Internet Genealogy Topics - Part 3

• Getting a Photo from a web site

• Putting a Photo on a Web Site

• Genealogy Research Suggestions - Massachusetts

• Changes in SourceGuide's Research Outlines

Getting a Picture from a Web Site
 submitted by DearMYRTLE@aol.com 

	1. Find the desirable photo on the internet. (I picked this one of my granddaughter Aubrey Keele from our MyFamily.com private family web site.) 2. Right click on the photo itself. 3. Click "Save Picture As..." on the pop-up menu. 4. Specify file name and folder on your hard disk (and make a note of this!)
5.  In PAF or FTM you can specify adding a photo.  Just remember WHERE you put the photo, as each program is odd enough to require you to provide the exact location of the desired item! Using this same method, Barbara Schulz was able to include this cemetery photo with her ancestor's info in her Family Tree Maker database.
Hamilton K. Moore Civil War Marker from the private Moore Family Web site at www.MyFamily.com.		and Jim was able to save this photo of his father, Leonard Allen Pierce Foy.

Putting a Picture on a MyFamily.com Web Site
submitted by DearMYRTLE@aol.com 

Sharing a photo or scanned image of a document about your ancestor is facilitated when you have a web site such as www.MyFamily.com . Here's how we added a photo to Jim Foy's private Foy family web site:

1. We logged in to the Foy Family Web site providing our user name and password.

2. Clicked on "Add Photo."

3. Clicked the "Browse..." button to locate a photo to upload, one by one.

4. Clicked the "SAVE" button.

5. One by one we were prompted to provide a name for the photo, date taken, place, and comments. We clicked another "SAVE" button as we completed each task.

6. Photos are editable (for brightness, etc.) and the info can be updated as you learn more.

Genealogy Research Suggestions: Massachusetts
submitted by DearMYRTLE
NOTE: This article first appeared as a part of DearMYRTLE's Daily Genealogy Column, located on the web at: www.DearMYRTLE.com 

A denotes Myrt's recommendation of an outstanding resource!

DearREADERS,
Alice Eichholz, PH. D., C. G. in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources tells us that:

"Most school children know that the Pilgrims landed at Cape Cod in 1620 and went on to establish Plymouth Colony. Though not the first permanent white settlement in the New World, its impact, based on the experimental ideals of freedom of religion and self-government, has certainly been felt, as has that of its neighbor to the near north, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, established in 1630. During the “Great Migration” between 1630-42, an estimated twenty-thousand of people left England and arrived in these two colonies which eventually merged in 1691, to become the Province of Massachusetts.

Concerning Massachusetts vital records, Eichholz continues:

"No state in the Union can boast the depth and breadth of vital records sources that is available in Massachusetts. Starting with the arrival of the Pilgrims, vital events have been diligently, although not completely, recorded, preserved, and published. By legislative order, 206 (out of 364) towns had all their vital records to 1850 published. The volume (or volumes) in this Systematic Series for each town is divided into births, marriages, and deaths, then alphabetized by surname and then given name."

The following well-regarded books on early Massachusetts settlers are available from the publishers, as well as at major libraries throughout the county, including the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from the Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches and from Other Contemporaneous Documents. 1900. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986.

• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692. 1860-62. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. Arranged alphabetically by male settlers in New England before 1692. Some documentation is provided for original sources and it is cross-indexed.

• Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December, 1620. 3 vols. Plymouth, Mass.: Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-80, with addenda.

ADDRESSES - I hesitate to include addresses, because beginners seem to feel that if they merely write to a society or library, their research questions will be answered. With that caveat, I must include the following. One may order original vital records of the late 19th and 20th century from the state archives. The other organizations will become known to researchers as having an impact on family history as either an archive, library or publisher of excellent reference works. See also FamilySearch's Archives And Libraries www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts1.asp#archives_and_libraries .

