://archive.org/details/cu31924070695089 Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=ockwAQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 11, Laws, [http://archive.org/details/cu31924070695196 Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=rkEOAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>Vol. 12, Deeds &amp;c. [''i.e. Plymouth Colony Deeds, v. I''] and Book of Indian Records for Their Lands, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo12newp Internet Archives] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=g585AQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>

*Richard Le Baron Bowen, ''Massachusetts Records; a handbook for genealogists, historians, lawyers, and other researchers'' (Rehoboth, Mass., 1957), 66 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1284121 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Jeremiah Colburn, ''Bibliography of the Local History of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1871), 119 pp.<br>This is a reprint from the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' from 1867 to 1871.<br>Digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=NDITAAAAYAAJ Google Books] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17936 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4061194 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|819894|item|disp=FHL fiche 6078735}}.<br>  

*Martin Kaufman, John W. Ifkovic, and Joseph Carvalho III, eds., ''A Guide to the History of Massachusetts'' (New York, 1988), xii, 313 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15792223 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|467857|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H23g}}.<br>  

*Charles Allcott Flagg, ''A Guide to Massachusetts Local History'' (Salem, Mass., 1907), ix, 256 pp.<br>No digital version available.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1719990 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|51074|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 A3f or film 1321013 Item 6}}.<br>  

*John D. Haskell Jr., ed., ''Massachusetts: A Bibliography of its History'' (Boston, 1976), xxx, 583 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/massachusettsbib00comm Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1735501 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|348862|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H23m}}; Note: This was reprinted in 1983 and FHL has both copies.<br>  

*John Hayward, ''A Gazetteer of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1846; rev. ed., 1849), 452 pp. <br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/gazetteerofmassa1849hayw Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=1frAe8t7eT4C Google Books] (1846 ed.), and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21903 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65308097 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|377321|item|disp=FHL film 1730151}} (1846 ed.).<br>  

*Historical Records Survey - Massachusetts, ''Inventory of City and Town Archives of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1939-1942), 22v.<br>Many digital versions - search on internet for specific title or find the listing under the town page.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5133862 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=75&query=%2Btitle%3AInventory%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3ACity%20%2Btitle%3Aand%20%2Btitle%3ATown%20%2Btitle%3AArchives%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3AMassachusetts FHL has 19 of 22 volumes cataloged individually].<br>  

*Charles Henry Pope, ''The Pioneers of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1900), 549 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1013419 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1965 ed. only); {{FHL|427630|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 D2p}} (several editions and formats separately cataloged).<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/pioneersofmassac00pope Internet Archive] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48213 Ancestry] ($).<br>''Supplement to the Pioneers of Massachusetts'' ([Boston, 1901]), xv pp.<br>No digital version available.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4304913 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William Henry Whitmore, ''The Massachusetts Civil List for the Colonial and Provincial Periods, 1630-1774, being a list of the names and dates of appointment of all the civil officers constituted by authority of the charters, or the local government'' (Albany, N.Y., 1870), 172 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/massachusettsciv00whit Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=_8ASAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17571563 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (many other editions); {{FHL|160653|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 N2w}} (1969 ed., also digital version cataloged separately).<br>  

*Carroll D. Wright, ''Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties'' (Boston, 1889), Courts, 379 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/reportoncustodyc00mass Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=IyYWAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5321644 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|43513|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 A3cr, fiche 6046869, or film 176644}}.<br>

*Brooks Adams, ''The Emancipation of Massachusetts: the dream and the reality'' (S.l., 1887; rev. and enl. ed., Boston, 1919), vi, 534 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/emancipationofma00ada Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=rmEqAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1015603 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1887 ed.); Not at FHL.<br>  

*Charles Francis Adams, ''Three Episodes in Massachusetts History: the settlement of Boston Bay; the Antinomian controversy; a study of church and town government'' (Boston, 1892), 2v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/threeepisodesofm01adam v. 1] and [http://archive.org/details/threeepisodesofm02adam v. 2]) and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=xLhytTU1TFMC v. 1] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=HB8Sezh-6msC v. 2])<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1066269 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1892 ed.); Not at FHL.<br>  

*Charles Francis Adams, "Genesis of the Massachusetts Town and the Origin of the Town-Meeting Government" in ''Proceedings of Massachusetts Historical Society'', 2nd Ser., 7 [1891-1892]: 172-263, 441-449.<br>Digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=_qMGAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3 Google Books] and [http://www.jstor.org/stable/25079730 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1695300 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/123788 974.4 C4p].<br>  

*Charles Francis Adams, ed., ''Antinomianism in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1636-1638'' (Boston, 1894), 415 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/antinomianismin01adamgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=QMUGAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608549091 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Walter Spooner Allen, ''Street Railways; development of street railways in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts'' ([New Bedford, Mass., 1899?]), 26 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068143257 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16952759 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*''The Andros Tracts: being a collection of pamphlets and official papers issued during the period between the overthrow of the Andros government and the establishment of the second charter of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1868-1874), 3v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/androstractsbein05whit v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/androstractsbein06whit v. 2], and [http://archive.org/details/androstractsbein03whitiala v. 3]) and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=-loyAQAAMAAJ v. 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=T2YFAAAAQAAJ v. 2], and [http://books.google.com/books?id=n8MSAAAAYAAJ v. 3]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1842576 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Lowell Austin, ''The History of Massachusetts, from the landing of the Pilgrims to the present time'' (Boston, 1884), xx, 598 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historyofmassach00au Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=XoEUAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3534448 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Foy Spencer Baldwin, "Early Evolution of the Public School in Massachusetts" in ''New England Magazine'', New Ser., 34 [1906]: 424-431.<br>No digital version available<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7568653 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*James M. Banner Jr., ''To the Hartford Convention: the Federalists and the Origins of Party Politics in Massachusetts, 1789-1815'' (New York, 1970), xiii, 378 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51521 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Charles Edward Banks, ''The Winthrop Fleet of 1630: an account of the vessels, the voyage, the passengers and their English homes, from original authorities'' (Boston, 1930; rep. many times), ix, 118 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48245 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/452183 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Btitle%3AThe%20%2Btitle%3AWinthrop%20%2Btitle%3AFleet%20%2Btitle%3Aof%20%2Btitle%3A1630 FHL book 974.4 W2b].<br>  

*John Warner Barber, ''Historical Collections, being a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes &amp;c., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts, with geographical descriptions'' (Worcester, Mass., 1839), viii, 624 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/historicalcolle00barbuoft Internet Archive] (1844 ed.) and [http://books.google.com/books?id=wXtKAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1336908 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (plus other editions); [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/119726 FHL book 974.4 H2b] (more editions available).<br>  

*John Stetson Barry, ''The History of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 4th ed., 1856-1857), 3v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archives ([http://archive.org/details/historymassachus01barr v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/historymassachus02barr v. 2], and [http://archive.org/details/historymassachus03barr v. 3]) and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=0sISAAAAYAAJ v. 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=JlkMAAAAYAAJ v. 2], and [http://books.google.com/books?id=YYEUAAAAYAAJ v. 3]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/636168 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|125115|item|disp=FHL film 1000062 Item 2-4}}.<br>  

*Emery John Battis, ''Saints and Secretaries: Anne Hutchinson and the Antinomian Controversy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1962), xv, 379 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/466564 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Pierre Belliveau, ''French Neutrals in Massachusetts; the story of Acadians rounded up by soldiers from Massachusetts and their captivity in the Bay Province, 1755-1766'' (Boston, 1972), xiv, 259 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2736058 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Richard Le Baron Bowen, "The 1690 Tax Revolt of Plymouth Colony Towns" in the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 112 [1958]: 4-14.<br>Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/RecordDisplay/?volumeId=11655&pageName=4&rId=235961321 AmericanAncestors] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|127567|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2ne v. 112}}.<br>  

*George Ernest Bowman, ''The Mayflower Compact and its Signers, with facsimiles and a list of the Mayflower Passengers, 1620-1920'' (Boston, 1920), 19 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/mayflowercompact00bow Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1266851 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Ernest Bowman, "The Bowman Files," research into the Mayflower descendants for five or more generations.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/xxx WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|248225|item|disp=FHL fiche 6331448-6331471 (232 fiche)}}.<br>Derivative works from this collection:<br>  

**Susan E. Roser, ''Mayflower Marriages from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'' (Baltimore, 1990), xi, 415 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48109 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21902512 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|574032|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 V2r}}.<br>  

**Susan E. Roser, ''Mayflower Births &amp; Deaths from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'' (Baltimore, 1992), 2v.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3718 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25622435 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|529630|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 V2ra}}.<br>  

**Susan E. Roser, ''Mayflower Deeds &amp; Probates from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'' (Baltimore, 1994), xvii, 659 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3223 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31219647 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|706795|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 R2r}}.<br>  

**Susan E. Roser, ''Mayflower Increasings'' (Baltimore, 1989, 2nd ed., 1995), xvi, 158 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48108 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32969849 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|747047|item|disp=FHL book 974.482 D2r}}.<br>

*Alden Bradford, ''History of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1822-1829), 3v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/historymassachu04bradgoog v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/historymassachu00bradgoog v. 2], and [http://archive.org/details/historyofmassach03brad v. 3]), Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=ng2MBREtYT8C v. 2]), [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001261866 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11165825 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Alden Bradford, ''History of Massachusetts, for two hundred years: from the year 1620 to 1820'' (Boston, 1835), xii, 480 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60723980 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/379111 FHL film 1463287].<br>  

