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Online Resources

• Register of the Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1893-1917, e-book
• Roll of membership with ancestral records, Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution : [1893-1894, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1910, 1913, 1916, 1920, 1923, e-book
• Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990, ($), index
• Massachusetts, Order Sons of Italy in America, Membership Applications, 1925-1955 (in Italian). ($), index
• Massachusetts, Order Sons of Italy in America, Lodge Records, 1922-1985, ($), index
  
  

State genealogical and historical societies may have records and services to help you with your research. The following are important genealogical societies in Massachusetts:

• New England Historic Genealogical Society
  101 Newbury Street
  Boston, MA 02116–3087
  Phone: (617) 536–5740
  Fax: (617) 536–7307

• General Society of Colonial Wars
  University of Baltimore Special Collections
  Langsdale Library 1420 Maryland Avenue
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  The Society's Lineage Records (with indexes) FHL film 528677 (first of 209 films).

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants
  4 Winslow St
  Plymouth, MA 02360
  Phone: (508) 746-2590

• Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
  75 Derby St, Suite 13
  Hingham MA 02043-4036
  Phone: (781) 875-3194
  Fax: [call the office for this number]
  E-mail: msmd@massmayflower.org
  

• Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc.
  P.O. Box 215
  Ashland, MA 01721-0215
  Email: president@msoginc.org
  

Four chapters hold open educational meetings from September through June each year.

• National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
  1776 D Street, N.W.
  Washington, D.C. 20006–5392
  Phone: (202) 628–1776
  

This society has published: DAR Patriot Index: Centennial Edition. Three Volumes. Washington, DC: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1994. FHL book 973 C42da.

• The Pilgrim Society
  75 Court Street
  Plymouth, MA 02360
  Phone: (508) 746–1620
  Fax: (508) 747–4228
  E-mail: pegbaker@pilgrimhall.org
  

• Massachusetts Historical Society Library
  1154 Boylston Street
  Boston, MA 02215
  Phone: (617) 536–1608
  Fax: (617) 859–0074
  E-mail: library@masshist.org