Massachusetts Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

If you’re looking for present day court records online, please visit Massachusetts Public Records online for links.

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Massachusetts Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS 

US – United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874, images, at FS

US – United States, Freedmen’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images, at FS

US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images, at FS

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$ 

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$ 

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$ 

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$ 

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$ 

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$ 

Massachusetts – The acts and resolves, public and private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay : to which are prefixed the Charters of the Province, with historical and explanatory notes, and an appendix, at FS

Massachusetts – Incidents and appalling trials and treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill : from the plotting citizen confederacies in Worcester County, Mass., at FS

Massachusetts – Maine & Massachusetts, case files of deceased and deserted seamen, 1873-1965, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts State Archives collection, colonial period, 1622-1788, at FS

Massachusetts – Minutes, record of acts, letters, orders, etc. 1643-1702, of the New England Confederation : Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Haven, at FS

Massachusetts – Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, at FS

Massachusetts – Records of the court of assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay 1630-92 : Vol. III, at FS

Massachusetts – Records of the court of assistants of the colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, at FS

Massachusetts – Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England : printed by order of the legislature, at FS

Massachusetts – Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England : printed by order of the legislature, 1st AMS ed., at FS

Massachusetts – Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : from September 1804 to March term, 1822, at FS

Massachusetts – Resolves of the General Court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed at the several sessions of the General Court, commencing May, 1824, and ending March, 1828 : Published agreeably to a resolve of 16th January, 1812, at FS

Massachusetts – Suffolk County (Mass.) court files, 1629-1797, at FS

Massachusetts – The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1692-1942, at FS

Massachusetts – The trial and execution, for petit treason, of Mark and Phillis : slaves of Capt. John Codman, who murdered their master at Charlestown, Mass., in 1755 ; for which the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death ; including, also, some account of other punishments by burning in Massachusetts, at FS

Massachusetts – Records of the court of assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay 1630-92: Vol. III, at FS

Massachusetts Court Records online at the County level

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1636-1641 [Essex County, Massachusetts], at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1638-1692 : Indexes to Court Records/papers, 1636-1695, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1648-1681, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1686-1726, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1692-1796, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1749-1782, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1782-1811, 1821-1859, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1797-1826, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1811-1821, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1859-1865, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Execution Records, 1686-1783, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – John Austin, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Old Norfolk County Records, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Old Norfolk County Records, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, at FS

Essex County – Court Records – Witchcraft Papers, 1655-1750, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Court of Common Pleas, Dockets, 1823-1865, Records, 1812-1858, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Franklin County [Massachusetts] Superior Court Divorce Docket, 1888-1923, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Franklin County, Massachusetts, Divorce Records 1872-1933, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Record of Proceedings Kept by Henry Bassett, One of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Franklin, 1816-1838, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Records of Philip Phillips, Justice of the Peace, 1790-1792, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Superior Court Records, 1859-1867, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Supreme Judicial Court, Index, 1816-1888, Dockets, 1816-1888, Records, 1816-1871, at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Court Dockets for Divorce Proceedings, Ca. 1871- Ca. 1886 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Court of Common Pleas Index, 1812-1861, Hampden County, Massachusetts, at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Court of Common Pleas, Records, 1812-1859, at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Court Records, 1638-1812, at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Court Records, 1816-1914 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Court Records, 1859-1894, and Index, 1859-1861 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Divorce Proceedings Dockets, 1887-1918 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Hampden County Naturalization Petitions, Declarations, and Orders, 1927-1945, at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Hampden County Superior Court Records, 1894-1916 [Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Naturalization Petitions of Military Personnel, 1918, at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Naturalization Primary and Final Papers, 1853-1906 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Naturalization Records of Final Admission and Primary Declaration, 1840- 1852, Court of Common Pleas, and Supreme Judicial Court, Hampden County [Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Naturalization Records, 1879-1906, Superior Court, Hampden County, Massachusetts, at FS

Hampden County – Court Records – Superior Court Civil Case Indexes, 1859-1915, Hampden County, Massachusetts, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – [Waste Book of Hampshire County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records Index Cards, 1677 – Ca. 1830 [Hampshire, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, 1638-1812, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, 1677-1728, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, 1728-1853, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, 1728-1853, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, 1766-1771, 1776-1790 [Hampshire County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, 1797-1954, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, 1854-1916, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, Civil, 1854-1859, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Court Records, Criminal, 1852-1859, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Index to Attorneys Admitted to the Bar, 1743-1925, Hampshire County, 1743-1925, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Index to Common Pleas, V. 1-33, May Term 1798 – Oct. Term 1853, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Index to General Sessions and Common Pleas, Volumes 1-24, Inclusive, 1677 to Jan. 18, 1798, at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Index to Marriages, 1758-1789, in the Court of Sessions, Hampshire County [Massachusetts], at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Index to Superior Court Records, 1853-1986, Hampshire County [Massachusetts], at FS