*William Bradford, ''History of Plymouth Plantation'' (Boston, 1856), xix, 476 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historyplymouth00bradgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=tYecOAN1cwwC Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45416485 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>William Bradford, ''Bradford's History "of Plimouth Plantation" from the original manuscript'' (Boston, 1898), lxxvii, 555 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/bradfordshistory00br Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=JelLE7YUfvgC Google Books] (both 1899 printing).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/611763 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/459159 FHL book 974.482/P3 H2b] (plus digital link).<br>William T. Davis, ed., ''Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, 1606-1646'' (New York, 1908), xv, 437 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/bradfordshistor02bradgoog Internet Archive] and [http://www.google.com/books?id=Sd9BAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2107045 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/112412 FHL book 974.4 H2bw] (1964 ed.).<br>Worthington C. Ford, ed., ''History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647'' (Boston, 1912), 2v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/historyplymouth01socigoog v. 1] only) and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=TeQpAAAAYAAJ v. 1] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=N6hVgkcv3dIC v. 2]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/730961668 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>Samuel Eliot Morison, ed., ''Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647'' (New York, 1952), xlii, 448, xiv pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/717693 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/232526 FHL book 974.482 H2br].<br>Caleb H. Johnson, ed., ''Of Plymouth Plantation: Along with the full text of the Pilgrims' journals for their first year at Plymouth'' ([Philadelphia], 2006), 622 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71330766 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*William Bradford and Edward Winslow, Henry Martyn Dexter, ed., ''Mourt's Relation or Journal of the Plantation of Plymouth'' (London, 1622; many editions), xlvii, 176 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/mourtsrelationo00bradgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=mQB1lN0cIpUC Google Books] (both 1865 ed.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11473424 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1865 ed.); {{FHL|584288|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2m 1985}}.<br>  

*William Brandt, "The Massachusetts Slave Trade" in ''New England Magazine'', New Ser., 21 [1899-1900]: 83-96.<br>No digital version available.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7568653 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Timothy Hall Breen and Stephen C. Foster, "Moving to the New World: The Character of Early Massachusetts Immigration" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 30 [1973]: 189-222.<br> Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1925148 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1216107|item|disp=FHL book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. 30 1973}}.<br>  

*B. Katherine Brown, "Freemanship in Puritan Massachusetts" in ''American Historical Review'', 59 [1953-1954]: 865-883.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1845121 Jstor] (free online).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35776522 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*David Bushnell, "The Treatment of the Indians in Plymouth Colony" in ''New England Quarterly'', 26 [1953]: 193-218 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/362450 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Harry Alonzo Cushing, ''History of the Transition from provincial to Commonwealth Government in Massachusetts'' (New York, 1896), vi, 281 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historyoftransit00cush Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=DntDAQAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60713130 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*Daughters of the American Revolution, Massachusetts, Genealogical Records Collection, {{FHL|591610|item|disp=FHL film 859313 (first of 39)}}, filmed complete in 1971, but series has continued. This important collection includes transcripts of many Bible, cemetery, church, obituary, and other records of individuals born about 1700–1900. This collection is being indexed nationally by the headquarters. To search the [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=6 DAR Genealogical Research System] for the GRC content, click on Massachusetts and conduct your search. For more information on this index, see the [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_grc/?action=overview overview] of the national index and/or the [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_grc/?action=booklist&st=MA list of volumes included].<br>

*John Demos, ''A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony'' (New York, 1970), xvi, 201 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (several other editions); Not at FHL.<br>

*Charles Henry James Douglas, ''The Financial History of Massachusetts, from the organization of the Massachusetts Bay Company to the American Revolution'' (New York, 1892; 2nd ed., 1897), 148 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/n4financialhisto01doug Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=cDdEAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (both 1892 ed.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29083612 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Edward Ellis, ''The Puritan Age and Rule in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1629-1685'' (Boston, 1888; 3rd ed., 1891), xix, 576 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/puritanagerulein00elliuoft Internet Archive] (1888 ed.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7126791 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Barrell Emerson, ''Education in Massachusetts: Early legislation and history ...'' (Boston, 1869), 36 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/educationinmassa00emer Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=mJQWAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317694494 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Joel N. Eno, "The Expansion of New England as begun in Plymouth" [''i.e. Plymouth Colony''] in ''Americana'', 23 [1929]: 403-410.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480991 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1219500|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2a v. 23 or film 1697459 Item 5}}.<br>  

*Allan W. Forbes, "Apprenticeship in Massachusetts, its early importance and later neglect" in ''Worcester Historical Society Publications'', New Ser., 2 [1936-1943]: 5-25.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1812569 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George E. Gay, comp., ''Origin and Organization of the Normal Schools in Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1900), 130 pp.<br>No digital version available.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31548377 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William Prescott Greenlaw, ''The Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society'' (Boston, 1979), 2v.<br>This is an index to many local histories and genealogies published between 1900 and about 1940.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5765667 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|159544|item|disp=FHL book 974 D22g}}.<br>  

*David D. Hall, ed., ''The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: a documentary history'' (Middletown, Conn., 1968; Durham, N.C., 2nd ed., 1990), xxi, 453 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/645332213 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Frederick F. Harling, "The Indians of Eastern Massachusetts 1620-1645" in ''Historical Journal of Western Massachusetts'', 1 [1972]: 28-36.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2419230 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Lee Haskins, "The Beginning of the Recording System in Massachusetts" [''i.e. deeds, mortgages, etc.''] in ''Boston University Law Review'', 21 [1941]: 281-304.<br>Digital version at [http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/bulr21&div=17&id=&page= HeinOnline] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49374769 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*"History of Free Schools in Plymouth Colony" in ''Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society'', 2nd Ser., 10 [1816]: 79-85.<br>NO digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756821 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William Hubbard, ''A General History of New England from the Discovery to MDCLXXX'' [''i.e. 1680''] (Boston, 1815; 2nd ed., 1848), vi, v, xvii, 768 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00hubb Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=U3KZW2hOE_4C Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11558693 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (also many modern editions); {{FHL|557703|item|disp=FHL book 974 H2hg 1972 or film 1320665 Item 2}}.<br>  

*Joseph Hunter, ''Collections Concerning the Church or Congregation of Protestant Separatists formed at Scrooby in North Nottinghamshire, in the time of King James I: the Founders of New-Plymouth, the parent-colony of New-England'' (London, 1854), xiv, 205 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/collectionsconce00huntuoft Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=cCwzAQAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4380134 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Edward Alfred Jones, ''The Loyalists of Massachusetts, their Memorials, Petitions and Claims'' (London, 1930), xxiv, 341 pp.<br>Digital version for searches only at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000364847 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1707463 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George D. Langdon Jr., "Bibliographic Essay [on published and manuscript sources for the study of Plymouth Colony in the seventeenth century]" in ''Occasional Papers in Old Colony Studies'', 1 [1969]: 41-50.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3698609 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Douglas Edward Leach, "The Military System of Plymouth Colony" in ''New England Quarterly'', 24 [1951]: 342-364.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/361908 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Theodore Burnham Lewis Jr., "Massachusetts and the Glorious Revolution, 1660-1692," Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1967, ix 455 pp.<br>Digital version for limited searches only at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005891923 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2758839 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*''List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts: 1780-1892'' (Boston, 1893), 522 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/listpersonswhos01courgoog Internet Archive] (1885 ed.) and [http://books.google.com/books?id=pL0ZAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4985756 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|165740|item|disp=FHL film 496747 Item 5}} (with digital copy - other editions available).<br>  

*George Henry Martin, ''The Evolution of the Massachusetts Public School System; a historical sketch'' (New York, 1894), xx, 284 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/evolutionofmassa00martuoft Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3641320 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*David Edward Mass, ''The Return of the Massachusetts Loyalists''(New York, 1989), 592 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1628468 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Ruth A. McIntyre, ''Debts, Hopeful and Desperate: Financing the Plymouth Colony'' (Plymouth, Mass., 1963), 86 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/950521 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Stewart Mitchell, ed., "The Founding of Massachusetts: a selection from the sources of the history of the settlement, 1628-1631" (Boston, 1930), 211 pp.<br>Reprint from the ''Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society'', v. 62 [1929].<br>Digital version limited to search at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009890881 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3859209 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1264043|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 C4p v. 62}}.<br>  

*Robert Earle Moody and Richard Clive Simmons, eds., ''The Glorious Revolution in Massachusetts: Selected Documents, 1689-1692'' being ''Colonial Society of Massachusetts Publications'', vol. 64 (Boston, 1988), xxviii, 647 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18378297 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Samuel Eliot Morison, ''Builders of the Bay Colony'' (Boston, 1930; rev. and enl., 1964), vi, 405 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1017785 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|120263|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 D3ms}}.<br>  

*Samuel Eliot Morison, ''The Story of the 'Old Colony' of New Plymouth, 1620-1692'' (New York, 1956), 296 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236548 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Nathaniel Morton, ''New England's Memorial'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1669; Boston, 6th ed., 1855), xxii, 515 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/newenglandsmemor00morton Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=hs_28mtwTroC Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1836887 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|347724|item|disp=FHL film 1421589 Item 3}} (1826 ed.).<br>  

*Thomas Morton, ''The New English Canaan of Thomas Morton'' (Amsterdam, 1637; Boston, Prince Soc. ed., 1883), vi 381 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/newenglishcanaan00mort Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W1-m0r-Nsi4C Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7061361 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1637 ed. - click for all 27 editions); Not at FHL.<br>  

*Daniel Plooij, ''The Pilgrim Fathers from a Dutch Point of View'' (New York, 1932), xi, 154 pp.<br>Digital version for searching only at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001873712 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2497242 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|267321|item|disp=FHL book 974 D3p}}.<br>  

*William Frederic Poole, "The Witchcraft Delusion of 1692 by Gov. Thomas Hutchinson" in the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 24 [1870]: 381-414.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto28unkngoog#page/n406/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [https://www.americanancestors.org/browse/publications/the-register AmericanAncestors] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|127567|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2ne v. 24 or film 962857 Item 1}}.<br>  

*Edwin Powers, ''Crime and Punishment in Early Massachusetts, 1620-1692'' (Boston, 1966), xii, 647 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/413349 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Bettye Hobbs Pruitt, ed., ''The Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of 1771'' (Boston, 1978; rep. Camden, Me., 1998), 924 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4907655 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] / [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38736296 reprint]; {{FHL|322384|item|disp=FHL book Q974.4 R4m}} / {{FHL|817238|item|disp=reprint}}.<br>  

*George A. Rawlyk, ''Nova Scotia's Massachusetts: a study of Massachusetts-Nova Scotia relations 1630 to 1784'' (Montreal, 1973), xviii, 298 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/858368 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Fremont Rider, ed., ''American Genealogical-Biographical Index'' (Middletown, Conn., 1952-2000), 206v.+<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3599 Ancestry] ($)<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27441669 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|193375|item|disp=FHL book 973 D22am}}.<br>Fremont Rider, ed., 'Key Title Index to the American Genealogical-Biographical Index''(Middletown, Conn., 199?), 36 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42661754 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|655803|item|disp=FHL book 973 D22am index}} (different version).<br>''  

