Massachusetts Colonial Records
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History
The Plymouth Colony in 1620 and the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 were the first permanent European settlements. The Bay Colony originally included parts of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Southern Maine.[1]
| Earliest Church Records | Earliest Land Records | Earliest Court Records | Earliest Newspapers |
| 1620 | 1620 | 1620 | 1704 |
Statewide Records and Resources
Under the Charter of 1629, all official meeting notes were listed as "courts."[3]
- General Court (1620-1684, 1692-1825). Years 1628-1777 are on film 0954385.
Manuscript Collections
Additional Reading
References
- ↑ 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. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998
- ↑ 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), 183, 192. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998
- ↑ 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, WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998