Jane is correct........I put down the WRONG book to look up.....ones I was thinking of when I responded to Bonnie were the PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY not...Plymouth,.......sorry. <Very Sheepish Grin> -- However, I do have [and the book list is correct<G>) * Mayflower Source Records * Plymouth Colony and It's People 1620-1691 * Records of Plymouth Colony 1620-1689 * English Ancestry of Pilgrim Fathers * Directory of Heads of Households,1620-1700 * Great Migrations * Cape Cod Library Local History * Genealogy [was part of Plymouth Colony until 1685] * Abstracts of Bristol Co.,Mass Probate Rec. 1687-1745 -- Also some good Rhode Island books....especially with today's Bristol Co and Rhode Is.Bristol Co.....much of the history is combined until 1685 according to the "historical Data Relating to Counties,Cities,Counties, in Mass" by the Sec.of Commonwealth,1997. * Barnstable County-1685 * Bristol [Mass]..1685 * Dukes County 1695 * Essex County- 1643 * Nantucket--1695 * Plymouth County- 1685 * Suffolk COunty--1643 -- Cynthia Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Bunnydust@attbi.com MBC archiver (postings) http://archiver.rootsweb.com and put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box > Bonnie, there wasn't any Bristol County during those years - it was part of > Plymouth Colony up to 1685. > > Abstracts of Bristol County wills from 1687 to 1765 are in print in 2 > volumes, by the late H.L. Peter Rounds, published by Gen. Pub. Co. in > Baltimore in the 1980s. Abstracts covering a few more years were published, > I think, in the journal The Mayflower Descendant, fairly recently -- there > weren't enough to fill another volume. > > Hope this helps somebody. > Jane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bunnydust@attbi.com> > To: <MABRISTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 1:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] Taunton Records > > > > Hi Bonnie: > > I do have the Bristol County Probates.....years are > > 1635-1681...will check for you. > > > > Cynthia > > -- > > Administrator for Ma-Bay-Colony- > > L@rootsweb.com > > Bunnydust@attbi.com > > MBC archiver (postings) > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com and > > put Ma-Bay-Colony in the box > > > Can anyone do a look-up, or tell me how to acquire, a copy of a will > which is > > > supposedly in the Bristol (MA) County Registry of Probate in Taunton, > MA? > > > > > > I have been told that this record will end my 4 year search for a > missing piece > > > of my genealogical puzzle! Any help would be appreciated! > > > > > > Bonnie > > > bunbear@cox.net > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >