Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston – https://jgsgb.org/
https://www.jgsgb.org/pdfs/Boston_Resources.pdf

Massachusetts Jewish Databases (pdfs)

• Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements Database https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/advocatew.htm
• Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/advocate.htm
• Boston Jewish Advocate Seeking Kin Database https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/BostonSeekingKin.htm

Boston Public Library – https://www.bpl.org/
Databases such as newspapers (New York Times, Boston Globe) and biography archives. Ancestry.com is available IN the library only. They also have a huge collection of City Directories from all around the country in their Microtext Department.

Social Sciences Department has reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and gazetteers; genealogy and local history resources.

Microtext Department has historical newspaper collections including the Jewish Advocate, Boston city directories and telephone books; Boston residents lists (voter registrations); Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for New England and Massachusetts County Probate records.

Norman B. Levinthal Map Center has 200,000 maps and 5,000 atlases dating from the 15th century to the present including maps and atlases from the New England region and world urban centers.

Boston City Archives – https://www.boston.gov/departments/archives-and-records-management
Voter lists, tax poll records, and Office of the City Clerk records including business and license records.