>From: "Dale H. Cook" <[email protected]> > >At 08:01 PM 9/13/2011, Carol Botteron wrote: > > > I would like to find any records relating to these transfers. I am a > > member of NEHGS and have a copy of the Suffolk County deeds index. > >They are probably not at NEHGS unless they have microfilm of them at >the library on Newbury St. Check the Family History Library catalog >- you may be able to rent film of them at your Family History >Center. The only alternative is likely a trip to the Suffolk Co. >Registry of Deeds. > >If you were looking for somewhat earlier deeds it would be easy, as >the deeds through 1697 were published in 14 volumes between 1880 and >1906. Thank you, Dale. I checked the FHL catalog but didn't find anything. Is there any way to check on land grants from the king of England to people in Mass.? I am skeptical of that story. For one thing I have seen a map of (what is now) Sharon with land owners' names from about 1700; all the land seemed to be taken, but no HIXSON. Presumably if the king granted someone land, it would be land that no one of British descent was living on. But I would like to find out for sure. Carol B.