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=== Proprietor | === Proprietor 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. | 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. | ||
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. | === 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 or land district registrar. | |||
==== 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 === | ||