East Boston Genealogy (in Suffolk County, MA)

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East Boston Birth Records

1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

Massachusetts Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

East Boston Cemetery Records

Bennington Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bennington Street Cemetery Interment online

Bennington Street Cemetery Cemetery Find online

Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery Find a Grave online

East Boston Census Records

1855 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

1865 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, East Boston, Massachusetts LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

East Boston Church Records

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Church of Our Father (East Boston, Mass.) records, 1835-1974 1835-1974 Archive Grid

History of the Central Square Baptist Church, East Boston : with the articles of faith, church covenant, and list of the members, constituted August 14, 1844 LDS Genealogy online

History of the Central Square Baptist Church, East Boston : with the articles of faith, church covenant, and list of the members, constituted August 14, 1844 Internet Archive online

Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Orient Heights Methodist Episcopal Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Sacred Heart church records (included in Massachusetts Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Saratoga Street Methodist Episcopal Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Union Methodist Episcopal Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

East Boston City Directories

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East Boston (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

East Boston City Directories 1848-1852 Boston Public Library

East Boston, MA 1848-1849, 1852 City Directories Allen County Public Library

East Boston, MA 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Massachusetts City Directories (includes East Boston 1848 and 1849) 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 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 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 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 East Boston directory : No. III : containing the names, business, and residences of the citizens with a variety of other information 1852 LDS Genealogy online

The East Boston directory : No. III : containing the names, business, and residences of the citizens with a variety of other information 1852 Internet Archive online

East Boston Death Records

1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Death Records Ancestry online

1901-1980 Massachusetts Death Index Ancestry online

Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Death Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

East Boston Histories and Genealogies

A history of East Boston : with biographical sketches of its early proprietors Ancestry online

History of East Boston : with biographical sketches of its early proprietors, and an appendix. LDS Genealogy online

History of East Boston : with biographical sketches of its early proprietors, and an appendix. Internet Archive online

History of East Boston; with biographical sketches of its early proprietors, and an appendix LDS Genealogy online

History of East Boston; with biographical sketches of its early proprietors, and an appendix Internet Archive online

East Boston Immigration Records

Boston, Massachusetts Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 MyHeritage online

Boston, Massachusetts, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 MyHeritage online

Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 Ancestry online

Naturalization applications and papers, 1885-1906, Suffolk County, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Primary and final declarations of intention and naturalizations, 1864- 1888 and card index 1856-1884 FamilySearch Library

Searching for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in The Boston Pilot," 1831-1920 Ancestry online

East Boston Land Records

Early recorders and registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : 1639-1735 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Land Records Secretary of the Commonwealth online

Records of deeds, 1639-1885; indexes to deeds, 1639-1920 FamilySearch Library

Registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts, 1735-1900 FamilySearch Library

East Boston Map Records

Atlas of the city of Boston : East Boston, 1901 State Library of Massachusetts online

Atlas of the city of Boston. Vol. 9, East Boston, Mass. : from actual surveys and official plans, 1892 State Library of Massachusetts online

Plan of sections 1, 2 & 3, East Boston, 1836 Library of Congress online

View map of East Boston, Mass. 1879. Library of Congress online

View of East Boston, Mass 1879 Library of Congress online

East Boston Marriage Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Marriages MyHeritage online

1901-1955 and 1966-1970 Massachusetts Marriage Index Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (many towns) Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Sacred Heart church records (included in Massachusetts Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

East Boston Newspapers and Obituaries

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East Boston Advocate (1870-1886) Boston Public Library

East Boston Argus-Advocate (1939-1941;1928-1930;1921-1923;1916-1917;1891-1894;1886-1889) Boston Public Library

East Boston Community News (1970-1989) Boston Public Library

East Boston Free Press (1939-1945;1926-1927;1921-1923;1915-1918;1886-1889) Boston Public Library

East Boston Free Press (Apr 17, 1886-Dec 31, 1887; Apr 21, 1888- Dec 28, 1889; Aug 21, 1915-Aug 12, 1916; Aug 18, 1917-Aug 17, 1918; Aug 13, 1921- Aug 4, 1923; Aug 7, 1926- Jul 30, 1927; Jan 7, 1939- Dec 27, 1945) Boston Public Library

East Boston Leader (1939-1960) Boston Public Library

East Boston Ledger (1849-1850) Boston Public Library

East Boston Ledger (Jul 21, 1849- Jun 29, 1850) Boston Public Library

East Boston News Letter (1970) Boston Public Library

East Boston Reporter (1987-1990) Boston Public Library

East Boston Reporter (Jan 22, 1987- Oct 26, 1990) Boston Public Library

East Boston Sun-Transcript (1989-2004) Boston Public Library

East Boston Times (1945-1970;1939-1943) Boston Public Library

East Boston Times-Free Press and East Boston Leader (1979) Boston Public Library

East Boston Times-Free Press and East Boston Leader (Feb 2, 1939-Dec 30, 1941; Apr 2, 1942; Jan 7- Jun 3, 1943; Jan 4, 1945+) Boston Public Library

Offline Newspapers for East Boston

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.

East Boston Advocate. (East Boston [Boston, Mass.]) 1868-1887

East Boston Probate Records

1635-1991 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Registers of probate for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : 1639-1799 Ancestry online

East Boston School Records

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Dom Savio Preparatory High School yearbook, 2000, 2001 Classmates online

Dom Savio Preparatory High School yearbook, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

East Boston High School yearbook, 1939, 1964 Classmates online

East Boston High School yearbook, 1939, 1964 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

East Boston High School yearbooks, 1939, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fitton Central High School yearbook, 1972 Classmates online

Fitton Central High School yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fitton Central High School yearbook, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Saint Dominic Savio High School Boys College Preparatory yearbook, 1971 Classmates online

Saint Dominic Savio High School Boys College Preparatory yearbook, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Dominic Savio High School Boys College Preparatory yearbook, 1971 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online



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