[
  {
    "priority": 1,
    "record": "Full 1996 deed, Book 675/page 665 (2 pages)",
    "why": "Its legal description and prior-deed citation are the best next step to a proven chain of title.",
    "status": "Registry index and metadata acquired; document-image viewer failed.",
    "where": "https://www.masslandrecords.com/Dukes/"
  },
  {
    "priority": 2,
    "record": "Plans referenced by that deed and recorded decisions",
    "why": "Needed to distinguish historical subdivision boundaries, access, easements and any former structures. Assessor polygons are not substitutes.",
    "status": "No legal survey acquired. Indexed decisions: 673/11 (1996-03-22), 674/871 (1996-04-19), 704/237 (1997-07-14), 736/598 (1998-07-23), 1356/396 (2014-08-29). Easement 682/724 (1996-08-05).",
    "where": "https://www.masslandrecords.com/Dukes/"
  },
  {
    "priority": 3,
    "record": "Possible predecessor trust records: 560/499, 560/488 and 617/179",
    "why": "Could lead from Middletown Village Trust toward earlier owners.",
    "status": "Name-index leads only. 560/499 deed and 560/488 declaration dated 1991-06-26; 617/179 deed dated 1993-10-22. NOT established as conveyances of these same lots until the instruments are read.",
    "where": "https://www.masslandrecords.com/Dukes/"
  },
  {
    "priority": 4,
    "record": "Pre-school aerial photographs and local assessor cards",
    "why": "Needed to see the ground immediately before construction and distinguish woods, fields, tracks or buildings.",
    "status": "No pre-1996 aerial acquired. The 1994 public service returned NoData here. Earliest usable acquired aerial is 1999. Museum catalog lists a 1985 assessor map (2012.035.017), image not acquired.",
    "where": "https://mvmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Maps_Collection_Index.pdf"
  },
  {
    "priority": 5,
    "record": "Earlier deeds, probate files and wills tied to verified owners",
    "why": "Needed before claiming a particular farm, house, estate or named family occupied the school tract.",
    "status": "No parcel-specific will acquired. The 1828 estate inventory is contextual and has not been tied to this land.",
    "where": "https://mvmuseum.org/EAD_FindingAids/findingaid_get.php?record-unit=RU505"
  },
  {
    "priority": 6,
    "record": "Higher-resolution historic local plans and Christiantown boundary material",
    "why": "Could establish whether older labeled uses and land divisions overlap the modern campus.",
    "status": "Museum map identifiers are retained as retrieval leads in R-MVM. No historical boundary has been asserted or overlaid without verification.",
    "where": "https://mvmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Maps_Collection_Index.pdf"
  }
]