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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Massachusetts_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]''  
''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Massachusetts_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]''  


=== Proprietor and Town Records ===
=== ===Proprietor and Town Records === ===


During the colonial period, land was granted by the General Court to proprietors, who also granted land. These records are located at the Massachusetts State Archives and other repositories. The state archives also has records and papers relating to proprietary grants, land claims, grants of bounty lands to soldiers, boundary disputes, and surveyors' records.  
During the colonial period, land was granted by the General Court to proprietors, who also granted land. These records are located at the Massachusetts State Archives and other repositories. The state archives also has records and papers relating to proprietary grants, land claims, grants of bounty lands to soldiers, boundary disputes, and surveyors' records.  
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After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, town clerks recorded deeds and mortgages. These records are at the town halls; the Family History Library has copies of most of them.  
After proprietors sold their land or a town was incorporated, town clerks recorded deeds and mortgages. These records are at the town halls; the Family History Library has copies of most of them.  


'''Plymouth Colony records (1632–1701''') are in:
'''====Plymouth Colony records (1632–1701''') ====


Shurtleff, N. B. and David Pulsifer, eds. ''Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England''. 12 Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: William White, 1855-61. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.4+N2n book 974.4 N2n; film 944128-29; fiche 6046866.)]  
Shurtleff, N. B. and David Pulsifer, eds. ''Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England''. 12 Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: William White, 1855-61. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.4+N2n book 974.4 N2n; film 944128-29; fiche 6046866.)]  


'''Massachusetts Bay Colony records (1628–1685''') are in:
'''====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. ([[Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.|Family History Library book 974.4 N2s]]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=213805&disp=Records+of+the+governor+and+company+of+t++ 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. ([[Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.|Family History Library book 974.4 N2s]]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=213805&disp=Records+of+the+governor+and+company+of+t++ fiche 6046893].)  


=== 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 (see [[Massachusetts Gazetteers|Massachusetts Gazetteers]]).  
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 (see [[Massachusetts Gazetteers|Massachusetts Gazetteers]]).  
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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 == ==


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Massachusetts.ASP Massachusetts Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Massachusetts.ASP Massachusetts Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  


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