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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

These indexes were created by the State Engineer's office to gain control of their maps and surveys. The indexes generally provide: name of town, tract, lot(s), or owner; volume and page number (if a land survey or purchase record); map number (if a map); and map case or portfolio letter or number (if .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

 

 

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Abstract:  

Location descriptors in Series A4686, Location Index to Colonial Patents; A4687, Location Index to State Patents; and A4690, Location Index to Deeds and Other Miscellaneous Documents Recorded or Filed by the Secretary of State and Office of General Services, are indexed by this series..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists of an index to Series B0081, Letters of administration and wills of out-of state residences. Volume one lists the documents by filing date and includes entry number, decedent name, name of administrator, county, and document filing date. An alphabetical index at the fore of the volume .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of an index to maps filed with the Department of Public Works. Entries in each volume are arranged alphabetically (A-Z) and therein the maps are entered in essentially numerical order (according to assigned numbers)..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Attorney General's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series is an index to registers and filed papers in cases to which the State of New York was a party or in which it had an interest. The location of the registers and filed papers is unknown. The volumes contain an alphabetical list of cases and numbers, alphabetical entries of plaintiffs and defendants, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series is an index to Applications to Redeem Property from Tax Sales, series B0847. The index lists names of persons redeeming lands sold for unpaid taxes; county; description of lands redeemed; year of tax sale; and box and document numbers of records in series B0847. The series is incomplete; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of index cards created for indexing the State Population Census Schedules of 1925 for the City of Albany and Albany County. Information on each card consists of head of household, members of household, and census book and page number..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Public Service Commission

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

none

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of a card file indexing Series A1065, Lists of Certificates of Payment by the Treasurer. Cards provide name and certificate number. Some cards are marked as "burned" at the end of the file..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series is an index to series A0273, Survey of Maps of Lands in New York State. The maps of surveys were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated state lands..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series indexes photographs of historic sites, Series A0245, taken as part of Works Progress Administration work for a historical album of New York State that was never published. The index is arranged alphabetically by county. At the end are sequences for covered bridges, octagon buildings, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series indexes Series A4016, Records of Surveys and Maps of State Lands. The index has multiple alphabetical sequence, includes various topical entries such as islands, surnames, geographical place names, certificates, lakes, and municipalities; and special subject categories such as county and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of a card index to unidentified contract files. The index seems to refer to expenses, correspondence, maps, and field books primarily of the Middle Division. This is not a working index and is retained for internal use only..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The index, which was compiled and maintained by the Surveyor General's Office, provides the name of county, town, tracts, patents, and purchases. State Archives Series A4019, Land survey field books, is indexed by these records..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of one microfilm roll containing several indexes relating to the files of the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD). The first section indexes the tracts of land acquired by HRBRRD prior to the creation of the Sacandaga Reservoir (today called the Great Sacandaga .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series is an index by name of complainant to the enrolled decrees in Series J0065, New York State Court of Chancery Decrees and Papers Before 1800, 1684-1800. Each entry in this volume contains the name of complainant and defendant along with a file number. The majority of the decrees indexed were .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series is an outdated partial index to Enrolled Chancery Decrees After 1800. It was superseded by J0064, Index of Enrolled Decrees After 1800. File numbers, therefore, no longer refer to actual enrolled decrees since new file numbers were assigned in the subsequent index. Entries include complainant, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

Published volume lists insolvent debtors whose property was assigned for the benefit of creditors. Each entry states the name of the insolvent debtor and the date of discharge from his debts and filing of discharge. Date column is sometimes blank..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These volumes index notices of pending actions (suits) in Equity Court that were filed in the office of the clerk of the city and county of New York from December 1823 to December 1855. Each index entry includes name of defendant(s), name of complainant(s), and date of notice. While individual volumes .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Appeals

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This index analyzes decisions of the Court of Appeals by legal topic and sub-topic (from "Accounting" to "Workmen's Compensation." The card index may have been compiled as a general subject index to Court of Appeals decisions. Most of the information in the index is not unique, being available in published .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives