Jamaica Plain Genealogy (in Suffolk County, MA)

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Jamaica Plain 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

St. Paul's Universalist Church (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.). Records, 1873-1938 1873-1938 Archive Grid

Jamaica Plain Cemetery Records

First Church in Jamaica Plain Cemetery Find a Grave online

Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory Find a Grave online

Saint Clare Monastery Find a Grave online

Tollgate Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jamaica Plain Census Records

1855 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

1865 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry 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

Jamaica Plain Church Records

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Brief history of the Jamaica-Plain Baptist Church, of West Roxbury : with the declaration of faith, the church covenant, and a list of the members, 1871 LDS Genealogy online

Brief history of the Jamaica-Plain Baptist Church, of West Roxbury : with the declaration of faith, the church covenant, and a list of the members, 1871 Internet Archive online

First Congregational Society (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.). Records, 1770-1837. 1770-1837 Archive Grid

Jamaica Plaines First Methodist Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St Pauls Methodist Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St. Paul's Universalist Church (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.). Records, 1873-1938 1873-1938 Archive Grid

The confession of faith and covenant of the Mather Church, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, organized February 15, 1853 LDS Genealogy online

The confession of faith and covenant of the Mather Church, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, organized February 15, 1853 Internet Archive online

Jamaica Plain City Directories

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Brookline (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Jamaica Plain City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Jamaica Plain City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Jamaica Plain City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Jamaica Plain City Directory 1943 MyHeritage online

Jamaica Plain City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Jamaica Plain City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Jamaica Plain Directories (1868,1869,1871,1873,1874) Massachusetts State Library

Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury City Directory 1872 MyHeritage online

Jamaica Plain, MA 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

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 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

Jamaica Plain 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

Jamaica Plain Histories and Genealogies

Leading business men of Back Bay, South End, Boston Highlands, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester (printed 1888) Ancestry online

Jamaica Plain 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

Jamaica Plain 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

Jamaica Plain 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

St. Paul's Universalist Church (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.). Records, 1873-1938 1873-1938 Archive Grid

Jamaica Plain Newspapers and Obituaries

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Jamaica Plain Citizen (1939-1958) Boston Public Library

Jamaica Plain Citizen (Jan 5, 1939- Dec 30, 1958; Jan 8, 1976+) Boston Public Library

Jamaica Plain Citizen/roxbury Citizen (1976-1974) Boston Public Library

Jamaica Plain Gazette (1991) Boston Public Library

Jamaica Plain Gazette 10/06/2006 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Jamaica Plain News (1899-1912) Boston Public Library

Jamaica Plain News (Feb 4, 1899- Dec 29, 1900; Jan 3, 1903- Dec 28, 1912) Boston Public Library

Jamaica Plain Press (1939-1940) Boston Public Library

Mission Hill Gazette 01/16/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Jamaica Plain

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.

West Roxbury Gazette. (Jamaica Plain [Boston], Mass.) 1873-1876

Jamaica Plain Probate Records

1635-1991 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

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

Jamaica Plain School Records

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Clarion : [Jamaica Plain High School yearbook], 1971 Internet Archive online

Copy of the bound manuscript, Curtis family, ca.1668-ca.1858 FamilySearch Library

Dimensions : [Jamaica Plain High School yearbook] 1967 Internet Archive online

English High School yearbook, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Internet Archive online

English High School yearbook, 1941, 1957, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Jamaica Plain High School yearbook , 1941, 1947, 1949, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1977, 1989, Internet Archive online

Jamaica Plain High School yearbook, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1958, 1977, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Minutes of the Jamaica Plain Friendly Society, 1889-1901 Internet Archive online

Potentia : [Jamaica Plain High School yearbook] 1964 Internet Archive online

St Thomas Aquinas High School - Senior Album Yearbook (Jamaica Plain, MA), 1970 E Yearbook online

St Thomas Aquinas High School yearbook, 1966, 1968, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Thomas Aquinas High School senior album 1970 Internet Archive online

The ivy : [Jamaica Plain High School yearbook] 1962 Internet Archive online



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