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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> | 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 '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> | ||
1819 - Maine separated from Massachusetts, but Massachusetts retained ownership of half the available 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. | ||
=== Colonial Records === | === Colonial Records === | ||
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:[http://www.aroostook.me.us/deeds.html Aroostook County] (this web site gives the areas served by each district) = [http://www.aroostookdeedsnorth.com/ Northern] and [http://www.aroostookdeedssouth.com/ Southern] | :[http://www.aroostook.me.us/deeds.html Aroostook County] (this web site gives the areas served by each district) = [http://www.aroostookdeedsnorth.com/ Northern] and [http://www.aroostookdeedssouth.com/ Southern] | ||
:[http://www.oxfordcounty.org/index.php Oxford County] = [http://www.oxfordcounty.org/deeds-east.php Eastern] serves all areas not served by the Western district, and [http://www.oxfordcounty.org/deeds-west.php Western] serves the towns of Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg, Hiram, Lovell, Porter, Stoneham and Stow. <ref | :[http://www.oxfordcounty.org/index.php Oxford County] = [http://www.oxfordcounty.org/deeds-east.php Eastern] serves all areas not served by the Western district, and [http://www.oxfordcounty.org/deeds-west.php Western] serves the towns of Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg, Hiram, Lovell, Porter, Stoneham and Stow. <ref>Reaves, Tony, Staff Writer. "Oxford County Commissioners Eye Consolidating Registries of Deeds", Sun Journal, Nov. 17, 2010, viewed on Oxford County, Maine web site at www.oxfordcounty.org/deedsconsol.php (accessed 27 December 2010).</ref> | ||
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The Family History Library has copies of deed records for all counties, most to about 1900. See the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityrelated&columns=*%2C0%2C0&subject=338&subject_disp=Maine Family History Library Catalog] under MAINE, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY. | The Family History Library has copies of deed records for all counties, most to about 1900. See the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityrelated&columns=*%2C0%2C0&subject=338&subject_disp=Maine Family History Library Catalog] under MAINE, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY. | ||
=== Web Sites === | === Web Sites === | ||