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Uncovering and sharing the forgotten stories of our collective past.

"Like all stories from history, this is a search for ghosts. A quest for the people who made us what we are..."

- Michael Wood

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Resources

17th Century Colonial New England
A Field Guide to Salem's Architecture
A Half Century in Salem
America's Historical Newspapers
American Ancestors
American Antiquarian Society
American Antiquarian Society - Digital Image Archives
Ancestry.com
Archives at your Fingers (NPS)
Boston Globe Archive
Brief History of Photography
Catalogue of Negatives in the Essex Institute Collections
Chestnut Street 40 Years Ago
City of Salem Reports
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
COSTEP Salem
Diary of William Bentley
Digital Public Library of America
Duke University - Frank Cousins
Essex County Probate Papers, 1638-1881
Essex Institute Historical Collections (1869-1924)
Essex Institute Publications
Fair Use Checklist
Harvard Library
HathiTrust
Historic American Buildings Survey
Historic Salem Inc. House Histories
Historical Marker Database
Identify Audiovisual Formats
Index of U.S. Photographers
Internet Archive
John F. Collins Society
Keystone-Mast Collection
Library of Congress
MACRIS
Massachusetts Historical Society
Massachusetts Real Estate Atlas Digitization Project
Massachusetts Vital Records
National Archives
National Register of Historic Places
Newspaper Archives
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
Old Maps Online
Old Salem, 1886
Philips Library - Frank Cousins
Phillips Library - Peabody Essex Museum
Phillips Library - Internet Archive
Pickled Fish and Salted Provisions - Salem Maritime NHS
Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
Records of the First Church of Salem
Reminiscences of my Life, 1815-1905
Salem Assessors Database
Salem Athenaeum
Salem Directories
Salem Historical Society
Salem in History
Salem Links & Lore - Noble.net
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Salem News
Salem Planning Department
Salem Police Department Archives
Salem Public Library - Reference Department
Salem State University Archives & Special Collections
Salem State University Archives & Special Collections: Flickr
Salem Witchcraft Papers - University of Virginia
Salem Witchcraft Trials - Congregational Library & Archives
Salem Women's History
Sanborn Atlas Key
Secretary of Massachusetts - Business Search
Section 108 Handout
Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds
The Farber Gravestone Collection
The History of Salem Massachusetts (Volume 1)
The History of Salem Massachusetts (Volume 2)
The History of Salem Massachusetts (Volume 3)
The Liberator Files
The Salem Handbook
University of Vermont - Photo Identification Tool
Using Archives Guide
When I Lived in Salem, 1822-1866
White Pine Monograph Series
Women Working, 1800-1930
Youthful Recollections of Salem,1869

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