Boston Church Records

The Records of the Churches of Boston were transcribed by Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart in and published in CD-ROM format by NEHGS in 2001.  Church records are an important adjunct to vital records as it is estimated that only a small fraction of Boston births, marriages and deaths prior to 1800 were recorded by civil authorities.  When completed, this database will contain all the information from the original CD-ROM, which itemizes the records of sixteen of the original twenty-one Boston churches. 

In the first installment, we presented the 31,143 records of the First Baptist Church, Second Baptist Church, Old South Church, and New South Church. 

On December 3, 2008 we added the 48,235 records of the Arlington St. Church, Brattle Square Church, Christ Church, Hollis St. Church, and New Jerusalem Church.

On March 2, 2009, we added the 60,598 records of the First Church, Second Church, King's Chapel, New North Church, New Brick Church, and Baldwin Place church.

Records of the remaining churches will be added in the future.  The remaining churches are Trinity Church, West Church, Roxbury First Church, Roxbury Second Parish, and Roxbury Third Parish.

The original CD-ROM is available in our Boston research library, call number F73.25 .R43 2002 CD.

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