Online Massachusetts Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Massachusetts Death Indexes

Massachusetts Death Records Index 1970-2003 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Massachusetts Death Index 1841-1910 gives year of death only (copies of death records may be ordered by mail; also indexes marriages and births)

Massachusetts Town Death Records Prior to 1850 90,000 entries (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Massachusetts Vital Records 1600-1849 Online (volunteer transcription project - not yet complete - presently has some records for Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and Worcester Counties)

Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts - Jewish Burials Search has 55,000 entries

Barnstable County: Gravestone Records from the 15 Towns of Cape Cod 1683-1860 (ongoing project)
Berkshire County: Assorted Vital Records (most are pre-1850)
Bristol County: Walter-Blake Graveyard Burials in Taunton, Massachusetts
Middlesex County...
Plymouth County: Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index 1649-1945 (downloadable PDF files) also has cemetery listings and other records
Suffolk County & Boston...
- Massachusetts Obituaries Archive Search includes the Boston Globe 1980-present & the Boston Herald 1997-present (you can obtain copies of the obituaries online for a fee)
- Boston Globe Birth & Marriage Announcements and Death Notices 1872-1922 at Ancestry.com (requires payment)
- Boston Globe & Herald Obituary Database 1971-1974 & 1983-2002 indexes full length obituaries only, no death notices
- Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database 1905-2005
- City of Boston Historic Burying Grounds Initiative includes transcriptions of historic gravestones 1630-1841
- Suffolk County: Boston Vital Records 1630-1699 at Ancestry.com (requires payment)

Also Helpful...

Finding Boston Passenger Lists and Records 1820-1943
Massachusetts Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)

Ordering Massachusetts Vital Records

Order Massachusetts Birth, Marriage or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek from 1911 to 90 days ago; genealogy requests must be submitted in written form (fee required)

Boston Death Records & Index on Microfilm (offline finding aids)...

These items are available from the Family History Library - microfilm rolls can be ordered for viewing at local LDS Family History Centers for a small fee

Online Massachusetts Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide