Colonial era records

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Friends (Quaker) Dartmouth Monthly Meeting Records 1699 - 1968
These records contain over 6000 hand written pages
Acushnet Friends Meeting Records - partial
Native Americans Historical Records Section
Of Plimouth Plantation  - by William Bradford
 A Colonial Society of Massachusetts publication in conjunction with
   the New England Historical and Genealogical Society
Peleg Burroughs Journal 1780
​Old Dartmouth Town Records
​​ Introduction to   Town meeting records of Old Dartmouth   1674 - 1787 
This body of work is the effort of Robert Harding   
 Part 1               Part 2
 Dartmouth Town Meeting Records 1674 - 1787
   INDEX   A to Poor       Part 1           Part 2
    INDEX  P - Wr             Part 1           Part 2 ​
​1674 - 1729   Pages  7 - 75          -     Part 1     Part 2
​1760 - 1772   Pages   394 - 475   -     Part 1     Part 2
​1729 - 1739   Pages   76 - 157     -     Part 1     Part 2
​1772 - 1777   Pages   476 - 523   -     Part 1     Part 2
1739 - 1744   Pages   164 - 235   -     Full  ​
​1777 - 1786   Pages   524 - 597   -     Part 1     Part 2
​1744 - 1752   Pages   238 - 291   -     Full
​1786 - 1787   Pages    598 - 608   -    Full
1752 - 1760   Pages   292 - 393   -     Full ​
Old Dartmouth Highways 1705 - 1786   Part A        
Old Dartmouth Highways 1705 - 1786   Part B          
Old Dartmouth Marriages and Deaths  1670 - 1787
Plymouth Colony Records - 12 Volumes
Volumes 1 - 6   Court Orders  1633 - 1691

Vol 1 records      Vol 1 Index     1633 - 1640                  
Vol 2 records      Vol 2 Index     1641 - 1651                  
Vol 3 records      Vol 3 Index     1651 - 1661                 
Vol 4 records      Vol 4 Index     1661 - 1668
Vol 5 records      Vol 5 Index     1668 - 1678
Vol 6 records      Vol 6 Index     1678 - 1691

​Vol 7 records      Vol 7 Index     Judicial Acts   1636 - 1692


Vol 8  records      Vol 8 Index      Miscellaneous Records   1633 - 1698
                                                                       - Births marriages Deaths
                                                                       - Court Fines
                                                                       - Names of freemen by town
Volume 9     Acts of the Commissioners    1643 - 1651
Volume 10   Acts of the Commissioners - Records of meetings   1653 - 1679
Volume 11   Laws   1623 - 1681
Volume 12   Division of land  1620 - 1621
                                                                 - Deeds
                                                                 - Indian records for their lands
Town of Portsmouth, RI   from 1639               -Although the larger part of the book is taken up with the proceedings of the town council, there are also included hundreds of miscellaneous records—deeds, wills, inventories, powers of attorney, indentures, and ear-marks—all of additional value to the student of history and genealogy.
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​Massachusetts Bay Colony - Court of Assistants V1  1630-1692
​Massachusetts Bay Colony - Court of Assistants V2   1630-1692
​Massachusetts Bay Colony - Court of Assistants V3   1630-1692   
​Massachusetts Bay Colony, Governor, Assistant records  V1 1628-1641
​Massachusetts Bay Colony, Governor, Assistant records  V2  1642-1649
​Massachusetts Bay Colony, Governor, Assistant records  V3  1644-1657
​The Colonial laws of Massachusetts   1672
Representative men and old families of Southeastern Massachusetts
 3 volume set
Volume 1     Volume 2     Volume 3