American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA 01609 Boston Public Library Copley Square Boston, MA 02117 Connecticut Valley Historical Museum Library and Archives Springfield Library Genealogy Department 194 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 Essex Institute Library 132-134 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 General Society of Mayflower Descendants Four Winslow Street Plymouth, MA 02360

Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215 New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116-3087 www.nehgs.org/ The Pilgrim Society 75 Court Street Plymouth, MA 02360 State Library of Massachusetts 341 State House, Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133

BOOKS, CDs & PUBLISHERS

• Ancestry www.ancestry.com See especially Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691. Also Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources by Alice Eicholz, Ph. D., C.G. Includes 31 pages guiding the researcher through vital records, census, local history, maps, land records, probate records, court records, tax records, cemetery records, church records, military records, periodicals, manuscript collections, newspapers, archives & libraries & societies. Special focus categories include: immigration, naturalization, Black Americans, Native American, as well as county & town resources with addresses.

• Everton Publishing - www.everton.com The Handybook for Genealogists lists the existing counties, their parent counties, and when the records began to be kept for birth, marriage, death, divorce, land and various court records. Includes addresses for where to write in Massachusetts. See also: Everton's Sources of Genealogical Information in Massachusetts at this same site. 

• Family Tree Maker - www.familytreemaker.com 

• FamilySearch's Bible Records - www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts2.asp#bible_records 

• FamilySearch's Biography - www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts2.asp#biography 

• Hearthstone www.hearthstonebooks.com/Massachusetts.html

• Heritage Books www.heritagebooks.com/ 

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts A History of Framingham, Massachusetts A Volume Of Records Relating To The Early History Of Boston Biographical Review, Volume XXVII Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Biographical Review, Volume XXVII: Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts History Of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Preceded By An Account Of Old..... Quabaug, Indian And English Occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield Records, 1686-1783. With A Genealogical Register

• Heritage Quest - www.heritagequest.com 

• Genealogical Publishing Company - www.genealogybookshop.com including:

Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892 List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691 The Genealogical Advertiser. Historical Collections. . .Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts. The Loyalists of Massachusetts Index to the 1800 Census of Massachusetts Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): Records of the First Church of Wareham, Massachusetts, 1739-1891

• NEHGS New England Historic & Genealogical Society - www.newenglandancestors.org including The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-1994, on CD-ROM 
  NEHGS The Complete Mayflower Descendant, Vols. 1-46 & Other Sources, 1600s-1800s - CD203

• NEHGS Massachusetts Publications http://www.newenglandancestors.org/bookstore/bookshop_results.asp?dept_id=23 

CEMETERY 

• FamilySearch's Cemeteries - www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts2.asp#cemeteries 

• USGenWeb's Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/ 

CENSUS - State  From FamilySearch's Massachusetts Research Outline "The original censuses are at the Massachusetts State Archives. The Family History Library has copies of: Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth. State Census, 1855–1865. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. (On 68 FHL films; computer number 377373.) These records are arranged by county and town. They list an individual's name, age, state or country of birth, and occupation."

CENSUS - Federal 

• Digital Images Online

• Ancestry www.ancestry.com 

• Family Tree Maker - www.familytreemaker.com 

• Heritage Quest www.heritagequest.com 

• USGenWeb Census Project www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ 

• USGenWeb's Digital Census Archives - www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/cen_img.htm 

• Federal - NARA Microfilm Census Publications www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/census/census.html

• Genealogy.org's Foreword, Introduction, Census Schedules, Catalog Arrangement, Microfilm Problems, Census Indexes, Soundex, Enumeration District Descriptions and Maps, Other Schedules, Research Hints, Additional Guidance, Census Availability and Access, Select Bibliography, Regional Archives System, Appendix: Abbreviations and Terms Used in Soundex Cards

• 1790 www.genealogy.org/census/1790.html 

• 1800 www.genealogy.org/census/1800_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1810 www.genealogy.org/census/1810_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1820 www.genealogy.org/census/1820_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1830 www.genealogy.org/census/1830_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1840 www.genealogy.org/census/1840_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1850 www.genealogy.org/census/1850_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1860 www.genealogy.org/census/1860_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1870 www.genealogy.org/census/1870_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1880 Soundex www.genealogy.org/census/1880.sdx_schedules/T754.html 

• Soundex Coding Guide
• Examples of Soundex Coding
• Sample List of Soundex Rolls
• ED Descriptions, 1830-90, in T1224

• 1880 www.genealogy.org/census/1880_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• 1890 Special Union Veteran & Widows Schedule www.genealogy.org/census/1890-special_schedules/Massachusetts.html 

• Heritage Quest Census Records on CD, etc. http://www.heritagequest.com/html/censushq.html 
  U.S. Federal Census Records The complete U.S. Federal Census collection, from 1790 to 1920, is now available, exclusively from Heritage Quest. on CD-ROM and Microfilm. 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920. MYRT's NOTE: These are the enhanced census images -- my personal favorite! 

