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Access the collection at the Massachusetts Archive. Most of the collection is available on microfilm.  
Access the collection at the Massachusetts Archive. Most of the collection is available on microfilm.  


*Volumes 1-239 on {{FSC|1055547|item|disp=FS Library microfilm}}
*Volumes 1-239 on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F1055547 FHL microfilm]
*Volumes 240-328 on {{FSC|1050952|item|disp=FS Library microfilm}}
*Volumes 240-328 on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F1050952 FHL microfilm]


Several finding aids are available to help locate records of interest.  
Several finding aids are available to help locate records of interest.  
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*View an online list of [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colvol2.htm volumes 100-199].  
*View an online list of [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colvol2.htm volumes 100-199].  
*View an online list of [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colvol3.htm volumes 200-238].  
*View an online list of [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccol/colvol3.htm volumes 200-238].  
*View the card index on {{FSC|285054|item|disp=FS Library microfilm}}
*View the card index on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F285054 FHL microfilm].
*Tables of content and name indexes are available for many of the volumes.
*Tables of content and name indexes are available for many of the volumes.


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[[Category:Massachusetts Archives and Libraries]]
[[Category:Massachusetts, United States]]

Revision as of 20:14, 10 December 2015

The Massachusetts Archives Collection contains 328 volumes about early Massachusetts history (1629-1799). It is also called the Felt Collection. Rev. Joseph Felt organized most of the collection in the 1830s; the last third was added in the late nineteenth century.[1]

Access the collection at the Massachusetts Archive. Most of the collection is available on microfilm.

Several finding aids are available to help locate records of interest.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. "Massachusetts Archives Collection," Massachusetts Archives (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc : accessed 26 May 2011), click Searchable Collections, Massachusetts Archives Collection Database, volume descriptions.