Sacramental Records Inventory for Boston Parishes
The establishment date is indicated in parentheses. If the parish was orginially an ethnic one, this is also indicated
Boston. Cathedral of the Holy Cross [1788]
Baptisms
1789-1928
Marriages
1789-1925
Confirmations
1803, 1810-1823, 1864-1926
Burials
1789-1822
Ordinations
1815-1822
Boston. Holy Trinity [1836] [German]
Baptisms
1836-1921
Marriages
1836-1914
Deaths
1856-1877
Boston. Immaculate Conception [1853]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1865-1923
Marriages
1870-1971
Confirmations
1860-1900
Boston. Our Lady of Ostrobrama [1917] [Polish]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1916-1964
Marriages
1916-1964
Deaths
1916-1964
Boston. Our Lady of Pompeii [1903] [Italian]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1903-1964
Marriages
1903-1963
First Communions
Confirmations
1909-1964
Boston. Our Lady of Victories [1880] [French]
Baptisms
1880-1905
Marriages
1880-1911
Confirmations
1884-1920
First Communions
1885-1912
Deaths
1884-1885, 1889-1920
Boston. Sacred Heart [1888]
Baptisms
1888-1929
Marriages
1889-1928
Boston. St. Cecilia [1888]
Baptisms
1889-1919
Marriages
1888-1911
Boston. St James the Greater [1854]
Baptisms
1854-1903
Marriages
1855-1908
Confirmations
1858-1900
Boston. St. John the Baptist [Free Church] [1843]
In 1862, St. John the Baptist became St. Stephen.
All records kept under St. Stephen.
Boston. St. Joseph [1862]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1862-1932
Marriages
1862-1923
Confirmations
1895-1953
Boston. St. Leonard of Port Maurice [1873] [Italian]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1873-1929
Marriages
1873-1922
Confirmations
1876-1935
Boston. St. Mary [1834]
Baptisms
1836-1921
Marriages
1836-1921
First Communions
1866-1915
Confirmations
1866-1911
Boston. St. Stephen [1843]
Prior to 1862, St. Stephen was known as St. John the Baptist.
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1842-1947
Marriages
1842-1928
First Communions
1875-1930
Confirmations
1875-1930
Boston [Brighton] St. Columbkille [1871]
Baptisms
1857-1900
Marriages
1857-1907
Confirmations
1855-1895
Boston [Charlestown] St. Catherine of Siena [1887]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1888-1921
Marriages
1888-1941
Confirmations
1894-1944
Boston [Charlestown] St. Francis de Sales [1859]
Baptisms
1861-1893
Marriages
1862-1908
Boston [Charlestown] St. Mary [1828]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1829-1918
Marriages
1830-1909
Confirmations
1925-1933
Deaths and Burials
1823-1836
Sick Calls
1927-1943
Boston [Dorchester] St. Ann [1889]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1889-1904
Deaths
1933-1942
Boston [Dorchester] St. Gregory [1862]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1859-1913
Marriages
1863-1913
Sick Calls
1915-1949
Boston [Dorchester] St. Leo [1902]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1902-1949
Marriages
1902-1922
Confirmations
1905-1950
Sick Calls
1935-1961
Boston [Dorchester] St. Margaret [1893]
Baptisms
1893-1918
Marriages
1893-1919
Confirmations
1894-1915
Boston [Dorchester] St. Peter [1872]
Baptisms
1872-1895
Marriages
1872-1897
Confirmations
1882-1928
Boston [East Boston] Most Holy Redeemer [1844]
Prior to 1856 Most Holy Redeemer was known as St. Nicholas
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1844-1926
Marriages
1844-1939
Confirmations
1851-1956
Boston [East Boston] Our Lady of the Assumption [1869]
Baptisms
1869-1900
Marriages
1870-1897
Confirmations
1874-1894
Boston [East Boston] Sacred Heart [1873]
Baptisms
1873-1906
Confirmations
1874-1895
Boston [East Boston] St. Joseph [1914]
See Boston [East Boston], Most Holy Redeemer for records prior to 1914.
Records after 1914 are at the parish.
Boston [East Boston] St. Lazarus [1892]
Baptisms
1904-1917
Boston [East Boston] St. Mary Star of the Sea [1864]
Baptisms
1866-1897
See Boston, St. John the Baptist and East Boston, Holy Redeemer for records prior to 1865.
Boston [Forest Hills] St. Andrew [1918]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Deaths
1967-1977
Boston [Hyde Park] Most Precious Blood [1870]
Called Church of the Epiphany 1870-1875 when the church burned.
Records from 1870-1880 are incomplete.
Baptisms
1870-1916 [gaps 1872-1878]
Marriages
1870-1915 [gaps 1872-1878]
Confirmations
1880-1920
Boston [Jamaica Plain] Blessed Sacrament [1891]
Baptisms
1892-1903
Marriages
1892-1908
Confirmations
1892-1910
Boston [Jamaica Plain] St. Thomas Aquinas [1869]
Baptisms
1869-1923
Marriages
1869-1907
Confirmations
1869-1928
First Communions
1899-1927, gaps
Boston [Roslindale] Sacred Heart [1893]
Baptisms
1893-1921
Marriages
1893-1928
Boston [Roxbury] All Saints [1894]
Baptisms
1896-1908
Marriages
1896-1908
Boston [Roxbury] Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help [1869] [Mission Church]
Baptisms
1883-1901
Marriages
1883-1913
Confirmations
1885-1909
Boston [Roxbury] St. Francis de Sales [1867]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1861-1928
Marriages
1861-1928
Confirmations
1876-1932
Boston [Roxbury] St. Joseph [1845]
Baptisms
1845-1901
Baptisms [NE Hospital]
1885-1901
Marriages
1845-1901
Confirmations
1869-1871
Boston [Roxbury] St. Patrick [1836]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1836-1968
Marriages
1836-1955
First Communions
1947-1988
Confirmations
1871-1960
Boston [Roxbury] St. Philip [1895]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1895-1923
Marriages
1895-1908
Confirmations
1896-1937
Boston [South Boston] Gate of Heaven [1866]
Baptisms
1866-1900
Marriages
1867-1916
First Communions
1873-1908
Confirmations
1873-1908
Boston [South Boston] Our Lady of Czestochowa [1893] [Polish]
Baptisms
1893-1917
Marriages
1893-1916
Boston [South Boston] Our Lady of the Holy Rosary [1884]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1884-1936
Marriages
1884-1941
Confirmations
1903-1939
Boston [South Boston] St. Augustine [1868]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1868-1922
Marriages
1868-1921
Marriage Promises
1908-1919
First communions
1919-1931
Confirmations
1896-1933
Boston [South Boston] St. Vincent de Paul [1848]
Baptisms
1862-1909
Marriages
1862-1909
Confirmations
1879-1930
Boston [South Boston] SS. Peter and Paul [1844]
Baptisms
1847-Jan 1917
Marriages
1847-1910
Confirmations
1865-1905
Boston [West Roxbury] Holy Name [1927]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1927-1937
Marriages
Aug. – Dec. 1937
First Communions
1929-1958
Confirmations
1928-1958
Burials
1937-1958
Boston [West Roxbury] St. Theresa [1895]
[Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]
Baptisms
1896-1954
Marriages
1896-1941
First Communions
1941-1953
Confirmations
1902-1935