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Sacramental Records Inventory for Boston Parishes

  • The establishment date is indicated in parentheses.
  • If the parish was originally an ethnic one, this is also indicated.

Boston. Cathedral of the Holy Cross [1788]

Baptisms

1789-1928

Marriages

1789-1925

Confirmations

1810-1926

Burials

1810-1822

Ordinations

1815-1822

   

Boston. Holy Trinity [1838] [German]

Baptisms

1836-1921

Marriages

1836-1914

Deaths

1856-1877

   

Boston. Immaculate Conception [1853]

Baptisms

1865-1923

Marriages

1870-1971

Confirmations

1860-1890

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston. Our Lady of Ostrobrama [1917] [Polish]

Baptisms

1916-1964

Marriages

1916-1964

First Communions

1953-1964

Confirmations

1934-1964

Deaths

1921-1964

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston. Our Lady of Pompeii [1903] [Italian]

Baptisms

1903-1964

Marriages

1903-1963

First Communions

1931-1964

Confirmations

1909-1964

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston. Our Lady of Victories [1880] [French]

Baptisms

1880-1905

Marriages

1880-1911

First Communions

1885-1912

Confirmations

1884-1928

Deaths

1884-1964

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

 

Boston. Sacred Heart [1888] [Italian]

Baptisms

1888-1929

Marriages

1889-1928

   

Boston. Saint Cecilia [1888]

Baptisms

1889-1919

Marriages

1888-1911

   

Boston. Saint James the Greater [1854]

Baptisms

1854-1903

Marriages

1855-1908

Confirmations

1858-1900

   

Boston. Saint John the Baptist [aka “Free Church”] [1843]

In 1862 Saint John the Baptist’s became Saint Stephen’s.

All records are kept under Saint Stephen’s.

   

Boston. Saint Joseph [1862]

Baptisms

1862-1932

Marriages

1862-1923

Confirmations

1895-1953

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston. Saint Leonard of Port Maurice [1873] [Italian]

Baptisms

1873-1921

Marriages

1873-1922

Confirmations

1876-1935

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston. Saint Mary [1834]

Baptisms

1836-1921

Marriages

1836-1921

First Communions

1866-1915

Confirmations

1886-1911

   

Boston. Saint Stephen [1843]

Baptisms

1905-1920

Marriages

1905-1920

First Communions

1906-1920

   

Boston [Brighton]. Our Lady of Presentation [1909]

Baptisms

1909-1931

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Brighton]. Saint Columbkille [1871]

Baptisms

1857-1900

Marriages

1857-1907

Confirmations

1855-1895

*The following records are available only on microfilm:

Baptisms

1900-1967

Marriages

1908-1967

First Communions

1931-1967

Confirmations

1855-1967

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research;
this applies to records only on microfilm also.]

   

Boston [Charlestown]. Saint Catherine of Siena [1887]

Baptisms

1888-1921

Marriages

1888-1941

Confirmations

1894-1944

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Charlestown]. Saint Francis de Sales [1859]

Baptisms

1861-1893

Marriages

1862-1908

   

Boston [Charlestown]. Saint Mary [1828]

Baptisms

1829-1918

Marriages

1830-1933

Confirmations

1925-1933

Sick Calls

1927-1943

Deaths

1823-1836

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Dorchester]. Saint Ann [1889]

Baptisms

1889-1904

Deaths

1933-1942

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Dorchester]. Saint Gregory [1862]

Baptisms

1859-1913

Marriages

1863-1875

Sick Calls

1915-1949

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Dorchester]. Saint Leo [1902]

Baptisms

1902-1949

Marriages

1902-1953

First Communions

1945-1962

Confirmations

1905-1950

Sick Calls

1935-1961

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Dorchester]. Saint Margaret [1893]

Baptisms

1893-1918

Marriages

1893-1919

Confirmations

1894-1915

   

Boston [Dorchester]. Saint Matthew [1900]

Baptisms

1900-1947

Marriages

1900-1990

First Communions

1927-2002

Confirmations

1903-1928

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Dorchester]. Saint Peter [1872]

Baptisms

1872-1895

Marriages

1872-1897

Confirmations

1882-1928

   

Boston [East Boston]. Most Holy Redeemer [1844]

Prior to 1856 Most Holy Redeemer was known as Saint Nicholas.