*Maurice Robbins, "Indians of the Old Colony: their relation with and their contributions to the settlement of the area" in ''Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society'', 17 [1955-1956]: 59-74.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756815 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Frances James Rose-Troup, ''The Massachusetts Bay Company and its Predecessors'' (New York, 1930), xi, 176 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1954742 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|185719|item|disp=FHL film 1321018 Item 3}}.<br>  

*Aldophus Egerton Ryerson, ''The Loyalists of America and Their Times: from 1620 to 1816'' (Toronto, 2nd ed., 1880; rep. New York, 1970), 2v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/loyalistsofameri01ryeruoft v. 1] and [http://archive.org/details/loyalistamerica02ryeruoft v. 2]) and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=b9ZBAAAAIAAJ v. 1] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=QjxMUCwpKyoC v. 2]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/105303 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (rep.); {{FHL|19077|item|disp=FHL book 973 F2Lr or film 928088 Items 1-2}} (see other editions).<br>  

*Edwin G. Sanford, ''The Pilgrim Fathers and Plymouth Colony: a bibliographical survey of books and articles published published during the past fifty years'' (Boston, 1970), 29 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3242415 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|671573|item|disp=FHL book 974.482/P3 H23s}}.<br>  

*John Fairfield Sly, ''Town Government in Massachusetts, 1620-1930'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1930; rep. Hamden, Conn., 1967), viii, 244 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261488 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (rep.); {{FHL|326852|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 N2sL}}.<br>  

*Daniel Scott Smith, "Continuity and Discontinuity in Puritan Naming: Massachusetts, 1771" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 51 [1994]: 67-91.<br>Naming practices.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2947005 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (see other listings); {{FHL|435110|item|disp=FHL book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. 51}}.<br>  

*James Henry Stark, ''The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the other side of the American Revolution'' (Boston, 1910), vii, 509 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=_lR2AAAAMAAJ Google Books], and the [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39316/39316-h/39316-h.htm Gutenberg Project].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1655711 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1888123|item|disp=FHL digital version}} (see other editions).<br>

*Robert C. Twombly and Richard H. Moore, "Black Puritan: the Negro in Seventeenth-century Massachusetts" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 24 [1967]: 224-242.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920837 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (see other listings); {{FHL|435110|item|disp=FHL book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. 24}}.<br>  

*Lyman Horace Weeks and Edwin M. Bacon, eds., ''An Historical Digest of the Provincial Press; being a collation of all items of personal and historic reference relating to American affairs ... Massachusetts series, volume one'' [''no more published''] (Boston, 1911), xiii, 564 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://ebooks.library.ualberta.ca/local/historicaldigest00weekuoft University of Alberta].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2431645 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|605131|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2wL}}.<br>  

*Richard Mark Weisman, ''Witchcraft, Magic and Religion in 17th-Century Massachusetts'' (Amherst, Mass., 1984), xiv, 267 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9828438 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Findlay Willison, ''Saints and Strangers, being the lives of the Pilgrim Fathers &amp; their families, with their friends &amp; foes ...'' (New York, 1945), ix, 513 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/964335 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|144374|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2w}} (with digital link).<br>  

*George Findlay Willison, ed., ''The Pilgrim Reader; the story of the Pilgrims as told by themselves &amp; their contemporaries, friendly &amp; unfriendly'' (Garden City, N.Y., 1953), xvii, 585 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1386184 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William Wood, ''Wood's New England's Prospect'' (London, 1634; many editions), xxxi, 131 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/woodsnewengland00woodgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZWoFAAAAQAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3665899 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|75662|item|disp=FHL book 974 B4ds v. 5}} (1980 update).<br>  

*Carter G. Woodson, "The Relations of Negroes and Indians in Massachusetts" in ''Journal of Negro History'', 5 [1920]: 45-7.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2713501 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1782257 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Carroll D. Wright, ed., ''History of Wages and Prices in Massachusetts: 1752-1883'' (Boston, 1885), 313, 57 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924000539753 Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12491927 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (see other entries); Not at FHL.<br>  

*Alexander Young, ''Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, 1602-1625'' (Boston, 1841; 27 editions), xvi, 504 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/chroniclesofpilg00youn Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=-d610vUcjL0C Google Books], and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48089 Ancestry] ($) (rep. of 2nd ed., 1844).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1969495 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|110229|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2y or film 1697445 Item 2}} (2nd ed., 1844).<br>  

*Alexander Young, ''Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1623 to 1636'' (Boston, 1846), viii, 571 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/chroniclesoffirs00youn Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=IcASAAAAYAAJ Google Books], and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27031 Ancestry] ($) or [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48126 Ancestry] ($) (rep.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/950510 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|144722|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2ya or film 896651 Item 1}} (with digital link).<br>

The original record still is found with the clerk of the town or city. All these records back to the earliest settlement of a town can always be viewed at the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleclk/clkidx.htm town or city clerk’s office]. Most all town and city vital records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library and microfiched by the Holbrook Research Institute of Oxford, Mass. [now Archive Publishing of Provo, Utah]. This tends to be the most complete record of the event. Since 1841, there should be a second copy with the state and sometimes has abbreviated information from the original. This second copy is the most widely available source for researchers. It has been preserved by the same two vendors listed above and can be found on online in a variety of places and forms as listed below.<br>  

Before 1900, a few towns started publishing their own vital records in book form. The records were usually re-arranged into alphabetical order but separated by births, marriages, and deaths. Church and private records were added to get a more complete record and were clearly noted. The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants published a few of these volumes along with the Systematic History Fund (a state fund); Essex Institute in Salem; Topsfield Historical Society, and others. The greatest number were published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, in part from their Eddy Town-Record Fund. About two-thirds of the state (roughly 236 towns) has been published from the original town records and a few still are being released today. To learn more about this state publication project, see the article on [http://books.google.com/books?id=UssUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA52 The Publication of Vital Records of Massachusetts Towns] written in 1919. Check the [https://www.massmayflower.org/index.php/research-resources-education/new-england-resources/massachusetts/ma-town-pre-1850-vitals Mass. Town Pre-1850 Published Vital Records Guide] for a listing of the towns published up to 2011. There are links to some online versions below. A search in Google will reveal many town / region specific sites that have reproduced the volumes online or pdf versions available for downloading.<br>  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7853 Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850]<br>[extracted from FHL films of original records, not complete, but extensive]  

*The [http://ma-vitalrecords.org Early Vital Records of Massachusetts] website transcribes each page and links it to an image of original of the original page. As of May 2013, Plymouth County was only partially done and Suffolk County had not been started. The rest of the towns across the state were there. Click on the Town tab to get a list of towns by county.<br>

*Frederic William Bailey, comp., ''Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800'' (New Haven, Conn., 1897-1914, in 7v.; rep. Baltimore, 1968+).<br>Digital version for Vol. 1 (Worcester Co.) only at [http://archive.org/details/earlymassachuse00unkngoog Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=VKUihfQuBiEC Google Books].<br>Berkshire Genealogist Indexing Committee, ''Master Index to Early Massachusetts Marriages'' (Pittsfield, Mass., 1996), 131 leaves, is a single, full-name index to the series of seven volumes.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36136812 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

[https://familysearch.org/ '''Family History Library''']<br>35 North West Temple Street<br>Salt Lake City UT 84150<br>Phone 866-406-1830  

 

 

*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1536925 Births, 1841-1915]<br>

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

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

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

[http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/vital-records.html '''Registry of Vital Records and Statistics''']<br>150 Mount Vernon St., 1st Floor<br>Dorchester MA 02125<br>Phone 617-740-2600<br>Email [mailto:vital.recordsrequest@state.ma.us vital.recordsrequest@state.ma.us]<br>They have limited research hours  

This office only makes certified copies of vital records. There are several ways to [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/consumer/basic-needs/vitals/obtaining-certified-copies-of-vital-records.html purchases copies] both online and in person. This office also has the amended birth records after v. 69 (1920) and a statewide index to divorces from 1952 to the present (though the record itself will be with the probate court). There is a computerized index for the most recent records and five-year block indexes for births, marriages, and deaths onsite.  

Every five years, another block of five years is transferred to the State Archives and at the same time is made available through the Family History Library. These records are open to the public, with some restrictions on certain birth and marriage records. The original town copies are always open to the public.<br>  

Like most all states, Massachusetts seals the records of adoption that include the original birth certificate with the biological parents. These records stay sealed unless opened by court order. Who can see this sealed information is limited by [http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/state/index.cfm?event=stateStatutes.showSearchForm law]. There is no way a person can know they are adopted without being told by someone. There are several registries online set up to assist adoptees and biological parents help find each other. To order your [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/laws-regs/dph/regs-u-z/public-health-regulations-vital-records.html pre-adoption birth certificate], download the [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/vital-records/pre-adoption-memo.pdf instructions] and [http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/vital-records/pre-adoption-app-form.pdf form].<br><br>To learn more about the history of adoption in Massachusetts, see Joseph Ben-Or, "The Law of Adoption in the United States: Its Massachusetts Origins and the Statute of 1851" in ''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 130 [1976]: 259-269, and online at [https://www.americanancestors.org/browse/publications/the-register American Ancestors] ($).<br>  

*John Ballard Blake, "The Early History of Vital Statistics in Massachusetts" in ''Bulletin of the History of Medicine'', 29 [1955]: 46-68.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33891126 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Charles Cowley, "Judicial Falsifications of History" in the ''New England Magazine and Bay State Montly'', May 1886.<br>Digital version at [http://www.newenglandmagazine.com/the-new-england-magazine/volume-1-no-5-march-1886/judicial-falsifications-of-history/ New England Magazine].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9960792 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*David Cressy, "The Seasonality of Marriage in Old and New England" in ''Journal of Interdisciplinary History'', 16 [1985]: 1-21.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/204319 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1799976 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Historical Records Survey - Massachusetts, ''Guide to the Public Vital Records in Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1942), 342 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9375198 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1709250|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 A3hr}} (Los Angeles and Logan only).<br>  

*Robert Rene Kuczynski, "The Registration Laws in the Colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth" in ''American Statistical Association Publications'', 7 [1900-1901]: 65-73.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2276444 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480864 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Chester F. Sanger, "The Divorce Legislation of Massachusetts" in ''Bay State Monthly'', 3 [1885]: 27-32.<br>Digital version as a text file at [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17721/17721-8.txt Gutenberg], search text for title.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9960776 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*Edmund Hatch Bennett, Russell Gray, and Henry W. Swift, ''Massachusetts Digest of the reported decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ... September, 1804 - December, 1879'' (Boston, 1906), 8v.<br>No digital version online.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58739861 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Daniel R. Coquillette, "Law in Colonial Massachusetts, 1630-1800" as ''Colonial Society of Massachusetts Publications'', vol. 62 (Boston, 1984), lxviii, 608 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11689604 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|268532|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P3L}}.<br>  

*John D. Cushing, comp., ''A Bibliography of the Laws and Resolves of the Massachusetts Bay, 1642-1780'' (Wilmington, Del., 1984), xxiv, 372 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10829144 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Catherine S. Menand, ''A Research Guide to the Massachusetts Courts and Their Records'' (Boston, 1987), 135 pp., 1 microfiche.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18835405 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|580185|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2m}}.  