Hampshire County – Court Records – Records, 1800-1837, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – 1735-1761 – Records of the Court of Nathaniel Harris One of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace Within and for the County of Middlesex, Holden at Watertownfrom 1734 to 1761 : Together with a Paper by F. E. Crawford Read Before the Historical Society of Watertown, November 14, 1893, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Colonial County Court Papers, 1648-1798, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court and Session Records, 1686-1799 [Middlesex County, Massachusetts], at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1649-1699 [Middlesex County, Massachusetts], at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1686-1809, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1699-1783, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1783-1811, 1821-1847, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1797-1850 [Middlesex County, Massachusetts], at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1808-1831, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Court Records, 1812-1821, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Folio Index Cards, 1650-1800 [Middlesex County, Massachusetts], at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Records 1648 – 1871 Register, at FS

Middlesex County – Court Records – Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Court Records 1851-1887, at FS

Nantucket County – Court Records – Court Records, 1721-1816, at FS

Nantucket County – Court Records – Court Records, 1721-1859, at FS

Nantucket County – Court Records – Macy’s Collection, 1658-1855 (approx.), at FS

Norfolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1764-1859, at FS

Norfolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1793-1811; 1821-1858, at FS

Norfolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1812-1820, at FS

Norfolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1859, at FS

Norfolk County – Court Records – Naturalization Records and Index Cards, 1806-1958 [Norfolk County, Massachusetts], at FS

Norfolk County – Court Records – Old Norfolk County Records, at FS

Norfolk County – Court Records – Old Norfolk County Records, at FS

Plymouth County – Court Records – Court Records, 1686-1817, at FS

Plymouth County – Court Records – Court Records, 1702-1859 [Plymouth County, Massachusetts, at FS

Plymouth County – Court Records – Laws and Court Records, 1623-1676 [Plymouth, Massachusetts], at FS

Plymouth County – Court Records – Plymouth Colony Records, Court Orders, 1633-1690, at FS

Plymouth County – Court Records – Plymouth County (Massachusetts) Record Books (including Divorces), 1813-1950; and Divorce Index, 1918-1930, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Abstract and Index of the Records of the Inferiour Court of Pleas (Suffolk County Court) Held in Boston, 1680-1698, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Court Records and Account Books, 1718-1772, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1680-1692, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1686-1799, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1701-1855, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1702-1780, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1800-1804, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Depositions in the Superior Court Files, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Depositions in the Superior Court Files : with Notes by the Editor, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Divorce Records, 1888-1915, Divorce Dockets, 1888-1916 and Index to Libellants, 1903-1910, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Dockets, 1790-1870, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Greenough Collection of Old Court Records, 1647-1828, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Index to Dockets, Equity and Probate, 1862-1870, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – List of Names Compiled from Old Records, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Partitions and Executions, 1694-1856, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Probate Records, 1760-1870, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Records of the Suffolk County Court, 1671-1680, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Miscellaneous Papers (arranged Chronologically) 1679-1808, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Suffolk County (Mass.) Court Files, 1629-1797, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Suffolk County Deeds. Volume IV, at FS

Suffolk County – Court Records – Suffolk County Deeds. Volume V, at FS

Worcester County – Court Records – Court Records, 1784-1859, at FS

Worcester County – Court Records – Records of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace from the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, 1731-1862, at FS

Worcester County – Court Records – Records of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Worcester County, 1731-1784 [Massachusetts], at FS

Worcester County – Court Records – Worcester County, Massachusetts, Court Records (including Divorces), 1797-1887, at FS

Massachusetts City Records online at the State level

Barre – Court Records – Justice Docket of 1827-1830, Showing Litigants, Office, Justice, Execution, Etc., at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts Orders for the Disposition of Land in Westerly and Vicinity, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, Naturalization Records, at FS

Boston – Court Records – Naturalization Records (Boston, Massachusetts), 1845-1911 : NARA, RG 21, at FS

Essex – Court Records – Changes of Persons’ Names, at FS

Framingham – Court Records – Court Records [Framingham, Massachusetts], 1791-1812, at FS

Ipswich – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Ipswich – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Ipswich – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Ipswich – Court Records – Ipswich Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files : [April to October 1652], at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files : [April to September 1653], at FS

Salem – Court Records – Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files : Continued from Volume VI, Page 164, at FS

Waltham – Court Records – Militia Complaints, 1802, at FS

Waltham – Court Records – Minute Books for Justice’s Matters, 1793, 1798-1803, at FS

Westminster – Court Records – Vital Records Westminster, Massachusetts], 1787-1805, at FS

Winchendon – Court Records – Court Records, 1792-1805, at FS

Worcester – Court Records – Records of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1731 to 1737, at FS