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==Statewide Records and Resources== | ==Statewide Records and Resources== | ||
Under the Charter of 1629, all official meeting notes were listed as "courts."<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 243, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref><br> | Under the Charter of 1629, all official meeting notes were listed as "courts."<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 243, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref><br> | ||
'''General Court (1620-1684, 1692-1825)'''. Years 1628-1777 are on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/341084?availability=Family%20History%20Library film 0954385], Digitized but not indexed. | '''General Court (1620-1684, 1692-1825)'''. | ||
:*Years 1628-1777 are on [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/341084?availability=Family%20History%20Library film 0954385], Digitized but not indexed.<Br> | |||
'''Court of Assistants (1630-1686, 1689-1692)''' This was the appellate court for county and inferior courts. It also was the jurisdiction for capital crimes and divorces. For a short time in the 1680s the Court of Assistants was under the Governor and Council appointed by the Crown.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 243. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | '''Court of Assistants (1630-1686, 1689-1692)''' This was the appellate court for county and inferior courts. It also was the jurisdiction for capital crimes and divorces. For a short time in the 1680s the Court of Assistants was under the Governor and Council appointed by the Crown.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 243. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | ||
:*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/267953?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Records of the court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692''']. 3 Vols. (Boston: County of Suffolk, 1901-1928, film 046679). | :*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/267953?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Records of the court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692''']. 3 Vols. (Boston: County of Suffolk, 1901-1928, film 046679). | ||