Helpful resources
from my dabbling
in genealogy research.
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Massachusetts Births, Deaths, Marriages, Jewish Cemeteries
Boston and Massachusetts City Directories
- Selected Boston City Directories from Tufts Digital Collections and Archives (free)
- Visit the State Library of Massachusetts, city directories in the Special Collections (free)
Boston and New York ship manifests with passenger information
New York Deaths and Jewish Cemeteries
Military records, U.S. Census records
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Northeast Region, Waltham, MA has free access to ancestry.com for U.S. census records, immigration records (ship passenger manifests), naturalization records, World War I draft records, World War II draft records
- World War II Army Enlistment Records at NARA and online Access to Archival Databases
Newspapers
- With a Boston Public Library library card - search newspapers
Jewish Genealogy Resources
- Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Boston (JGSGB)
- World-wide Jewish genealogy resources - Jewish Gen
Irish Genealogy Resources
- Records for passengers who arrived in New York during the Irish Famine (Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File (FIPAS), 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851)
- The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA)
Sharing My Family History
JOWBR Volunteer Project - Documented Jewish Cemeteries
- Anshe Libavitz Cemetery, Woburn, MA Plots
- Beth Israel Memorial, Waltham, MA Plots
- Montefiore,Woburn, MA Plots
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