*Michael S. Hindus, ''et al''., ''The Records of the Massachusetts Superior Court and Its Predecessors: An Inventory and Guide'' (Boston, 1977), 93 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5650520 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.  

*William Jeffrey, ''Early New England Court Records: A Bibliography of Published Materials'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1954), 27 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2086374 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|103857|item|disp=FHL film 234519}}.  

*Mary Ann Neary, ''et al''., ''Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts'' (Boston, rev. ed., 2002), 1v. (loose-leaf).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744462697 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.  

*Diane Rapaport, ''New England Court Records: A Research Guide for Genealogists and Historians'' (Burlington, Mass., 2006), xv, 470 pp..<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64588953 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1316270|item|disp=FHL book 974 P27r}}.<br>

*''Catalogue of the Records and Files of the Office of the Clerk, Supreme Judicial Court of the County of Suffolk'' (Boston, 1890; rev. ed., 1897), 181 pp.<br>Relates to the entire state; gives dates and places where court was held 1692-1797.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/cataloguerecord00courgoog Internet Archives], [http://books.google.com/books?id=UXoqEXfWyt4C Google Books], and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17953 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20401950 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|228647|item|disp=FHL book 974.46 A3c or film 908077 Item 2}} or {{FHL|820308|item|disp=FHL fiche 6078747}}.<br>  

*David T. Konig, ed., ''Plymouth Court Records, 1686-1859'' (Wilmington, Del., 1978-1981), in 16v. and computer file (Boston, 2002).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15549735 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] or [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53914071 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] [computer file]; {{FHL|47392|item|disp=FHL book 974.482 P2p v. #}} with computer link.  

*Charles T. Libby, Robert E. Moody, and Neal W. Allen Jr., ''Province and Court Records of Maine'' (Portland, Me., 1928-1975), in 6v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1424267 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|286437|item|disp=FHL book 974.1 P2p v. #; film 982043, or fiche 6046855}}.  

*''List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts, 1780-1892'' (Boston, 1893; rep. Baltimore, 1972).<br>Digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=pL0ZAAAAYAAJ Google Books] and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26492 Ancestry] ($).<br>Original: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4985756 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|165740|item|disp=FHL film 496747 Item 5}} with digital link. Reprint: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/235696 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|159203|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 D4L 1893}}.  

*Nathan Murphy, "Early Files of the County Courts of Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Historical Society Publications'', 57 [1923-1924]: 20-28.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9526253 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1264037|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 C4p v. 57}}.<br>  

*John Noble, “The Early Court Files of Suffolk County” in the ''Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', 3 [1900]: 317-326.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/publications03colouoft#page/316/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=HIQsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA317 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489901478 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|481450|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 B4cs v. # or film 844519 Item 1}}.  

*John Noble, “The Records and Files of the Superior Court of Judicature, and of the Supreme Judicial Court, Their History and Places of Deposit” in the ''Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', 5 [1902]: 5-26.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/publications05colouoft#page/4/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=KP4KAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489901478 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|481450|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 B4cs v. # or film 844520}}.  

*John Noble and John F. Cronin, eds., ''Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692'' (Boston, 1901-1928), in 3v.<br>Digital version at Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=fzE4AAAAIAAJ v. 1] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=7q94AAAAMAAJ v. 2] only).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5312701 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|267953|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2rc v. 2-3 or film 496679 Items 4-6}} with digital link.

*Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., ''Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England'' (Boston, 1853-1854; rep. New York, 1968; computer file, Columbia, Md., 2006), 5v. in 6. [Note: For a detailed discussion of the founding of this company, see Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society, (Cambridge, Mass., 1850), v. 3, pp. ix-cxxxviii followed by the transcription of v. 1 and online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=W3BKAAAAYAAJ Google Books].]<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/stream/recordsofgoverno01mass#page/n7/mode/2up v. 1], [http://archive.org/stream/recordsgovernor00courgoog#page/n4/mode/2up v. 2], [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924082451471#page/n7/mode/2up v. 3], [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924091024590#page/n7/mode/2up v. 4, pt. 1], [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924104781327#page/n9/mode/2up v. 4, pt. 2], [http://archive.org/stream/recordsgovernor01courgoog#page/n8/mode/2up v. 5]) and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=ND8OAAAAIAAJ v. 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=u0IOAQAAMAAJ v. 3] only).<br>Original: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3522063 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|213805|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 N2s v. #, fiche 6046893, or various filmings}} with digital link. Reprint: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13598931 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1921367|item|disp=as digital links for v.3-5}}. Computer file: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/665895979 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].  

*Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, eds., ''Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England'' (Boston, 1855-1861; rep. New York, 1968), 12v. in 10. [Note: For a guide to this series, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20130217145753/http://www.massmayflower.org/research/guides/ma/county/plymouth-col/guides-ma-plymouth-col-pub-rec.htm MassMayflower.org].]<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0102newp#page/n5/mode/2up v. 1-2], [http://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0304newp#page/n5/mode/2up v. 3-4], [http://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0506newp#page/n5/mode/2up v. 5-6], [http://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0708newp#page/n5/mode/2up v. 7-8], [http://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo0910newp#page/n5/mode/2up v. 9-10], [http://archive.org/stream/recordsofcolonyo1112newp#page/n5/mode/2up v. 11-12]) and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=2cQwAQAAMAAJ v. 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=-EEOAAAAIAAJ v. 6], [http://books.google.com/books?id=9cASAAAAYAAJ v. 7], [http://books.google.com/books?id=HsESAAAAYAAJ v. 8], [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZsESAAAAYAAJ v. 9], [http://books.google.com/books?id=rkEOAAAAIAAJ v. 11], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zkEOAAAAIAAJ v. 12] only), and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006784512 Hathi Trust].<br>Original: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2535001 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|213805|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 N2n v. #, fiche 6046866, or films 896852-896856}} with digital link. Reprint: [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/347595 WorldCat (Other Libraries)].  

*Robert N. Toppan, “Council Records of Massachusetts under the Administration of President Joseph Dudley” in ''Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society'', 2nd Series, 13 [1899]: 237-268.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofmas213mass#page/222/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=EMwTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA222 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1695300 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.  

*Robert N. Toppan, ed., “Andros Records” in ''Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society'', New Series, 13 [1900]: 237-168, 463-499.<br>No digital copy found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1479298 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.  

*Carroll D. Wright, ''Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties'' (Boston, 1889), Courts, pp. 305-379.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/reportoncustodyc00mass#page/304/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=IyYWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA305 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5321644 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|43513|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 A3cr, fiche 6046869, or film 176644}}.<br>

*David Grayson Allen, ''In English Ways: The Movement of societies and the transferal of English local law and custom to Massachusetts Bay in the Seventeenth Century'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1981), xxi, 312 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6195034 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|319929|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H6a}}.<br>  

*Thomas E. Atkinson, "The Development of the Massachusetts Probate System" in ''Michigan Law Review'', 42 [1943-1944]: 425-452.<br>Digital versions at [www.jstor.org/stable/1283518 Jstor] ($) or [http://heinonline.org HeinOnline] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757366 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Viola F. Barnes, ''The Dominion of New England, a study in British Colonial Policy'' (New Haven, Conn., 1923), viii, 303 pp..<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/245633 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*Melville Madison Bigelow, "Primogeniture in Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Historical Society Publications'', 45 [1911-1912]: 34-35.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bpl.org/stable/25080001?seq=8 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9526253 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1264024|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 C4p v. 45}}.<br>  

*Barbara Aronstein Black, "The Judicial Power and the General Court in Early Massachusetts (1634-1686)," Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale Univ., 1975, vii, 373 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7984953 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Frank E. Bradbury, "Laws and Courts of the Massachusetts Bay Colony" in ''Bostonian Society Publications'', 10 [1913]: 129-159.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33372679 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1260773|item|disp=FHL book 974.461 H25b v. 10}}.<br>  

*Ellen Elizabeth Brennan, "The Massachusetts Council of the Magistrates" in ''New England Quarterly'', 4 [1931]: 54-93.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/359217 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Virginia G. Cartoof, "Massachusetts' Parental Consent Law: Origins, Implementation and Impact," Ph.D. Dissertation, Brandeis Univ., 1985, 228 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13351676 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Zechariah Chafee Jr., “Colonial Courts and the Common Law” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*Daniel R. Coquillette, ed., ''Law in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1800'' (Boston, 1984), being v. 62 of the ''Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', lxviii, 608 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11689604 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|268532|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P3L}}.<br>  

*Cornelius Dalton, John Clark Wirkkala, and Anne Thomas, ''Leading the Way: A History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980'' (Boston, 1985), 489 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12436955 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William T. Davis, ''History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts, including the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, the province of the Massachusetts Bay, and the Commonwealth'' (Boston, 1900), xxiv, 446 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924060052788 Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=fTU4AAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1809598 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|307570|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2d}}.<br>  

