This is a list of Massachusetts Probate Records online and may include estates, wills, guardianships, lists of assets, death dates, names of heirs and other family members, and more. Probate records are one place to search for substitute death records because they record how a deceased person’s estate was handled and will usually include a death date or possibly a death certificate.

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Massachusetts Probate Records online at the State level

Massachusetts – Probate Records – Bible and cemetery records from Wisconsin Society D.A.R., 1700-1940, at FS

Massachusetts – Probate Records – Massachusetts State Archives collection, colonial and post colonial period 1626-1806, at FS

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

Massachusetts – Probate Records – Miscellaneous notes and abstracts of wills from New England states, at FS

Massachusetts – Probate Records – Wills, 1655-1871, 1917, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts Naturalization Index, 1906-1966, index links to images, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1805-1845, index & images, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967, at FS

Massachusetts – Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925, at FS

Massachusetts – United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, at FS

Massachusetts Probate Records online at the County level

Barnstable County – Probate Records – Probate and Guardianship Records, 1674-1950 [Barnstable County, Massachusetts], at FS

Barnstable County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1686-1894, at FS

Barnstable County – Probate Records – Wills, Inventories, Etc, 1637 to 1685, County of Barnstable, at FS

Berkshire County – Probate Records – Inheritance Tax Records, V. 1-2, 1907-1921, at FS

Berkshire County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Probate Records, 1884-1917, at FS

Berkshire County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1761-1917, at FS

Bristol County – Probate Records – Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records – Thru 1881 : [Heath Family Information], at FS

Bristol County – Probate Records – Abstracts of Some Probate Records, Bristol County, Massachusetts, [ca. 1686-1784], at FS

Bristol County – Probate Records – Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881, at FS

Bristol County – Probate Records – Extracts from the Probate Records of Bristol County, Mass., Relating to the Hail, Mason and Other Families, 1691-1809, at FS

Bristol County – Probate Records – Probate Records 1687-1916; Index, 1687-1926 [Bristol County, Massachusetts], at FS

Dukes County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1690-1938 [Dukes County, Massachusetts], at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records : Part I., at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records, 1638-1881, at FS

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

Essex County – Probate Records – Probate Records 1638-1691, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1635-1681, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Records of the County of Norfolk, in the Colony of Massachusetts, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Will of William Bellingham, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Will of William Cantlebury, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Will of William Deale, at FS

Franklin County – Probate Records – Franklin County Probate Files, Ca. 1812-1915 [Franklin County, Massachusetts], at FS

Franklin County – Probate Records – Probate Dockets, Records, and Indexes, 1810-1971 [Franklin County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Affidavits of Trust of Administrator Appointments, 1900-1901, Hampden County [Massachusetts], at FS

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

Hampden County – Probate Records – Index of Public Administration, Insolvent Files, 1812-1986 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Index of Wills Filed Without Petition, 1812-1986 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Index to Public Administrations, 1812-1986 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Probate Docket Books, 1812-1916, and Indexes, 1812-1867 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Probate Records Index, 1812-1986, at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Probate Records of Hampden County and City of Springfield, 1806-1919 [Massachusetts], at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1809-1881, Hampden County, Massachusetts, at FS

Hampden County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1814-1929 [Hampden County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampshire County – Probate Records – Index to Estate Files, 1660-1988 [Hampshire County, Massachusetts], at FS

Hampshire County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Hampshire County, Probate Case Files, 1680-1890, at FS

Hampshire County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1660-1916; Index, 1660-1971, at FS

Hampshire County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1797-1869, at FS

Hampshire County – Probate Records – Ruth Porter of Hatfield, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts : First Series, from 1648 to 1871, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts [31 Dec. 1870 to 31 Dec. 1949] : Second Series, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Middlesex County (Mass.) Probate Packets [1 – 4702] (second Series) 1872-1886 [and 4703 – 19,935], at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Index and Records(1659-1692) Prior to the Appointment of a Judge of Probate in 1692, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Probate Records 1648–1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), at FS

Nantucket County – Probate Records – Nantucket Lands and Landowners, at FS

Nantucket County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1706-1867, at FS

Nantucket County – Probate Records – Worth’s Collection, 1589-1921 (approx.), at FS

Norfolk County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Probate Case Files, 1793-1900, at FS

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

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

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

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

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

Norfolk County – Probate Records – Probate Docket Books, and Record Books (1793-1916) [Norfolk County, Massachusetts], at FS

Norfolk County – Probate Records – Probate Index, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1793-1900, at FS