CHATS - AOL's Genealogy Forum Chats (Keyword: roots, then click the Chats button.) www.genealogyforum.com 

CHURCH RECORDS - Include Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal, Jewish, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Society of Friends (also known as Quakers) and Unitarian-Universalist. See also FamilySearch's Massachusetts Church Records assistance: www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts4.asp#church_records 

DATABASE SITES 

• Ancestry - www.ancestry.com Most databases are presented free for the first ten days, then revert to the subscriber section. Once you get to this page, scroll down to the option titled "Searchable Databases by State" and select your state. Click the Search button to see a listing of all currently available databases that include:

  Massachusetts Town Vital Records (to include over 620,000 records) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 1, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary War, vol. 2 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary War, vol. 3 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary War, vol. 4 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary War, vol. 5 Pioneers of Massachusetts Where to Write for Vital Records Massachusetts Excerpts from Ancestry's Red Book Massachusetts Chapter Massachusetts Section from U.S. Military Records by Neagles Early Massachusetts Marriages Early to 1800 Groton Town Vital Records County Map of Massachusetts from Ancestry's Red Book List of Freemen of Massachusetts Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families Boston Births from 1700 to 1800 Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699

  Massachusetts 1790 Federal Census Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691. History of Cambridge Massachusetts: Supplement and Index Founders of Old Dunstable [MA, NH] Appendixes of The Real Founders of New England An Index of Pioneers from Massachusetts to the West Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990: MA Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850 Vital Records of New Ashford, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850 Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850 Vital Records of Westport, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850 Vital Records of West Springfield, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850 Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, To The Year 1849 Vital Records of Worthington, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850 Genealogical Societies, Publications, and Libraries

   

• Family Tree Maker World Family Tree - www.familytreemaker.com (59,000+ hits)

• GenForum - www.GenForum.com 

• GenExchange - www.genexchange.com  COUNTY PARENT COUNTY YEAR COUNTY SEAT BARNSTABLE New Plymouth Colony 1685 Barnstable BERKSHIRE Hampshire 1761 Pittsfield BRISTOL New Plymouth Colony 1685 Taunton DUKES Martha's Vineyard 1683 Edgartown ESSEX Original County 1643 Salem FRANKLIN Hampshire 1811 Greenfield HAMPDEN Hampshire 1812 Springfield HAMPSHIRE Original County 1662 Northampton MIDDLESEX Original County 1643 Cambridge NANTUCKET Dukes 1695 Nantucket NORFOLK Suffolk 1793 Dedham PLYMOUTH Original County 1685 Plymouth SUFFOLK Original County 1643 Boston WORCESTER Middlesex and Suffolk 1731 Worcester MAGenWeb's recommended reading list: Good bibliography of basic Massachusetts resources at Library of Congress

• SurnameWeb - www.surnameweb.com 

ETHNIC STUDIES

• American Indians: A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/amerindians/indians.html 

• The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database  www.jewishgen.org/databases/advocate.htm 

• Black Studies: A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/blackstudies/blackstd.html 

• Pioneer Irish in New England

FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG  - Massachusetts - see also FamilySearch.org - Be sure to review DearMYRTLE'S Using LDS Family History Center Lessons located at: www.DearMYRTLE.com - Since most beginning genealogists don't realize what's available at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake and by microfilm/fiche rental through local FHCenters, I've included a running count of the number of items per topic from the LDS Family History library Catalog for the state. As you can see, you'll be mighty busy getting through all of these items before you can say "They don't have anything on my ancestor!" To top it all off, they are adding thousands of books and microfilms each month from individuals, churches and other repositories from all over the world. This means each year when the new card catalog comes out on CD or on microfiche, you'll have to check it again! See also the test site for LDS FamilySearch: www.familysearch.org

FamilySearch.org - www.familysearch.org Great Research Guides and Research Helps found currently under the "Search" tab on the main screen provided by the LDS Family History Library. 

