Online Local, State, and Regional History Resources
Title and Link Description Hingham Public Library’s Special Collections View online exhibits, collections, and other resources of Hingham Public Online Exhibits and Collections Library’s Special Collections. The official website for the Hingham Historical Society: a nonprofit organization Hingham Historical Society that collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets Hingham’s rich history. Highlights of the town’s history beginning with its incorporation in 1635, Town of Hingham History including a timeline of notable events.
Town of Hingham Historic Postcard Gallery Gallery of postcards featuring images of historic Hingham.
Free books online that pertain to the town and/or citizens of Hingham. A search Google Books about Hingham retrieval sorted by relevance, but can be sorted by date; about 21 pages of results. The City of Boston Archives provides online exhibits, collection guides, and City of Boston Archives related information for the records detailing the history of Boston and Massachusetts. Search the directory to find collections in over 650 libraries, archives, historical Massachusetts Special Collections Directory societies, and town clerk's offices in Massachusetts. The State Library’s digital repository allows users to browse electronic records by State Library of Massachusetts communities, then search or browse collections within each community to view records online.
Massachusetts Archives Website for the government records of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
View the online resources at MHS, including digitized collections, galleries, Massachusetts Historical Society catalogs, and collection guides. An online repository for over 50 Massachusetts libraries, museums, historical Digital Commonwealth societies, and archives. Browse by institution to view collections online. A number of databases provided by the Boston Public Library. Includes resources Boston Public Library Databases for government records, genealogy, history, biography, and newspapers.
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Online Local, State, and Regional History Resources
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Database for finding information on general Massachusetts history. Requires Massachusetts History Online HPL internet access. Search the U. S. Federal Census, books, articles, bank records, and other records Heritage Quest for genealogical and local history information. The National Archives Research Tools A list of online research tools, catalogs, and guides.
The National Archives Online Exhibits Browse online exhibits by the National Archives.
Library of Congress Digital Collections and Browse online collections, view digital resources, and get online reference Services services from the Library of Congress.
Database for researching general U.S. history. Users can search or browse by United States History in Context topic, person, time period, or event. Requires HPL internet access.
Database for researching general world history. Users can search or browse by World History in Context topic, person, time period, or event. Requires HPL internet access.
Hingham Journal Archives of the Hingham Journal. Newspapers available 2005 - present. Archives of the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Massachusetts. Newspapers available Patriot Ledger 1916 - 1922. Boston Herald Archives of the Boston Herald. Newspapers available 1848 - 1992. Archive of Boston Globe newspapers from 1872 to the present. Requires a Boston Globe Archives subscription. Database of newspaper archives nationwide, plus some in Canada, England, and Newspapers Online Panama from 1700s - present. Requires a subscription, but a 7-day free trial is available.
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Online Local, State, and Regional History Resources
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Archive of newspapers produced by the Boston Globe. Includes newspapers from Boston Globe (1980-Present) 1980 to present. Requires HPL internet access. Archive of New York Times newspapers. Includes publications from 1981 to New York Times (1981-Present) present. Requires HPL internet access.
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