Archives in the United States
- American Antiquarian Society
- ArchiveGrid
- Academy Film Archive
- American Heritage Center
- American Radio Archive
- Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism
- Archives of American Art
- Archives of the History of American Psychology
- Atlanta Housing Archives
- Black Archives of Mid-America
- Charles E. Stevens American Atheist Library and Archives
- MIT Department of Distinctive Collections
- Harvard University Library
- Historic Films Archive
- Hoover Institution Library and Archives
- Interference Archive
- Internet Archive
- The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
- Library of Congress
- Massachusetts Archives Searchable Collections
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Mennonite Church USA Archives
- New England Historic Genealogical Society
- National African American Archives and Museum
- National Public Broadcasting Archives
- National Security Archive
- Pullman Library, Illinois Railway Museum
- Rhizome ArtBase
- Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University
- Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History at Smith College
- South Texas Archives and Special Collections
- Ukrainian Museum-Archives
- Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
- Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive
- Washington University Special Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
Cemeteries & Gravestones
- Cemetery Records Online
- Farber Gravestone Collection (American Antiquarian Society)
- Find A Grave
- Friends of Hope Cemetery
- Massachusetts Cemetery Guide
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Community Projects
- City Of Corsets
- Covid-19 Chronicles – Worcester’s Community Archive
- Digital Worcester
- Major Taylor Association
- Worcester Black History Project
- Worcester Latino History Project
- Worcester Women’s History Project
- Worcester Historical Photo Repository
Digital Exhibits
- Armenians at Work
- Commonwealth Museum
- Concord Museum Online Exhibits
- Early Caribbean Digital Archive
- Mass Air & Space Museum
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
- Tenement Museum
- 9/11 Memorial and Museum
LGBTQ+
- Dyke TV – Collection at Smith College
- Fordham University Queer Studies Libguide
- GLBT Historical Society
- Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of GLBT History
- Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
- Lambda Archives of San Diego
- Lesbian Herstory Archives
- Northwest LGBTQ History
- ONE Archives at USC Libraries
- Pride Worcester
- The ArQuives of Canada
- The Center
Libraries, Museums & Repositories
- Armenian Museum of America
- Assumption College, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library
- Boston Public Library
- Cape Ann Museum
- Clark University Libraries
- College of the Holy Cross Libraries
- Digital Public Library of America
- Digital Commonwealth
- Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
- Getty Publications Virtual Library
- HaitiTrust
- Internet Archive
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Making of America
- Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries
- National Library of Medicine
- Nautical Archaeology Digital Library
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
- New York Public Library
- Old Sturbridge Village
- Samuel Slater Experience
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- Quinsigamond Community College, George I Alden Library
- State Library of Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library
- Worcester Historical Museum Library
- Worcester Public Library
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library
- Worcester State University, Learning Resource Center
General Resources
- Mass Library Gale databases courtesy of the Mass Library System
- Google Scholar
- US Post Office History
Genealogy Resources
- New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Massachusetts Vital Records
- 1930 Census Resources for Genealogists
- Castle Garden
- Cyndi’s List
- Ellis Island
- FamilySearch
- Genealogy.com
- One-Step Webpages by Steve P. Morse
- RootsWeb
- USGenWeb Project
- Jewish Genealogy
Historic Preservation, Property & Land
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS)
- Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- National Register of Historic Places
- Photographs of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Structures in Massachusetts Taken 1887-1945 by Harriette Merrifield Forbes (American Antiquarian Society)
- Preservation Massachusetts
- Preservation Worcester
- Worcester Registry of Deeds
- Friends of Institute Park
Maps
- Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
- Google Earth
- Google Maps
- HistoryPin
- Norman B. Levanthal Map Center (Boston Public Library)
- State Library of Massachusetts, Real Estate Atlases
- Union List of Sanborn & Other Fire Insurance Maps
- Waymarking.com
- Earthworks
Online Newspapers
- Cambridge Public Library Historic Cambridge Newspaper Collection
- Chronicling America
- Elephind
- Massachusetts Newspapers
- Old Fulton Postcards (newspapers)
Online Books & Publications
- Lincoln, William. History of Worcester, Massachusetts, from It’s Earliest Settlement to September, 1836.
- List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts, 1780-1892
- New England Historical Genealogical Register Online
- Nutt, Charles. History of Worcester and Its People.
- Open Library – eBooks
- Paine, Nathaniel. Bibliography of Worcester History (1885).
- Project Guttenberg
- Rice, Franklin Pierce. Dictionary of Worcester, Massachusetts and It’s Vicinity
- Rice, Franklin P. The Worcester Book: a Diary of Noteworthy Events in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1657 to 1883