Many Massachusetts newspapers have been published since the 1700s. Copies of these are at the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and other libraries.

A statewide index of newspaper items is:

American Antiquarian Society. Index of Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784 to 1840. Boston: G.K. Hall and Co., 1961. (FHL book 974.4 V22i; computer number 91385.)

To locate additional indexes see:

A Guide to Newspaper Indexes in New England. New England Library Association Bibliography Committee, 1978. (FHL book 974 B32n; fiche 6051391; computer number 5148.)

The Boston Evening Transcript's genealogical column carried valuable information from 1895 to 1963. The Family History Library has:

Boston Evening Transcript Genealogical Columns, 1895, May 1900–April 1941. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1955. (FHL films 014735–44; computer number 105195.)

Boston Transcript Genealogy Newspaper Columns, June 6, 1896–April 30, 1941. [Middletown, Conn.: Godfrey Memorial Library, 197–?]. (FHL fiche 6011001–6011680; computer number 6998.)

For two helpful indexes to the columns, see:

• The Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, Connecticut, has published an index in American Genealogical–Biographical Index, where most names can be found (see the “Genealogy” section of this outline).
  
• The Boston Public Library has indexes for 1901– 1935:

Boston Public Library
Copley Square
Boston, MA 02117
Telephone: 617–536–5400

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