Norfolk County – Probate Records – Will of Rev. William Worcester, at FS

Norfolk County – Probate Records – Will of William Deale, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Abstracts of the Plymouth County, Mass., Probate Records and Files, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Abstracts of the Plymouth County, Mass., Probate Records and Files, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Abstracts of the Plymouth County, Mass., Probate Records and Files : (continued from Page 110), at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Abstracts of the Plymouth County, Mass., Probate Records and Files : Continued from Page 110, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – John Mendall’s Will, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files : COLLECTION RECORD, 1686-1915, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1633-1967, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1881-1939, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Plymouth Colony Records, Wills, 1633-1686, Vols. 1-4, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Plymouth County, Mass., Records of Deeds, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Probate File Papers, 1686-1881, at FS

Plymouth County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1686-1903; with Index and Docket, 1685-1967, at FS

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts : from the Year 1910 to and Including the Year 1922, at FS

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, from the Year 1636 to and Including the Year 1893, at FS

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Probate & Family Court Records, 1636-1915, at FS

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Probate Indices, Suffolk Co., Mass, 1636-1894, at FS

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Probate Record Books (1900-1916), and Probate Docket Books (1901-1916), Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at FS

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

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899, at FS

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate and Deed Indexes, Ca. 1640-1800, at FS

Suffolk County – Probate Records – Virginia-Massachusetts Connections : [Suffolk Co., Massachutsetts Probate Record], at FS

Worcester County – Probate Records – Index to the Probate Records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, from July 12, 1731, to January 1, 1920 : Series A and B, at FS

Worcester County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files : COLLECTION RECORD, 1731-1925, at FS

Worcester County – Probate Records – Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1881, at FS

Worcester County – Probate Records – Probate Records (Worcester County, Massachusetts); Index 1731-1881, 1731-1916, at FS

Massachusetts Probate Records online at the City level

Boston – Probate Records – Old Norfolk County Records, at FS

Boston – Probate Records – Will of John Lowell, at FS

Cambridge – Probate Records – History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877 : with a Genealogical Register, at FS

Cambridge – Probate Records – History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877; with a Genealogical Register, by Lucius R. Paige : Comprising a Biographical and Genealogical Record of the Early Settlers and Their Descendants; with References to Their Wills and the Administration of Their Estates in the Middlesex County Registry of Probate, at FS

Cambridge – Probate Records – Supplement and Index : Comprising a Biographical and Genealogical Record of the Early Settlers and Their Descendants, with References to Their Wills and the Administration of Their Estates in the Middlesex County Registry of Probate, at FS

Great Barrington – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Statistics, Land Transfers, Church Records and Vital Statistics for Great Barrington, 1666-1870, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, 1639-1695 [Ipswich, Massachusetts], at FS

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

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

Ipswich – Probate Records – Ipswich Soldiers, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Old Norfolk County Records, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Alexander Knight, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Andrew Hodges, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Christopher Osgood, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Daniel Thurston, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Elizabeth Lowle, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of George Browne, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of George Varnam, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Gershom Lambert, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Giles Badger, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Henry Rolfe, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Honor Rolfe, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Humphrey Vincent, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Jane Kenning, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Cogswell, Jr, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Cross, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Friend, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Goffe, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Rolfe, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Satchwell, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Ward, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Whittingham, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of John Wyatt, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Jonathan Witt, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Lionell Chute, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Luke Heard, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Mark Quilter, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Matthew Whipple, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Michael Carthrick, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Mrs. Abigail Moulton, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Mrs. Alice Ward, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Mrs. Bridget Bradstreet, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Mrs. Joanna Symonds, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Mrs. Mary Miller, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Mrs. Mary Smith, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Nathaniel Merrill, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Nehemiah Hayward, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Richard Barrett, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Richard Bartlett, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Richard Kent, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Robert Andrews, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Robert Fitt, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Robert Hunter, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Robert Johnson, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Robert Kinsman, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Robert Muzzey, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Samuel Scullard, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Samuel Symonds, Jr, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Sarah Dillingham, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Thomas Barker, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Thomas Emerson, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Thomas Mighill, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Thomas Nelson, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of Thomas Scott, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of William Averill, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of William Nevill, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of William Stickney, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Will of William Wild, at FS

Ipswich – Probate Records – Wills of John and Margery Knowlton, at FS

Natick – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Town Records, 1700-1919, at FS

Plymouth – Probate Records – Plymouth Colony Records, Scrap Book, 1636-1695, at FS

Sandwich – Probate Records – Town Records 1692-1868, and Index 1652-1926 [Sandwich, Massachusetts], at FS

Seekonk – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Town Records, 1811-1853, at FS

Springfield – Probate Records – Probate Records of Hampden County and City of Springfield, 1806-1919 [Massachusetts], at FS