Genealogical Sources
Where no biographical material for a person has been published, vital statistics and other sources can be used to provide basic data, especially date of death, which can then be used to find newspaper obituaries.
The source: a guidebook of American genealogy, by L. D. Szucs & S. H. Luebking. 3rd ed. Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2006.
HOLLIS Record
Internet Archive full text ("Removed", but you can search for a topic or page number and read the page, You can search the chapter title and be shown all the pages with the chapter title at the top)
Table of Contents
--Essays on types of sources and on research on particular groups of people.
Ancestry Library Edition is a collection of vital records, directories, censuses, military records, and other material from the United States and Canada, intended for genealogical research. Includes United States federal census returns, 1790-1930.
Researching Your Family's History at the Massachusetts Archives
The New England Historic Genealogical Society is the preeminent genealogical source for New England. Non-members may use the Library for a modest fee.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet is a vast compilation of links