Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of General Services. Division of Land Utilization
Abstract:
The series consists of maps depicting grants of land under water made by the state from 1777 through the 1900s. Each map depicts the names of individuals to whom grants were made..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New Netherland. Provincial Secretary
Title:
Series:
A0270
Dates:
1642-1660
Abstract:
This series contains a vast array of legal documents in the Dutch language filed with the provincial secretary of New Netherland in conjunction with civil and criminal proceedings. Among other duties, the provincial secretary was responsible for recording and authenticating official documents for potential .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1451
Dates:
1901-1910
Abstract:
The volume (labeled variously as "Loan Commissioner Book" and "Index Book Y") combines an index to names of mortgagees (referenced to pages in an unspecified ledger) with lists of sale of state lands in accordance with Chapter 413 of the Laws of 1897, as amended in 1898, and bank accounts held by unidentified .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series consists of cancelled printed receipts indicating receipt of various land-related records by the State Engineer and Surveyor from the Secretary of State. Each receipt provides the date the records were received and a brief description of the items received by the State Engineer and Surve.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Abstract:
This series consists of abstracts of patents granted for land in New York State. Information includes patentee's name; patent date; land location; land description and acreage. Also included are some undated certifications stating that the preceding abstracts had been compared with the originals in .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Abstract:
These incomplete lists of soldiers who received land grants in return for military service during the Revolutionary War include soldier's name; file number; number of acres; and by whom delivered. There is also a list of muster masters and the amount of acreage distributed to their soldiers..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Abstract:
These survey maps were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated lands. Most maps depict areas of eastern upstate New York; some show lands bordering on or within Vermont. The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series contains the miscellaneous filed papers of the New York State Surveyor General and the State Engineer and Surveyor. The series documents the role of the Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor in establishing the boundaries of public and private lands, and in planning the development .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Abstract:
This is a series of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many volumes contain surveys of land in the New Military Tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent. Volumes generally provide survey notes; name of surveyor; name and/or number .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
30
Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of Forfeitures
Title:
Series:
A4032
Dates:
1784-1788
Abstract:
These volumes contain a record of sales of land confiscated from loyalists in the Eastern and Western districts. Included are date of sale; name of purchaser; forfeiter (Eastern Division only); price; lot number and location; acreage (Eastern District only); and date of deed (Western District only). .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
31
Creator:
Lewis (N.Y. : County). County Clerk
Abstract:
Civil court records (Supreme and County Court) include complaints, judgment rolls, referees' reports, sheriff's reports of sales, satisfactions, and documents relating to appealed cases. Separate Supreme Court files include affidavits, orders, executions, lunacy proceedings, infancy proceedings, and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
32
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0254
Dates:
1806-1890
Abstract:
The volumes in this series contain field notes of land belonging to the Holland Land Company and the Ogden Land Company, as well as field notes pertaining to the Connecticut Tract and Andrew Craigie's holdings. Most of the land surveyed is in Genesee, Erie, and Orleans counties..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
33
Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Title:
Series:
B0256
Dates:
1783-1807
Abstract:
This volume contains applications for the survey and purchase of unclaimed lots in the Military Tract or lots on estates confiscated from Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. Each application gives the date; name of purchaser; lot number and location; price; and by whom forfeited (if a forfeited .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
34
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land during the late 1700s. This series consists of records of deeds held by persons who purchased land from the Company. Information includes deed number; to whom land deeded; date of deed; diagram .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Modernization, Revision, and Simplification of the Law of Estates
Abstract:
This series consists of an original signed copy of the final report of the Temporary State Commission on Estates. Report addresses staff, enabling legislation, procedures, legislative recommendations, and concluding work. Included are 14 appendices, each one pertaining to a commission recommendation.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
36
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B0938
Dates:
1852-1854
Abstract:
This series consists of lists of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes and subsequently conveyed or redeemed. Each list gives the lot number; description of the parcel sold; acre sold; date of conveyance or redemption; to whom the parcel was conveyed or by whom it was redeemed; and amount paid if .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B0941
Dates:
1849-1851
Abstract:
This series consists of returns listing parcels owned by non-residents who had not paid their taxes. Their property was subsequently sold in the tax sales. Each entry on a list states the parcel location, lot number, acreage, assessed value, and amount of tax due. Each list includes the town tax collector's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of lists of private and taxable state lands in Forest Preserve counties on which 1912 property taxes remained unpaid, and for which either the property description or the assessed tax were rejected as improper. Each entry provides the name of the tract or patent, lot number, description .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a published list of lands sold by the Comptroller for unpaid taxes. Each entry gives the sale certificate number; a brief description of the parcel sold; the acres sold; the name of the purchaser; the amount of the bid; and to whom the parcel was conveyed..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a register of taxes re-levied by the Comptroller on lands of non-residents after a previously unpaid tax levy had been ascertained to be illegal or void, either before or after a tax sale. Entries include the date and cause of re-levy; a description of the parcel taxed; acreage; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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