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=== 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. | 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. | ||
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 the addresses, phone numbers and web sites of the Registry of Deeds offices, see the [http://www.sec.state.ma.us/rod/rodlst/lstidx.htm#Ba Registry of Deeds] list. | |||
The Family History Library has most county land records and indexes from the county's creation to the early 1900s. For example: | The Family History Library has most county land records and indexes from the county's creation to the early 1900s. For example: | ||
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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 == | ||