• Birth - 1620-1775 , 1776-1840, 1841-1899, 1900-Present
• Marriage - 1620-1775, 1776-1840, 1841-1899, 1900-Present
• Death - 1620-1775, 1776-1840, 1841-1899, 1900-Present
• How Do I Begin? 
• How to Locate Your Ancestor in the United States 
• How to Recognize Your United States Ancestor 
• Massachusetts Federal Census Population Schedules, 1790 to 1920 
• Massachusetts Historical Background 

• Massachusetts Research Outline - Table of Contents
  Records Of The Family History Library Family History Library Catalog Archives And Libraries Bible Records Biography Cemeteries Census Church Records Court Records Directories Emigration And Immigration Gazetteers Genealogy History	Land And Property Maps Military Records Naturalization And Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries Periodicals Probate Records Societies Taxation Town Records Vital Records For Further Reading Comments And Suggestions

• Massachusetts Statewide Indexes and Collections 
• Name Variations in United States Indexes and Records 
• The Basics on How to Search for Ancestors in the United States 
• U.S. 1790 Census Worksheet    
• U.S. 1800/1810 Census Worksheet  
• U.S. 1820 Census Worksheet  
• U.S. 1830/1840 Census Worksheet    
• U.S. 1850 Census Worksheet    
• U.S. 1860 Census Worksheet    
• U.S. 1870 Census Worksheet 
• U.S. 1880 Census Worksheet  
• U.S. 1900 Census Worksheet   
• U.S. 1910 Census Worksheet   
• U.S. 1920 Census Worksheet 
• United States Mortality Schedules, 1850 to 1885
• United States Previous Research, Part 1 
• United States Previous Research, Part 2 
• United States Research Outline 
• United States Social Security Death Index and Application Files 
• United States, Birth and Death Records Created by Town, County, or State Governments 
• United States, How to Find and Use a Map 
• United States, Marriages Created by Towns, Counties, or States 

GENEALOGIES See also: Databases

• 350 Years of American Ancestors: 38 Families: 1630-1989

• American Genealogical & Biographical Index - www.ancestry.com 

• Colonial Massachusetts and Maine Genealogies - www.qni.com/~anderson/

• FamilySearch's Name Variations in United States Indexes and Records 

• Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families

• History of Scituate, Massachusetts

• Mayflower Marriages

• Mayflower Source Records

• The Planters of The Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640

HOW-TO SITES

• About.com’s Genealogy - http://genealogy.about.com/mbody.htm

• AOL's Genealogy Forum Resource Center has several excellent sites for subscribers of their service. Go to Keyword: roots, then click Resource Center. There you'll find New England, New England Historic Genealogical Society & Massachusetts.

• DearMYRTLE’s Daily Genealogy Column – http://www.DearMYRTLE.com

• FTM's "HOW TO" GUIDE - Massachusetts www.familytreemaker.com/00000195.html

• Genealogy.com’s How-To Articles - http://www.genealogy.com/backissu.html

• Genealogy Forum on AOL (Keyword: roots) – http://www.GenealogyForum.com

• Genealogy Research Associates - http://www.genealogy.com/university.html

• Internet How-to (Marthe Arends) - http://www.genealogy.com/university.html

• RootsWeb’s Guide to Tracing Family Trees - http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide

• NARA - How to Do Research at the National Archives - www.nara.gov/research/tools/howto.html 

• NGS Beginning Online Course www.ngsgenealogy.org/education/content/online/welcome.html 

• NGS Genealogical Standards www.ngsgenealogy.org/about/content/committees/gene_stan.html 

• Research Guidance" from the Family History Library http://www.familysearch.org/rg/index.html
  includes the SourceGuides (each state, province, most countries)

• RootsWeb’s Guide to Tracing Family Trees - http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide

IMMIGRATION

• FamilySearch's Emigration And Immigration www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts6.asp#emigration_and_immigration 

• Immigration/Passenger Lists/Naturalizations

• Immigration and Passenger Lists: A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/immpass.html 

LAND RECORDS - Massachusetts was a state land state.

