I put together a list of websites that have been helpful when researching my Torrey family in early Scituate and Weymouth, MA.
- Suffolk County (Weymouth part of Suffolk until 1793)
- Suffolk County Deeds (FamilySearch)
- From UMass Amherst Library Guide: Suffolk Deeds:(Volume I) (Volume II 1653-1656) (Volume III 1656-1662) (Volume IV 1661-1665) (Volume V 1665-1668) (Volume VI 1668-1672) (Volume VII 1669-1672) (Volume VIII 1672-1674) (Volume IX) (Volume X 1676-1678) (Volume XI 1678-1680) (Volume XII 1680-1683) (Volume XIII 1683-1686) (Volume XIV 1686-1697) "Printed edition of the first 14 volumes of manuscript records of Suffolk County deeds covering 1629-1697." Each volume contains indexes of grantors, grantees, other persons, and places.
- Massachusetts Archives Collection Volume 45: Lands, 1622-1726 General Court records concerned with land grants and titles to lands in Massachusetts (1639-1726), Maine (1622-1683), and Connecticut (1657-1675). Includes a name index. (only some online; not this volume yet)
- Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (noted as MBCR in Great Migration Begins) (Volume I 1628-1641) (Volume II 1642-1649) (Volume III 1644-1657) (Volume IV, Part 1 1650-1660) (Volume IV, Part 2 1661-1674) (Volume V 1674-1686)
- Suffolk County Probate Docket and Records 1636-1899 (FamilySearch)
- History of Weymouth - ancestry.com
- List of Weymouth men in Revolutionary War
- Tackling Hingham Vital Records - article from Vita Brevis AmericanAncestors.org
- Plymouth County (including Plymouth Colony Records)
- Plymouth County Deeds (FamilySearch)
- Plymouth County Registry of Deeds (search indexes back to 1686!)
- About Plymouth Colony Early Land Records - massmayflower.org
- Plymouth Colony County Court Records - mayflowerhistory.com
- Records of the Colony of New Plymouth - Google Books
- Plymouth County Probate Records 1686-1903 (FamilySearch)
- Plymouth Colony Records, Wills 1633-1686, vol 1-4 (FamilySearch)
- Mayflower Descendant Index to Names
- Plymouth County History Book: excerpt on Ancient Landmarks of Scituate - ancestry.com
- Norfolk County (began in 1793 - See Suffolk County before 1793)
- Norfolk County Land Records (FamilySearch)
- Norfolk County Probate Docket Books and Records 1793-1916 - familysearch
- Braintree Records
- A brief history of the town of Braintree in Massachusetts : online book at hathitrust
- History of Braintree, Massachusetts (1639-1708) the north precinct of Braintree (1708-1792) and the town of Quincy (1792-1889). : online book at hathitrust
- Records of the town of Braintree, 1640-1793 : online at GoogleBooks and ancestry.com
- Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Mass., 1640-1850. This is a manuscript available at NEGHS and in their digital collections; also information about it on GoogleBooks.
- Other Massachusetts Records
- Boston Evening Transcript - google archives
- New England Genealogical Registers (FamilySearch wiki)
- Massachusetts Land Records - all counties : FamilySearch
- Bristol County, MA Probate index and records : FamilySearch
- Interactive Massachusetts Tax Inventory, 1771 - Harvard University
- Tax Valuations microfilm listins from Mass.gov
- Early Manuscript Maps - Massachusetts Historical Society
