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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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*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 Library book 970.1 B225i}} | *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 Library 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 Library book 974.4 N2s}} and {{FSC|213805|item|disp=FS Library 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. {{FSC|344454|item|disp=FS Library book 974.4 N2s}} and {{FSC|213805|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6046893}} | ||
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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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