Massachusetts Genealogy Research Tips at AmericanAncestors

AmericanAncestors has free Massachusetts genealogy

research tips and articles available at their website. Some of the topics include:

• Ancestral History in Massachusetts
• Boston in Print, Part 2: Town Records and Annexed Lands
• Boston in Print, Part Three: Cemeteries, Probate and Land Records, Other Sources
• Cemetery Records in Massachusetts
• Church Records in Massachusetts
• Coming Home to New England: Creating a Family History Itinerary
• County Resources in Massachusetts
• Family History Research in Massachusetts
• Finding Massachusetts Vital Records
• Hunting for Salem Witches in Your Family Tree
• Learn About Your Ancestors Through Local History
• New Resources for Massachusetts Researchers
• Nineteenth-Century Beers Atlases and Local Maps on CD-ROM
• Often-Overlooked Repositories of Massachusetts
• People-Locators: Census and Tax Records and City Directories
• Peter Bulkeley: Deacon and Co-Founder of Concord, Massachusetts
• Phebe Kimmens and the “Hidden” Family of Ebenezer Dunton of Southborough, Massachusetts
• Researching in Boston’s Back Bay: The Boston Public Library and the Massachusetts Historical Society
• Researching People in Boston: Boston in Print – Part One, Vital Records and Church Records
• Resources for Researching Massachusetts Slaves and Slaveholders
• Three Little-Known Massachusetts Organizations: The Historic Bostons’ Partnership, the Boston History Collaborative, and the Bay State Historical League
• Trouble in the Family: Researching Massachusetts Institutions for the Poor, Mentally Ill, Chronically Ill, and Disabled – Part 1
• Trouble in the Family: Researching Massachusetts Institutions for the Poor, Mentally Ill, Chronically Ill, and Disabled, Part 2
• “Almost-Mayflower” Descendants in the Carolinas
• Applying for Membership in the Mayflower Society
• Book Review: Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the Pilgrims, by David Lindsay
• Bringing Early Plymouth to Life at Plimoth Plantation
• Part 1: The Society of Mayflower Descendants: Who they are, where to find them, how to apply
• Part II: Who Came on the Mayflower: Separating the Facts from the Myths
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: ____ Ford
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: _____ Ely
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: ______ Rogers
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: ______ Rowland
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Abraham Pierce
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Anthony Annable
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Anthony Savory
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Austen Nicholas
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Bennett Morgan
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Christopher Conant
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Christopher Martin
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Christopher Wadsworth
• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Clement Briggs