A Researcher's Guide To Boston by Ann S. Lainhart

The records pertaining to people who lived in or passed through Boston, Massachusetts, are located in many different repositories and have been published as books, articles, and CD-ROMs. Even basic sources such as probate, land, and vital records are available in different places. Now, for the first time, historians and genealogists alike have a complete guide for finding and using this information in a researcher's Guide To Boston.

A Researcher's Guide To Boston shows readers where these sources are, what can be found in them, and how they may have changed over time. Of particular interest are those sources that are little-known, or that have become accessible only in the last few years including:

• Institutional records (medical, almshouses, correctional)
• Seaman's papers
• Records of the poor
• Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century voter's lists
• City censuses