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• LOC: American Memory Collection
• Maps of Boston, MA :
• Boston ca. 1775 , Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against that town in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers, and from those of other gentlemen, by Sir Thomas Hyde Page, ca. 1775.
• Aerial View of Boston 4th July 1870
• USGS GNIS: Map locations of Suffolk County features, including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
• A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts with Numerous Illustrations, by Rev. Elias Nason, M.A.; revised and enlarged by George J. Varney. Boston : B.B. Russell. 1890, 724 pages, scanned and posted online by David Kew, of Worcester!
• Suffolk County Genealogy, by Fred Kunchick.
• Charlestown, MA (now a neighborhood in Boston) - Take a Tour
• The Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill
• The Story of Boston - by Jeff Perk (prehistory to modern) from Boston Handbook
• Jeff Perk is the author of Massachusetts Handbook - Moon Travel Handbooks.
• Boston History
• The Bostonian Society Research Library and Museum - "...collect, preserve and make available for research materials relating to the history of Boston from its earliest inhabitation to the present day..."
• Boston Area Genealogical Resources, by Eleanor Mann.
• The Literary Trail of Greater Boston.
• WGBH: Public Broadcasting from Boston has The American Experience and much more online!
• Riding the Rails
• Tales from the Rails during the Great Depression with teen Hobos
• Boston Online - news and community information - by Adam Gaffin.
• Aerial View of Boston 4th July 1870
• History of the Old North Church from 1723
• Boston African American National Historic Site in Boston
• The National Parks: Freedom Trail
• Patrick C. Keeley: Architect of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross - South End Boston
• Virtual Tour of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, MA - dedicated in 1875

Making Of America a digital library site being developed by the Universities of Cornell and Michigan to document American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction has  Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston by Samuel Adams Drake (1873)
• 1780 Warren Tavern History
• Boston Public Library

   700 Boylston Street - Boston, MA 02117   Phone: (617) 536-5400   E-mail: info@bpl.org
• Vital Records Office

      Old Court House - Government Center - Boston, MA 02148
         Phone: (617) 725-8000
• Suffolk County Probate Court Clerk

   Old Courthouse - Pemberton Square - Boston, MA 02108.
   Probate & Family Court
   24 New Chardon Street - 3rd Floor - Boston, MA 02114   Phone: (617) 788-8300
• Suffolk County Registry of Deeds

   Old Courthouse - Pemberton Square - Boston, MA 02108.
• Massachusetts Archives  - Policies for Research by Mail

   220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 Phone: (617) 727-2816.
• Court Records Archivist (for MA Archives requests involving court records)

    Supreme Judicial Court Archives - 1300 New Court House - Boston, MA 02108.
• See also: Plymouth Colony - Notes, Bibliography and Glossary - includes useful Colonial terms such as FREEMAN; Old Style Dates, Money, etc.  by James F. Deetz and Patricia Scott Deetz.

• The Story of Boston - by Jeff Perk (prehistory to modern) from Boston Handbook
• Jeff Perk is the author of Massachusetts Handbook - Moon Travel Handbooks.
• City of Boston, MA
• Registry Division (for certified vital records for events which occurred in Boston)

   Registry Division
   Room 213
   1 City Hall Square
   Boston, MA 02201
• Historic Burying Grounds Initiative - ".... The City of Boston has sixteen historic burying grounds and three larger garden-style cemeteries under its jurisdiction which date between 1630 and 1892 and are located in thirteen Boston neighborhoods..."
• Iconography of the Gravestones
• Boston City Clerk
• Archives and Records
• Boston History
• Boston Online - news and community information - by Adam Gaffin.
• Aerial View of Boston 4th July 1870
• History of the Old North Church from 1723
• Boston African American National Historic Site in Boston
• The National Parks: Freedom Trail
• Patrick C. Keeley: Architect of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross - South End Boston
• Virtual Tour of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, MA - dedicated in 1875
• Charlestown, MA (now a neighborhood in Boston) - Take a Tour
• Forest Hills Cemetery

     95 Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130   Phone: (617) 524-0128.
• Revere, MA

• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts web site.
• Massachusetts City and Town Clerk Directory.
• Public Records Division.
• Massachusetts Citizen Information Service - maps and more.
• Massachusetts Phone Numbers for Public Information.
• Commonwealth Communities.
• Unincorporated and Unofficial Names of Massachusetts Communities.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Massachusetts* Page.
• Massachusetts Archives
• Governor's - Kids Page
• Virtual Tour of the Governor's Office.
• Massachusetts Facts - Review of the History, Government, and Symbols of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
• A Profile of Massachusetts

PART 1: Concise Facts - State Symbols / Politics / Statistics /
PART 2:  Historical Sketch
PART 3:  The New Massachusetts State House
PART 4:  Miscellaneous Massachusetts Facts
• Massachusetts Studies Project - "Educational resources for teachers, students and lifelong learners."
• Massachusetts Information and Library Network
• Public Library Web Pages
• Massachusetts Dept. of Housing and Community Development:  Community Profiles.
• Massachusetts Genealogy.
• USGS - Geographic Names Information System - use the query form to locate geographic features, such as lakes, cemeteries, towns, and more.
• The Political Graveyard, for Massachusetts, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
• Massachusetts Cemeteries
• Geographic Index to Politician Births and Deaths in Massachusetts.
• Massachusetts Research Tools by Jeff Simonson.
• From Revolution to Reconstruction - a Hypertext on American History.
• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.
• The Genealogy Page.
• Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Massachusetts town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
• U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for Massachusetts.
•   Local Directory & Maps - type in city, state to go to maps and directories for that area.
• Yahoo Get Local Directory for Massachusetts Counties and Regions.

• School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.