Hampshire Co., Mass., Guide for Genealogical Research

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Hampshire County was created by the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 7 May 1662 as the western half of original Middlesex County. The earliest record is a probate case from 27 March 1660. The County Court began on 25 September 1677.

To learn more about the county records, click on one of the subjects listed below:

Land Records (Deeds) - Probate Records - Other Court Records

 

For a detailed guide for the towns within Hampshire County, click on the town name below.

Amherst - Belchertown - Chesterfield - Cummington

Easthampton - Enfield (Mass. - ext.) - Enfield (Conn.) - Goshen (ext.)

Granby - Greenwich (ext.) - Hadley - Hatfield - Huntington - Middlefield

Northampton - Pelham - Plainfield - Prescott (ext.) - Somers (Conn.)

South Hadley - Southampton - Suffield (Conn.) - Ware

Westhampton - Williamsburg - Winchester (ext.) - Worthington

To go directly to a town guide, click here. If the place is not found in the town listing, then it is likely a village or obsolete name. For a guide to the town for these places, click here.

 

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