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1691: A new charter was granted to Massachusetts Bay Colony, uniting it with Plymouth Colony. Parts of Maine and Nova Scotia were also added to Massachusetts.  
1691: A new charter was granted to Massachusetts Bay Colony, uniting it with Plymouth Colony. Parts of Maine and Nova Scotia were also added to Massachusetts.  


1700: Massachusetts created the&nbsp;1st 'Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands', including Maine. <ref name="null">Massachusetts. State Archives. "History of the Land Office" with a list and description of Eastern Lands Papers, Records, 1717-1860 at the Massachusetts State Archives, http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcpdf/eastland.pdf, viewed 27 December 2010.</ref>  
1700: Massachusetts created the 1st 'Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands', including Maine. <ref name="null">Massachusetts. State Archives. "History of the Land Office" with a list and description of Eastern Lands Papers, Records, 1717-1860 at the Massachusetts State Archives, http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcpdf/eastland.pdf, viewed 27 December 2010.</ref>  


1783: Massachusetts created the 2nd&nbsp;'Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands', specifically to survey, appraise and sell land in Maine. <ref>Massachusetts. State Archives. "History of the Land Office" with a list and description of Eastern Lands Papers, Records, 1717-1860 at the Massachusetts State Archives, http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcpdf/eastland.pdf, viewed 27 December 2010.</ref>  
1783: Massachusetts created the 2nd 'Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands', specifically to survey, appraise and sell land in Maine. <ref>Massachusetts. State Archives. "History of the Land Office" with a list and description of Eastern Lands Papers, Records, 1717-1860 at the Massachusetts State Archives, http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcpdf/eastland.pdf, viewed 27 December 2010.</ref>  


1786: The Ohio Land Company was formed, resulting in the emigration of many Massachusetts residents to Ohio.  
1786: The Ohio Land Company was formed, resulting in the emigration of many Massachusetts residents to Ohio.  


1819: Maine separated from Massachusetts, but Massachusetts retained ownership of half the available&nbsp;land.  
1819: Maine separated from Massachusetts, but Massachusetts retained ownership of half the available land.  


1853: Maine bought the rest of the land still owned by Massachusetts within Maine borders.  
1853: Maine bought the rest of the land still owned by Massachusetts within Maine borders.  
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=== Town Records  ===
=== Town Records  ===


After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, town clerks recorded deeds and mortgages. These records are at the town halls; and&nbsp;the FamilySearch Library has copies of most of them. After a county was created, the land records were and still are kept by the county registry of deeds office (see the County Records section below).  
After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, town clerks recorded deeds and mortgages. These records are at the town halls; and the FamilySearch Library has copies of most of them. After a county was created, the land records were and still are kept by the county registry of deeds office (see the County Records section below).  


=== Colony Records  ===
=== Colony Records  ===
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*Bangs, Jeremy Dupertuis, ''Indian Deeds: Land Transactions in Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691,'' (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c2002). {{FSC|1061812|item|disp=FS Library book 970.1 B225i}}
*Bangs, Jeremy Dupertuis, ''Indian Deeds: Land Transactions in Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691,'' (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c2002). {{FSC|1061812|item|disp=FS Library book 970.1 B225i}}


==== Massachusetts Bay Colony records (1628–1685)&nbsp;  ====
==== Massachusetts Bay Colony records (1628–1685)   ====


Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. ''Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England''. Five Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: W. White, 1853-54. {{FSC|344454|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 N2s}} and {{FSC|213805|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6046893}}
Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. ''Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England''. Five Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: W. White, 1853-54. {{FSC|344454|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 N2s}} and {{FSC|213805|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6046893}}
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For a list of towns and cities with their Registry of Deeds, see the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/rod/rodgde/gdeidx.htm City/Town to Registry Guide].  
For a list of towns and cities with their Registry of Deeds, see the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/rod/rodgde/gdeidx.htm City/Town to Registry Guide].  


For links to the addresses, phone numbers and&nbsp;web sites&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Registry of Deeds&nbsp;offices, see [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/rod/rodlst/lstidx.htm#Ba Registry of Deeds Links].  
For links to the addresses, phone numbers and web sites of the Registry of Deeds offices, see [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/rod/rodlst/lstidx.htm#Ba Registry of Deeds Links].  


[http://www.masslandrecords.com/ Indexes] to the land records are online by district/county though mostly post 1948.  
[http://www.masslandrecords.com/ Indexes] to the land records are online by district/county though mostly post 1948.  
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