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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
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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. | ||
=== 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 the Family History Library has copies of most of them. After a county was created, the land records were and still are kept by the county | 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 Family History 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). | ||
==== Plymouth Colony records (1632–1701) ==== | ==== Plymouth Colony records (1632–1701) ==== | ||
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==== 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. ({{FHL|344454|item}} book 974.4 N2s; {{FHL|213805|item}} 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. ({{FHL|344454|item}} book 974.4 N2s; {{FHL|213805|item}} fiche 6046893) | ||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
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==== Boston and Suffolk County records (1629–1697)<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1284691826875_450" /> ==== | ==== Boston and Suffolk County records (1629–1697)<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1284691826875_450" /> ==== | ||
''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 == | ||