*James Deetz and Patricia Scott Deetz, ''The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony'' (New York, 2000), xvi, 366 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44267850 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*Alan J. Dimond, ''The Superior Court of Massachusetts: Its Origin and Development'' (Boston, 1960), xii, 187 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2106314 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*James Smith Garland, ''Massachusetts Town Law; a digest of statutes and decisions concerning towns and town officers ...'' (Boston, 1908), iv, 226 pp.<br>Digital version of 1906 edition at [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924030536662#page/n123/mode/2up Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60734355 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Julius Goebel Jr., “King’s Law and Local Custom in Seventeenth Century New England” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>Julius Goebel, "King's Law and Local Custom in Seventeenth-Century New England" [''for Plymouth Colony''] in the ''Columbia Law Review'', 31 [1931]: 416-448.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1114893 Jstor] ($).<br>.[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1564231 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Lee Haskins, "The Beginning of the Recording System in Massachusetts" [''i.e. deeds, morgages, etc.''] in ''Boston University Law Review'', 21 [1941]: 281-304.<br>Digital version at [http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/bulr21&div=17&id=&page= HeinOnline] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49374769 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George L. Haskins, ''Law and Authority in Early Massachusetts: A Study in Tradition and Design'' (New York, 1960), xvi, 298 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/420744 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*George L. Haskins, “Reception of the Common Law in Seventeenth Century Massachusetts: A Case Study” in George Althan Billias, ed., ''Law and Authority in Colonial America'' (Barre, Mass., 1965), xxi, 208 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225438 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*George L. Haskins, “The Legal Heritage of Plymouth Colony” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*George L. Haskins, “The Beginnings of Partible Inheritance in the American Colonies” in David F. Flaherty, ed., ''Essays in the History of Early American Law'' (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), x, 534 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19322 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*Hendrik Hartog, “The Public Law of a County Court; Judicial Government in Eighteenth Century Massachusetts” in ''American Journal of Legal History'', 20 [1976]: 282-329.<br>Digital version online at [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/844858 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1480152 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|117210|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2ajL v. 20}}.<br>  

*Charles Joseph Hilkey, ''Legal Development in Colonial Massachusetts, 1630-1686'' (New York, 1910), 148 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/legaldevelopment00hilkrich Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1987216 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Mark de Wolfe Howe and Louis F. Eaton, "The Supreme Judicial Power in the Colony of Massachusetts" in ''New England Quarterly'', 20 [1947]: 291-316.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/361441 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George D. Langdon Jr., ''Pilgrim Colony: A History of New Plymouth, 1620-1691'' (New Haven, Conn., 1966), xi, 257 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475810 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*Albert Mason, "A Short History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Law Quarterly'', 2 [1916-1917]: 82-100.<br>Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=b8ewAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756834 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William E. Nelson, ''Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change in Massachusetts Society, 1760-1830'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1975), ix, 269 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1399551 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*John Noble, “A Few Notes on Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colony and in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay” in the ''Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts'', 8 [1905]: 3-38 and Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: Transactions, 1902-1904, 8 [1906]: 150-186.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/stream/publicationscol00unkngoog#page/n214/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q3ue5-co-zkC&pg=PA3 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489901478 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|481450|item|disp=FHL film 844521}}.<br>  

*Russell K. Osgood, ed., ''The History of the Law in Massachusetts: The Supreme Judicial Court 1692-1992'' (Boston, 1992), 790 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27700531 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*D. C. Parnes, ''Plymouth and the Common Law, 1620-1775'' (Kingston, 1971), 59 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/567839 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*George E. Pearson, "The Great and General Court of Massachusetts, 1628-1691: A Study of its Early History with Special Reference to its Organization," Ph.D. Dissertation, Tufts Univ., 1910, viii, 116 pp.<br>No digital version.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5805568 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George E. Pearson, "Origin of the Massachusetts General Court" in ''New England Magazine'', 54 [1915-1916]: 33-38.<br>No digital version.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7568653 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Edwin Powers, ''Crime and Punishment in Early Massachusetts, 1620-1692: A Documentary History'' (Boston, 1966), xiii, 647 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/413349 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; not at FHL.<br>  

*James P. Ronda, "Red and White at the bench: Indians and the Law in Plymouth Colony" in ''Essex Institute Historical Collections'', 110 [1974]: 200-215.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2255681 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1643504|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2e v. 110}}.<br>  

*Ronald Kingman Snell, "The County Magistracy in Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts: 1692-1750," Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton Univ., 1971, ix, 384 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5865572 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Joseph H. Smith, ''Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts (1639-1702)'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1961), ix, 426 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/345561 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|537167|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 P2c}}.<br>  

*Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History &amp; People 1620-1691'' (Salt Lake City, 1986), xi, 481 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15349442 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|513087|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 H2s}}.<br>  

*Emory Washburn, ''Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775'' (Boston, 1840), 407 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/sketchesofjudici00washuoft Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpssAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681506733 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William Henry Whitmore, ''A Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1686'' (Boston, 1890), xliii, 150 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/bibliographicals00whit Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=n7kZAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1882470 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br><br>

*David Allen Lambert, ''A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries'' (Boston, 2002, 2nd ed., 2009), xvii, 345 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318339243 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1567884|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 V34L}} (both for 2nd ed.).<br>

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*Josiah Henry Benton, ''Early Census Making in Massachusetts, 1643-1765, with a reproduction of the lost census of 1765 (recently found) and documents relating thereto'' (Boston, 1905), 104 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/earlycensusmaki00bentgoog Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=fSlXZijctyMC Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2100989 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Charles Ferris Gettemy, ''An Historical Survey of Census Taking in Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1919), 57 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=CkwaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA697 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/814843879 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Samuel Abbott Green, "The First Census of Massachusetts" [''i.e. 1765''] in ''Publications of the American Statistical Association'', New Ser., 2 [1890-1891]: 182-185.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2276526 Jstor] (free).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41125188 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Ann S. Lainhart, ''State Census Records'' (Baltimore, 1992), 116 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|568961|item|disp=FHL book 973 X2Lai}}.<br>  

| bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''Massachusetts: Existing and Lost Federal Census Schedules'''<ref>Anne Bruner Eales, and Robert M Kvasnicka, ed., ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44420788 Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, 3d ed.]'' (Washington, D.C., 2000), 34, 44-45.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16509993 Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920]'' (Baltimore, 1987), 60-68.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41640325 The Census Book: A Genealogists Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes]'' (Bountiful, Utah, 1999), 111. </ref>

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*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9134/ All New England, Select United Methodist Church Records, 1787-1922 Online], index and images, incomplete. ($)

*Leonard Bacon, ''The Genesis of the New England Churches'' (New York, 1874), xiv, 485 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/genesisofnewengl00bac Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=kaYRAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1465600 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|598979|item|disp=FHL film 1549735}}.<br>  

*Frederic William Bailey, comp., ''Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800'' (New Haven, Conn., 1897-1914, in 7v.; rep. Baltimore, 1968+).<br>Digital version for Vol. 1 (Worcester Co.) only at [http://archive.org/details/earlymassachuse00unkngoog Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=VKUihfQuBiEC Google Books].<br>Berkshire Genealogist Indexing Committee, ''Master Index to Early Massachusetts Marriages'' (Pittsfield, Mass., 1996), 131 leaves, is a single, full-name index to the series of seven volumes.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36136812 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*John Michael Bumsted, ''The Pilgrims' Progress: The Ecclesiastical History of the Old Colony, 1620-1775'' (Ph.D. Disseertation, Brown Univ., 1965), v, 478 pp., and published (New York, 1989), iii, 403 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20056900 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*John Eliot, "Ecclesiastical History of Massachusetts and the Old Colony of Plymouth" in ''Massachusetts Historical Society Collections'', 7 [1800]: 262-280.<br>Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=SwsQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA262 Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756821 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/86344-redirection book 974.4 B4m ser. 1 v. 7] (rep.).<br>  

*John Eliot, "Ecclesiastical History of Massachusetts" in ''Massachusetts Historical Society Collections'', 9 [1804]: 1-49; 10 [1809]: 1-37; 2nd Ser., 1 [1814]: 194-210.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756821 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Henry Lawrence Southwick, ''The Policy of the Early Colonists of Massachusetts toward Quakers and others whom they regarded as intruders'' (Boston, 1885), viii, 21 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/policyofearlycol00sout Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=btZYAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4661302 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Conrad Wright, "Arminianism in Massachusetts, 1723-1780," Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard Univ., 1943, iii, 418 pp.<br>Only at [http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001439719 Andover-Harvard Theology School Lbrary].<br>  

*Carroll D. Wright, ''Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties'' (Boston, 1889), Courts, 379 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/reportoncustodyc00mass Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=IyYWAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5321644 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|43513|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 A3cr, fiche 6046869, or film 176644}}.<br>

*Thomas E. Buckley, "Church and State in Massachusetts Bay: A Case Study of Baptist Dissenters, 1651" in ''Journal of Church and State'', 23 [1981]: 309-322.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1586802 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*John Woolman Brush, ''Baptists in Massachusetts'' (Valley Forge, Pa., 1970), 78 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/73763 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|114813|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K2bj}}.<br>  

*''Consolidated History of the Fifteen Churches of the Framingham Baptist Association'' (South Framingham, Mass., 1902), 131 pp.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2017777 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William Harrison Eaton, ''Historical Sketch of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society and Convention, 1802-1902'' (Boston, 1903), x, 240 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00eato Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=b18sAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2738414 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>Note: "Pastors of Baptist churches in Massachusetts, 1802-1902," p. [http://archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00eato#page/136/mode/2up 137-213].<br>  

*''History of the Baptist Churches Composing the Sturbridge Association, from their Origin to 1843'' (New York, 1844), 54 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historybaptistc00assogoog Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=4wDlLze-TjkC Google Books], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009732745 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2168453 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*W. G. McLaughlin, ''New England Dissent, 1630-1833, The Baptists and Separation of Church and State'' (Cambridge, 1971), 2v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/128483 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Carla Gardina Pestana, ''Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts'' (New York, 1991), xii, 197 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22984208 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|712353|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K2p}}.<br>  

*David Porter, "The Baptist Struggle for Religious Freedom in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1650-1670" in ''Foundation'', 14 [1971]: 24-32.<br>Not in WorldCat; Not at FHL.<br>

