Suffolk County MA Genealogy

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Suffolk County Records by City/Town

Allston Genealogy (96)
Boston Genealogy (2,757)
Brighton Genealogy (170)
Charlestown Genealogy (292)
Chelsea Genealogy (233)
Chestnut Hill Genealogy (51)
Dorchester Genealogy (317)
East Boston Genealogy (132)
Hyde Park Genealogy (149)


Jamaica Plain Genealogy (124)
Mattapan Genealogy (43)
Readville Genealogy (83)
Revere Genealogy (79)
Roslindale Genealogy (106)
Roxbury Genealogy (261)
South Boston Genealogy (136)
West Roxbury Genealogy (218)
Winthrop Genealogy (189)


Overview of Suffolk County Records

  • Suffolk County was created in 1643.
  • Birth, marriage, and death records are kept by the individual towns. Birth, marriage, and death records for 1926 and later can be obtained from the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics .
  • The Suffolk County Courts has court records starting in 1671, divorce records, and probate records starting in 1636.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.