New Bedford Genealogy (in Bristol County)

Birth Records

Vital records of New Bedford, Massachusetts to the year 1850 Ancestry

Cemetery Records

First Congregational Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave
Peckham West Cemetery Find a Grave
Plainville Cemetery Find a Grave
Polish National Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave
Sacred Heart New Cemetery Find a Grave
Sacred Heart Old Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Johns Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
Seamans Bethel Church Find a Grave

Census Records

1790 Census Tourtillott Family
1850 Census Index Tourtillott Family
1860 Census Index Tourtillott Family

Church Records

One Hundred Years of the Church: Historical Address World Vital Records
One Hundred Years of Unitarianism in New Bedford, Massachusetts World Vital Records
One Hundred Years of the Church: Historical Address . . . Commemorating the Dedication of the Meeting House of the First Congregational Society (Unitarian), 1938 World Vital Records
One hundred years of Unitarianism in New Bedford, Massachusetts Ancestry
One hundred years of the church : historical address(First Congregational Society of New Bedford) Ancestry
The First Congregational Society in New Bedford, Massachusetts Ancestry

Death Records

Vital records of New Bedford, Massachusetts to the year 1850 Ancestry

Directories

1898 City Directory of New Bedford Fold3
City Directories, 1890 Census Substitute(includes directory of New Bedford 1893-94) Ancestry
Massachusetts City Directories(includes Boston and New Bedford 1927) Ancestry
Massachusetts City Directories(includes New Bedford and Fairhaven 1918) Ancestry
Massachusetts City Directories(includes New Bedford 1939 and 1952) Ancestry
Massachusetts City Directories(includes New Bedford 1836-1955 selected years) Ancestry
New Bedford, Massachusetts Directories, 1887, 1889-90 Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes New Bedford 1836, 1838-39, 1849, 1852, 1856, 1859, 1865, 1867, 1869-71, 1873, 1875-85) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes New Bedford Fairhaven 1897) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes New Bedford Sub 1917) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes New Bedford; Fairhaven 1941, 1943, 1945) Ancestry
U.S. City Directories (includes New Bedford; Greenough; Fairhaven 1936-37, 1939-40, 1943) Ancestry

Historical Records

A New Bedford Merchant World Vital Records
Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 (includes arrivals at Gloucester 1906-1942, and New Bedford, 1902-1942) Ancestry
Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 5: 1820-1873(includes Nantucket 1820-1862, New Bedford 1826-1852, and Newburyport 1821-1839) Ancestry
Authors of New Bedford Ancestry
Centennial celebration : proceedings in connection with the celebration at New Bedford, September 14th, 1864 Ancestry
History of New Bedford : and its vicinity, 1602-1892 Ancestry
History of the fire department of the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1772-1890 Ancestry
Life in New Bedford a hundred years ago : a chronicle of the social, religious and commercial history of the period as recorded Ancestry
Mass. Catholic Order of Foresters 1904 Proceedings Genealogy Today
Massachusetts Crew Lists, 1917-1943(includes Gloucester 1918-1943 and New Bedford 1917-1943) Ancestry
New Bedford(historical work printed in 1896) Ancestry
New Bedford in the War of 1812 Ray's Place
New Bedford of the past Ancestry
New Bedford one hundred and twenty years ago, as glimpsed through the Medley Ancestry
New Bedford's story Ancestry
New Bedford, Massachusetts : its history, industries, institutions, and attractions Ancestry
Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches, No. 19: Some of the Streets of the Town of New Bedford World Vital Records
Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches: Past Industries of Upper Acushnet River, No. 7 (New Bedford) World Vital Records
Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches: The Story of Water Street, No. 15 (New Bedford) World Vital Records
One Hundred Years of the Church: Historical Address . . . Commemorating the Dedication of the Meeting House of the First Congregational Society (Unitarian), 1938 World Vital Records
Proceedings of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1920: New Bedford in the Beginning World Vital Records
Proceedings of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society: Buzzards Bay Canal, Oxford Village, Fairhaven World Vital Records
Some of the streets of the town of New Bedford Ancestry
The New Bedford of to-day(1893) Ancestry
The decline of a cotton textile city : a study of New Bedford Ancestry
The development of the New Bedford water supplies Ancestry
The history of New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts Ancestry
The mills of New Bedford and vicinity before the introduction of steam Ancestry
Whaling Exhibits of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Massachusetts World Vital Records
Whaling exhibits of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Mass. Ancestry

Marriage Records

Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (includes marriages in New Bedford 1754 - 1849) Ancestry
Vital records of New Bedford, Massachusetts to the year 1850 Ancestry

Newspapers

Christian Philanthropist 1822-1823 Historical Newspapers at Genealogy Bank
Columbian Courier 1798-1805 Historical Newspapers at Genealogy Bank
Medley 1792-1799 Historical Newspapers at Genealogy Bank
New-Bedford Gazette 1811-1812 Historical Newspapers at Genealogy Bank
New-Bedford Mercury 1807-1840 Historical Newspapers at Genealogy Bank
Old Colony Gazette 1808-1811 Historical Newspapers at Genealogy Bank
Standard-Times 1995-current Standard-Times

Obituaries

Standard-Times 1995-current Standard-Times

School Records

New Bedford Vocational High School - Mariner Yearbook (New Bedford, MA) 1950 E Yearbooks
New Bedford Vocational School 1933 Graduation Genealogy Today
U.S. School Yearbooks (includes Coyle High School 1957) Ancestry
U.S. School Yearbooks (includes New Bedford Vocational High School 1950) Ancestry

Vital Records

Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (includes marriages in New Bedford 1754 - 1849) Ancestry
Vital records of New Bedford, Massachusetts to the year 1850 Ancestry


More records for New Bedford are available on the Bristol County page and the statewide page