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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts Land and Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
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=== Proprietor and Town Records === | === Proprietor and Town Records === | ||
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=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
After a county was created, land records were recorded at county registry of deeds offices. Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, and Worcester counties have more than one office because they are divided into two or more land districts. Addresses of the offices are found in Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. | After a county was created, land records were recorded at county registry of deeds offices. Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, and Worcester counties have more than one office because they are divided into two or more land districts. Addresses of the offices are found in Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. | ||
The Family History Library has most county land records and indexes from the county's creation to the early 1900s. For example: | The Family History Library has most county land records and indexes from the county's creation to the early 1900s. For example: | ||
:* Suffolk County (Massachusetts). ''Register of Deeds: Records of Deeds, 1639–1885; Indexes to Deeds, 1639–1920.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. (On 1128 Family History Library films.) | :*Suffolk County (Massachusetts). ''Register of Deeds: Records of Deeds, 1639–1885; Indexes to Deeds, 1639–1920.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. (On 1128 Family History Library films.) | ||
==== Boston and Suffolk County records (1629–1697)<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1284691826875_450" /> ==== | ==== Boston and Suffolk County records (1629–1697)<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1284691826875_450" /> ==== | ||
''Suffolk Deeds''. 14 Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880-1906. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.46+R2s book 974.46 R2s]; Volumes. 1-14 are on five films, beginning with Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1033902 film 1033902]; vols. 1-2, 4-7, 9-11, and 14 are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6046903 fiche 6046903].) | ''Suffolk Deeds''. 14 Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880-1906. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.46+R2s book 974.46 R2s]; Volumes. 1-14 are on five films, beginning with Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1033902 film 1033902]; vols. 1-2, 4-7, 9-11, and 14 are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6046903 fiche 6046903].) | ||
== References == | == References == | ||