...ALL the microfilm done by the Mormon Church for the FHL of Massachusetts town records. (Note that some to a lot of stuff is un-filmed.) The Church gives the State copies of everything as its filmed or re-filmed. You'll find some Probate material in this material but its not been done consistently for each county. For Probate & Deeds, especially for the probate file papers, you MUST go to the county offices. The SA also now has almost ALL the 17th & 18th century Province Superior and County Court Records (that is, General Sessions and Common Pleas with their supporting file papers as well as the bound volumes). Some to most of these have indexes. There are also MANY odd-lot items for each county, such as individual JP books that somehow survived. The SA also has the STATE odd year cenuses in the original. This is the series that starts 1855, etc. These can be consulted in the original volume and through microfilm. The 1798 STATE DIRECT TAX CENSUS is also available there on microfilm. Above all, the SA has what's called the Massachusetts Archives volumes. At some point just before 1800, some one had the not to bright idea to take the governmental and judicial files of the 17th century, and a lot of the 18th as well, and RE-ORDER them by so-called TOPIC. It's only saving grace is that there is a seemingly complete index sytem to it all. From my own historical research among these volumes, it is clear that a lot was lost. What remains is wonderful and an underutilized resource by the general genealogist. For instance, its from these volumes that the French & Indian Wars lists of Soldiers & Officers has been compiled, though much of that material may still resie in the MA Adjutant General's office. (Yeah, we still have one.) I'm not going to Columbia Point anytime soon, but when I do I'll try to remember to remind the list and will do look-ups on a limited basis, providing full citation research notes for a SASE. If you want offical copies, do write the SA directly. (Of course, I can be hired!) Good Hunting & Happy Researching. Bob Gerrity Yankee Ancestry P. O. Box 2814 Acton, MA 01720 _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com