Cambridge High School Yearbooks Online - Explore Massachusetts Genealogy

Recently I saw an article by the Cambridge (MA) Public Library archivist announcing that all Cambridge High School Yearbooks in the library’s collection are now online. While yearbooks have been available at Ancestry and MyHeritage, these yearbooks are accessible for free on Internet Archive and they cover Cambridge much more extensively than the large genealogy database sites.

The following yearbooks are now available:

Note: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School was formed in 1977 when Cambridge High and Latin School merged with Rindge Technical School. In addition to the public schools listed above, there are private and Catholic schools in Cambridge. For a fuller history of high schools in Cambridge see HistoryCambridge.

A comparison of Internet Archive vs. Ancestry and MyHeritage

The main difference between the three online digital collections of yearbooks, other than the years available, is that Ancestry and MyHeritage have a searchable indexes by name, location and school. However you can search within individual yearbooks on Internet Archive.

Of course, the other main difference is that Ancestry and MyHeritage are paid subscription sites and access to the Internet Archive is free.

Also, with Internet Archive you can download the entire yearbook or individual pages.

	Internet Archive	Ancestry	MyHeritage
Cambridge High and Latin School	1913-1977	1921, 1923, 1928, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1969, 1973	1921, 1923, 1928, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1969, 1973
Rindge Technical School	1929-1977	1932, 1936, 1940, 1945, 1947, 1972	1932, 1940, 1972,
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School	1978-2022	1982, 1983	1979