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The Decisive Day is Come: The Battle of Bunker Hill___"Personal accounts and eyewitness descriptions of the Battle of Bunker Hill, along with contemporary maps, drawings, engravings, broadsides, and artifacts, either preserved by the participants or found on the battlefield. Includes a Research Guide." - Illustrated - From the Massachusetts Historical Society - http://www.masshist.org/bh/

Find a Grave - Massachusetts___Brief biographies of 1,022 'famous' citizens, many with information about their claims to fame, causes of death and burial places, and photos. - Illustrated - From Find a Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=state&FSstateid=21

Historical Museums of Massachusetts - A History Guide __ "Massachusetts history musume. Learn about historic Massachusetts and discover the history of Massachusetts people. Locate Massachusetts history museums, historic old Massachusetts photos, place histories, history timelines, old Massachusetts newspapers, Massachusetts genealogy data, state symbols and other Massachusetts history information." - illustrated - From censusfinder.com - http://www.censusfinder.com/massachusetts-historical-museums.htm

History of Massachusetts __ "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was created in the late 1800s. Prior to English colonization of the area, it was inhabited by various indigenous tribes. The Commonwealth has no singular characteristic, geographic or cultural, that helps to distinguish it from the surrounding areas." An encyclopedic article about the history of Massachusetts. - From wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Massachusetts 

History of Massachusetts __ "Comprehensive online resources about Massachusetts history." - From about.com - http://history1900s.about.com/library/world/blxusma.htm

History of Massachusetts __ You will find an overview of events which shaped the state, from early European exploration to post-World War II. - From usgennet.org - http://www.usgennet.org/family/bliss/rehoboth/mahistory.htm 

Massachusetts ___A good overview of the history of Massachusetts, plus statistics, demographic information, and links to "... selected famous natives and residents." - Illustrated - From Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108225.html 
 
Massachusetts Bay___A colonial history of Massachusetts. - 1 image - From Henry William Elson - http://www.usahistory.info/New-England/Massachusetts.html

Massachusetts Family History - Massachusetts Birth Records ... __ "Massachusetts Family History, Massachusetts Birth Records, Massachusetts Marriage Records, Massachusetts Death Records, Massachusetts Census Records and ..." - From familyhistory.com - http://www.familyhistory.com/state.asp?state=MA 

Massachusetts Ghost Towns___These brief reports about this state's ghost towns are submitted by viewers. - Map - From Ghosttowns.com - http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ma/ma.html

Massachusetts Historical Society | Founded in 1791 __ " The Massachusetts Historical Society is an independent research library that collects, preserves, makes accessible, and communicates manuscripts and other materials in order to promote the study of the history of Massachusetts and the nation-a mission it has pursued since 1791." Learn about this remarkable organization, goals and accomplishments. - illustrated - From masshist.org - http://www.masshist.org/welcome/ 
 
Massachusets History __ A brief overview of the history of Massachusetts. A look at historic Massachusetts. - From dickshovel.com - http://www.dickshovel.com/massa.html

Massachusetts Old Photos.... faces and places in the past __ "Old family photographs, postcards, historical pictures, and genealogy about the people and places." - illustrated - From familyoldphotos.com - http://www.familyoldphotos.com/ma/

Massachusetts, Timeline of State History  __ "Timeline chronicles the most important dates, events and significant developments in Massachusetts history and heritage from the 17th through the 20th centuries." - From shgresources.com - http://www.shgresources.com/ma/timeline/

MSP African Americans in Massachusetts __ A look at some notable African Americans in Massachusetts history. - illustrated - From Massachusetts Studies Project - http://www.msp.umb.edu/afam/AfAmTimelines.html

Notable Events in Massachusetts History___Exactly as the title says. The first entry here is for 1602, when "Bartholomew Gosnold explores coast." - Text only - From MassHome - http://www.masshome.com/events.html 

State of Massachusetts History___Not an attractive page, but the facts are here. - Text only - From NorthEastern Genealogy - http://www.negenealogy.com/ma/ma_state/history.htm 

 
A Tour of Massachusetts History and Trivia___"All underlined entries in the text are links to other historical people, places or events." - Text only - From MassHome - http://www.masshome.com/tour.html 

The US50 - A Guide to the State of Massachusetts___A general overview of the history of Massachusetts and brief biographies of historic figures. - Text only - From Erik Schubach and TheUS50.com - http://www.theus50.com/massachusetts/history.shtml 

Your Guide to Massachusetts History___An incredible amount if history is made available to you on this page which starts out telling you how Boston got its name. To get to the answer you will learn about the political situation in England which resulted in the Puritans emigrating to America. - Illustrated - From iBoston - http://www.iboston.org/mcp.php?pid=taleOfTwoBostons 

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