Baptisms

1844-1908

Marriages

1844-1939

Confirmations

1851-1956

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [East Boston]. Our Lady of the Assumption [1869]

Baptisms

1869-1900

Marriages

1870-1897

Confirmations

1874-1894

   

Boston [East Boston]. Sacred Heart [1873]

Baptisms

1873-1906

Index to Baptisms

1873-1917

Confirmations

1874-1895

   

Boston [East Boston]. Saint Lazarus [1892]

Baptisms

1904-1917

   

Boston [East Boston]. Saint Mary Star of the Sea [1864]

Baptisms

1866-1897

   

Boston [Forest Hills]. Saint Andrew [1918]

Deaths

1967-1977

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Hyde Park]. Most Precious Blood [1870]

Between 1870 and 1875 Most Precious Blood was known as Church of the Epiphany.

Baptisms

1870-1916

Marriages

1889-1915

Confirmations

1880-1927

   

Boston [Hyde Park]. Saint Joseph [1938]

Sick Calls

1952-1984

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Jamaica Plain]. Blessed Sacrament [1891]

Baptisms

1892-1940

Marriages

1892-1940

First Communions

1912-1938

Confirmations

1892-1941

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

 


Boston [Jamaica Plain]. Saint Thomas Aquinas [1869]

Baptisms

1869-1923

Marriages

1869-1927

First Communions

1899-1927

Confirmations

1869-1928

   

Boston [Roslindale]. Sacred Heart [1893]

Baptisms

1893-1921

Index to Baptisms

1893-1938

Marriages

1893-1928

   

Boston [Roxbury]. All Saints [1894]

Baptisms

1896-1908

Marriages

1896-1908

   

Boston [Roxbury]. Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help [“Mission Church”] [1869]

Baptisms

1883-1901

Marriages

1883-1913

Confirmations

1885-1909

   

Boston [Roxbury]. Saint Francis de Sales [1867]

Baptisms

1861-1925

Marriages

1861-1928

Confirmations

1876-1932

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Roxbury]. Saint Joseph [1845]

Baptisms

1845-1901

Marriages

1845-1901

Confirmations

1869-1892

   

Boston [Roxbury]. Saint Patrick [1836]

Baptisms

1836-1968

Marriages

1836-1955

First Communions

1947-1988

Confirmations

1871-1960

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [Roxbury]. Saint Philip [1895]

Baptisms

1895-1923

Marriages

1895-1908

Confirmations

1896-1937

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [South Boston]. Gate of Heaven [1866]

Baptisms

1866-1900

Marriages

1867-1916

First Communions

1873-1908

Confirmations

1873-1908

   

Boston [South Boston]. Our Lady of Czestochowa [1893] [Polish]

Baptisms

1893-1917

Marriages

1893-1916

   

Boston [South Boston]. Our Lady of the Holy Rosary [1844]

Baptisms

1884-1936

Marriages

1884-1941

Confirmations

1903-1939

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [South Boston]. Saint Augustine [1868]

Baptisms

1868-1922

Marriages

1883-1921

First Communions

1919-1931

Confirmations

1896-1933

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [South Boston]. Saints Peter and Paul [1844]

Baptisms

1847-1917

Marriages

1847-1910

Confirmations

1865-1905

   

Boston [South Boston]. Saint Vincent de Paul [1848]

Baptisms

1862-1909

Marriages

1872-1909

Confirmations

1879-1930

   

Boston [West Roxbury]. Holy Name [1927]

Baptisms

1927-1937

Marriages

Aug –Dec 1937

First Communions

1929-1958

Confirmations

1928-1958

Burials

1937-1958

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research.]

   

Boston [West Roxbury]. Saint Theresa [1895]

Baptisms

1896-1920

Marriages

1896-1941

Confirmations

1902-1935

*The following records are on microfilm only:

Baptisms

1896-1954

Marriages

1896-1941

First Communions

1941-1953

Confirmations

1902-1953

[Note: Records after 1930 are closed to general research;

this also applies to records only on microfilm.]

 

 

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