Have you tried the Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Springfield? That's where I found some early "Hampshire County" deeds for land in Russell/Westfield. Had already tried the current Hampshire County Registry of Deeds in Northampton, but had to go to Springfield for the earliest records. Joanne Garland -----Original Message----- From: James W. Crippen <crippen3@alaska.com> To: MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 16, 2001 2:45 PM Subject: Nobletown >Can anyone advise on archaic Hampshire County records ? Hampshire was >re-formed (when???) as Berkshire? Interested in learning whereabouts of >any remaining records from the period when Berkshire contained Nobletown >and Austerlitz in the Oblong of Massachusetts Colony lands contested by >New York. >The Joseph Crippen farm in Alford was dissected by the "New" MS-NY State >boundary re-set in 1787. More Crippen land became trapped in the "Gore" >east of Stockbridge. Looking for any clues to archaic Berkshire County, >Colony Land Records; Birth, marriage and death records, 1740-1790. All >ideas will be greatly appreciated. > >The Mass archives contain ca 1766 letters from William Kellogg of >Nobletown, testifying that his settlers were routed, burned and >murdered, by people from New York. Many of these same people were >chased to Egremont with their livestock and later re-settled north in >Austerlitz where Elisha Hatch was an original town proprietor. Details >appreciated. > >Thanks, >Jim Crippen >