Brighton Genealogy (in Suffolk County, MA)

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Brighton Birth Records

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Brighton Births and Deaths, 1817-1845 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, 1771-1873, Marriages, 1807-1873 and Deaths, 1796-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, 1843-1855 Deaths, 1843-1854 Marriages, 1843-1855 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, 1855-1874 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Intentions and Deaths, 1771-1815 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Deaths, 1817-1845 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1771-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1843-1855; Vol. 3 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1771-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton, Suffolk, Massachusetts computer printout; births or christenings, 1771-1873 FamilySearch Library

Massachusetts vital records : Brighton, 1771-1873 WorldCat

Brighton Cemetery Records

Catalogue of lot owners : Mount Hope Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Epitaphs from two small yards in Allston and Brighton, Mass. FamilySearch Library

Evergreen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Evergreen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Market Street Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Market Street Burying Ground Interment online

Market Street Burying Ground Cemetery Find online

Oration delivered at the dedication of the soldiers' monument : in Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, Mass., on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 1866 LDS Genealogy online

Oration delivered at the dedication of the soldiers' monument : in Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, Mass., on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 1866 Internet Archive online

Saint Gabriel Monastery Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brighton Census Records

1855 and 1865 Massachusetts state censuses for Boxboro, Brighton, and Burlington FamilySearch Library

Massachusetts State Census Transcriptions for 1855 American Ancestors online

Brighton Church Records

Brighton Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Intentions and Deaths, 1771-1815 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton, Suffolk, Massachusetts computer printout; births or christenings, 1771-1873 FamilySearch Library

First Congregational Church and Society in Brighton (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) Records, 1721-1966. 1721-1966. Archive Grid

St. Columbkille church records (included in Massachusetts Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Brighton City Directories

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Brighton (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Brighton City Directories 1950 Boston Public Library

Brighton, MA 1848 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brighton, MA 1849 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brighton, MA 1850 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brighton, MA 1850 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brighton, MA 1923,1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brighton, MA Business Directory, 1848-1849 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Cambridge (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Charlestown (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Brighton, Waltham, and Watertown 1871) Ancestry online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1957 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1957 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1958 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1958 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1959 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1959 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1960 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1960 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1961 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1961 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1962 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1962 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1963 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1963 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1964 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1964 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1964 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1965 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1966 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1967 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1967 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1968 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1969 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1970 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1970 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1971 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1972 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1972 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1973 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1974-75 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1974-75 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury, 1974-5 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury, 1974-5 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury, 1959 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury, 1959 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1858 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1858 Internet Archive online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 LDS Genealogy online

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 Internet Archive online

The Brighton and Brookline business directory (1850) Ancestry online

Brighton Death Records

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Brighton Births and Deaths, 1817-1845 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, 1771-1873, Marriages, 1807-1873 and Deaths, 1796-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, 1843-1855 Deaths, 1843-1854 Marriages, 1843-1855 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Intentions and Deaths, 1771-1815 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Deaths, 1817-1845 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1771-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1843-1855; Vol. 3 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1771-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Massachusetts vital records : Brighton, 1771-1873 WorldCat

Brighton Histories and Genealogies

Brighton Day (celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brighton) Ancestry online

Historical Brighton : an illustrated history of Brighton and its citizens FamilySearch Library

Historical Brighton : an illustrated history of Brighton and its citizens Genealogy Gophers online

Brighton Map Records

Atlas of Dorchester, West Roxbury, and Brighton, City of Boston, 1899 State Library of Massachusetts online

Atlas of the city of Boston : Ward 25 Brighton, 1909 State Library of Massachusetts online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brighton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Aug 1884 Library of Congress online

Brighton Marriage Records

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Brighton Births, 1771-1873, Marriages, 1807-1873 and Deaths, 1796-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, 1843-1855 Deaths, 1843-1854 Marriages, 1843-1855 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Intentions and Deaths, 1771-1815 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1771-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1843-1855; Vol. 3 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1771-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Intentions of Marriage 1817-1858 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Brighton Intentions of Marriage 1858-1873 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

First Congregational Church and Society in Brighton (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) Records, 1721-1966. 1721-1966. Archive Grid

Massachusetts vital records : Brighton, 1771-1873 WorldCat

St. Columbkille church records (included in Massachusetts Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Brighton Miscellaneous Records

Brighton Town Reports 1841-1873 Massachusetts State Library

Brighton Voting List, 1816 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Minutes of the town records, 1807-1874; Selectmen's records, 1816-1874 FamilySearch Library

Township records index 1771-1874, Brighton, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Brighton Newspapers and Obituaries

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Allston Brighton Citizen (Jan 5- Nov 9, 1939) Boston Public Library

Allston Brighton Citizen Item (1977-1990;1975,1970-1973;1967-1968) Boston Public Library

Brighton Citizen (1942) Boston Public Library

Brighton Item (1886-1895) Boston Public Library

Brighton Item (Jan 2, 1895-Jun 24, 1944) Boston Public Library

Brighton Messenger (1872-1876) Boston Public Library

Citizen Item (Feb 21, 1986- 1990) Boston Public Library

Item (1895-1944) Boston Public Library

Item (Mar 2, 1984-Feb 14, 1986) Boston Public Library

Offline Newspapers for Brighton

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Brighton Messenger. (Brighton [Boston], Mass.) 1871-1876

Brighton School Records

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Brighton High School - Gothic Yearbook (Brighton, MA), 1938, 1943, 1949 E Yearbook online

Brighton High School yearbook, 1938, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Brighton High School yearbook, 1938, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1984 Classmates online

Brighton High School yearbook, 1938, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mount Saint Joseph Academy yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1955 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mount St Joseph Academy - Yearbook (Brighton, MA), 1939, 1940, 1941, 1955 E Yearbook online

Mt St Joseph Academy yearbook, 1971, 1972, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mt. St. Joseph Academy yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1955, 1971, 1972, 1973 Classmates online

Mt. St. Joseph Academy yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1955, 1971, 1972, 1973 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mt. St. Joseph Academy yearbook, 1951 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Columbkille High School yearbook, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Columbkille High School - Columb Yearbook (Brighton, MA), 1945, 1957 E Yearbook online

St Columbkille High School yearbook, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Brighton Tax Records

Brighton Tax List, 1752 (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online



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