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The Obituary Database indexes obituaries appearing in the Boston Evening Transcript (BET), Boston Globe (BG), and the Boston Herald/Herald American (BH) from 1932–1941 and 1953–2010. If you cannot find who you are looking for, please note: The person you are searching for may not have had a full length obituary.
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Oct 4, 2024 · The Obituary Database is an index of obituaries that appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript (BET), Boston Globe (BG) and the Boston Herald/Herald American (BH). Currently, this database includes obituaries published between 1932 and 1941 and between 1953 and 2010.
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Massachusetts was the first state to initiate statewide registration of vital records beginning in 1841. However, the city of Boston, which had kept records prior to this time, didn't start reporting their vital statistics to the state until about 1850. Records from 1841 to 1925 are housed at the Massachusetts Archives. Every five years, another bl...
Death records beginning in 1921 to the present are located at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. The MDPH maintains no online index for these records. Try to find your ancestor in one of the indexes below. For deaths that occurred during the time period, try the following databases:
With an exact date (from your records or an index above) you can order a copy of the death record for a fee from the following locations: If you do not know the exact date or place of death: For a fee, the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics will do a 10 year search. If you do not want to order the death record, there are other r...
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