Middlesex County, Massachusetts Records

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts Courthouse Records
Middlesex County, Massachusetts Census Records
Middlesex County, Massachusetts Vital Records
Middlesex County, Massachusetts Resources
Middlesex County, Massachusetts External Links

Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Map It) was created on May 10, 1643 as one of four original counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The county was named for the English county of Middlesex.

Middlesex County is bordered by Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (north), Essex County (northeast), Suffolk County (southeast), Norfolk County (south), Worcester County (west).

Middlesex County Cities and Towns include Acton, Arlington, Ashby, Ashland, Auburndale, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, East Pepperell, Everett, Framingham, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Malden, Marlborough, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Newton, Newton Centre, Newton Highland, Newtonville, North Billerica, North Chelmsford, North Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Sherborn, Shirley, Somerville, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Waban, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, West Newton, Westford, Weston, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn.

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts Courthouse Records

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Courthouse
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Middlesex County, MA Courthouse

The Middlesex County Courthouse is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts & Lowell, Massachusetts. The county government was abolished on July 1, 1997. Until 1649, records were kept in Boston. The county was divided into two districts in 1855. The Cambridge office is the "parent" county seat, encompassing all the Middlesex towns between 1643-1855. After that it was still the probate office for the county, but the registry of deeds for only the Southern District. Learn More About State of Massachusetts Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research. For Town Records contact the City/Town Hall Clerk.

The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Middlesex county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

  • Middlesex County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1649. The County Register of Deeds is the place where all transactions of a Real Property nature are recorded so that the public is made aware of their existence. Deeds, mortgages, tax liens, water liens, declaration of homestead and many other kinds of documents regarding the title and ownership of real estate are noted permanently in official records.
    • Northern District includes the towns of Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford and Wilmington.
    • Southern District includes the towns of Acton, Arlington, Ashby, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Boxborough, Burlington, Cambridge, Concord, Everett, Framingham, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Malden, Marlboro, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Newton, North Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Sherborn, Shirley, Somerville, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Weston, Winchester and Woburn.
  • Middlesex County Clerk of Probate Court has Probate Records from 1654. The County Clerk of Probate Court has many responsibilities which include the administration of estates, probate of wills, and the appointment of guardians, have been under the jurisdiction of the courts since the 1630s. County courts and later, county judges of probate, were responsible for these functions until 1783, when the probate courts were established. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the probate and family courts were given jurisdiction over adoptions, divorces, name changes, and domestic relations.
  • Middlesex County Clerk of Courts has Court Records from 1643. The County Clerk of Courts has jurisdiction over all civil, criminal, and equity cases.
  • Middlesex County Town Clerks has copies of vital records (birth, marriage, divorce and death records). Clerks respond to inquiries regarding vital records, since most have indexes available. They also have tax lists that may still be available at the town office. Earlier taxes for the towns exist as well.

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Census Records

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Vital Records

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Resources

Middlesex County, Massachusetts External Links

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