Genealogist's Guide to the American Colonies: New England Colonies - Research Ancestry & Family History in Early America

The book relies on the old county boundaries during the colonial era, 1607-1775. All the colonies are organized and displayed by their colonial counties, and include maps of the earliest settlements. Under each county are the towns in place during the colonial era. There are numerous references to county boundary changes throwing towns from one county to another. This is important information for anyone searching for a particular vital record (birth, marriage, death, burial) and needing to know which county to search. Also, there are references to whole towns moving to another colony, e.g., six towns of Old Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, were lost to the Province of New Hampshire in 1680.

William Dollarhide

2024, paper, 95 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593808

121-FR0432