Tag: Historical Collections

The Historical Collections Department is pleased to announce a recent gift from the personal research collection of Blanche M. G. Linden, the noted scholar and author of Silent City on a Hill: Landscapes of Memory and Boston’s Mount Auburn Cemetery. … Continue reading →

  [At Mount Auburn] horticulture established her temple  …there will repose the ashes of the humble and exalted, in the silent and sacred Garden of the Dead. – Henry Dearborn, “Proceedings of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Oct. 1, 1831,” reported … Continue reading →

USING OUR COLLECTIONS Mount Auburn is happy to respond to research requests. Genealogical Research – If you are conducting genealogical research, please peruse our research request options, learn about our resources, or visit our online store to complete a research request. Please contact research@mountauburn.org … Continue reading →

Resources in Massachusetts In Massachusetts, birth, death, and marriage records are the responsibility of the Town Clerks in the cities and towns where they occurred. Since 1841, annual lists and reports have also been sent to the state (see below). … Continue reading →