*Joseph S. Clark, ''A Historical Sketch of the Congregational Churches in Massachusetts from 1620 to 1858'' (Boston, 1858), xii, 344 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historicalsketc00clar Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=oWJ3umhv1c4C Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7595644 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*"Complete List of the Congregational and Presbyterian Ministers in Massachusetts from the settlement of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay to the present time" [Note: Only covers Suffolk and Berkshire counties] in ''American Quarterly Register'', 7 [1834-1835]: 28-38.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145084550 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*"The Congregational Churches of Massachusetts" in ''Spirit of the Pilgrims'', 1 [1828]: [http://archive.org/stream/spiritofpilgrims_01bost#page/56/mode/2up 57-74], [http://archive.org/stream/spiritofpilgrims_01bost#page/112/mode/2up 113-140].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1766347 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*B. B. Edwards, "Complete List of the Congregational Ministers in the Old County of Hampshire, Ms. (including the present counties of Hampshire, Franklin, Hampden) from the first settlement to the present times" in ''American Quarterly Register'', 10 [1837-1838]: [http://archive.org/stream/americanquarterlv10amer#page/260/mode/2up 260-276], [http://archive.org/stream/americanquarterlv10amer#page/378/mode/2up 379-407].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145084550 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Henry Tilton Lummus, "The Established Church of Massachusetts" in ''Lynn Historical Society Register'', no. 5 [1901]: 34-52.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756334 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1262697|item|disp=FHL book 974.45/L2 H25L no. 1-5 or film 1320530 Item 3}}.<br>  

*Mary Frederica Rhinelander Morgan, ''Manuscript Collections of The Congregational Library at Boston: A Survey'' (Boston, 1982), xiv, 111 leaves.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11227857 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|571031|item|disp=FHL book 974.461 A3m or film 1421832 Item 3}}.<br>  

*Richard H. Taylor, ''The Churches of Christ of the Congregational Way in New England'' (Benton Harbor, Mich., 1989), vii, 308 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20398303 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|464340|item|disp=FHL book 974 K27t}}.<br>  

*Harold Field Worthley, ''An Inventory of the Records of the Particular (Congregational) Churches of Massachusetts Gathered 1620-1805'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1970), xiv, 716 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/113476 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1978165|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K23w}}.<br>

*Donald Nelson Alexander, ''The Diocese of Western Massachusetts, 1901-1951'' (Springfield, Mass., [1951]), 85 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2880326 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Joseph Breed Berry, ''History of the Diocese of Massachusetts, 1810-1872'' (Boston, 1959), vi, 252 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767631 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Mark J. Duffy, ''Guide to the Parochial Archives of the Episcopal Church In Boston'' (Boston, 1981), v, 212 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8341981 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|422523|item|disp=FHL book 974.461 K23d}}.<br>  

*Mark J. Duffy, ed., ''The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 1784-1984'' (Boston, 1984), xvi, 737 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11686114 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|9314|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K2e}}.<br>  

*Edward Midwinter, "The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Church in the American Colonies, III: Massachusetts" in ''Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church'', 4 [1935]: 100-115.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1752125 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Edgar Legare Pennington, "Anglican Beginnings in Massachusetts" in ''Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church'', 10 [1941]: 242-289.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1752125 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William Stevens Perry, ed., ''Papers Relating to the History of the [Episcopal] Church in Massachusetts, A.D. 1676-1785'' (Boston, 1873), 720 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924092469620 Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=NgRQAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4812729 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Dudley Tyng, ''Massachusetts Episcopalians, 1607-1957'' (Boston, 1960?), x, 142 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2046082 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|180862|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K2t}}.<br>

*Samuel Broches, ''Jews in New England: Pt. I, Historical study of the Jews in Massachusetts (1650-1750)'' (New York, 1942), 68 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2487533 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Albert Ehrenfried, ''A Chronicle of Boston Jewry from the Colonial Settlement to 1900'' (Boston, 1963), viii, 771 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7237970 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Lee Max Friedman, "Early Jewish Residents in Massachusetts" in ''Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society'', 23 [1915]: [http://archive.org/stream/no23americanjewi00ameruoft#page/78/mode/2up 79-90].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2018491 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1657089|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2jh no. 23}}.<br>  

*Jonathan Sarna and Ellen Smith, ''The Jews of Boston'' (Boston, 1995; rep. New Haven, Conn., 2005), 370 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58555748 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Solomon Schindler, ''Israelites in Boston: A Tale Describing the Development of Judaism in Boston'' (Boston, 1889), 1v. (unpaginated).<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25267755 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*''Souvenir History of the New England Southern Conference'', Vol. 1, New Bedford District (Nantucket, Mass., 1897), 3 v.<br>Digital versions of volume 1 at [http://archive.org/details/souvenirhistoryo00milliala Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=H_rqAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4756716 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*"Complete List of the Congregational and Presbyterian Ministers in Massachusetts from the settlement of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay to the present time" [Note: Only covers Suffolk and Berkshire counties] in ''American Quarterly Register'', 7 [1834-1835]: [http://archive.org/stream/americanquarterlv7amer#page/28/mode/2up 28-38].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7151577 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*Richard Price Hallowell, ''The Quaker Invasion of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1883; rep. Bowie, Md., 1987), vi, 227 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/quakerinvasionof00hal Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=W8wTAAAAYAAJ Google Books], and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3200 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11645007 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1400369|item|disp=FHL digital link only}} or {{FHL|619393|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K2h}}.<br>  

*Robert J. Leach, ''Nantucket Quaker Genealogy, Volumes one and two bound together'' (S.l., 19??; rep. Hillsboro, Ore., 1990), 2 v.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/561385 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (rep.); {{FHL|561385|item|disp=FHL book 974.497 D2L}}.<br>  

*Carla Gardina Pestana, ''Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts'' (New York, 1991), xii, 197 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22984208 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|712353|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K2p}}.<br>  

*George A. Selleck, ''Quakers in Boston'' (Cambridge, 1976), xii, 349 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3185998 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|383731|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 K2sg}}.<br>

*''A Brief Historical Review of the Archdiocese of Boston, 1907-1923'' (Boston, 1925), viii, 263 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8293904 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*J. M. Finotti, "Chronology of Catholicity in Massachusetts" in ''United States Catholic Historical Magazine'', 1 [1887]: [http://archive.org/stream/unitedstatescat01socigoog#page/n343/mode/2up 314-315].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1773558 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William H. J. Kennedy, "Catholics in Massachusetts before 1750" in ''Catholic Historical Review'', 17 [1931-1932]: 10-28.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/25012829 Jstor] ($ to download).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45416719 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Mary C. McAvoy, "Catholic Origins in Massachusetts" in ''Catholic World'', 132 [1930]: 174-182.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1553602 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*John J. McCoy, ''History of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Springfield'' (Boston, 1900), 283 pp.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2593746 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1583215|item|disp=FHL digital link only}}.<br>  

*James Michael O'Toole, ''Guide to the Archives of the Archdiocese of Boston''' (New York, 1982), xxciii, 238 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7976962 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|10282|item|disp=FHL book 974.461 K23o}}.<br>  

*Michael J. Shea, ed. ''A Century of Catholicism in Western Massachusetts'' (Springfield, Mass., 1931), 350, cxxxii pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3458027 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|215328|item|disp=FHL film 1598330 Item 5}}.<br>  

*James Sullivan, ''One Hundred Years of Progress; a graphic, historical, and pictorial account of the Catholic Church of New England: Archdiocese of Boston'' (Boston, 1895), 842 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/onehundredyearso00bost Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38300568 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*George Madison Bodge, ''Historical Sketch of the Norfolk Conference of Unitarian and other Christian Churches ... with brief sketches of the churches now belonging to the conference and lists of their ministers ...'' ([Randolph, Mass.?], 1900), 48 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00bodg Internet Archive].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4734612 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Edward Ellis, ''A Half-Century of the Unitarian Controversy, with particular reference to its origin, its course, and its prominent subjects among the Congregationalists of Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1857), xxiv, 511 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/ahalfcenturyuni01elligoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=8GyiZYdjXP8C Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11107588 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Frederick Lewis Weir, "Early Records of the Seventeenth-century Churches in Massachusetts which became Unitarian" in ''The Proceedings of the Unitarian Historical Society'', 7, Pt. 2 [1941]: 11-22.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1624337 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Conrad Wright, "Unitarian Beginnings in Western Massachusetts" in ''The Proceedings of the Unitarian Historical Society'', 21: 2 [1989]: 27-40.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1624337 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*Historical Records Survey - Massachusetts, ''An Inventory of Universalist Archives in Massachusetts'' (Boston, 1942), iii, 489 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006802473 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7061136 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|487521|item|disp=FHL film 1597561 Item 3}}.<br>  

*David H. MacPherson, "The Massachusetts Universalist Convention" in ''Annual Journal of the Universalist Historical Society'', 6 [1966]: 5-24.<br>About the decline of Universalism, 1900-1950.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7949791 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Russell E. Miller, ''The Larger Hope, The First Century of the Universalist Church in America, 1770-1870'' (Boston, 1979), 2 v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16690792 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*Ellery Bicknell Crane, "The Early Militia System of Massachusetts" in ''Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity'', 1888: 105-127.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12787147 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Charles Winslow Hall, ed., ''Regiments and Armories of Massachusetts; an historical narration of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, with portraits and biographies of officers past and present'' (Boston, 1899-1901), 2v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/regimentsarmorie01hall v. 1] and [http://archive.org/details/regimentsarmorie02hall v. 2]) and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=31407 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1864936 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, "The American Militia and the Origin of Conscription: A Reassessment" in ''[http://mises.org/periodical.aspx?Id=3 Journal of Libertarian Studies]'', 15 [2001]: [http://mises.org/journals/jls/15_4/15_4_2.pdf 29-77].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52935158 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*James C. Neagles, ''U.S. Military Records, A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present'' (Salt Lake City, 1994), xiv, 441 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29843585 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|704356|item|disp=FHL book 973 M23nu}}.<br>  

