American Ancestors
from the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Ancestry.com
the most popular genealogy website.
Trees Ancestry
Ancestry's publically available family tree resource
Boston Public Library Genealogy Guide
Boston Taking Records 1800
The taking records (later called valuation records) are government records which give an accounting of Boston residents and the taxes they were assessed.
Cemeteries of the Town of Williamsburg Mass
Compiled by Eric W. Weber
Census Records (including 1950)
ConsumerAffairs DNA and Ancestry Guide
Features verified reviews of companies that offer DNA analysis testing and genealogy records and resources
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Websites
Hundreds of thousands of links, all categorized, including Massachusetts links, with many subcategories.
Family Search
Supported and sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Family Search: Massachusetts Historical Records
Find A Grave
A free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members.
Genealogy for Kids: Building a Family Tree
Genealogy: the Complete Resource Guide
A robust guide to genealogical research
Genealogy.com
The name says it all.
Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889
History Hub
History Hub is a research support community for everyone, including genealogists, historians,and citizen archivists - It's a useful tool for genealogical and historical questions (and more) that are frequently asked in various permeations. It brings together the knowledge of experts from NARA and LC and citizen experts who answer the questions on the site from their experiences and own research. There are areas that come up often— military history /records and genealogy and women’s rights and Native American sources.
Internet Archives Genealogy
The Archive's ever-expanding collection of genealogy resources includes items from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Robarts Library at the University of Toronto; the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library;Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah;>, the National Library of Scotland, the Indianapolis City Library's Indianapolis City Directory and Yearbooks Collection, The Leo Baeck Institute Archives of German-speaking Jewry Leo Baeck Institute Archives, and the Boston Public Library.Resources include among many things books on surname origins, vital statistics, parish records, census records, passenger lists of vessels, and other historical and biographical documents.
Massachusetts Archives
The Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, is the repository for Massachusetts records generated by state government. Archives holdings date from the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 and document the settlement of lands in Maine and Massachusetts, the arrival of immigrants, and the development of state government.
My Heritage
Focuses on genealogy community building and networking.
National Archives (United States)
Wealth of information and websites