• See also Maps

• FamilySearch's Gazetteers www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts7.asp#gazetteers 

• FamilySearch's Land And Property www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts9.asp#land_and_property 

• Mayflower Deeds & Probates

LIBRARIES

• FamilySearch's Archives And Libraries www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts1.asp#archives_and_libraries 

• HYTELNET Massachusetts - www.lights.com/hytelnet/usa/MA.html 

• Massachusetts Libraries Online Card Catalogs moondog.usask.ca/hytelnet/usa/MA.html

• NUCMC Manuscript Holdings for Massachusetts http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/masites.html 

• See also Family History Library Catalog

LOCAL HISTORY

• FamilySearch's History www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts8.asp#history 

• The History Channel www.historychannel.com 

• Mary & John Passengers - members.aol.com/niteowl225/Page5.html

• Mayflower Web Page - users.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html

• Plymouth, Massachusetts - wwx.media3.net/plymouth/

• Salem, Massachusetts - www.salemweb.com/default.htm

MAILING LISTS & NEWSGROUPS

• RootsWeb's Mail Lists Index (Browse All Lists), List Finder, Interactive Search

• RootsWeb MA Mail Lists http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/
  GenMassachusetts MA-BAY-COLONY MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP  MA-MVPGP  MAME Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes	Essex Franklin Hampden  Hampshire  Middlesex  Nantucket Norfolk  Plymouth  Suffolk  Worcester

MAPS

• See also Land Records

• 1895 World Atlas http://www.LivGenMI.com/1895.htm 

• American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html 

• Color Landform Atlas fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/ma_0.html

• Excite Travel by CityNet - Massachusetts www.city.net/countries/united_states/massachusetts/maps/

• FamilySearch's United States, How to Find and Use a Map 

• GNIS - Massachusetts www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/MA.html

• MapQuest www.mapquest.com 

• Old Maps of Massachusetts - KB Slocum www.treasurenet.com/kbslocum/mapma.html

• US Census Bureau Interactive County Maps www.census.gov/datamap/www/25.html

• USGenWeb Maps Project - www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ 

MESSAGE BOARDS

• AOL's Genealogy Forum Message Boards www.genealogyforum.com 

• GenExchange - Massachusetts www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=ma 

• RootsWeb's GenConnect - Surnames 

• RootsWeb's GenConnect - United States Counties/States

MICROFILM

• Heritage Quest www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/microfilm/massachusetts/ 

• FamilySearch.org (LDS) - Massachusetts

• National Archives - http://www.nara.gov/research/bymedia/micr_int.html 

MILITARY RECORDS

• The American Civil War Home Page www.civilwarhome.com 

• FamilySearch's Military Records www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts10.asp#military_records 

• The Loyalists of Massachusetts

• Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution

• NARA Military Service Records- A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications - www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/military/service.html 

• NARA M1131: Records of Appointment of Postmasters, Oct. 1789-1832. 
• NARA M1845: Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903.
• NARA T288: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

• Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia

• Revolutionary War

• Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants

• Soldiers and Sailors of the Plantation of Lower St. Georges, Maine Who Served in the War for American Independence

• Soldiers in King Philip's War

• US Army Military History Institute  http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ 

• US Navy History http://www.history.navy.mil/ 

PASSENGER LISTS 

• A List of Alien Passengers Bonded from January 1, 1847, to January 1, 1851

• FamilySearch's Emigration And Immigration www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts6.asp#emigration_and_immigration 

• Immigration/Passenger Lists/Naturalizations

• Immigration and Passenger Lists: A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/immpass.html 

• Family History Library Catalog - www.familysearch.org

• Passenger Arrivals, 1819-1820. (Originally published as Letter from the Secretary of State, with a Transcript of the List of Passengers Who Arrived in the United States from the 1st of October, 1819, to the 30th of September, 1820)

PERSI Periodical Source Index (for a fee) www.ancestry.com 

PROBATE & WILLS - 

Essex County Probate (1635-81)
Bristol County Probate (1687-1745; 1745-1762)
Suffolk County Wills (1639-1670)
Essex Wills & Indexes (1638-1841)
Middlesex Wills & Indexes (1648-1909)
Norfolk Wills & Indexes (1793-1900)
Plymouth Wills & Indexes (1686-1881)
Suffolk Wills & Indexes (1636-1910)
Worcester Wills & Indexes (1731-1910)
Earlier records are have been compiled in Plymouth Colony Probate Guide by Sherman and Robert S. Wakefield, Warwick, R.I.: Plymouth Colony Research Group, 1983.