*Jack Sheldon Radabaugh, "The Military System of Colonial Massachusetts, 1690-1740," Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Southern California, 1965, ix, 598 leaves.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2870976 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Alfred Raikes, ''The History of the Honourable Artillery Company'' (London, 1878), 2v. (For Mass., see 1: 324-365, 453-459; 2: 436-473).<br>Digital versions at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001048093 Hathi Trust] and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=dKNCAAAAYAAJ v. 1] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=j_OgAAAAMAAJ v.2]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2315875 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Oliver Ayer Roberts, ''History of the Military Company of Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888'' (Boston, 1895-1901), 4v.<br>Digital versions at Internet Archive ([http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitary01robe v. 1], [http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar02robe v. 2], [http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar03robe v. 3], and [http://archive.org/details/historyofmilitar04robe v.4]), Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=CWUUAAAAYAAJ v. 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=VS24OKpV-9gC v. 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=9jIMAQAAMAAJ v. 3], and [http://books.google.com/books?id=YJZ-OOL9P5cC v. 4]), and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3100 Ancestry] ($) (v. 4 only).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12257590 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1861054|item|disp=FHL digital link}}.<br>  

*Christine K. Schaefer, ''The Great War: a guide to the service Records of all the World’s Fighting Men and Volunteers'' (Baltimore, 1998), xiv, 189 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38894632 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|719514|item|disp=FHL book 940.41 Sch13g}}.<br>  

*Zachariah Gardner Whitman, ''The History of the Massachusetts Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company from its formation in 1637 ... to the present time'' (Boston, 1820; 2nd ed., 1842), iv, 463 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historyofancient00whit Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=hv6mN5Mtt38C Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30136590 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*George M. Bodge, ''Soldiers in King Philip's War; being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip's war, and sketches of the principal officers, copies of ancient documents and records relating to the war, also lists of the Narragansett grantees of the United colonies, Massachusetts, Plymouth and Connecticut'' (Leominster, Mass., 2nd ed., 1896; rep. Baltimore, 1967+), xiii, 502 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/soldiersinkingph00inbodg Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=ULATAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2096504 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|511503|item|disp=FHL book 974 M2b}}.<br>  

*Carole Doreski, ed., ''Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-century Conflicts'' (Boston, 1982), xxvii, 260 pp.<br>Introduction online at [https://media.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/american_ancestors/content/databases/pdfs/colonialsoldiersofnewengland/17th-century.pdf AmericanAncestors.org].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8785749 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|84216|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M24d or film 1320664 Item 8}}.<br>  

*Mary E. Donahue, ed., ''Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1702-1722: Queen Anne's War to Dummer's War'' (Boston, 1980), xxviii, 197 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7069252 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|11969|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2d}}.<br>  

*Myron O. Stachiw, ed., ''Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers, 1723-1743: Dummer's War to the War of Jenkins' Ear'' (Boston, 1979), xxvii, 282 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5918294 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|11973|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2s}}.<br>

*Benjamin Church and Henry Martyn Dexter, ''The History of King Philip's War'' (Boston, 1865), 2v.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historyofkingphichur Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=hkIhAQAAMAAJ Google Books], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009701318 Hathi Trust].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11283870 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Samuel G. Drake, ''A Particular History of the Five Years French and Indian War in New England and Parts Adjacent ... sometimes called Governor Shirley's War'' [1744-1749] (Albany, 1870), 312 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/particularhistor00drak Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=cHMOAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11008074 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|286522|item|disp=FHL book 974 M2d}} (198? rep.).<br>  

*Michael J. Puglisi, ''Puritans Besieged: The Legacies of King Philip's War in the Massachusetts Bay Colony'' (Lanham, Md., 1991), xii, 244 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23462490 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William F. Ricketson, "To Be Young, Poor, and Alone: The Experiences of Widowhood in the Massachusetts Bay Colony" in ''New England Quarterly'', 64 [1991]: 113-127.<br>Based on a sampling of women, widowed in the King Philip's War, who petitioned the legislature.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/365900 Jstor] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759778 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias, ''King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict'' (Woodstock, Vt., 1999), xv, 416 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41299214 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*Nancy S. Voye, ed., ''Massachusetts Officers in the French and Indian Wars 1748-1763'' (Boston, 1975), xviii, unpaginated [ca. 475].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2048434 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|12013|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2v}}.<br>  

*Robert E. MacKay, ed., ''Massachusetts Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars 1744-1755'' (Boston, 1978), xii, 505 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4481914 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|11991|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2mc}}.<br>  

*K. David Goss and David Zarowin, eds., ''Massachusetts Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars 1755-1756'' (Boston, 1985), xxiv, 357 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11550451 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|253729|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2mo}}.<br>

*Benjamin Doolittle, ''A Short Narrative of Mischief Done by the French and Indian Enemy, on the western frontiers of the province of Massachusetts-Bay'' (Boston, 1750; rep. New York, 1909), 27 pp.<br>No digital version found.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11268593 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*William M. Fowler, ''Empires at War: the French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763'' (New York, 2005), xxv, 332 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56334323 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*John T. Hassam, ''The Confiscated Estates of Boston Loyalists'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1895), 27 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/confiscatedestat00hass Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=DVoSAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>Reprint from the ''Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society'' for May 1895.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3591557 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*E. Alfred Jones, ''The Loyalists of Massachusetts, their memorials, petitions and claims'' (London, 1930; rep. Baltimore, 1969+), xxiv, 341 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48188 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1707463 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|108671|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 D3je}} (1969 ed. - have others).<br>  

*David Edward Maas, "The Return of the Massachusetts Loyalists" (New York, 1989), 592 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1628468 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*David E. Maas, ed., ''Divided Hearts: Massachusetts Loyalists 1765-1790, A Biographical Directory'' (Boston, 1980), xxxiv, 169 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7462854 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|65786|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 F2m}}.<br>  

*James H. Stark, ''The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the other side of the American Revolution'' (Boston, 1907; rep. 1910), 509 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=_lR2AAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1655711 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|451406|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 D3s}} or {{FHL|1888123|item|disp=FHL digital book}}.<br>  

*William H. B. Thomas, ''Remarkable High Tories: supporters of King and Parliament in Revolutionary Massachusetts'' (Bowie, Md., 2001), 282 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46911461 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>

*W. Bruce Antliff, ''Loyalist Settlements, 1783-1789: new evidence of Canadian Loyalist claims'' ([Toronto], 1985), xv, 423 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14099927 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|390753|item|disp=FHL book 971 N29L}}.<br>  

*Paul J. Bunnell, ''Research Guide to Loyalist Ancestors'' (Bowie, Med., 1990; rev. ed., 2000), ix, 129 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22504985 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1257875|item|disp=FHL book 970 D23b}}.<br>  

*Paul J. Bunnell, ''The New Loyalist Index'' (Bowie, Md., 1989-2005), 4v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21147630 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|509465|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2bun}}.<br>  

*Peter Wilson Coldham, ''American Loyalist Claims'' (Washington, D.C., 1980), 1v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7259901 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|89435|item|disp=FHL book 973 R2cp}} (with digital link).<br>'''Actual records:''' American Loyalist Claims, 1730-1835, {{FHL|192412|item|disp=FHL film 944044 (1st of 181)}}, and American Loyalists Claims, AO 12, {{FHL|16752|item|disp=FHL film 1401498 (1st of 32)}}.<br>  

*Peter Wilson Coldham, ''American Migrations, 1765-1799: the lives, times, and families of colonial Americans who remained loyal to the British crown before, during, and after the Revolutionary War, as related in their own words and through their correspondence'' (Baltimore, 2000), xii, 931 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49027 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46729308 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|955434|item|disp=FHL book 973 D3cam}} (with digital link).<br>  

*Linda Corupe, ''The Loyalists of the Eastern Townships of Quebec'' ([Stanbridge East, Que.], 1984; rep. Belleville, Ont., 1992), 210, 58 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41601469 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|132167|item|disp=FHL book 971.4 H2Le}}.<br>  

*E. Keith Fitzgerald, ''Loyalist Lists: Over 2000 Loyalist Names and Families from the Haldimand Papers'' (Toronto, 1984), x, 125 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12668413 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|228467|item|disp=FHL book 971 M2fe or fiche 6010886}}.<br>  

*Alexander Fraser, ''United Empire Loyalists: enquiry into the losses and services in consequence of their loyalty, evidence in the Canadian claims'' ([Ottawa], 1905; rep. Baltimore, 1994), 2v.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1016 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30919437 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|688825|item|disp=FHL book 971.3 A5o 1904}}.<br>  

*Graham Russell Hodges, ed., ''The Black Loyalist Directory'' (New York, 1996), li, 318 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32627377 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|756517|item|disp=FHL book 973 F24bL}}.<br>  

*Gail Bonsall Pipes, ''Loyalists All: stories told about New Brunswick loyalists by their descendants'' (St. John, N.B., 1985), ix, 192 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16182490 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|454287|item|disp=FHL book 971.5 D2p}}.<br>  

*William D. Reid, ''The Loyalists in Ontario: the sons and daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada'' (Lambertville, N.J., 1973; rep. Baltimore, 1994), vii, 418 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49231 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2280126 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|143386|item|disp=FHL book 971.3 V2r}} (with digital link).<br>  

*B. Wood-Holt, ''The King's Loyal Americans: The Canadian fact: marriage licenses for Sunbury County, 1788-1829, passenger lists and other lists, etc.'' (St. John, N.B., 1990), vi 455 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25489509 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Esther Clark Wright, ''The Loyalists of New Brunswick'' (Wolfville, N.S., 1955), 364 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2561211 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|199321|item|disp=FHL book 971.5 F2w}} (with digital link).<br>

*''Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. A compilation from the archives'' (Boston, 1896-1908), 17v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12601336 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|213956|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M23m v.# or film 238343 (1st of 17) or fiche 6046890}}.<br>Note: Entries are under the exact spelling in the record; therefore, always look for variant spellings. The most common spelling with have an entry listing all the other variants found in the records.<br>Digital database with all volumes found at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7726 Ancestry] ($). Select the digital link for individual volumes from the table below.<br>

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=D-cQAQAAMAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=ikwSAAAAYAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZOcQAQAAMAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=zucQAQAAMAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=u-sQAQAAMAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=o-wQAQAAMAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=Kk0SAAAAYAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=c_UQAQAAMAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=WfYQAQAAMAAJ Google Books]

| [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ak0SAAAAYAAJ Google Books]

*Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe and Donna D. Smerlas, eds., ''Massachusetts Militia Companies and Officers in the Lexington Alarm'' (Boston, 1976), xlii, 72 pp.<br>[Note: Published records drawn from the originals in the [[#mac|Massachusetts Archives Collection]]]<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2968507 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|91597|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2h}}.<br>  

