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Plymouth County registry completes transcription of records to 1685 and opens nine-seat training for public searches
Summary
The registry completed a transcription and editing project converting handwritten records from 1685 to present into searchable, typewritten format and is offering free public training in a nine-seat room; registration is first-come, first-served via Lorna Green.
John Buckley, Plymouth County register of deeds, said the registry completed a major transcription project that converts handwritten county records dating to 1685 into typewritten, searchable records and a fully edited grantor search. "We have taken the beautiful handwritten records and also connected it to a typewritten record," Buckley said, describing the resource as free and useful to historians and genealogists.
He also announced a nine-seat, hands-on training room for members of the public and professionals to learn how to search the registry database. Sessions will be offered in May and June, the registry will pause in July and August, and training resumes in September. Interested users are asked to call the registry (Lorna Green) to register; Buckley provided the number in the broadcast.
Buckley illustrated the value of the records with historical examples — including a 1690 Plymouth Colony record about court-appointed caretakers and notes about Oliver Wendell Holmes — to show how archival records support local history and legal research. He thanked Brockton Cable Access and registry staff for support and closed by encouraging residents to be vigilant about property records.
