Having just come from the Registry of Deeds in Pittsfield, I can tell everyone that the first 123 books are no longer available in book form. All the deeds have been scanned and converted into graphic files that you then access on a computer and print out. The cost is 50 cents a page. It's pretty much do it yourself. You can zoom in on the page and scroll around. Sometimes the numbers do not correspond to the numbers in the grantor and grantee indexes. It seems as though the pages for the most part have been split into two pages, except for one obscure deed that I don't think any of my friends will have. I'm going to take it to work to enlarge on our copier. The original books are being rebound and then put in the Massachusetts Archives. I don't know how the deeds are access for later dates. I do know that new deeds are being scanned in, because I saw someone doing it. Another helpful piece of information is that parking around the Registry is really tough. If you're lucky and get there really early or at lunch you can find a 3-hour spot. The only all-day parking is in the garage attached to the hotel downtown and is four dollars a day. The other garage is by permit only. The building the Registry is in is also being renovated. They are working on the windows and there's always one empty frame so it can get chilly in there. Copies in Probate are also 50 cents a page. If there isn't enough time for them to do it, they will make out an order and mail the copies to you without an extra charge. You do have to pay for it when you're there. They are very nice there. On the opposite side of East Street, the deli on the corner of East Street and whatever street Route 7 goes down is very good. Debbie demcvean wrote: > When I was in Pittsfield back in 1982 the charge was $1 per page. I'd call > the courthouse to make sure, but I can't imagine the cost would be 50 cents > now. -- Indifference to evil is the enemy of good, for indifference is the enemy of everything that exalts the honor of man. We fight indifference through education; we diminish it through compassion. The most efficient remedy? Memory. To remember means to recognize a time other than the present; to remember means to acknowledge the possibility of a dialogue... The memory of an ancient joy or defeat is proof that nothing is definitive, nor is it irrevocable. To live through a catastrophe is bad; to forget it is worse. Elie Wiesel.