Africans in America - A production of WGBH Boston & the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Boston Historical Society and Museum - The historical society of the city of Boston.

Boston (England) in Medieval Times - Based on the leaflet produced by Heritage Lincolnshire and the Boston Borough Council.

The Boston Athenæum - The Athenæum's library has over a half a million volumes with remarkable collections of material on Boston and New England history.

Boston History & Architecture - A valuable resource for visitors and other interested persons by Dave Wieneke.

Boston Online - The history pages of "Your guide to Boston"

The Boston Public Library - Established in 1848, this was the the first publicly supported municipal library.

The City of Boston Archives - The official public records of Boston municipal government since its founding in 1630.

The George Fingold Library - The State Library of Massachusetts.

The Harvard Map Collection - Home of the Boston Map Society.

The History of Land Fill in Boston - A really cool interactive map.

History of the Landfills in Boston - Slide show resource for a Boston College architecture course.

The Interactive Statehouse History Resources - Governors of Massachusetts, Famous Firsts.

The Interactive Statehouse Articles - Interactive timeline, murals of the House Chamber, and much more.

The Massachusetts Historical Society - Boston's research library and manuscript repository.

The Massachusetts Archives - The official archives of Massachusetts state government, and host to an extensive collection of documents, records and resources.

Mapping Boston - The MIT Press - a book about maps of Boston and New England.

Maps Over Time - Very clever site! Overlay historical and contemporary maps to see how things changed.

MayflowerHistory.com - "The Internet's most complete, thoroughly researched and accurate web site dealing with the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, and early Plymouth Colony."

Plimouth Plantation - Official site of this living history museum.

The Winthrop Society - Dedicated to preserving their memory, philosophy and tradition of Governor John Winthrop and the Puritan colonists who came with him to plant the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.