• FamilySearch's Probate Records www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts14.asp#probate_records 

• Mayflower Deeds & Probates

RootsWeb SURNAME QUERY - www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/rslsearch.html

RootsL www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ma.html

SITES INDEXING TOPICS OF OTHER SITES

• Cyndi's List www.cyndislist.com 

• Genealogy.com. – www.genealogy.com

• Genealogy Tool Box (Matt & April Helm) http://www.genealogytoolbox.com/ 

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet (Chris Guant & John Fuller) http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_web.html  

• RootsWeb – http://www.rootsweb.com

• SurnameWeb – http://www.surnameweb.org

SSDI - Social Security Death Index (free search)

• www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm 

• www.rootsweb.com 

• See also: FamilySearch's United States Social Security Death Index and Application Files 

STATE ARCHIVES - Massachusetts  www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcarc/intro.htm

STATE LIBRARY - Massachusetts  http://www.state.ma.us/lib 

USGenWeb - www.usgenweb.org

• Massachusetts www.rootsweb.com/~magenweb/ 

• Search Archives http://searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html 

USGenWeb's County Resources County Date  Formed Parent County County Seat Barnstable  1685  New Plymouth Colony  Barnstable  Berkshire  1761  Hampshire  Pittsfield  Bristol  1685  New Plymouth Colony  Taunton  Dukes  1683  none  Edgartown  Essex  1643  none  Lawrence, Newburyport, Salem  Franklin  1811  Hampshire  Greenfield  Hampden  1812  Hampshire  Springfield  Hampshire 1662  Middlesex  Northampton  Middlesex 1643  none  Cambridge, Lowell  Nantucket  1695  none  Nantucket  Norfolk  1793  Suffolk  Dedham  Plymouth  1685  New Plymouth Colony  Plymouth  Suffolk  1643  none  Boston  Worcester  1731  Suffolk, Middlesex  Worcester

USGenWeb Massachusetts - www.rootsweb.com/~magenweb/

VITAL RECORDS 

• FamilySearch's Vital Records - www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/guide/Massachusetts16.asp#vital_records 

• www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/vitalrec.html

WPA LIFE HISTORIES (Library of Congress) - lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/macat.html  

The scope of DearMYRTLE's US State Research Suggestions is to briefly note starting points for researching a particular area using Internet and real-world resources. Since basic research strategies are not included, it is advisable to have gone through all of Myrt's Beginning Genealogy Lessons located at: www.DearMYRTLE.com/lessons.htm. 

As you progress in your family history research, you’ll discover other excellent resources for the Massachusetts. Feel free to share your experiences with Harold and me. We’d love to report on your progress to our other readers! We know that new things are being unearthed all the time. More indexes are being added to the Internet every day!

By sharing information we’re each better prepared to face the challenges of climbing our family trees!

Changes in SourceGuide's Research Outlines
NOTE: This article first appeared as a part of DearMYRTLE's Daily Genealogy Column, located on the web at: www.DearMYRTLE.com 

Many have written to note that when the LDS Family History Library's web site went through its revision this fall, the old links don't work for the research outlines. GOSH, its so hard when this happens, because all of us columnists and web site link indexers have to scramble to try to update our referenced links.

Accordingly I've updated my column titled "LDS Research Outlines" located at:
http://www.dearmyrtle.com/00/ldsoutlines.htm 

There are extensive guidelines at www.familysearch.org that warrant your attention:

Research Helps: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp   

Research Guidance: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp 

Online writers do have an advantage over print media genealogy authors, in that the old paper copies of columns can't be updated with the new web addresses. <sigh>

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