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Digital Collections

- Sacramental Records, 1789-1920
  
  Hosted by New England Historic Genealogical Society on their website AmericanAncestors.org. There are two separate databases:
  
  Free Browsable Collection
  Includes images of the original handwritten entries and, where they exist in the original register, indices by surname.
  
  To access the collection, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page and select the free Guest Membership option. Please register, which should only require a name and email address.
  
  Once you have registered, you can navigate to the collection and select a volume from the drop-down menu to the right where it reads “Browse This Database” and then click “Browse” underneath to load the register.
  
  Searchable Collection
  The searchable collection is available to full members only and offers the added ability to search the collection by name, date range, etc. and view a typed transcript of each record. Users can also search the names of parents, sponsors/godparents, and witnesses to marriages, in addition to the recipient(s) of the sacrament.
  Benefits of a full membership are not exclusive to our collection and will provide a range of benefits including access to all other content on AmericanAncestors.org.
  Those who have an Ancestry.com membership can search the index to the collection on that website, but records can only be viewed on AmericanAncestors.org and so registering for a free guest account will still be necessary.
- Media Library
  
  View select items from our collections that have been digitized, including moving image, audio, and photographs.
  
  Please click here to access.
- Cemetery Records
  
  The records of the oldest Catholic cemetery in the archdiocese, Saint Augustine, South Boston, were made available to mark its 200^th anniversary in 2018. They are available through AmericanAncestors.org by registering for a free guest account and then clicking here.
  Records of the Catholic Cemetery Association of the Archdiocese of Boston are available to those will a full AmericanAncestors.org membership. The collection, Massachusetts: Catholic Cemetery Association Records, 1833-1940, is fully indexed and can be searched by name. Please see video below for a tutorial on how to access the collection and an overview of its contents, including cemetery maps.
- Newspapers
  
  Boston College has made available The Pilot in its various forms starting with its first issue, titled The Jesuit, or Catholic Sentinel, in September 1829. This publication and others, including The Sacred Heart Review, can be reached by clicking here.
- History of the Archdiocese of Boston (1944)
  
  This three volume history of the Archdiocese of Boston begins with the establishment and growth of Catholicism in New England during the colonial era.
  
  There is an index to all three volumes at the end of the third, and this online edition is keyword searchable.
  
  Can be accessed via the Hathi Trust by clicking here.
- History of Saint John's Seminary (1945)
  
  Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Saint John's Seminary, Boston (Brighton), MA.
  
  Can be accessed via the Hathi Trust by clicking here.