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== Online Resources == | |||
*'''1620-1986''' {{RecordSearch|2106411|Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986}} at FamilySearch - [[Massachusetts Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only | *'''1620-1986''' {{RecordSearch|2106411|Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986}} at FamilySearch - [[Massachusetts Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only | ||
*'''1671-1673''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2771/massachusetts-plymouth-colony-deeds-1671-1673 Massachusetts: Plymouth Colony Deeds, 1671-1673] at American Ancestors - index & images | *'''1671-1673''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2771/massachusetts-plymouth-colony-deeds-1671-1673 Massachusetts: Plymouth Colony Deeds, 1671-1673] at American Ancestors - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1805-1845''' {{RecordSearch|1881492|Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1805-1845}} at FamilySearch - [[Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only | *'''1805-1845''' {{RecordSearch|1881492|Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications 1805-1845}} at FamilySearch - [[Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only | ||
*[http://www.masslandrecords.com/ Indexes to the Massachusetts land records] are online by district/county, mostly post 1948, downloadable pdf's. | *[http://www.masslandrecords.com/ Indexes to the Massachusetts land records] are online by district/county, mostly post 1948, downloadable pdf's. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search] | |||
=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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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For information about land transactions between Plymouth Colony and Indians, see: | For information about land transactions between Plymouth Colony and Indians, see: | ||
*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 | *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 Catalog book 970.1 B225i}} | ||
==== Massachusetts Bay Colony records (1628–1685) | ==== 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 | 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 Catalog book 974.4 N2s}} and {{FSC|213805|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6046893}} | ||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
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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 | 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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==== Boston and Suffolk County records (1629–1697) ==== | ==== Boston and Suffolk County records (1629–1697) ==== | ||
''Suffolk Deeds''. 14 Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880-1906. {{FSC|318904|item|disp=FS | ''Suffolk Deeds''. 14 Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880-1906. {{FSC|318904|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.46 R2s}}; Volumes. 1-14 are on {{FSC|318904|item|disp=FS Library film 1033902}}; vols. 1-2, 4-7, 9-11, and 14 are on {{FSC|318904|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6046903}} | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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<br> {{Massachusetts|Massachusetts}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | <br> {{Massachusetts|Massachusetts}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | ||
[[Category:Massachusetts, United States | [[Category:Massachusetts, United States]][[Category:Land and Property]] | ||