*Rufus Lincoln, James Minor Lincoln, ed., ''The Papers of Captain Rufus Lincoln, of Wareham, Mass.'' [''i.e. Mass. 7th Infantry Regt.''] (Cambridge, Mass., 1904; rep. New York, 1971), 272 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/paperscaptainru00lincgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=EF7ZEE7OeBwC Google Books]<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/135564 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|101237|item|disp=FHL film 924669 Item 2 or fiche 6078176}} (with digital link).<br>

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>  

*Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel Who Served in the Revolutionary War, 1894 - ca. 1912, [http://research.archives.gov/description/572134 NARA M880], {{FHL|88855|item|disp=FHL film 1004872 (1st of 6)}}.<br>ONLINE at [http://www.fold3.com/title_789/revolutionary_war_service_records_navy/ fold3.com] ($).<br>  

*Lists of Records of Military Organizations Used to Create Volunteer Compiled Military Service Records [i.e. Ainsworth Lists], [http://research.archives.gov/description/589591 NARA T817 series], Rolls 2-3 for Revolutionary War Massachusetts Lists, 1-71, {{FHL|539623|item|disp=FHL films 1715878-1715879}} (for same).<br>  

*Numbered Record Books, [http://research.archives.gov/description/300355 NARA M853 series], {{FHL|388927|item|disp=FHL film 1025091 (1st of 41)}}.<br>Original war department records include orderly books, oaths of allegiance, lists of men and officers in state regiments, quartermaster accounts, correspondence, supply records and many more military records relating to the Revolutionary War and later compiled to comprise this collection.<br>ONLINE at [http://www.fold3.com/title_784/numbered_record_books/ fold3.com] ($).<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 Prize Cases, 1780 - 1787, [http://research.archives.gov/description/1518851 NARA M162 series], {{FHL|573138|item|disp=FHL film 1534331 (1st of 27)}}.<br>ONLINE at [http://www.fold3.com/title_468/revolutionary_war_prize_cases_captured/ 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>

*A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with their names, ages, and places of residence, as returned by the marshals of the several judicial districts, under the act for taking the sixth census (Washington, D.C., 1841; rep. Baltimore, 1954+), 195 pp. (unindexed).<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/censusofpensione00usce Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Ancestry] ($) or [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48067 Ancestry] ($) (with index), and [http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/Census1840M.htm Don Krieger's site].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1967 ed.).<br>  

*Murtie June Clark, ''The Pension Roll of 1835'' and originally ''Report from the Secretary of War in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3rd of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States'' (Washington, D.C., 1835; rep. Baltimore, 1968+), 3v. rep. in 4v.<br>Digital version at Ancestry ($) ([http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48121 v. 1], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48122 v. 2], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48123 v. 3], and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48124 v. 4] and Google Books ([http://books.google.com/books?id=l49HAQAAIAAJ v. 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=LYQFAAAAQAAJ v. 2], and [http://books.google.com/books?id=mIQFAAAAQAAJ v. 3]).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/267 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1968 ed.); {{FHL|503566|item|disp=FHL book 973 M24ua v. #}} (1992 ed.).<br>  

*Trevor K. Plante, ''Military Service Records at the National Archives'' as Reference Information Paper 109 (Washington, D.C., 2007), vii, 119 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip109.pdf NARA] (pdf file).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71150121 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1477600|item|disp=FHL book 973 J53p v. 109}}.<br>  

*Virgil D. White, ''Genealogical Abstracts of the Revolutionary War Pension Files'' (Waynesboro, Tenn., 1990-1992), 4v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23035911 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/476517 FHL book 973 M28g].<br>  

*Virgil D. White, ''Index to Revolutionary War Service Records'' (Waynesboro, Tenn., 1995), 4v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32816867 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|745712|item|disp=FHL book 973 M22wv}}.<br>

Frank A. Gardner wrote a series of articles on the history of the various regiments raised from Massachusetts that fought in the Revolution. They were published in [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009008617 ''The Massachusetts Magazine: a quarterly magazine devoted to Massachusetts history, genealogy, and biography''], v. 1 - 11 (1908-1918).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1756836 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|48268|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 B2mm}}.<br>Below is a list of the individual articles with digital links for each.<br>  

*Gardner Weld Allen, ''Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution'' (Boston, 1927), vi, 356 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1832996 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|325128|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 B4m v. 77}}.<br>  

*"Confiscated Estates" in ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'', 12 [1858]: [http://archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto26unkngoog#page/n82/mode/2up 71-73].<br>Confiscated Loyalist estates after the Revolution.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7030049 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|127567|item|disp=FHL book 974 B2ne v. 12}}.<br>  

*Bell Merril Draper, ''Honor Roll of Massachusetts Patriots Heretofore Unknown: Being a List of Men and Women Who Loaned Money to the Federal Government During the Years 1777-1779'' (Boston, 1899), 34 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/honorrollmassac00drapgoog Internet Archive], [http://books.google.com/books?id=tfH_xDzFOpQC Google Books], and [http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/revolution/search_honorrollma.php Genealogy Center.info].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4395042 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|602835|item|disp=FHL film 1486549}}.<br>  

*Dirk Hoeder, ''People and Mobs: Crowd action in Massachusetts during the American Revolution, 1765-1780'' (Berlin, 1971), vii, 700 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1259944 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*John W. Lynn, ''Massachusetts Lineages of Revolutionary War Regiments'' (Grand Junction, Colo., 1986), 47 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16644927 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|510252|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2Lj}}.<br>

*Lloyd DeWitt Bockstuck, ''Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments'' (Baltimore, 1996, rep. 2005), xxvii, 608 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49315 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34599316 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|334133|item|disp=FHL book 973 R2bo}}.<br>  

*Murtie June Clark, ''Index to U.S. Invalid Pension Records 1801-1815'' (Baltimore, 1991), xxvii, 132 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23469057 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|578023|item|disp=FHL book 973 M22c}}.<br>  

*Murtie June Clark, ''The Pension Lists of 1792-1795 with other Revolutionary War Pension Records'' (Baltimore, 1991), xi, 200 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48120 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24521131 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|463831|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2cmj}}.<br>  

*''DAR Patriot Index'' (Washington, D.C., Centennial ed., 1990), 3v.<br>Digital version part of [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=1 DAR Genealogical Research System] database.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1361754 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1986 ed.); {{FHL|644357|item|disp=FHL book 973 C42da 1990}} (with restricted digital link).<br>  

*Trevor N. Dupuy and Gay M. Hammerman, eds., ''People &amp; Events of the American Revolution'' (New York, 1974), xi, 473 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/947917 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Walter S. Franklin, ''Resolutions, Laws, and Ordinances, relating to the Pay, Half Pay, Commutation of Half Pay, Bounty Lands, and other Promises made by Congress to the Officers and Soliders of the Revolution'' (Washington, D.C., 1838; rep. Baltimore, 1998), 506, 13 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/resolutionslaws00frangoog Internet Archive] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=X9JKAAAAYAAJ Google Books].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820327108 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1838 ed.) or [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39209891 WorldCat (Other Libraries)] (1998 ed.); {{FHL|288666|item|disp=FHL film 599643 Item 3}} (1838 ed.) or {{FHL|691577|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2uh 1998}}.<br>  

*Patricia Law Hatcher, ''Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots'' (Dallas, Tex., 1987-1988; rep. Westminster, Md., 2001), 4v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17392616 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|541538|item|disp=FHL book 973 V38h v. #}}.<br>  

*Marion and Jack Kaminkow, ''Mariners of the American Revolution'' (Baltimore, 1967), xxv, 248 pp.<br>Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49233 Ancestry] ($).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/366324 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|287749|item|disp=FHL book 973 M25k}} (with digital link).<br>  

*Clarence Stewart Peterson, ''Known Military Dead During The American Revolutionary War 1775-1783'' (Baltimore, 1959; rep. 1967+), [x], 186 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/952642 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|284870|item|disp=FHL book 973 M23pb}} (has other editions).<br>  

*Christine Rose, ''Military Pension Laws 1776-1858 from the Journals of the Continental Congress and the United States Statutes-at-Large'' (San Jose, Cal., 2001), xii, 32 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48937388 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1057575|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2rm}}.<br>  

*Constance B. Schultz, "Revolutionary War Pension Applications: A Neglectd Source for Social and Family History" in ''Prologue'', 15 [1983]: 103-114.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6391367 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|283550|item|disp=FHL book 973 B2p}}.<br>  

*Craig R. Scott, ''The "Lost" Pensions: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838'' (Lovettsville, Va., 1996), [xi], 374 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34633606 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|767486|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2sL}}.<br>  

*Craig R. Scott, ''Revolutionary War Genealogy Research'' ([Baltimore], 2011), [4] pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746833636 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1948013|item|disp=FHL book 973 M27scr}}.<br>

*Rock Brynner, "'Fire Beneath Our Feet': Shay's Rebellion and its Constitutional Impact," Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia Univ., 1993, vii, 320 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29673691 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Bernard Donovan, "The Massachusetts Insurrection of 1786," Ph.D. Dissertation, Boston College, 1938.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37397577 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Robert A. Feer, ''Shays's Rebellion'' (New York, 1988), vi, 597 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270712480 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*George Richards Minot, ''The History of the Insurrections in Massachusetts, in the year MDCCLXXVI, and the Rebellion Consequent thereon'' (Boston, 1788; 2nd ed., 1810; rep. New York, 1970+), iv, 192 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historyofinsurre00min Internet Archive] (1810 ed.) and [http://books.google.com/books?id=dY4-AAAAYAAJ Google Books] (1819 ed.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85888081 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*Leonard L. Richards, ''Shays's Rebellion: the American Revolution's final battle'' (Philadelphia, 2002), x, 204 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48707026 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1123571|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2rL}}.<br>  

*Jonathan Smith, "The Depression of 1785 and Daniel Shays' Rebellion" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 5 [1948]: 77-94.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1920948 Jstor] (free online).<br>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920948 Jstor (free)].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|435110|item|disp=FHL book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. #}}.<br>  

*David Peter Szatmary, ''Shays' Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection'' (Amherst, Mass., 1980), xiv, 184 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5564258 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>