Middlesex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * In 1997, the county governments of Middlesex, Berkshire, Essex, Hampden and Worcester were abolished.
 * Their functions were turned over to state agencies.
 * Sheriffs in these counties still administer jails but their employees are state employees.
 * The legislation to abolish these county governments transferred Registeries of Deeds to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
 * Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk county governments remain substantially unchanged.

Parent County

 * Created 10 May 1643 from the Massachusetts Bay Colonial lands

Boundary Changes

 * Worcester County was set off 5 April 1731.

Populated Places

 * Cities: Cambridge . Everett . Lowell . Malden . Marlborough . Medford . Melrose . Newton . Somerville . Waltham . Watertown . Woburn
 * Towns: Acton . Arlington . Ashby . Ashland . Ayer . Bedford . Belmont . Billerica . Boxborough . Burlington . Carlisle . Chelmsford . Concord . Dracut . Dunstable . Framingham . Groton . Holliston . Hopkinton . Hudson . Lexington . Lincoln . Littleton . Maynard . Natick . North Reading . Pepperell . Reading . Sherborn . Shirley . Stoneham . Stow . Sudbury . Tewksbury . Townsend . Tyngsborough . Wakefield . Wayland . Westford . Weston . Wilmington . Winchester
 * Communities: Ayer . Cochituate . Fort Devens . East Pepperell . Groton . Hopkinton . Hudson . Littleton Common . Pepperell . Pinehurst . Shirley . Townsend . West Concord
 * Villages: North Billerica . North Chelmsford

Neighboring Counties
Essex | Norfolk | Suffolk | Worcester | Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Web Sites

 * The Middlesex County MAGenWeb Project, an member of The MAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Middlesex County
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Middlesex County