One of the biggest challenges we face at the registry is how to scan the wide variety of documents that are presented for recording. They co...

There is a fascinating article in the technology section of the Boston Globe today. Philadelphia officials are considering turning the entir...

Back in early August (check out the August 5 blog entry) our computer company modified the search program we use in the registry and on the ...

The front page of today's New York Times has an interesting story about property insurance. In the late 1990's, most American insura...

Last Friday Register Howe’s blog entry mentioned the project to make indexes available electronically. Many of the index books are in deplor...

A casual conversation with an old friend this morning launched me on a day-long research and development effort with our old indexes. To pu...

I sold real estate for ten years before coming to the Registry of Deeds. In both roles I have found that people in general are fascinated by...

Yesterday an experienced registry user asked for help finding a document from the Department of Veterans Affairs. He knew the document exist...

Today is my first day back from a week long vacation. My wife, who is a tax collector, takes professional improvement courses every August a...

Welcome to the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds Blog. For those unfamiliar with the term, "blog" is short for web log, an online ...

We hope you enjoy the blog's new look. The changes aren't major: a new font for the type, a different appearance for the "archi...

We're redesigning our website. The visual appearance of the new version will be very different. The link to our database that most users...

Today I traveled to UMass Amherst to speak at the annual school of the Massachusetts Collectors and Treasurers Association. My class is call...

Electronic recording has the potential to revolutionize the way local attorneys do conveyancing. In a typical transaction today, the buyers,...

Electronic recording is following an academic schedule - it took the summer off. We had a lot of activity back in May, thoroughly testing th...

In other parts of the county, property taxes are assessed and collected by county government. Consequently we get a lot of calls each day fr...

If this year's budget permits will are considering scanning the 1131 remaining Recorded Land books. This would mean that all Record Land...

A comparison of some document recording statistics from July 2003 with those from July 2004 shows the drastic decrease in the volume of reco...

Today, August 9th is the anniversary of some major historical events. In 1854 Thoreau published "Walden" (way before my time, but ...

At least half the registry staff was fortunate to have put in for vacation days for this, the nicest day of the summer so far. With things s...