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About the Massachusetts project
The Massachusetts project is created in order to facilitate those researching ancestors or relatives in Massachusetts or elsewhere in the world but with roots or relatives in Massachusetts.
We encourage everyone with links in Massachusetts to communicate and explore a common ancestry -- and to add the tag "Massachusetts" to any relavent projects.
In this portal you will find sources and discussions that will help you with your research. In case you have a particular genealogical challenge, or if you have interesting information to share, simply start a discussion about it.
Please do not add profiles to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts project. Add them to the appropriate sub-project.
Projects
Please add your projects both to this index and the Related Projects list at right.
Background
- Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
- Native American Tribes
- New England
- New England Puritans
- New England Town Seals
- Oldest Homes in Massachusetts
- Origins of the Colonists of the Winthrop Fleet and pre-1632 Massachusetts Bay Colony Settlers
Cemeteries
- Massachusetts National Cemetery
- Massachusetts State Veterans Cemetery, Winchendon
- Yarmouth Port, Ancient Cemetery
"For Cemetery projects in Massachusetts, please see Related Projects on the right."
Cities and Towns
- Amesbury, Massachusetts - First Settlers
- Andover, Massachusetts - Early Settlers
- Billerica, Massachusetts - Founders & History
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Brookline, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Charlestown, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Chatham
- Dedham, Massachusetts - Original Settlers
- Hingham, Massachusetts - Early Settlers
- Hubbardston, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Malden, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Marblehead, Massachusetts - Genealogy Project
- Marsfield, Massachusetts - Early Settlers
- Mendon, Massachusetts - Original Founders
- Nantucket Island
- New Salem, Massachusetts
- Newbury, Massachusetts - Early Settlers
- Newburyport, Massachusetts - Notables
- Pembroke
- Plympton, Massachusetts - Original Planters
- Reading, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Roxbury, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Salem, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Salisbury, Massachusetts - First Settlers
- Scituate, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Taunton, Massachusetts - Early Families
- Watertown, Massachusetts - Founders
- Weymouth, Massachusetts - Settlers
- Woburn, Massachusetts - Original Planters
- Yarmouth
Counties
Barnstable | Berkshire | [Bristol | Dukes | Essex | Franklin | Hampden | Hampshire | Middlesex | Nantucket | Norfolk | Plymouth | Suffolk | Worcester
Ethnic Groups
- Blacks in Early Massachusetts Portal
- Jews in Colonial America
- Native American Diaspora
- St. Peter Lithuanian Parish - Founders
Education
Government
- Governors of Massachusetts
- Mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
- United-States Senators from Massachusetts
- United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Court
Immigration
- Colonial Immigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony
- English Immigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Ship "Jonathan from England to Boston - 1639
- Ship "Lyon" from England to Massachusetts - 1630
Art, Literature, and Music
Military
- American Revolution: Battles of Lexington and Concord
- American Revolution: Boston Campaign
- American Revolution: Siege of Boston
- Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (1637-1774)
- Boston Tea Party
- Deerfield, Massachusetts Massacre of 1704
- King Philip's War of 1675-1677
- Otis Air Base
- Pequot War
- Massachusetts in the Civil War
- 2nd Cavalry Regiment
- 5th Massachusetts Infantry
- 10th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery
- 10th Massachusetts Infantry
- 15th Massachusetts Infantry
- 27th Massachusetts Infantry
- 36th Massachusetts Infantry
- 40th Massachusetts Mounted Infantry
- 42nd Massachusetts Infantry
- 44th Massachusetts Infantry
- 54th Massachusetts Infantry
- Independent Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion
- USS Boston - 1776
- USS Boston - 1777
- USS Boston - 1799
- USS Boston - 1825
- USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1]
- USS Boston (SSN-703)
- USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
Specific Families
- First Families of Massachusetts
- Alden-Mullens Family
- Allen, George, of Sandwich
- Bachiler, Batchelder, Hussey Families
- Bassett Family
- Beardlsey/Beardslee Family
- Bigelow, John, of Watertown
- Bradford Family
- Buffum Family
- Conant Family
- Crowninshield Family
- Emery, John and Anthony, of Newbury
- Fish, Lemuel, of Sandwich
- Fiske/Fisk Family
- Folger Family
- French Family
- Gallop, John
- Gardner Family, of Nantucket
- Greenleaf Family
- Howard Family
- Hutchinson-Adams Family
- Irwin Family
- Johnson, Captain John, of Roxbury
- Krasnegor Family
- Kunkel Family
- MacGregor Family
- McGroarty Family, of Salem
- Rice, John, of Dedham
- Riggs, Edward, of Roxbury
- Rowley Family
- Quabbin, Families of the Quabbin
- Shattuck Family
- Starbuck / Coffin Family
- Stowe, Beecher, Lyman, and Hawley Families
- Wilbur (Wildbore) Family
- Williams, Richard, of Taunton
Sports
- Boston Americans
- Boston Beaneaters
- Boston Bees
- Boston Braves (1912-1935)
- Boston Braves (1941-1952)
- Boston Breakers - Soccer
- Boston Breakers - USFL
- Boston Bruins
- Boston Celtics
- Boston Doves
- Boston Patriots
- Boston Red Caps
- Boston Red Sox
- Boston Reds
- Boston Red Stockings
- Boston Redskins
- Boston Rustlers
Miscellaneous Projects
- American Statistical Association
- Boston Women
- Catholic Order of Foresters
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Massachusetts Medical Society Presidents
- Scots Charitable Society of Boston
Resources
- Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850
- Massachusetts, United States Genealogy Compiled resources on FamilySearch.org Wiki
- Massachusetts - Genealogy Research Aids