Record books [Suffolk County (Mass.). Registry of Deeds]
Record books, 1629-1800.
Call no.: CY3.13/1205
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date/time of recordation
Restrictions: Restricted as fragile; access by permission of state archivist or curator of Massachusetts Archives only
Notes: Volumes numbered 1-111, 113, 115-193. Volumes 112 (Jan.-July 1868) and 114 (Jan.-Mar. 1769) either lost or destroyed, probably when the registry was moved to Dedham in 1776. In 1983, volumes 1-14 (1629-1687) ms. volumes reported missing; recovered 2003. For printed version see above. Volumes 3-4, 7-8, 11-12, 13-14 boxed in pairs. Deposited in Archives by Suffolk County Registry of Deeds, Jan. 4, 1999; by Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, Suffolk District: volumes 1-12, Nov. 19, 2003, v. 13-14, Dec. 17, 2003. (Per St 1999, c 127, s 53, the registry passed to the general superintendence of the state secretary as of Sept. 1, 1998, and its staff became employees of the secretary effective July 1, 1999.)
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