Massachusetts, being one of the New England Colonies, has some of the oldest court records in the U.S., dating to the early 1600s. Probate and land court files document early colonial settlers, while town courts handled civil disputes and criminal cases. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives and county registries preserve these records, offering genealogists detailed insights into the family history of the Bay State.
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- Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1635 - 1664, Volume 1 1,574 records
- Records And Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1, 1636-1656 (1911) 1,027 records
- Index To the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1870 - 1910 1,008 records
- Index To the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1870 - 1910, Volume 2 934 records
- Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County Massachusetts, 1636 - 1683, Volume 3 540 records
- Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County Massachusetts, 1636 - 1683, Volume 6 525 records
- Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County Massachusetts, 1636 - 1683, Volume 4 521 records
- Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County Massachusetts, 1636 - 1683, Volume 2 519 records
- Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County Massachusetts, 1636 - 1683, Volume 1 514 records
- Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County Massachusetts, 1636 - 1683, Volume 8 508 records
- Records and Files Of The Quarterly Courts Of Essex County Massachusetts, 1636 - 1683, Volume 5 507 records
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