County Commissioner Plans and Records

How to access County Commissioner Plans and Records on Masslandrecords.com

Go to our public search site: www.masslandrecords.com/BerkMiddle/

COUNTY COMMISSIONER CODES:

Plans:

County Roads – CCC

State Highways – CCS

Miscellaneous Drawers – CCM

Books: CCB

COUNTY COMMISSIONER PLANS

• In Search Criteria, under Plans, select Book (Year) Search;
  • Enter the code from the above referenced list that you wish to view and then click Search.
  • The last line item on the last page will be an Index by town for those plans, click to highlight this row and click the “View Images;”
    • Write down the DOCUMENT # from the index you wish to view, then close image;
    • Now back in the search list find the “Doc. #” that coordinates with the number from the index, click that row and click “View Images;”
      • From here you will need to use the arrows on the top left to find your specific plan

Or, to search by a specific City/Town:

• In Search Criteria, under Plans, click Name Search;
  • Enter the City/Town to be searched (Example:  Dalton Town, Pittsfield City, etc.) then click Search;
  • Click to highlight the line you wish to view and then the “View Images” tab;
    • From here you will need to use the arrows on the top left to find your specific plan

COUNTY COMMISSIONER BOOKS

• In Search Criteria, under “Plans” select Book/Year;
  • In the Book/Year field enter CCB then click Search.
  • This will bring up the entire list of all the books that have been scanned in. Click to highlight any line and it will bring up the indexing of that book on the right side of your screen.
    • The Description field will detail the time period and what is included in each Book.
  • Once you have found the book needed click on the “View Images” tab (most books have an index at the beginning of the book);
  • The entire book will pull up. You can put the page you want in the top left box “1 of ___” and then hit enter, or use the arrows next to that box;
    • The page numbers are not in order due to the indexes. Check the margins on the actual documents for your pages.

Use caution when printing! Be sure to enter the page you want in “Select Pages” or the entire book will print.

All Other Codes:

Miscellaneous Plans – MISPL

Massachusetts Turnpike Plans – MTPK

Pittsfield Old Assessors:

           Maps – POAM

           Cards – POAC

Railroad Plans – RR

Stationary Cabinet – SC

• In Search Criteria, under Plans, select Book (Year) Search;
  • Enter the code from the above referenced list that you wish to view and then click Search.

Additional Searching Tips:

• Massachusetts Turnpike Plans
  • Click on the word plan for towns and Order of Taking number
• Pittsfield Old Assessors Maps
  • Page numbers are map numbers
  • Pages 346 and 347 conversion chart of old to new numbers
• Railroad Plans
  • Click on the word plan for book details