Source:Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

▼ Description

The Colonial Society of Massachusetts was founded in 1892. Over the years they have published a series of journals containing items of historical and genealogical interest. Each volume includes an index and some have distinctive titles or subtitles as well as lists of members. They can be found in original individual format, reprints of individual journals, and bound sets. This source page is for both individual journals and books which contain several bound volumes.

Note: When citing this source, be sure to include both the volume number as well as the page number within that volume (ex. "Vol 2, p 110" or "2:110").

Primarily consists of:

• Transactions of the society, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43
• Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41
• Also includes lists of members

▼ Related

• Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts: Index to Volumes 1-25

▼ Availability

In the table below, Years and Published are from imaged text front pages; FHL Film # and DGS # are from the FamilySearch.org repository.

Online and FHL film availability

Volume	Years	Published	Internet Archive online	Family History Center online / offline	FHL Film # - DGS #	Google Books	Description
1	1892-1894	1895	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov1colo	https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764509?cat=481450	844518 Item 1 - 7764509		Meetings of the Society
2	1681-1774	1913	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov2colo				Masschusetts Royal Commissions
3	1895-1897	1900	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov3colo	https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764510?cat=481450	844519 Item 1 - 7764510		Meetings of the Society
4	1641-1776	1910	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofco00colo				Papers relating to the land bank of 1740; bibliographies of Massachusetts House Journals, 1715-1776; bibliography of Laws of the Masschusetts Bay, 1641-1776
5	1897-1898	1902	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov5colo	microfilm available at family history center	844520 - 8869299		Meetings of the Society
6	1899-1900	1904	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov6colo				Meetings of the Society
7	1900-1902	1905	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofco07colo	microfilm available at family history center	844521 - 8869300		Meetings of the Society
8	1902-1904	1906	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov8colo				Meetings of the Society
9	1704-1780	1907	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov9colo				Check-list of Boston newspapers with bibliographical notes
10	1904-1906	1907	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov10colo	https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764511?cat=481450	844522 Item 2 - 7764511		Meetings of the Society
11	1906-1907	1910	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov11colo	microfilm available at family history center	844523 - 8869301		Meetings of the Society
12	1908-1909	1911	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov12colo				Meetings of the Society
13	1910-1911	1912	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov13colo	microfilm available at family history center	844524 - 8869302		Meetings of the Society
14	1911-1913	1913	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov14colo				Meetings of the Society
15	1636-1750	1925	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov15colo				Harvard College Records, part 1 - Corporation Records
16	1636-1750	1925	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov16colo				Harvard College Records, part 2 - Corporation Records
17	1913-1914	1915	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov17colo	microfilm available at family history center	844526 - 8869303		Meetings of the Society
18	1915-1916	1917	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov18colo				Meetings of the Society
19	1916-1917	1918	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov19colo	microfilm available at family history center	844527 - 8869304	https://www.google.com/books/edition/Publications_of_the_Colonial_Society_of/cfE7AAAAIAAJ?hl=en	Meetings of the Society
20	1917-1919	1920	URL points at wrong document			https://www.google.com/books/edition/Publications_of_the_Colonial_Society_of/-yAQAAAAYAAJ?hl=en	Meetings of the Society
21	1919	1920	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov21colo	https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764513?cat=481450	844528 Item 1 - 7764513		Meetings of the Society
22	1620-1859	1920	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov22colo			https://www.google.com/books/edition/Publications_of_the_Colonial_Society_of/ccwmAAAAMAAJ	Plymouth Church Records - Part I
23	1620-1859	1923	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov23colo				Plymouth Church Records - Part II
24	1920-1922	1923	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofcov24colo	https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764514?cat=481450	844529 Item 2 - 7764514		Meetings of the Society
25	1922-1924	1924		https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008919479?cat=481450	844530 - 8919479		Meetings of the Society
26	1924-1926	1927					Meetings of the Society
27	1927-1930	1932		https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008131951?cat=481450	844531 - 8131951		Meetings of the Society
28	1930-1933	1935					Meetings of the Society
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31
32	1650-1736	1935		https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764516?cat=481450	844533 Item 2 - 7764516		Harvard Records - Part III
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34	1937-1942	1943	https://archive.org/details/publicationsofco34colo	https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764517?cat=481450	844534 Item 2 - 7764517		Meetings of the Society
35	1942-1946	1951		https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007764518?cat=481450	844535 Item 1 - 7764518		Meetings of the Society

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